Festival Review: Farr Festival, 2018
Organisational blunders keep the fever-dream of Farr Fest just shy of magical. Only half an hour north of London, in Hertfordshire’s Bygrave Woods, all perception of location melts away. Nestled in …
Preview: Farr Festival 2018
In less than a month’s time, Bygrave Woods in Hertfordshire will be transformed for the ninth edition of Farr Festival. Just a half-hour journey from London’s King Cross, the four-day event is a gathe…
Festival Review: Live At Leeds, 2018
Though not a prerequisite, Live At Leeds is all about the best of Britain, championing the new and celebrating already beloved acts, outstripping the city festival competition. In the spirit of SXSW, …
Festival Profile: Farr Fest, 2018
Name: FARR FESTIVAL Where: Bygrave Woods, Hertfordshire When: 5th - 8th July Did you get the memo? Dance is the sound of 2018, the biggest it's been since the halcyon days of the 90s. Farr Fe…
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Festival Profile: Live at Leeds 2018
Name: Live At Leeds Where: Leeds, Yorkshire When: Saturday 5th May Of all the city festivals, Live at Leeds takes the crown. For one day the city hosts tens of thousands of music fans, bounci…
In Pictures: IDLES // Gorilla, Manchester
Branded as punk polemics, the one and only IDLES set off on their latest UK tour earlier this week, ready to bring their infamously rowdy sets across the country. Landing in Manchester for a sold-out …
Live Review: Young Fathers // O2 Ritz, Manchester
Contradiction is the most fascinating thing about Young Fathers. On stage they’re a riot barely contained, but when winning awards they mope around and shoot daggers at the press; “What do you expect …
In Pictures: Young Fathers // O2 Ritz, Manchester
Returning once again to the road, Edinburgh's Young Fathers took to the stage in Manchester last night as they celebrated the release of their latest album Cocoa Sugar. Bringing one of their exhilarat…
Jamie xx, Four Tet, Daphni lead Dekmantel Festival announcement
The Netherlands electronic festival goes big for its 11th outing, balancing innovation and club domination with its first announcement. In the below reveal video, a robot voice coolly plots the fes…
Live Review: Future Islands // Apollo, Manchester
Future Islands are proof of life beyond meme. Catapulted to fame by leader Samuel T. Herring's gyrating hips and manic eyes on Letterman in 2014, a lot of people asked, is this actually good? Are we e…
