Archive for July, 2010
REVIEW: LARMER TREE FESTIVAL 2010
The 20th anniversary Larmer Tree Festival was a mixed bag of sunshine and showers but the music was top notch with 4,000 festival goers cherry picking their favourite acts for the weekend. One of the most hardworking man in rock, Frank Turner headlined the Thursday night slot on the Main Lawn. Unfortunately the weather was [...]
REVIEW: A FINE DAY FOR SAILING – SAND BOX
Exeter band’s third album released on a German label, possibly due to the lack of a local audience that appreciates top-notch guitar pop. This is the album the Beach Boys would have made, if they had listened to British underground bands such as Television Personalities or Razorcuts. The set opens with Summer Blonde, which is [...]
REVIEW: BIFF BANG POW! – LOVE IS FOREVER
Criminally underrated British psychedelic pop classic gets a limited edition re-issue, in a plush gatefold sleeve with bonus tracks, on Berlin’s independent label, Vollwert. Originally released on Creation Records more than two decades ago, Love is Forever still has the ability to send shivers down spines. There is generally very little known about Biff Bang [...]
REVIEW: BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB/MELODICA, MELODY AND ME AT BRISTOL ST GEORGE’S (14/07/10)
It is only a year since Bombay Bicycle Club released their critically-lauded debut, I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose, and already they have taken a different direction to the energetic indie which defined that release. On their latest album, Flaws, the Londoners have eschewed the electric guitars and pizzazz that earned them [...]
REVIEW: RELENTLESS NASS FESTIVAL AT BATH AND WEST SHOWGROUND
Relentless NASS Festival is buzzing with excitement and energy from the moment you walk in through the gates. In front there are talented skaters terrifyingly plunging themselves down the 8 meter roll in leading into Europe’s biggest vert ramp for that adrenaline rush they’ve come here looking for. There are stalls lining the edges of [...]
THE WONDERSTUFF PLAY FIRST EVER GIG IN CARDIFF
The legendary Wonderstuff are playing a one-off gig at Cardiff Castle this week. The event not only marks the 21st anniversary of their landmark HUP album but is also the bands first performance in South Wales for over 16 years. What’s more the event, at Coopers Field on 15 July, will be there first ever [...]
iPONY, PIPPA MARIAS AND CUBS PLAY TRURO WIG AND PEN
Friday 16 July will see yet another exceptional night of live music in the basement of Truro’s Wig & Pen featuring local bands iPony and Cubs along with a very special performance from one of London’s hottest new acts Pippa Marias. After some timeout and recording their album with Dare Mason at his VIP Studios [...]
LEVELLERS FRONTMAN MARK CHADWICK TO PLAY SOLO SHOW AT CARDIFF GLOBE
The unmistakable Mark Chadwick from the Levellers will play a special solo gig at the Globe in Cardiff this year. After spending more than two decades touring with his band, Chadwick has decided to try the solo route – though assures fans that the Levellers are still going strong. Tickets are now on sale for [...]
RED BULL: CATCH 22 CRICKET IN BRISTOL
Bristol is one of four cities hosting the Red Bull Catch 22 cricket tournaments this summer. As of last week (8 July), teams across the country have been taking part in the cricket games – with a twist. In true Red Bull fashion, the traditional Laws of Cricket have been defied to create an accelerated [...]
FREE SURF LESSONS FOR GIRLS: RIP CURL TOUR HITS NEWQUAY AND BOURNEMOUTH
The Rip Curl & Hawaiian Tropic Girls Tour 2010 is ready to turn up the volume this weekend at Fistral Beach, Newquay before heading to Boscombe Beach, Bournemouth on the 13-14 July. The popular annual events are set to rip up 5 countries and 11 mythical spots across Europe for 2010, with Newquay being the [...]
WIN TICKETS TO SEE DAVID GUETTA AT L.E.D FESTIVAL IN LONDON
Three giants of live music, Cream, Goldenvoice and Loudsound, have joined forces to create what is destined to become one of the most exciting outdoor electronic dance festivals in the UK – L.E.D. festival – and you and a friend could be there too, courtesy of 247 Magazine. Taking place in London’s Victoria Park on [...]
SETH LAKEMAN TEAMS UP WITH AARDMAN FOR HEARTS AND MINDS MUSIC VIDEO
You may have spotted South West folk singer Seth Lakeman busking around the region recently – well he was actually filming his new music video with the help of the Bristol-based Aardman. The video for the title track of his brand new album, Hearts and Minds, took him on a journey from his home-county of [...]
Z BOP: LATEST RELEASE
South West-based label Z-bop return with a new download release, the Sentinel EP from Clatterbox, featuring four tracks of harder-edged electro, which is already making waves in the global electronic music scene. Clatterbox secured a considerable following during the mid-90s with well-received releases on the Clear label, alongside contemporaries such as Matthew Herbert, Global Communication [...]
BRISTOL BIG CHILL BAR: BEZ TO OPEN NEW ROOF TERRACE
The Big Chill Bar in Bristol will unveil its lush new roof terrace this month with a guest appearance from Bez of Happy Mondays fame. The plush bar, which opened last year, is a spin off from the London Big Chill bar and the awesome Big Chill Festival, which takes place just up the road [...]
SWANSEA BURLESQUE TROUPE HEAD TO NOZSTOCK
Wales’ most famous burlesque group, Bluestocking Lounge, are hosting a stage at Nozstock festival. The red hot women, from Swansea, will take care of the cabaret stage at the Hereford festival on 10 July. Programmed by the Bluestocking Events all-female team, the cabaret stage, which runs from midnight to the early hours, will play host [...]
GUITARIST ESTEBAN ANTONIO UNVEILS NEW CORNISH-MADE TRIPLE-NECKED, 17 STRING GUITAR.
Ground-breaking composer and Flamenco guitarist Esteban Antonio is playing at the Princess Pavilion in Falmouth this month to celebrate the launch of his awesome new three-necked, 17 string guitar. Dubbed as one of the greatest guitarists of our century by the music press, Antonio found the standard guitar was just not enough for him and [...]
WIN SANCTUARY FESTIVAL TICKETS
The UK’s only full on rave weekender, Sanctuary Outdoor is back on Fri 27 – Sun 29 August at Catton Hall Estate, Midlands. Seven arenas feature some of the biggest names in the Hardcore, techno, old skool, hard style and d’n’b scene, including DJ Hype, Grooverider, Lisa Pin-Up, Producer, Andy C and over hundred more [...]
WIN RELENTLESS BOARDMASTERS TICKETS
The Relentless Boardmasters surf and music festival is the biggest of it’s kind and hits Newquay from 4-8 August. Alongside the surf contest, which will see the world best surfers compete for $120,000 of prize money, skaters and BMX bandits on the ramps, and the hugely popular Bikini contest which sees 10 lucky sexy ladies [...]
