The tigers that came to Stroud Green
Apr 3
Four festival traders on creating a successful venture
Four young traders offering boutique camping, gourmet coffee, holistic massage and wood-fired pizza relate the ups and downs of life as a festival vendor.
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May 12
The tigers that came to Stroud Green
While the country’s galleries and art spaces have been closed, it has been incumbent upon artists to find more ingenious ways to display their work. Someone who has been bringing artistic enjoyment and a sense of community to his neighbourhood for several years is artist and art project organiser Ahmed Farooqui, together with his partner…
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May 7
Dark Tropics reveal new track Keep Searching
Belfast duo Dark Tropics reveal the follow-up to their previous release Moroccan Sun, in late 2020. This time round they’ve gone for a more vintage sound on Keep Searching, out May 7th. “Keep Searching was inspired by the vibrancy and romance of 60’s American soul music,” says the band. “It’s about not wanting to be left behind…
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May 1
Pledge Psychodrama by RKB Vitesse: mystery and beauty
Pledge Psychodrama is an interesting and seductive gem of a track which pulled me in with its air of mystery. A landscape of dense, woozy electronica gradually unfolds, laying down a comforting wash of sound. It doesn’t surprise me that it popped up on Gideon Coe’s show on Radio 6 Music as it’s ideal material…
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Apr 30
A second wave for Victorious festival
Victorious festival in Portsmouth has announced its second wave lineup, with more artists adding to the roster for the August Bank Holiday event. Headlining Sunday night on the Castle Stage are Nile Rodgers and Chic. Saturday evening sees Frank Turner in Southsea, with his eight-album catalogue of punk-folk. Also joining the line-up are Annie Mac and Ella Eyre on Sunday afternoon, with Clean…
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Apr 26
Suzie Ungeleider reveals new video
Suzie Ungeleider has just released a new track called Baby Blues from her upcoming album My Name is Suzie Ungerleider. Fans of Americana will be familiar with Suzie’s former persona – she performed in the guise of Oh Susanna for many years, and has toured the UK, with sold out shows at London’s 100 Club…
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Apr 23
Hiss Golden Messenger shares Hardlytown video
North Carolina band Hiss Golden Messenger follow up their dreamy video for the title track of latest album Sanctuary with a new, Dylanesque video of Hardlytown. M.C. Taylor and crew have created a video inspired by Dylan’s now iconic handwritten-sign video for Subterranean Homesick Blues, with guitarist and frontman M.C Taylor taking charge of the…
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Apr 23
Back to the fields: festivals for 2021
Our festival piece looks a little different this year. It’s been a difficult and rather harrowing task putting it together as many have decided – and are still deciding – to cancel, mainly due to the lack of Government-backed covid insurance. Operating on a knife edge is everyday stuff for festival organisers, but this is…
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Apr 21
Manchester Psych Fest 2021 full line up
A stellar roster of artists awaits those attending Manchester Psych Fest this year. And the organisers are delighted to announce their full lineup for this year’s festival, which takes place on 4th September. Malia’s Tinariwen are co-headliners with Stereolab, plus there’s post-punk outfit Dry Cleaning, afrobeat eight-piece Kokoroko and Japanese psych veterans Kikagaku Moyo. Also on the bill Jadu Heart, Billy Nomates,…
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Apr 16
Music survey to help Music Venue Trust
Music fans needed for survey to help revive live music Music fans are needed to take part in a short survey to help the UK’s live music industry plan for the safe return of gigs. Music Venue Trust are calling on all fans of live music and grassroots music venues to complete the live music industry’s survey before…
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Apr 16
Better in Space: GracieSouz reveals new EP
Lockdown has caused many a collaborative project to temporarily fragment, resulting in solo work that may be of a more intense and introspective nature. Out today is Grace de Souza’s exciting new solo EP called Better in Space. Grace is a member of London-based band KIN (see interview with KIN band here). Grace found herself…
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