While another year of festivals has been and gone, fear not; festivals are announcing their line ups left, right and centre in the run up to Christmas and the latest soiree to announce for their 2018 edition is the brilliant Metropolitan festival Live at Leeds, hosted in, you guessed it, the beautiful city of Leeds. […]Read More
Green Man 2017 seemed to have themes running throughout it. This shows an attention to detail on the behalf of the organisers but also an organic quality on the behalf of the punters, as well as a belief that all share in the power of this wonderful and unique festival. Themes of fire and water, […]Read More
Ermis Madikopoulos gives us his thoughts on this years Indietracks Festival, with its strong punk and DIY ethic. Read More
If others buckle under the strains of blustery conditions or hurtful comments, how many punters will recoil in fear and run back into the warm, dependable bosom of Reading & Leeds? Those that see the small festival as an admirable antidote to the more commercialised endeavours of the big hitters may find their devotion severely tested. Read More
2000trees is going to be great, you don’t need me to tell you that. Since it all begin amongst just a few friends back in 2007, the festival has become a firm fixture in the calendar for all those who love alternative rock music. The festival has remained true to its core values of being […]Read More
Festival season has come around once again and many savvy festival goers headed to polling stations to vote on the 8th June before beginning their weekend at the first major UK festival of the year on the Isle of Wight. Indie-rock band Misfires made an appearance in the ‘Jack Rocks with This Feeling’ stage, putting […]Read More
It is, as ever, a stellar lineup this year for Green Man festival and I’ve picked the four key artists that are essential viewing. I think it’s clear from the cross-section I’ve picked that Green Man is wonderfully eclectic, it doesn’t stick to one genre or mood. Where else are you going to see Sleaford […]Read More
2017 is on course to be one of the best years for festivals and another new face on the summer schedule is Community Festival. Celebrating the best of new and well established alternative and rock talent, Catfish and the Bottlemen will be headlining the one day concert at Finsbury Park, and performing alongside them will […]Read More
Rou Reynolds, frontman of Enter Shikari asks, “Are you all feeling suitably nostalgic?”. While the Main Stage crowd roars back, the affirmation feels something like a simple answer because actually, no, as they rattle through their decade-old debut album ‘Take To The Skies’ it actually feels more relevant than ever before. With the lights and […]Read More
Selecting who should headline your festival will undoubtedly give organisers sleepless nights year on year. It goes without saying that a strong line-up is built on great headliners and finding that balance between those top acts is probably one of the hardest jobs. It seems to be that every bill topping band must fit a […]Read More
The scenic rock festival, set in the heart of the Cotswolds, will welcome some of the biggest names on its line-up (including a handful of its massive 5 headliners) to the picturesque forest stage for a series of stripped back performances. Headliners Mallory Knox, Nothing But Thieves, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Lower Than […]Read More
110 Above is an independently ran festival in rural Leicestershire, and acts on the line-ups each year are typically within the alternative rock genre, although some bands in this year’s line-up could be described as grunge and post punk too. Known for its chilled environment, it is ideal for people who are keen to discover […]Read More
Slam Dunk is always a special Bank Holiday weekend of alternative and punk music and this year’s event promises to be more of the same. With Enter Shikari celebrating 10 years of their seminal debut album ‘Take To The Skies’ over the three dates or We Are The Ocean calling time on their career, the […]Read More
A line-up of bands who are predicted to become the largest names in the music industry, alongside other acts who have already achieved success in recent years, will perform at a massive one-day music festival, taking place at one of London’s beautiful parks: Finsbury Park. Redfaces, Fickle Friends, Darlia, The Hunna, Nothing but Thieves, Slaves, […]Read More
The line-up for this year’s Boardmasters is already pretty spectacular, but even more sparkle has been added to it, with the announcement of over sixty more acts joining the likes of Two Door Cinema Club, alt-J, and Jamiroquai this summer. Again, there’s a mixture of plenty of new talent, alongside a few names everyone will […]Read More
