Monthly Archives februari 2012

Posted in Press Releases

Decibels – The debut single ‘The Lesser’
Decibels featured on Warp Records Bleep Compilation
Released March 26th 2012 on Serious Types

www.decibels.tv

A blissful mix of lo-fi, ambient, electro and Indie, Decibels ’ debut single The Lesser sees it’s UK release on March 26th, through Serious Types in the midst of a swell of blog coverage, BBC Radio support and, perhaps most excitingly, an appearance of their track Rubber Dinghy Rapids on a forthcoming Warp Records ‘Bleep’ compilation (http://soundcloud.com/decibelselectro/rubber-dinghy-rapids). Judging by the rapidly growing number of fans, and critics, being left smitten by Decibels ’ brand of glitchy electro.

Decibels, completed by Stuart Bruce (Lead vocals, Keys, Percussion, Looping), Dave Crawford (Synths, Programming,...

Posted in Cd Reviews

Two Wings are a band from Glasgow Born of a song-writing collaboration between singer/multi-instrumentalist/visual artist Hanna Tuulikki (Nalle, Scatter, The Family Elan) and guitarist/singer Ben Reynolds (Baby Dee, Trembling Bells, Alasdair Roberts, Tompkins Square Records), Two Wings line-up is completed by vocalist Lucy Duncombe, bassist Kenny Wilson and drummer Owen Curtis Williams. With the addition of a brass section the band have now recorded their debut album – Love’s Spring.

This is definitely a hard album to review as it’s a difficult one to categorise or describe, other than to say it’s got quite a haunting and bizarre feel to it at times. There’s folky parts, 50s rock and roll influenced bits – generally a whole mix of styles.

The female vocals are quite unusual, and even aft...

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The Albion band are one of the great British folk rock bands, alongside bands such as Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention. The band formed in 1971 and ran till 2002 with various lineup changes over the years, with founder member Ashley Hutchings being the only member to be part of the band for its entire life. In 2011 Ashley Hutchings announced that the band was to reform, but that he would no longer be a member – instead his son Blair Dunlop would be leading the band. This new line up also features a number of other current folk performers from a range of backgrounds reflecting earlier versions of the Albion Band...

Posted in Interviews

Festivalphoto spoke to Will Stapleton from Jettblack before the bands performance at the Relentless Garage in London.

Festivalphoto: Your debut album (Get your hands dirty) came out in 2010. When can we expect a second album?

Will: Its planned for May time. There’s no specific date yet, but that’s what we’re heading for. We’ve got a single coming out two or three weeks before that as well.

Festivalphoto: Is there a title for the album yet?

Will: There is but for some reason we haven’t told anyone yet. I’m not sure if I’m allowed to say it, I don’t know why not. It’s still being decided but we’ll announce that pretty soon.

Festivalphoto: How would you say the new album differs from the first one?

Will: Not by a lot. It’s still definitely us. There’s more diversity in a random way...

Posted in Interviews

Festivalphoto spoke to Matt Jones (Vocals) and Dhani Mansworth (Drums) from The Treatment shortly before they went on stage at The Garage in London to play on a bill with fellow Spinefarm bands Jettblack, and Reckless Love as part of the HMV Next Big Thing event.

Festivalphoto: Your debut album (This might hurt) came out at the beginning of 2011 on Powerage records then was re-released a few months later on Spinefarm. What prompted the move to Spinefarm?

Dhani: The thing with Powerage, the whole idea behind the label was a kind of stepping stone, so we signed to them to get an album out and distributed, and stayed with them until another label was interested in us, which was Spinefarm who saw us on the Powerage tour we did, so we signed to Spinefarm and re-released the album with them.

Posted in Gig/Festival Reviews

Persuader 15 år!
Ett av Umeås stora metalband gjorde sitt första framträdande sen House of metal 2010.

Första skivan ”The Hunter” som ansågs vara bästa nykomling år 2000. ”Evolution purgatory” släpptes 2004 men fick inte samma genomslag. Det är snart sex år sen de släppte senaste skivan ”When eden burns”. Enligt mig den klart bästa skivan som fick strålande recensioner. På grund av många olika omständigheter så lyckades aldrig bandet få till det. Sångaren Jens Karlsson anses av många som en av de bästa med sin trashigt grymma röst. Dark Empire och Savage Circus är två andra band där hans stämma kan höras.
Medlemmar – Jens Karlsson/sång, Emil Norberg/gitarr, Daniel Sundbom/gitarr, Efraim Juntunen/trummor & Fredrik Hedström/bas
Källa: persuader...

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Metal Compass Agency are proud to announce the signing of Apparition, a British symphonic metal band, for the release of their second album entitled ‘For Vengeance …..And For Love’ which will be released in the UK on May 7th. Apparition have also signed a deal with Metal Compass Agency for management and promotion in the UK. David Homer, the band’s bass player, today says “When thinking whether to self release or try for a big label we opted for the middle ground and work with people we trust. We have no time for dreamers or egos. Apparition Is aware of what it is and what it can achieve and we are now working with like minded people. We are very pleased with this deal and know it is the right one for the band.”

The band has gone through a lot of line up changes in recent ye...

Posted in Gig/Festival Reviews

Best of All?

Getting familiar with Besty 2011:
Iiinside were back again to enjoy one of the best UK festivals, and this year with a whole eclectic mix of acts to chose from, ranging from pop, rock, dance, rap and more!

Bestival is an award winning 3 day boutique music festival set at Robin Hill in the heart of the Isle of Wight.

The wonderful world of Bestival was born out of ten fun years of pioneering music events and record releases from Rob da Bank’s Sunday Best empire. The BBC Radio 1 leftfield DJ had a dream to one day create his vision of how the modern day festival should be. Along with Creative Director and wife Josie da Bank and co founders / partners John and Ziggy from Get Involved that dream is now fulfilled...

Posted in Gig/Festival Reviews

Pythia opened the nights entertainment by skipping their usual intro tape and going straight into some fast heavy metal. By the time they were announced as support for tonights gig, it had long since sold out, so they couldnt rely on a crowd of their own fans to help cheer them on. They clearly weren’t fazed by this, and despite some sound problems early on, were clearly making a good impression with the Dragonforce fans and as the set went on more and more fans were headbanging, and the cheers between songs were getting louder and louder. Tonight’s set from Pythia consisted of four songs from their forthcoming second album as well as two from their debut album...

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Camp Best!

This is our fourth year at Camp Bestival and our second experiencing it as a family affair. It is unique in that it is the only major festival that incorporates families without reducing the festival experience or sacrificing fabulous acts. In this way you get a real festival experience while introducing younger members of the family to festivals and camping. It is also won 3 awards – best new festival 2008 and best family festival 2009 and 2010 from the UK Festival Awards.
This years line up is on a par with previous years from older greats such as ABC, Blondie and Primal Scream to modern artists like Labyrinth, Eliza Doolittle, Mark Ronson and more….

Site and facilities:
The layout of the site makes each area really accessible without tiring out little feet or making man...