Everyone loves a tale of triumph over tragedy, and Brian Christinzio (BC Camplight) has had to battle more than his fair share, from being deported from his home in the UK back to the USA to coping with mental illness, yet through it all, his music has flourished, culminating in the forthcoming album ‘Shortly After […]
With his much-anticipated new album Shortly After Takeoff due for release 24th April via Bella Union, BC Camplight has shared the title track from the album. Of the track BC Camplight comments: “I feel at home being down. I spend a lot of time there. Your toast can only land butter-side to the floor so […]
bluedot has released the first wave of artists for this year with Björk, Groove Armada and Metronomy headlining the fifth instalment of the award-winning music, science and culture event at Cheshire’s iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory taking place 23–26 July 2020. One of the most influential and ground-breaking musicians of all time, Björk’s festival exclusive set […]
-YES, MANCHESTER- “I think we’ve got just enough time for one more”. Brian Christinzio, AKA BC Camplight, mumble-growls from somewhere deep within this thick trucker beard, from out beneath a black baseball cap that reads “Cape Lookout”, from behind the blackest of black sunglasses. And that’s all fine – it is Black Friday after all […]
-BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER- Tonight is special for BC Camplight. He’s too cool ever to say so, but it is clear. After everything he’s been through over the last decade, to have an intimate solo show like this in the city that has become his home and has offered him the opportunities that he […]
-GORILLA, MANCHESTER- Half way through proceedings – a sweaty, sleazy gorgeous romp of a night – and Brian Christinzio takes off his lounge lizard jacket to reveal a T-shirt with the slogan ‘I’m in a weird place now’. You and me both, mate. You want to try standing here by the stage, as a geographically […]
Currently putting the finishing touches to a new studio album, hopefully due for release later this year, BC Camplight will be embarking on a grand piano solo tour in April, playing songs from his critically acclaimed album How To Die In The North, alongside older tracks from his catalogue and also some new numbers. April […]
– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – Brian Christinzio has one hand on the neck of his guitar and the other up a puppet’s ass. Although BC himself provides the high pitched voice of the puppet, he is even then undermined by his cloth nemesis, who calls him on his insecurities about his age, teases him […]
Sufjan Stevens will play his first ever UK festival show when he headlines End of the Road Festival in September. The songwriter will play the event, which is held at Larmer Tree Gardens in Wiltshire, on Saturday, September 5. He joins the previously announced headliners Tame Impala, who are currently readying their third album and […]
BC Camplight has shared a new animated video to accompany his new single, You Should’ve Gone To School. The single by BC Camplight, real name Brian Christinzio, is taken from his third studio album How To Die In the North, which was released through Bella Union earlier this month. The songwriter, who is originally from […]
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