Brilliant Corners


Interviews


Interview (2010)

Brilliant Corners - Interview

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

Brilliant Corners - 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)



Brilliant Corners - Fruit Machine


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)

Brilliant Corners - Ten Songs That Made Me Love...

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)

Brilliant Corners - (Gig of a Lifetime) Popfest, Madrid, March 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 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 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 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 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 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 Eyehatedgod - 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 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 Miscellaneous - 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 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 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 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 Experimental Pop Band - 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 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 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 Miscellaneous - 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 Experimental Pop Band - 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 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