A lot of stuff happened this week. Here’s what happened. Arcade Fire are finally announcning details of their long-awaited return. Their third LP, The Suburbs, will be released on the 2nd August and is available to pre-order on their website. Before that though, they’ll release a limited run of vinyl showcasing two new songs – [...]

Posted on May 29th, 2010 by Max
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The last time I saw British Sea Power was at Guilfest last year. It was a blustery and overcast day so I can understand why it didn’t look sold out but that is no excuse for the fact that only around 10-15 people saw them. They were easily the best band there on the day [...]

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Max
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The Great Escape is one of the events that kick-start the festival season in the UK and it’s only a week away. I’ll be there next week covering the best of the action. Earlier today I listed some new artists that were stand outs amongst the rest but now it’s time to bring out the [...]

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Max
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The Green Man Festival is now in its 7th year and it has now announced the first few artists that will play there. The main highlights from the initial wave of acts announced include British Sea Power, Bon Iver, Wilco and Errors. Amongst all this, Bella Union will also be hosting a night showcasing emerging [...]

Posted on March 4th, 2009 by Max
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Over the years there have been many festivals held in weird and unique locations. For example, in the snowy mountains of Austria you have the Snowbombing Festival, based around winter sports as well as music, and the farcical Zoo Thousand 08 near a zoo (which then had to borrow funds from the zoo they were [...]

Posted on February 24th, 2009 by Max
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