Last weekend, music fans and music industry professionals ascended upon the South East Coast for Brighton’s Great Escape Festival for the sixth time since it started in 2006. Here’s a day by day review of the bands that I saw: Thursday Band: Splashh Venue: Blind Tiger London grunge poppers , Splashh,...
Solar-Systems are electronic duo Laura and Oli; Laura is singer / lyric provider whilst Oli (previously of Dreamtrak) provided the production. Here’s what happened when I caught up with them for a brief chat: How would you describe Solar-Systems? Oli: I like melody and making people dance, but beyond that musically it’s just a soup...
Swedish born singer, Karin Park, releases her album, Highwire Poetry, later this month. I was lucky enough to get a sneaky live preview of it at the session that she did in Urban Outfitters at The Great Escape Festival this weekend. I recorded a bit of it, followed by a quick chat that I had with her...
One of the band’s that I was massively blown away by at The Great Escape Festival this year (full review coming soon y’all) were Deptford based trio, Drop Out Venus. Together they craft artistic, ambient grunge rock. Here’s what happened when I caught up with Iva from the band for a brief interview: ...
We really love this new Solomon & Finder track. It’s also a free download which you can grab here. It’s been perfect for easing my awful Tuesday morning hangover (when will I learn to stay away from Sex On The Beach’s). Words: Katie Wilkinson
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, AKA. Orlando Higginbottom is inviting young creatives to design him a headdress for his Bestival performance in September which will be televised over at channel 4. The winner will receive mass exposure from TEEDS’ website as well as tickets (including travel costs and camping with a guest) to Bestival,...
Hannah Cordingly headed to The Brudenell in Leeds last Tuesday (08/05/12) to take some photos of our favourite girl Grimes. Photos: Hannah Cordingly
Opening for Blood Red Shoes, The Cast of Cheers have been travelling non-stop for weeks now, we caught up with the majority of them before their penultimate gig at Leeds Cockpit, to chat about festivals, records and other musical jargon. Freedom Spark: I thought there were four of you? The Cast of Cheers: (Neil)...
Wanna see an old man do interpretive dance around various areas of Manchester? Well you can below in the video for Swiss Lips‘ new single ‘Danz.’ I don’t care that they sound extremely similar to Is Tropical, I fucking love it. Words: Katie Wilkinson
Promoting duo Jon and Welsey have been working under the guise of Now Wave ever since I was old enough to sneak into their often exclusive shows a few years back here in Manchester. Now, you all know by now I study here but even when I was living in Liverpool back home, it was...
So, here you have it, our first venture into promotion. We are in the company of the lovely Sarah Thompson, founder of Roundhouse Radio’s The Filthy Disco. The night will be at The Old Queen’s Head in Islington; one of our favourite venues in London and we’ll both be DJing all night until...
Brooklyn band, Friends, are on a huge world tour at the moment. Here’s what happened when I phoned Samantha from the band for a brief chat about touring, Brooklyn and what they have coming up over the new few months: Are you enjoying the tour? Yeah, it’s long. That’s a complicated question because touring in...
