I was going to start this piece with the headline I COULD SMILE ABOUT IT NOW, BUT AT THE TIME IT WAS TERRIBLE taken from The Smiths’ Shakespeare Sister. It has been said many times that Morrissey is an enigma. Over the past few years he has left me rather confused and with feelings of […]
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WOMAD festival, UK edition, hosted in the quiescent Charlton Park Estate, Wiltshire, happens annually on the final weekend of July and has been functioning as a cultural celebratory carnival for the past 35 years. With the festival scene in Britain becoming somewhat saturated over the last five, many are not able to bear the enlarging […]
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Our album of the month comes straight off the banks of the Mersey, in the form of The Vryll Society debut, Course Of The Satellite. It’s been long in the making from the Deltasonic signed scousers, and their patience has paid off. Released 10th August 2018, Course Of The Satellite is like hyper-galactic travel through […]
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This gig was originally scheduled for the 18th of March .Nine days after release of the new album “We the Collective” . On the 24th Feb , Charlie Heathers’ teenage son was tragically killed in a accident in Brighton. The rest of the tour was rescheduled so at this point I would like to pay […]
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2018 has seen the UK festival scene seemingly crumble away in dramatic fashion, as many of the biggest festivals suffered huge setbacks. T in the Park had to be cancelled indefinitely as they struggled to compete with other festivals and had issues over the festival’s location. Similarly, V festival announced that it would not take […]
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Urbanistas! It’s that time again, WOMAD is almost upon us but your usual correspondent cannot make this years event. Instead I’ve sent my good friends Holly and Vaughan to cover my favourite festival! I met Vaughan at my first WOMAD three years ago and have enjoyed three incredible years at this wonderful musical gathering! I’ll […]
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Oh Latitude – You blew me away! I’ve never been to Latitude; always deemed it as a festival that wasn’t really “my thing”. Being a local to Southwold, I would watch the people arriving each year, excited about the upcoming event. This year, primarily because The Killers were playing, I wanted to go and I […]
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It’s July 2010, a sunny day in Llandudno, Wales. A seagull is peering through the window wondering why there’s a figure perched on a hotel window ledge looking out to sea. The answer? Butterfly House by The Coral had just dropped and the review wasn’t going to write itself. Fast forward eight years, another promenade […]
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Bluedot festival is an event combining everyone’s love for music, science and the arts for four continuous days at the famous Jodrell Bank attraction. The event runs from the 19th through to the 22nd of July 2018, accommodation is available on site as well. Meaning less travel for you! This year the brand new Roots […]
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After an hiatus of five years, Miles Kane strutted back into his home city for a memorable closing night on his pre -release “Coup de Grace” album tour. Ever the master showman, the local hero whetted our appetites with little sample bites of his new album, due to land on 10 August, interspersed with favourites […]
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