Interviews
Interview (2010)
80s Bristol-based indiepop band the Brilliant Corners have just had released on CD for the first time two mini-albums and an EP. In what is our second interview with him, singer Davey Woodward, who now fronts the Experimental Pop Band, speaks to Dixie Ernill about his former group
Live
The Exchange, Bristol, 2/11/2013
Dixie Ernill watches massively underrated indie pop group the Brilliant Corners back after an absence of twenty years play an excellent set at The Exchange in Bristol
Albums
Fruit Machine (2006)
In the latest in our 'Re : View' series. in which writers re-examine records from the past, Dixie Ernill looks back nostalgically on Bristol indiepop band the Brilliant Corners' excellent 'Fruit Machine' mini-album
Features
Ten Songs That Made Me Love... (2014)
In our series, in which our writers write about ten songs that made them love a favourite band or artist, Dixie Ernill writes about his favourite songs by recently reformed 80's indie pop act the Brilliant Corners, with additional comments from their front man Davey Woodward
(Gig of a Lifetime) Popfest, Madrid, March 2014 (2014)
In In our 'Gig of a Lifetime' series, Dixie Ernill writes about seeing reformed 80's indie pop act the Brilliant Corners earlier this year at the Madrid Popfest
Related
Interviews
Davey Woodward
Interview
The Brilliant Corners and the Experimental Pop Band's Davey Woodward talks to Dixie Ernill about 'Love and Optimism', his second album under the moniker of Davey Woodward and The Winter Orphans.
Davey Woodward and the WInter Orphans
Interview
Brilliant Corners and Experimental Pop band frontman Davey Woodward speaks to John Clarkson about his latest project the Winter Orphans and their forthcoming appearance at our next Manchester Bands Night.
Karen
Interview
Dixie Emill talks to ex-Brilliant Corners and Experimental Pop Band front man Davey Woodward about his new band Karen and their appearance at our next Bands Night at Gullivers in Manchester
Haywains
Interview
Dixie Ernill speaks to Paul Towler from Bristol-based 80's indiepop band the Haywains, who will be playing the Pennyblackmusic Bands' Night on the 5th July as main support to the Brilliant Corners, about their recent reformation
Experimental Pop Band
Interview
Davey Woodward from the Experimental Pop Band speaks to Dixie Ernill about his group's appearance and his own solo set at the Pennyblackmusic Bands' Night in Manchester on November 19th and their forthcoming new album which is due out next year
Experimental Pop Band
Interview
Bristol-based musician Davey Woodward was the frontman with C86 group the Brilliant Corners, but since the mid 90's has fronted the Experimental Pop Band. Dixie Ernill chats to him about his long musical career
Profiles
Pennyblackmusic Bands' Night
Ruby Lounge, Manchester, 5/7/2014
Dixie Ernill looks back on our recent Pennyblackmusic Bands Night in Manchester, which saw sets from the reformed Brilliant Corners, the Haywains and Horsebeach
Live
Karen
Exchange, Bristol, 23/1/2016
Former Brilliant Corners and the Experimental Pop Band front man Davey Woodward’s songwriting abilities remain undiminished as he re-emerges on the live circuit fronting‘super-group’ Karen at The Exchange in Bristol
Scared to Get Happy
229 , London, 22/6/2013
Coinciding with a five CD 1980's indie pop box set, Scared to Get Happy was a mini festival at 229 in London featuring ten bands of the era. Dixie Ernill enjoys sets from the Primitives and June Brides, and the return after a twenty year absence of his favourite band the Brilliant Corners
Experimental Pop Band
El Rincon, Bristol, 12/11/2012
Dixie Ernill sees the Experimental Pop Band play an excellent set of indie pop in the tiny venue of the El Rincon in their native Bristol
Experimental Pop Band
229 Venue, London, 29/3/2012
Jon Rogers is impressed by Bristol group the Experimental Pop Band's understated blend of lyrical pop at a gig to promote their forthcoming album 'Vertigo' at a show at the 229 Venue in London
Davey Woodward
Thunderbolt, Bristol, 7/5/2010
At an intimate show at the Thunderbolt in Bristol, Dixie Ernill finds Brilliant Corners and Experimental Pop Band front man Davey Woodward on powerful form at a gig to promote his forthcoming solo album, '6 Miles East of Here 5 Miles North of Nowhere'
Experimental Pop Band/Davey Woodward
Brooksbottom Cricket Club, Summerseat, Bury, 21/3/2009
Dixie Ernill at Brooksbottom Cricket Club near Bury sees Davey Woodward, the former frontman with C86 darlings the Brilliant Corners, after supporting himself with a downbeat solo set, fuse together pop, rock and dance with his group the Experimental Pop Band to stunning effect
Experimental Pop Band
Summerseat, Bury, 19/5/2006
Pennyblackmusic writer Dixie Ernill is putting on his own gig in Bury near Manchester with Bristol indiepop group, Experimental Pop Band. More details can be found here
Experimental Pop Band
Magnet Club, Berlin, 23/3/2004
Upbeat Bristol quartet the Experimental Pop Band are masterminded by one of Britain’s most undervalued songwriters, Davey Woodward. Long term fan Dixie Ernill watches them play a stunning set in Berlin
Features
Pennyblackmusic Bands Night
Ruby Lounge, Manchester, 5th July 2014
Our Pennyblackmusic Bands' Night at The Ruby Lounge in Manchester on the 5th July will feature sets from reformed indie pop legends the Brilliant Corners, the Haywains and Horsebeach
Experimental Pop Band/Davy Woodward
Summerseat, Bury, 20/3/2009
Pennyblackmusic writer Dixie Ernill is putting on for the second time his own gig in Bury near Manchester with Bristol indiepop group, Experimental Pop Band. More details for what promises to be a truly great night can be found here
Photography
Karen
Photoscapes
Marie Hazelwood photographs Karen, the new band of Brilliant Corners and Experimental Pop Band front man Davey Woodward, at our recent Pennyblackmusic Bands Night at Gullivers in Manchester