Preview // Primavera 2013
We’re happy to say that we’ll be heading to Spain for this year’s Primavera Sound Festival and hell yeah are we excited. The line-up is something we’ve only ever dreamed about before now and it’s all taking place in the beautiful city of Barcelona too! Here are a few of the bands we’re hoping...
News // More acts added to The Great Escape Line-up
100 more (!!!) acts have been added to The Great Escape line-up. Here are our picks of who else to make sure you catch. The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster Brighton local legends The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster will be showcasing some new material and we’re very excited to hear it! ...
Preview // SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas
SXSW festival 2013 is quickly approaching and we are one of the lucky publications that are able to attend. With a promise of live music, barbecues, sun and free beer, this is a music conference that we’re looking forward to it a lot… Here are a few bands we’re looking forward to catching: The...
News // LULS announce debut single
Last week over on the Tumblr we shared with you the new LULS video. It has everything and more of what you’d expect from a single; ‘Young’ combines chant-like melodies with resplendent bursts of energy, which are disguised at the beginning of the track by dazzling synths. Since then the band have announced that it...
Preview // In The Woods Festival 2012
Last year at In The Woods Festival, we had a total blast, therefore we will be returning this year. In case you missed our features on the festival last year, here is a brief recap: In the Woods Festival is a small 750 capacity festival based in a secret woodland area, one...
News // Peace release free download
Brummy indie band Peace have released their new song (which I was totally blown away by when I saw it live at Latitude last month) ‘California Daze’ as a free download. It’s a slow, melancholic, sixties inspired love song which despite being rather cliché is so completely gorgeous that it’s very hard not to...
Stage Times // Beacons Festival
We at Freedom Spark are getting super excited about heading up to the Yorkshire dales next weekend for the first ever Beacons Festival. Who else is coming? Here are the stage times so that you can plan your weekend and get super excited too. THURSDAY BEACONS SOCIAL 19:00 Ezy Ryder /...
Review // Freelance Whales – ‘Locked Out’
The band who were responsible for Weathervanes, one of my favourite albums of 2010 are back. YAY! It’s a mellow and percussion filled relaxed number entitled ’Locked Out’ which is 100% a natural progression from the similar, minimal material found on their debut. It much less fragile than songs such as ‘Starring’ , ‘We Could Be...
News // Black Cab Sessions launches BCS Records
Black Cab Sessions have announced that they are starting a record label entitled BCS Records. The company has prided itself on showcasing the best new music around, all in the environment of the back of a black cab during intimate acoustic sessions which are then shared with the interweb via their Youtube channel. ...
News // Peaking Lights and Topman CTRL team up to launch remix competition
Topman CTRL, the store’s online new music platform that presents acts picked by Huw Stephens and guests has teamed up with Peaking Lights to launch a competition. The competition gives fans and upcoming producers the chance to do the official remix of their new single, ‘Beautiful Sons.’ The winning mix will be a...
New // The XX – ‘Angels’
OH MY GOSH. The XX are back. If I believed in God, I would say that this track is a gift from God to help me out with my post Latitude coma. This new track is called ‘Angels’ and my goodness is it beautiful. For those of you that feared that the new album...
Preview // Beacons Festival
Beacons festival, set up in the Yorkshire Dales, had a false start last year, with the downpour of English summer rain causing them to abandon all of their plans and declare a surrender to mother nature. This year’s copycat festival; Bloc Weekend had similar bad luck (apparently) but we can only hope that for...
