The Mountain Stage opened for business – and it continues to be a fantastic addition to the festival. It has none of the claustrophobia of some similarly large festival tents, and there’s a nice wide stage. On the lineup: Adult DVD, Better Joy, She’s In Parties, The Magic Numbers, Sir Chloe, Getdown Services, The Damned, Sir…
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There was an amazing display of ghoulish glory at Bearded Theory on Sunday for the traditional Sunday fancy dress competition as vampires and the like braved it out in the sweltering heat. Bearded Theory festival
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The festival gods were kind to Bearded Theory this year, maybe a bit too kind. The sun beamed down, and security morphed into barmen, doling out pints of water. All weekend long. Troopers. The BT team saw sense and opened the main stage on Thursday so we weren’t left wandering around like lost sheep –…
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Out now is Fat Dog’s new single Go F*** Urself, on Domino Records. The song is unveiled just in time for festival season, joining the rest of the Fat Dog canon of party bangers. There’s a bouncy 80s pop thread running through it with propulsive beats while vocalist Joe Love intones the sombre vocals: “Some…
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Festivals tend to grab all the attention over the summer but our much-loved grassroots venues need support too! So this new venture called Everywhere At Once is the perfect way to entice you back into some of our great venues for a gig. The umberella organisations presiding over it all is leading charity Music Venue Trust…
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Fans of Wild Beasts and Hayden Thorpe will be delighted to know that he is preparing to revisit his former years with the band by performing the Wild Beasts songbook. Playing entirely solo, the shows will be an exploration of the collection in their purest form – voice and instrument, as they were written. These intimate shows…
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Here’s our fabulous festival guide to see you through to the end of September. The festival landscape has been changing rapidly over the past few years and some have struggled to keep afloat, hence we’ve said goodbye to a number of much-loved events. On the upside, newbies are emerging, with an increase in non-camping city…
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I have been a fan of the Daylight Music Saturday afternoon concert series for many years since their early home at London’s Union Chapel. Daylight Music, run by Arctic Circle, has been presenting a huge and diverse range of musicians over the 17 years they’ve been in existence. Taking a couple of hours out of…
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Ella Clayton’s second album Could It Be You? is set for release on 24th April. Meanwhile she’s been dropping the occasional track from this new work, and the latest is the captivating and quirky single called Dolomites. Recorded at George Ezra’s studio Hotel Quebec, Dolomites expresses the desire to be alone. It’s the perfect vehicle…
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Halifax band The Orielles certainly cannot be accused of standing still. And with their new album Only You Left, they push the realms of experimental territory, continuing a journey that has gradually taken them away from their early indie-garagey pop beginnings. That shift became fully apparent on Tableau (2022), a gauzy, fragile record that immersed…
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