BNM 2026: Orcutt Shelley Miller + Cole Pulice

Bristol New Music opens its 2026 edition at Strange Brew with two essential projects from the contemporary US underground, both performing in Bristol for the first time.

ORCUTT SHELLEY MILLER

Bill Orcutt (Harry Pussy) + Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) + Ethan Miller (Comets on Fire)

A heavyweight US trio operating at the fault line between rock and free improvisation, OSM unites three giants of American underground music: Bill Orcutt, incendiary guitarist with seminal ‘90s noise-rock outfit Harry Pussy brings a ferocious, deconstructed approach to guitar. Steve Shelley, best known as the drummer for Sonic Youth, has remained a driving force in the indie and experimental music scenes since the early 1980s. On bass, Ethan Miller has been a central figure in psychedelic and outer-rock movements, and visionary guitarist and vocalist of bands like Comets on Fire and Howlin’ Rain.

COLE PULICE

Oakland-based saxophonist, composer and improviser Cole Pulice crafts luminous, otherworldly compositions at the intersection of cosmic jazz and digital synthesis. Check 2023’s soaring longform electroacoustic odyssey ‘If I Don’t See You in the Future, I’ll See You In the Pasture’ (selected as one of Pitchfork’s Best Songs Of The 2020s) or latest album ‘Land’s End Eternal’, which expands their compositional palette beyond signal-processed saxophone to include layers of electric guitar and lush choral arrangements.

This event is included in BNM festival pass - limited numbers remaining!

Presented as part of Bristol New Music festival

14+, under 18s must be accompanied by a 21+ adult