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One City, Nine Districts: Boomtown Fair Reveals Full 2016 Lineup

May 11, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

It’s now less than 100 days until we turn the first page of Chapter 8 of the Boomtown Fair. The past weeks have seen the festival unleash a stream of lineup announcements, one for each of Boomtown’s nine themed districts. The festival’s vast immersive experience is one like no other,

Preview: Born & Bred Festival

May 9, 2016 No Comments Tom Evans

It seems a very good time to be celebrating all things London. Questions continue to be raised about the future of the capitals rich musical heritage in the face of increasing rent prices and a series of restrictive laws on club culture. There is some sense of a creative drain,

Our Interview With Kassassin Street

May 5, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Bestival’s Common People is just around the corner for its second instalment. The festival, curated by Bestival founder Rob da Bank, returns to Southampton Common on the upcoming May bank holiday weekend. As well as a host of major acts including Duran Duran, Craig David and David Rodigan taking to

Bestival 2016 Is All About ‘The Future’

May 1, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Isle of Wight festival Bestival has announced its annual theme. The omens are good, and 2016 is all about The Future. Bestival is hurtling headlong into another year of incredible musical pioneers and precognitive pop stars, who will be journeying into Bestival’s glamorous machine age, where everlasting gobstoppers signal eternal

Our Interview With Alan Fitzpatrick

April 29, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Alan Fitzpatrick is a British techno legend from Southampton. His career began in 2009, when he signed to Swedish label Drumcode. The same year he also published on John Digweed’s label Bedrock. Fitzpatrick produced his first album, dubbed ‘Shadows in the Dark’, which was released in 2010 also on the

Wild Life Returns For A Second Year

April 28, 2016 No Comments Luke Jackson

After last year’s sold out debut, Disclosure and Rudimental’s Wild Life Festival returns in 2016 for a second instalment at Brighton City Airport in Shoreham this June. The festival, like last year, will feature a number of huge artists and international superstars in what will be one of the best UK music festivals of

The Block Party Returns to Bournemouth

April 28, 2016 No Comments George Hall

Block Party (not to be confused with the indie-rock band) is set to return to the streets and venues of Bournemouth this Saturday and there’s more than a few good reasons to be excited about it. The street party has been running for several years now and has built a

Glastonbury Announces 2016 Silver Hayes Lineup

April 27, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Glastonbury today announced their dance lineup for the 2016 festival. Glastonbury is known for its incredible lineups and live acts, but less well known is its amazing array of dance music. Although Glastonbury is centred around bands, they often have one of the best selections of dance music in the

Preview: Isle of Wight Festival 2016

April 25, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

England’s oldest festival is approaching fast. Soon we will dive headfirst into 2016’s UK festival marathon, and of course opening with one of the best. Isle of Wight Festival, this year, boasts another jaw-dropping lineup. Organisers always pull the strings hard to come up with a lineup that cant be

Shadow Child Comes To Bristol’s Marble Factory

April 14, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

The 16th of April will see The Marble Factory, with the help of Response to bring Shadow Child and his Connected tour to Bristol. Shadow Child aka David spoon has been an influential figure in the UK underground music scene for a long time. Since releasing on Toolroom Records in

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