Festival Review: Leeds 2015
LEEDS 2015 28th-30th August 2015 Words and Photos: Elena Katrina Leeds has always been a firm must in our festival diary, it’s one of our favourites. You might think that it’s perhaps not the best festival to find new music but I disagree they always have bands for me to discover and not always on … Continue reading
Festival Review: Bingley Music Live
Bingley Music Live Words and Photos: Gary Lambert There is a stretch of England through the Pennines where Lancashire and Yorkshire are almost indecipherable from each other; where ITV can fit more Sunday night drama into a 60 minutes than happens in a year in reality; and where places can be further north, but nowhere … Continue reading
Festival Review: Liverpool International Music Festival
Liverpool International Music Festival August 29th-31st 2015 Words: Gary Lambert Photos: Gaz Jones For those of you who don’t know the recent history, Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF to its friends) came about when Liverpool City Council decided that the behemoth of tribute acts which was The Mathew Street Festival was a bit of a blot … Continue reading
Festival Review: Festevol Part 2
Festevol Part 2 The Kazimier August 8th 2015 Words and photos: Gary Lambert Warning: This review contains no song titles or insightful technical details on music performance. This is a study in the sheer enjoyment of being with friends, having beer in a plastic cup and watching live music. After Festevol Part 1 and … Continue reading
Festival Review: Kendal Calling 2015
Kendal Calling 30th July – 3rd August 2015 This is the third year in a row that I’ve been to Kendal Calling and it was thrilling to be there as part of their ten year birthday bash! We didn’t make it there for the Thursday early entrance which saw indie legends James take to the … Continue reading
Festival Review: Festevol Part 1
Festevol Part 1 The Kazimier August 1st 2015 Words and photos: Gary Lambert Opening up in the rain soaked Kazimier Garden was the young talent that is local singer-songwriter Sophie Anderson. Despite telling the crowd that she was performing none of the music with her eyes open due to being able to see them all … Continue reading
Festival Review: Beat Herder 2015
Beat Herder 17-19 July 2015 With little more than a few friends ranting and raving about this festival I have seen very little about it at all, which is surprising. The reason I say it’s surprising is because it’s easily one of the best festivals I have been to in a long while and yet … Continue reading
Festival Review: X&Y Festival 2015
X&Y Arts Club, Liverpool, 11th July 2015 Words: Elena Katrina Photos: Gaz Jones I managed to miss last year’s gargantuan one day indie-pop bliss that is X&Y festival, so with a line up that featured so many of our fave new bands of the last 18 months we just had to get along to this … Continue reading
Festival Review: Bushstock 2015
Bushstock London, June 13th 2015 Words: Lauren Grigor Bushstock 2015 was a festival with an atmosphere I was not expecting. The streets were filled with teens and adults checking their schedules, freaking out over clashes and dashing from one venue to the next throughout the quirky West London Shepherd’s Bush. Even just getting off the … Continue reading
Festival Review: Sound City 2015
Sound City 2015 Bramley Moore Dock, Liverpool 21-23 May 2015 Words: Elena Katrina and Lauren Grigor This year saw Liverpool’s Sound City festival take a brave new step away from the warm open arms of the city centre venues and take a massive leap into becoming pretty much a full on outside festival, open to … Continue reading
Festival Review: Live At Leeds
Live At Leeds Saturday 2nd May 2015, Leeds Words: Elena Katrina and Sean Regan Leeds has become synonymous as a bastion of UK rock in parts thanks to it’s burgeoning DIY music scene and the often riot inducing Leeds festivals. The weather was traditional UK festival (rain) so thankfully everything was indoors in the numerous … Continue reading
Festival Review: Threshold 2015
Threshold Festival 2015 27th-29th March 2015, Liverpool Words: Elena Katrina and Gary Lambert Threshold Festival 2015 wasn’t just about music. It was about music, art and performance too but most of all, what I learnt was, that it was about community and a love for something bigger than itself. I always come away from festivals … Continue reading
Festival Review: Liverpool Acoustic Festival
Liverpool Acoustic Festival is a two day festival based entirely at Liverpool’s Unity Theatre and it does, well, exactly what it says on the tin. The festival celebrates just a tiny fraction of the musical talent in acoustic music in the North West and beyond. Friday saw a relaxed affair with plenty of different acts … Continue reading
Just Watch: Rae Morris – Under The Shadows
Rae Morris Watch the video for Under The Shadows here: Rae Morris has released this video to accompany her new single, Under The Shadows, taken from her forthcoming debut Album, Unguarded, due for release on January 26th. LIVE 1st Feb The Kazimier, Liverpool 3rd Feb King Tuts, Glasgow 4th Feb Wardrobe, Leeds 5th Feb Temple … Continue reading
Festival Review: Leeds 2014
Leeds 2014 This year at Leeds I saw 26 bands, most of whom were brilliant, a few I wasn’t so keen on and had one/two bands of the weekend who have sent me home in a spin. Oh and all of this with the tail end of a chest infection, no voice, on painkillers and … Continue reading
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