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Bella Spratley

Bristol

Features Editor at METAL

Articles

  • Dec 5, 2024 | bristol247.com | Bella Spratley

    Small venues and artists are skint, but there’s a lot of money flying around the music industry, £7.6bn this year in the UK to be exact. But for just around £10 you can experience eye-watering disco rock superstars Getdown Services, whose latest tour came to its triumphant crescendo within the walls of another local institution, Strange Brew on Wednesday. Yet, with relentless touring planned you can catch them again soon, including on New Year’s Eve at The Louisiana.

  • Mar 11, 2024 | thequietus.com | Bella Spratley

    Although London based and born, Lynks owes his confidence to Bristol. It was a formative experience studying in the city, he tells tQ, where he was embraced by a close-knit music scene that remains particularly welcoming to fledgling artists, and where the project was formed at a basement party, then a flurry of chaotic choreo and DIY outfits. “I think it says something about the openness of Bristol.

  • Mar 11, 2024 | thequietus.com | Bella Spratley

    Although London based and born, Lynks owes his confidence to Bristol. It was a formative experience studying in the city, he tells tQ, where he was embraced by a close-knit music scene that remains particularly welcoming to fledgling artists, and where the project was formed at a basement party, then a flurry of chaotic choreo and DIY outfits. “I think it says something about the openness of Bristol.

  • Jan 14, 2024 | metalmagazine.eu | Bella Spratley

    Brooding, dark and tailored to perfection. In the first instance, lit just by candlelight the entire collection swept past to the throbbing noise of 80s gothic rock pop. Cries of Dreams Made Flesh by This Mortal Coil filled St. Bartholomew the Great church. Models carried candle sticks straight out of some austere costume drama.

  • Jan 8, 2024 | metalmagazine.eu | Bella Spratley

    New York city streets, the smell of petrol taxis and the buzz of people: this is the place that PONY situates itself in. A city whose culture is work, work, work. And boy have the designers behind this brand put their all into the latest drop, whose designs are taken from the heritage brand’s archive and reworked into a contemporary context. PONY is relaunching, after 51 years of crafting footwear that has wowed stellar athletes and creatives alike. The energy of these grail-like items is palpable.