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Rough Trade Bristol


IMAGINE for a second we’re sat in a great pub, in Bristol – say The Christmas Steps, maybe, or the Bag O’Nails – and let’s further push the fanciful that I’m Brad Pitt-as-Tyler Durden (yep, I wholly over-flatter myself here, but a scribe can dream); and I lean over, conspiratorially, to whisper to you. And …

Astral Festival (FKA Bristol Psych Fest), presented by Stolen Body Records, is back for its 6th year and BSM has made the journey south to check it out. Over the past six years the festival has grown from a 50 capacity room to a daylong event over three Bristol venues; SWX, The Lanes and Rough Trade. …