Archive for July, 2010
247 South West / August 2010
We catch up with 90′s rave band, Leftfield, ahead of their only Cornish show this summer at the massive Boardmasters Festival in Newquay in August. We also catch up with The Quails from Teignmouth over a few ciders and venture out to Falmouth’s Dr Sketchy for naked drawing, burlesque girls and more. All the other [...]
247 West & Wales / August 2010
This months issue features an exclusive interview with Voodoo Vegas and their leading lady, we catch up with Fiona Stewart, the brains behind the Welsh Greenman festival as she tells us how to organise a proper festival! We also have our selection of the best festivals this month as part of our ongoing ‘Give It [...]
MUSIC ACTS AT BOARDMASTERS 2010
Here is our editorial choice of music acts you can’t miss at this years Boardmasters, for the full line-up and tickets, see www.relentlessboardmasters.com, but these are ones we recommend: Of course, Chase and Status are one of the headliners on Sat 7 August, this is there new tune to give you a taste of what [...]
WIN A-TEAM MOVIE GOODY BAGS
To coincide with the launch of the new A-Team movie we’ve teamed up with 20th Century Fox to give four lucky readers the chance to win some A-Team goodies. Included in the parachute style back pack (which doubles up as the goody bag) is a football, car stickers, t-shirt, radio, cap, glass and dog tag [...]
WIN TICKETS TO IVYLIVE
Finishing the festival season off in style is IVYLIVE, which is back for it’s third year with a mix of mainstream acts, new talent and emerging local heroes. And you can camp too. The line-up is looking hot with the likes of Athlete, The Magic Numbers, Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly, Cosmo Jarvis and Mad [...]
WIN TICKETS TO SEE PROFESSOR GREEN
Pop rapper Professor Green is set to headline this year’s Falmouth Week, after storming to success with the Inxs sampling I Need You Tonight, which Zane Lowe dubbed as the Hottest Record in the World in February. The Professor, who’ll play in the middle of Falmouth Week, on Wednesday 11th August, is currently smashing the [...]
REVIEW: PORT ELIOT FESTIVAL 2010
The seventh Port Eliot festival saw 5,000 festival goers of all ages flock to the Cornish coast for a weekend of arts, music and wild swimming. Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker gave people an insight into the humble beginnings of the festival while broadcasting live to BBC Radio 6 on the Sunday, revealing that the [...]
WALES BATTLE OF THE BANDS 2010
Calling all Welsh bands – get involved in the Cardiff Battle of the Bands at the Millennium stadium next month. Reckon you’ve got what it takes to be the next Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics or Lost Prophets? Now in its second year, the CLIC Battle of the Bands (part of the annual Skills Cymru event) [...]
REVIEW: BRISTOL BROUHAHA FESTIVAL 2010
Bristol Brouhaha is a multi venue comedy festival used by many a comedian as a warm up to the Edinburgh Festival – Bristol audiences being used as a testing ground for a wealth of new material. It’s hardly surprising then, that this material was very much hit and miss. Firstly, the hit. “I phoned the [...]
REVIEW: INDIETRACKS FESTIVAL 2010
There’s a lot of talk about boutique festivals at the moment, often used as shorthand for ‘smaller than Glastonbury’. But Indietracks – with a capacity of 2,000 – is genuinely tiny, and wonderful for it. By the end of the weekend, you recognise everyone there. Bands and punters alike mingle on the campsite, in the [...]
WIN HED KANDI DISCO HEAVEN ALBUMS
The mighty Hed Kandi opened its pearly gates in Pacha, London, this week for a truly spectacular night of Disco Heaven. Blending pure hedonism with jaw-dropping production and only the most delectable feel-good house music and latest floor fillers, Hed Kandi was celebrating the launch of the new compilation, Disco Heaven. On rotation were Hed [...]
WIN IBIZA UNDERGROUND ALBUMS
Ministry of Sound present the 6th in the Underground series and we’re back in Ibiza with 3CD’s packed full of sun soaked bangers in their FULL LENGTH UNMIXED DJ FRIENDLY glory. Separate the two – ‘Underground’ and ‘Ibiza’, it means a million and one things to every individual, put the 2 together and you’re starting [...]
REVIEW: PET SHOP BOYS IN CARDIFF (21/07/10)
There is a frustratingly small number of groups and artists who you just know are going to put on a good show for you – and the Pet Shop Boys are one of them. If you saw any of the footage from the Glastonbury Festival, you will know that Neil Tennant and co do not [...]
Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra kickstart Summer Surgery campaign in Newquay
The Surgery’s Aled Haydn Jones will be heading to Newquay to broadcast a special live show marking the start of the latest social action campaign across both radio networks, The Summer Surgery – a one stop shop for advice this summer on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. From Sunday 25 July to Thursday [...]
Latest Review Radio show
Check out this month’s latest releases, reviewed and rated by our very own Sean Holland. If you want your tunes featured on next months show, either upload them to our soundcloud HERE or email a mp3 link to 247@outofhand.co.uk Review radio_July show by fiftypointfour recordings Track listings: Artist – Title / Mix (Label) Andre Lodemann [...]
PHOTO GALLERY: THE APPLES
Exclusive images from the Apples gig back in November at Start the Bus in Bristol. Images: Matt Smith
BEST VIDEO EVER: LET’S HEAR IT FOR NEWPORT, NEWPORT, NEWPORT
Occassionally you get a round robin email with a link to some vaguely funny video but this one clinches the prize for the best ever – a Welsh take on Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind – it ain’t about New York, but Newport. Genius. It had us in fits. Great word play, great video, great [...]
O’NEILLS IN CARDIFF OPENS NEW UPSTAIRS BAR
Everyone’s favourite Irish chain bar O’Neill’s has revamped it’s St Mary’s Street branch in Cardiff to include an upstairs restaurant and bar. The new bar officially opens on Thursday with a big launch party which features live music, booze and food. The new addition to the heart of Cardiff nightlife will initially be open on [...]
REVIEW: 2000 TREES FESTIVAL 2010
There’s a thin line between too small and small enough and sadly, 2000 Trees festival sits on the wrong side of that line. A genuinely intimate affair with a capacity of just 2,500 – that’s like two schools worth of people and that’s a bit what it felt like. Inevitably attracting the young folk of [...]
