The Louie showcases a wide range of international, national and local live acts – some might say it’s a good place to discover new music before anyone else.
We also pride ourselves on being one of the best sounding venues in the UK.
For advance tickets contact: Bristol Ticket Shop 0117 9299008
For our past acts list (click here…)
COMMUNION PRESENT: TWIN FALLS | JOYCE THE LIBRARIAN | LIKE SPINNING | ARIANNA ENTRY//£5 Twin Falls – Tour Diary Jul-Sep 2011 from Twin Falls on Vimeo. Communion Bristol is back for 2012 Before introducing the cracking line up for Bristol’s first Communion of the year we are rather delighted to announce that we’ve had a [...]
BLACK ART | TWO COINS FOR THE BOATMAN | KORPSER ENTRY//£4adv
F.O.F PRESENTS: DEAD WOLF CLUB | DEAD ELMS ENTRY//£6adv \\\Eagerly anticipated album release in January/// “Fast-fretted, noise-loving post-punk band whose new wave energy will get you panting like ten minutes on the travelator ” – The Great Escape Festival “Another brand new band we’re found and fallen in love with recently. People keep asking us [...]
LOFI HIFI PRESENTS: STILL CORNERS + SPECIAL GUESTS ENTRY//£7adv 16+ accompanied by an adult
BIG JOAN (ALBUM LAUNCH) | THE LIFTMEN ENTRY//£5adv Big Joan – The Long, Slow Death of Big Joan’ album (Blood Red Sounds 2011) Album Launch Night!
WAKE THE DEAD PROMOTIONS PRESENT: HOPE REMAINS LOST | CLEAR THE COAST | HOPE OF THE HATED ENTRY//£4adv
THE CAVEMEN | YOU ME AND THOMAS | PENNYDROP ENTRY//£4adv
BSW MUSIC PRESENT: KISS YOUR COMMANDER | OFF THE WALL | 8 DAYS LATER | STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
APACHE | MADELINE BLACK | THE VENEER ENTRY//£4adv
FORESTEARS EP LAUNCH | KING OF HEARTS ENTRY//£4adv ‘See, now this lot from Brighton have a bit of skand to them but a very different bag of fish. Think Gomez, Maccabees even a bit of Bad Seeds. Very interesting.’ – Rhythm Magazine “Forestears deliver the most idiosyncratic fusion of latina jazz, lo-fi acoustic garage indie [...]
LOFI HIFI PRESENT: LONEY, DEAR | ARIANNA | SAM EASON ENTRY//£10adv Tickets: www.bristolticketshop.co.uk http://www.seetickets.com/Event/LONEY-DEAR/The-Louisiana/610347 www.gigantic.com www.wegottickets.co.uk 16+ (Accompanied by an Adult) Loney dear – Young Hearts from Loney dear on Vimeo. After his last time touring the United States in support of 2009′s Dear John (Loney Dear’s fifth album and Polyvinyl debut), Emil Svanangen returned [...]
EXPOSURE TOUR: UNDER THE INFLUENCE & MY FAVORITE RUNNER UP UK TOUR A TALE OF TWO CITIES / IN YOUR HONOUR
METROPOLIS PRESENT: CHARLENE SORAIA ENTRY//£7adv www.charlenesoraia.com Charlene picked up her first guitar at the age of five. She played her first Open Mic night at the age of eight, and was a regular on the Open Mic circuit by the age of ten. Completely self-taught, she won admission to the legendary BRIT School of Performing [...]
TWO WORLDS EP LAUNCH | BLACK ELEPHANT | THE MURDER SCENE | PAINTED AS SAINTS ENTRY//£5adv
LOFI HIFI PRESENT: SPECTOR ENTRY//£6adv Spector: they’re kind of asking for trouble calling themselves that, aren’t they? A bit like that 80s hard/jazzcore band fronted by Wire magazine favourite Kevin Martin, God, or Brilliant, that other 80s group with a superlative, begging-for-a-kicking name. If you title yourself after the greatest record producer in history, one [...]
THE RAMONA FLOWERS | UNCLES ENTRY//£4adv Electro minded indie outfit The Ramona flowers have been in the studio writing and recording their debut LP (Distiller Records, Summer 2012) alongside Andy Barlow (Lamb/Lowb) and Jason Cox (Gorilliaz, Blue, Jamie T). The band will be making their live debut supporting LAMB on their forthcoming European tour this [...]
LOU LOU PRESENT: GRAEME CLARK (WET WET WET) | GAVIN THORPE ENTRY//£10adv DOORS: 7.00 Hot on the heels of his highly aclaimed Solitary Soul tour and EP, Graeme Clark returns to the stage promoting the release of his first album – Mr Understanding. Graeme’s pedigree as a song writer is proven. After all, he was [...]
LOFI HIFI PRESENT: BETH JEAN HOUGHTON ENTRY//£9adv Beth Jeans Houghton was born in Transylvania to a pack of albino wolves who raised her on chewing tobacco and stuffed clams. Despite they’re hospitality, love conquers all and she soon eloped to scotch corner with her shiny new stallion peter Andre. Beth was his mysterious girl for [...]
DHP PRESENT: COLD SPECKS ENTRY//£7adv Here is a link to the Jools live A capella performance of ‘Old Stepstone’ Cold Specks is Al Spx, which is pretty amusing because Al Spx is just as enigmatic as Cold Specks and she could have just left it at that. Not that there’s anything funny about Spx/Specks – [...]
IN EXTREMIS | GREAT NATIVES | ROUGH MONEY ENTRY//£4adv
FIELD PROMOTIONS PRESENT: BLEECH | CALL THE DOCTOR | ANNETTE BERLIN ENTRY//£6adv
SYMPTOMATIC PRESENT: SPOTLIGHT KID Spotlight Kid continue their assault against sonic mediocrity with an assuredness and an emotional depth so many guitar bands are currently lacking. This is the sound of a band rising to the top of their game, while wearing their hearts on their sleeves and performing live shows like their next meal [...]
COMMUNION BRISTOL PRESENT: CROWNS | RAE MORRIS ENTRY//£5adv
LOFIHIFI PRESENT: THE CAST OF CHEERS | CASINO TRAP ENTRY//£7adv Ever wondered what would Foals would sound like if they were Irish? the Cast of Cheers are a maths rock four-piece from Dublin, the land of Eire. The band all started when singer/guitarist Conor started writing some songs in his home’s attic. Later on, joined [...]
SNG PRESENT: MARTHA TILSTON | JASON STEEL ENTRY//£10adv Biog Martha Tilston is a captivating performer, an enchanting singer-songwriter blessed with a gloriously clear and seductively beautiful voice. Weaving her magic spell over listeners wherever she plays – from the concert hall to the campfire, from folk clubs to main festival stages – she is a [...]
F.O.F PRESENT: THE CHAPMAN FAMILY | THE NATURALS | SPECTRES ENTRY//£6adv The Chapman Family are a band from Teesside in the North East of England. Artrocker magazine called “All Fall,” their debut single from their debut album, “the best rock song of the year” in October 2010. Their debut album “Burn Your Town” will be [...]
LOFI HIFI PRESENT: SUMMER CAMP ENTRY//£8adv Taken from The Guardian: The BBC Sound Poll and all those other lists of who’s going to make it in 2010 already seem out of date and out of touch. Why? Because they didn’t have Summer Camp in them, and Summer Camp are going to be quite a big [...]
MIDNIGHT MANGO PRESENT: ALICE GOLD ENTRY//£8adv Alice Gold (Alice McLaughlin) is an English singer-songwriter based in London, formerly signed to Sunday Best[1] and currently signed to Fiction Records. Alice Gold performing solo onstage at Guilfest 2011 Her debut single “Orbiter” was released on 23 September 2010 through Pure Groove Records, with a single launch party [...]
DCB PROMOTIONS PRESENT: KILL IT KID ENTRY//£8adv Harder, grittier and more malevolent than anything previously heard from Kill It Kid, new single ‘Pray On Me’ marries a punishing blues riff a la Black Keys to Chris Turpin’s dust bowl howl and Stephanie Ward’s softer but no less strident vocal. The strange, electrifying scream that opens [...]
CURSE YOU DAMN KIDS (EP LAUNCH) / THORN AVENUE / GARGANTUANT / BAD TEQUILA ENTRY//£4adv
RUINS WILL RISE | YOUR FINEST HOUR | ACID SHARK ENTRY//£4adv
THE CUTOFFS EP LAUNCH | DRAGONFLIES | WE ARE STRANGER MINDS ENTRY//£4adv
WWW.JOEBLOGGERS.NET PRESENT: LIZ GREEN ENTRY//£8adv / £10 door With just a gently plucked acoustic guitar to accompany her, Liz Green is fast becoming one of the most talked about singers in the UK. Her hushed voice recalls Nina Simone, but filtered through the British folk tradition.
DHP PRESENT: LEDDRA CHAPMAN ENTRY// £7adv Having worked solidly for 18 months promoting her self-released debut album Telling Tales, Leddra Chapman recently took the next step in her musical evolution as she unveiled brand new material to her rapidly increasing fan base. Entitled A Trick Or Two, this EP was written in the autumn of [...]
DHP PRESENT: DUOLOGUE ENTRY//£5adv Duologue are a newly formed four-piece band from London, initially founded last year by university friends Tim Digby-Bell and Toby Leeming as a song-writing project. In the time that followed they spent many hours in their home studio writing and recording material that blended and reflected their shared influences whilst also [...]
CRASH AND THE BANDICOOTS / SUPER SQUAREPUSHER / NUDY BRONQUE ENTRY//£4adv
HELLO LAZARUS PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS ENTRY// £TBC Hello Lazarus are an explosive alternative rock band from Bristol creating “one hell of a sound for just a trio” (Red Hot Velvet). Following their critically acclaimed first single “Ladies Love Liars” they self-released their debut mini-album titled “All Alliteration” on 12th March 2011. It has seen strong [...]
FUNKENSTEINS | ZOOT | THE PORN ISSUE ENTRY//£4adv
LOFI HIFI PRESENT: LAURA GIBSON ENTRY//£8adv Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose — Boreas Borealis from Holocene Music on Vimeo. Beast of Seasons opens with a hum and drone, a veil of fog conjuring a sense of atmosphere not unlike the Pacific Northwest coastal timber town where Laura Gibson was raised. A plaintive strum emerges with [...]
METROPOLIS PRESENT: JUAN ZELADA ENTRY//£9adv For Spanish singer-songwriter Juan Zelada there has always been a mystique to London and its inhabitants. Having come to the UK with just his guitar on his back and his enigmatic talent Zelada has quickly become one of the most talked about names on the scene and has enjoyed slots [...]
THE BAD JOKE THAT ENDED WELL | DIRTY JERKERS ENTRY//£5adv
DHP PRESENT: DAN MANGAN ENTRY//£7adv Once a mere fresh faced folk singer from Vancouver, Canada, Dan Mangan now stands at the world’s doorstep. The evolution of Mangan’s music is instinctively in line with its breadth and sincerity. As his art has developed, so has the story behind its constant and exponential proliferation. The proof is [...]
SARAH McQUAID | DAN ASHTON Louisiana Cellar Room ENTRY//£8adv Renowned for her warm, engaging stage presence, Sarah McQuaid is a versatile and beguiling performer. In addition to her own elegantly crafted originals, she interprets traditional Irish and Appalachian folk songs, Elizabethan ballads, 1930s jazz numbers, surprise covers and lively guitar instrumentals with panache and poignance. [...]
