-JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY, CHESHIRE- Thursday Arriving at the festival late Thursday afternoon, we are just in time for Emma Gene Thackery. After finding a space in the busy camping ground to pitch, we make our first journey through the festival grounds. The festival is full, ready for the Halle Orchestra who are just as much […]
Multi-award winning Festival No.6 (7th-10th September 2017) has today announced the headliners for this year’s festival – The Flaming Lips, Mogwai, and Bloc Party. Topping the bill is a band that needs no introduction – The Flaming Lips. Following critical acclaim for their 14th studio album, Oczy Mlody, the psychedelic adventurers will be treating the […]
Grace Jones and Belle & Sebastian are the first acts to be revealed as headliners for this year’s Festival No.6. Young Fathers, Kate Tempest, Rae Morris, Shura, Stornoway, The Bohicas and Fryars have also been confirmed to play the festival, in Portmeirion, North Wales. The final headliner for the festival, held from September 3 to 6, will […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Although I didn’t feel as though it was the strongest of lists, this years Mercury Music Prize certainly switched me on to records by artists I had previously overlooked. One of these records was Everybody Down, the superb debut album from writer, poet, rapper Kate Tempest. Kate has been […]
– The Ruby Lounge – Scroobius Pip (Scroob) ventures from his long time contender Dan le sac for his first spoken word tour, accompanied by the long anticipated re-release of his 2006 album No commercial breaks, of which only a 1000 copies were produced. Descending into The Ruby lounge, I’m struck with the feeling that left with me the […]