Music PR in Bristol
Bristol's musical identity is specific, internationally recognised and genuinely useful in a pitch — provided a campaign engages with what the city is now rather than what it was.
Campaigns run remotely across the UK. We do not need an office near you, and you should be sceptical of anyone charging you as though they do.
Bristol has a stronger international reputation than any British city of its size, built on a lineage of bass music, trip-hop and sound-system culture that writers worldwide still recognise. That is a real asset for a Bristol artist and a real trap if leaned on lazily.
The current city is more interesting than its reputation: a very healthy independent electronic scene, a strong DIY guitar circuit, and one of the best community radio ecosystems in Britain. A good Bristol campaign works with the present-day scene and lets the heritage sit in the background where it belongs.
Bristol media
Bristol media, with an unusually strong community radio layer.
Bristol-based and internationally followed. Highly influential across electronic and leftfield music.
Community station closely tied to the city's club and bass scenes.
Regional Introducing with a good local record.
Independent city journalism with regular music coverage.
Broad regional reach.
Bristol-founded and now internationally significant across electronic and alternative music.
The city's central listings and ticketing platform, and a genuine discovery tool locally.
Local outlets sit alongside the national and genre-specific targets on your list. Coverage is never guaranteed anywhere.
The Bristol circuit
Venues are not press, but a campaign that ignores them is missing half the story. Where you have played tells an editor more about you than any adjective in a press release.
The Louisiana is the city's most storied small room and a long-standing early stop for bands who go on to break. Rough Trade Bristol and Exchange serve the mid-small range, Exchange being co-operatively owned and central to the DIY scene. The Crofters Rights and The Gryphon anchor the very early stage. Thekla, moored in the harbour, is one of the more distinctive mid-size rooms in Britain. Strange Brew, Lakota and Motion cover the club end, Motion being internationally significant. SWX and O2 Academy mark the step up.
What we tell Bristol artists
Lead with the present. Bristol's heritage gets you read by international writers and gets you dismissed by local ones if it is all you have. The community radio layer here — Noods in particular — has genuine tastemaker influence well beyond the city, and for electronic artists it is frequently a higher-value target than most national press.
What a Bristol campaign costs
The same published price as everywhere else. £695 for a single, everything below included.
Strongest genres in Bristol
Where the city's media and circuit give a campaign the most to work with.
Releasing from Bristol?
Tell us the track, the date and the rooms you have played. We will tell you what a campaign could realistically do with it.