Category: Festival reviews
REVIEW: ATP NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL 2011
This year’s Nightmare Before Christmas All Tomorrow’s Parties (ATP) Festival, which took place from December 9-11, featured three curators – one on each day. Here’s how it went… Friday (curated by Les Savy Fav) Kicking off the first day in true shred style was Marnie Stern. A slight figure of a girl leading a band [...]
REVIEW: RELENTLESS FREEZE FESTIVAL 2011
Naming itself London’s biggest Après Ski Party and being the only official Snow & Ski festival currently run in the U.K. the Relentless Freeze Festival (2011) is still going strong now its 4th year. Having based its grounds in the iconic backdrop of Battersea Power Station transforming the industrial land into an Alpine ski resort. [...]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL 2011 (Part 2)
GRUFF RHYS PHOSPHORESCENT DRUM EYES tUnEyArDs THIS IS THE KIT WILLY MASON EMMY THE GREAT M WARD BOB LOG III FUTUR PRIMITIF All videos by Laura Williams
REVIEW: BESTIVAL 2011
Last time I came to Bestival was in 2007. As much as I loved it, it then proceeded to clash with one of my faves, End of the Road, so despite drooling over the line ups in subsequent years, I was destined to miss it. Until now. Back then it was a mere 15,000 people, [...]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL 2011 (Part 1)
MIDLAKE JOANNA NEWSOM WILD BEASTS BEIRUT BEST COAST AUSTRA JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN All videos by Yatin Amin
REVIEW: END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL 2011
Regular readers of 247 Magazine will know that I am a BIG End of the Road fan, regularly declaring it’s superiority to the ever-growing cache of other festivals in the UK and indeed the world but as I dragged my shit along a rocky path to the newly situated campsite my love began to wane. [...]
REVIEW: MERTHYR ROCK FESTIVAL 2011
Since the closure of the town’s last rock venue, the studio bar, Merthyr Tydfil was a town without a live music scene until the announcement of a new music festival that would see a line up of established artists performing in the Welsh town to celebrate the new Merthyr Rock festival. Thousands of people arrived [...]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2011 (Part 1)
NOAH AND THE WHALE IRON AND WINE FLEET FOXES EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY DRY THE RIVER JAMES BLAKE LAURA MARLING All videos by Yatin Amin
REVIEW: GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2011
It always rains in Wales…or does it? Not for the 10k plus festival goers who headed to the beautiful Brecon Beacons for this year’s Green Man Festival. This eco-friendly (it’s in the name) festival has always been one of my favourites and this year did not disappoint, despite the pretty extortionate prices on everything (£4 [...]
REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL 2011
Don’t fuck with the old-school”, warned Pop Will Eat Itself, during their riotous set at Beautiful Days. And the old-school presence was a major part of this ever-growing festival, organised and headlined by The Levellers. There was also plenty of new blood, such as bouncy reggae merchants, Gentleman’s Dub Club, who shared the stage with [...]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM ENDORSE IT IN DORSET FESTIVAL 2011
PRONGHORN ZAARDVARK SKIMMITY HITCHERS DISCO’S OUT (MURDER’S IN) NEW VOLUNTEER QUINN’S QUINNEY POWDERED COWS POZE CASH CONVERTED All videos by Laura Williams
REVIEW: BOOMTOWN FAIR FESTIVAL 2011
If you that haven’t been to Boomtown Fair or aren’t aware of Boomtown, you have been missing out on one of the most unique festival experiences that there is. This is one festival that takes care of the fine details and doesn’t see a dull moment. It is very roots and reggae based, so if [...]
REVIEW: ENDORSE IT IN DORSET FESTIVAL 2011
One of the funniest things about Endorse it in Dorset (men in dresses aside) is the fact that it’s almost not actually in Dorset. Sat precariously on the Dorset/Wiltshire border (like most of my favourite festivals), EIID is at the mercy of the English weather. Back in 2008 it absolutely pissed it down and proved [...]
REVIEW: CAMP BESTIVAL 2011
Dorset’s divine coastal region beckoned as the Lulworth Castle Estate played host to Camp Bestival. The sister festival of the Isle of Wight’s Bestival, this weekend focused on the younger audiences, mainly attracting families and swarms of fun hungry teens. Navigating through fields of enormous luxury tents, all seeming equipped with a full range of [...]
REVIEW: BIG CHILL FESTIVAL 2011
The Big Chill attracts an eclectic mix of festival goers, from teenage townies to ageing hippies, families with young kids and all those in between. The result is a festival which welcomes all, as long as you’ve got a good pair of wellies and are open to a comedy hat! On the main ‘Deer Park’ [...]
REVIEW: INDIETRACKS FESTIVAL 2011
Indietracks – taking place at the Midland Railway Centre in Derbyshire – has just celebrated its fifth anniversary. It’s a tiny festival of just 1,000 attendees, but it’s also one of the most unique and heartwarming. A celebration of all things indiepop, it’s a quiet riot of xylophones, handclaps, girl groups, C86, quirky lyrics and [...]
REVIEW: SECRET GARDEN PARTY 2011
It’s really not that secret anymore, calling it a garden would be a gross understatement and as parties go it’s a pretty big one. If you know your Meatloaf (and god knows you’d better) then you’ll be aware that “Two out of three ain’t bad”, but when it came to epitomising their name Secret Garden [...]
REVIEW: TRUCK FESTIVAL 2011
Truck was one of my favourite festivals of the summer last year. And while this years festival had slighty more twee line-up, I didn’t let that put me off. Psychedelic all female super choir Gaggle kicked things off with a very trancy set. All 16 donned mystical themed make-up and costumes that started with long [...]
REVIEW: ATP I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR, CURATED BY PORTISHEAD, IN LONDON (JULY 23-24, 2011)
The ATP franchise has been going from strength to strength in recent years, and what started off as a couple of party-filled weekends in a holiday camp on the coast has now become one of the must follow festivals. This was their first event at London’s Alexandra Palace and despite a few teething problems (centred [...]
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR 2011
PORTISHEAD PJ HARVEY CARIBOU BEACH HOUSE All videos by Yatin Amin
