As far as British debut albums go, Friendly Fires was pretty damn special I know it might be hard to fathom right now with the dominance of grime culture and artists such as Stormzy, Skepta, Giggs, Yungen and JME owning the airwaves and taking over every streaming service playlist, but indie used to be Britain’s […]

8 years ago

I have a confession to make I grew up in Cornwall and this year’s Boardmasters Festival in Newquay was the first I’ve ever attended. Poor showing, right? I’m sorry. No, truly I’m sorry. I know that’s a pretty offensive statement to make, especially to my fellow Cornish men and women. Rest assured moving forward I’ll […]

8 years ago

Have you ever been up a mountain to watch a festival? I have Not only that, I didn’t get home from said festival until around 6 o’clock every morning because the Spanish don’t ever want the party to end. Referring to Northern Spain’s Bilbao BBK Live, if you’ve never been before you might want to […]

8 years ago

They say 13 is unlucky for some, not for you though That’s right, you’ve got another week of music questions put to you by yours truly as part of the JOE Music Quiz. HOORAY! It was less than 24 hours ago that I got back from Bilbao BBK Live and by the time I stepped […]

8 years ago

Sponsored by Jägermeister UK All Points East Festival is in full flow It’s the brand new 10 day event in East London’s Victoria Park encompassing a three day music festival, community focused programme of midweek entertainment and three huge APE Presents headline shows. Beginning on Friday this past Bank Holiday weekend, it was headlined by the […]

8 years ago

Guess we’re off to Portsmouth then? The Prodigy have just been announced as headliners for this year’s Victorious Festival. Alongside Paul Weller, the two UK music heavyweights join The Libertines and Kaiser Chiefs at the top of the bill for the Portsmouth-based festival that takes place 24th-26th August 2018. Closing out the August Bank Holiday […]

8 years ago