Music
Les Ardentes Festival, Liege, Belgium. 2016 Edition
Belgium’s Les Ardentes Festival is now over ten years old, so this year it added an extra day, making it a five-day extravaganza. I’ve been to every one, and my role for most of them as onstage announcer has given me fly-on-the-wall access to it and how it operates. Unlike in the U.K., where the …
News: Cambridge Folk Festival Sells Out For 23rd year in a row
Cambridge Folk Festival has sold out for the 23rd year running. The Cambridgeshire institution has advised not to travel to the festival at Cherry Hinton Hall without a ticket. If you missed your chance, then highlights will be broadcast on Radio 2 on Wednesday August 3rd, and Sky Arts later in the year. Performers this year range from the …
News: British rockers Eva Plays Dead gear stolen
British band Eva Plays Dead have become the latest band to find their gear stolen, with a new drum kit amongst other things worth £3,000 being stolen. Singer Tiggy Dockerty uploaded a video to the bands Facebook page earlier today explaining the situation as well as posting a list of the stolen gear. Being in …
See: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Share “First World Problem” Video
It seems Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson has gotten a fresh kick of inspiration in the form of new song “First World Problem”. The track debuted back at the end of May and seemed as if Nielson was using 2015s Multi-Love and that record’s groovy R&B-inflected vibe as the launching point for this new song. …
See: Seth Lakeman releases new video for ‘Ballad of the broken few’, plus Winter tour dates
The songs for folk singer Seth Lakeman’s new album, Ballad of the broken few, were recorded ‘live’ with an organic, acoustic vibe in the Great Hall of a Jacobean Manor House with legendary producer Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, Ray LaMontagne, Laura Marling, The Staves and Crosby, Stills and …
See: Ardyn release video for EP title track “The Valley”
Ardyn, aka brother and sister duo Rob and Katy Pearson have just (yesterday) released their new Mike Crossey (Foals, The 1975) produced EP, and to celebrate they’ve gone and streamed a new video for the title track. Taking about the track, the pair say “The Valley was written whilst retreating to the countryside to stay …
Not Forgotten: 10cc – How Dare You!
Their fourth album in as many years, by How Dare You! 10cc had mastered the art of balancing the conflicting demands of big hit singles with fiendishly clever art-rock albums. As commercial as glam rock, but still cleverer than the vast majority of prog-rockers, their formula worked, but it never made them any less ambitious …
See: DM Stith releases new video for Amylette
Brooklyn singer-songwriter and producer DM Stith had announced the release of his second album Pigeonheart due in late of July. Stith’s last album, Heavy Ghost, was released in 2009 and since then he’s ventured into a side project with John Mark Lapham called The Revival Hour, designed some album covers for some artist, played some …
Not Forgotten: The Scientists – A Place Called Bad
As one of the most geographically isolated cities in the world, punk came late to Perth, but when it finally did, it caught the attention of Kim Salmon, the man who the mainstay of The Scientists. Formed in 1978, The Scientists would evolve into their own version of Post-Punk, relocating to the UK in the …
See: Gothic Tropic release new video for ‘Stronger’
Stronger is the new track from LA-based Gothic Tropic, essential the brainchild of guitarist and songwriter Cecilia Della Peruti, who earns an honest crust away from Gothic tropic as a touring and session player for Charli XCX, BØRNS, and more. Her extraordinary ability has seen sponsorship deals with Fender and the like, and she brings …