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News: Melt! Festival Lineup

Summertime means many thing, but if you’ re in the music biz, it just means festival season. With the nice weather comes an endless stream of live music, parties, entertainment, and poor life decisions. It’s a great time of year. The months immediately preceding summer (i.e. right now) mean lineup …

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BOTW Interview: Guards

With their debut album, In Guards We Trust, leaving us shouting along gloriously to the heavens, we just had to have a chinwag with Manhattan threesome, Guards. Here, the trio tell us about their Coachella 2013 experience, dream festival line-ups, and their plans to tour the world.

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BOTW Album Review: Vondelpark – Seabed

There are a lot of things that are quite provocative about Vondelpark. For a start their debut full-length, Seabed, is coming out on R&S: yes, techno with the black horse. But, Vondelpark sure as hell aren’t techno. In fact, their debut record is about as far as you …

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News: Slottsfjell Festival announces lineup

What better location for a music festival than a place where the sun never sets? Norway’s ancient town of Tønsberg is home to Slottsfjell, a laid back festival that boasts 24 hour sunshine and stunning scenery, overlooking Norway’s fjords.

The lineup for this year promises to be an eclectic mish …

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Rob Da Bank Stage steal the show at Bestival

Last weekend saw Replay host the Rob Da Bank stage at Bestival. Located on a grassy hill, the stage was home to the likes of Death in Vegas, Willis Earl Beal, Dan Le Sac, Grimes and my personal fave – AlunaGeorge.

The Bestival partnership is part …

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My Moodboard: In The Woods Festival

We’re off to the brilliant In The Woods festival this weekend, as are these guys…here’s a little taster of what they have planned for what we reckon is one of the stars of the British festival scene:

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‘We’d like to include this video of Matthew Wilder’s song …

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Festival Report: Way Out West – Thursday

You’ve probably heard this a thousand times about a thousand different cities, but Gothenburg is really unlike anywhere else; its quiet charm and incredible musical landscape work perfectly together leaving the tired “little London” references a little more than antiquated. We’re here exploring the city in the name of Way …

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Album Review: Alt-J (∆) – An Awesome Wave

For those readers not of the Apple generation, hold down the Alt key and press ‘J’ on your Mac keyboard and you get the ∆ symbol. ”In mathematical equations it’s used to show change” says guitarist/bassist Gwil Sainsbury who formed the band back in 2007 with vocalist, Joe Newman. Even their debut single ‘Tessellate’ is …

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Live’s Guide To Festivals: Live At Leeds

It’s not long now til’ Live At Leeds 2012, so we thought we’d give you the lowdown in what to expect from the weekend..

Now in its 6th year, Live At Leeds takes place over the bank holiday on 4th May to 7th May. Rebranded this year to The Live At …

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In The Woods: Warm Up Party Preview

Curated by The Laurel Collective and friends, In The Woods festival finds itself in it’s sixth year. It’s unique forest enviroment provides a beautiful setting to support a lineup that includes hotly tipped acts such as Lucy Rose, Alt+J, Dels and Pete & The Pirates.

In the lead up to the …

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