Festival Coverage : Isle Of Wight Festival

By Kenny McMurtrie

May 20, 2013

The Isle Of Wight Festival these days hardly needs any extra advance promotion, given its association in the public consciousness with the original three events of the same name and the pedigree established over the 11 years since its revival by the Solo Music Agency. This year’s festival takes place from 13 to 16 June and at time of writing major acts such as The Stone Roses, Bon Jovi, The Killers and The Boomtown Rats have been confirmed along with smaller ones such as Kodaline, Imagine Dragons, Rizzle Kicks and Imperial Teen.

A weekend’s adult camping comes in at £185 but you can view the whole range of ticketing options by clicking on the festival name at the start of this article.

John Giddings of the organising team took time out from his packed schedule to answer a few questions we sent his way:- … Continue Reading

Long Division : Pre-Festival Interview With This Is The Kit

By Rob Aldam

May 16, 2013

This is the Kit is the musical project of Kate Stables. Formed back in 2003, her travels have taken her across the channel and build the band in size and shape. She’s collaborated and performed with a number of artists from both sides of the Channel, and her touring band incorporates a range of talented musicians in their own right. Ahead of Long Division Festival 2013 MG’s Rob Aldam caught up with her to discuss making music, talented friends and Gaelic audiences.

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12 Years of DFA : Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic

By Stef Siepel

May 16, 2013

If you follow our Twitter feed, you will have seen this one pass: A short documentary by Red Bull Music Academy of twelve years of DFA. It’s a must see. Not because of its in-depth look into the music industry (it isn’t), nor for great reveals or juicy back stories (it hasn’t). But because – in all its lightness, fun, and short running time – you do get an idea of (and have to marvel at) how such a small operation went on to be so successful doing what they like

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Festival Coverage : Live at Leeds – Part 2

Photo by Andy Benge www.andybenge.com

By Rosie Duffield

May 13, 2013

The day starts with an hour and a half’s drive to Leeds, which may be enough for some people not to bother – but with a specially-made mix CD full of tunes from the artists we hope to see at the festival we’re in a pretty good mood by the time we rock into town. … Continue Reading

Festival Coverage : Long Division

By Kenny McMurtrie

May 13, 2013

Long Division takes place in Wakefield , and is put on by the Rhubarb Bomb blog. For the 2013 incarnation of the festival (in conjunction with Jonny The Firth and Wolfyboy Records of Leeds) 7 venues in the city will host 70 acts over the course of 07 – 09 June. Those acts already confirmed at time of writing include The Fall, Nine Black Alps, Ghostpoet, Jeffrey Lewis, The History Of Apple Pie, Howard Marks, RM Hubbert and The Spills. With tickets at a mere £20 this is a festival that’s pretty much off the scale in terms of value for money.

Dean Freeman from Rhubarb Bomb was kind enough to answer a few questions that we put to him about the organisation of the weekend’s activities:- … Continue Reading

Festival Coverage : Live At Leeds

Photo by Thomas Midgley

By Hayley Scott

May 08, 2013

Live At Leeds has grown in both stature and scope since its inception in 2007, into a musical metropolis that has steadily acquired a reputation as one of the best city festivals in the UK. … Continue Reading

Eurosonic Noorderslag 2014

By Kenny McMurtrie

May 06, 2013

January 2014 seems at the current time to be rather far in the future but, in the spirit of the the six Ps, applications are now open for performers to apply for slots at the Eurosonic Noorderslag 2014 networking event which takes place 15 to 18 January in Groningen. Previous beneficiaries of the exposure the event affords include Anna Calvi, Crystal Fighters, James Blake, James Vincent McMorrow, White Lies and The XX. … Continue Reading

Festival Coverage : Big Day In

By Kenny McMurtrie

May 02, 2013

Edinburgh’s Electric Circus plays host, this Bank Holiday Sunday (May 5th), to the Big Day In event. The full line-up is handily displayed on the image to the left and you can obtain tickets by clicking here.

John-Paul Mason and Tallah Brash, the dual brains behind the day’s goings on, were good enough to answer a few questions that we put to them:- … Continue Reading

In Pictures : Two Door Cinema Club, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh

By Julia Stryj

May 02, 2013

Touring in support of second album Beacon Two Door Cinema Club (with opening act Chvrches) recently took to the stage of Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. Julia Stryj was there for Muso’s Guide to record the even for those of us that couldn’t make it. … Continue Reading

Festival Coverage – Primavera Sound

By Kenny McMurtrie

May 01, 2013

The Primavera Sound festival has been around for over a decade in Barcelona and is now in its second year in Porto.  Offering a consistently high level of acts from around the world it is also an important platform for acts from Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries, proof of which is seen this year with such acts as Blur, Bob Mould, Dinosaur Jr., Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Woods rubbing shoulders with The Suicide Of Western Culture, Los Planetas and Guadalupe Plata and many others.

The Barcelona event runs over May 22 – 26 whilst Porto plays host May 30 – June 01 and we were lucky enough to have a few questions about the organisation of the shows answered by the promoters:-

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