Music Festivals
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MusicNorthwest Festival Watch: Liverpool Sound City
Bird and Ex-Easter Island Head consider the scope of Liverpool Sound City on the run-up to the May bank holiday weekend event Read more »| 24 Apr 2014 -
MusicTOY, Telegram, Ghost Outfit for inaugural Manchester Psych Fest
The lineup for the inaugural Manchester Psych Fest will feature TOY, Telegram, Ghost Outfit, Second Shepherds and others take over the city's Night & Day Cafe for a bringing together of the psychedelic music community Read more »| 14 Apr 2014 -
MusicWickerman announces Solus Tent lineup, featuring Young Fathers and Hector Bizerk
Each year, the Wickerman Festival's Solus Tent (25-26 Jul) features a wealth of emerging talent, and some of the biggest names in Scottish independ... Read more »| 04 Apr 2014 -
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Johnny Lynch aka The Pictish Trail reveals the lineup for Lost Map's Howlin' Fling
Label boss Johnny Lynch aka The Pictish Trail tells us about the lineup for Lost Map's Howlin' Fling, which will see Beth Orton, Steve Mason and the whole Lost Map roster descend on the Isle of Eigg for 3 days of carousing Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
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Kendal Calling welcomes Suede, De La Soul, Happy Mondays and more
Taking place at Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District, the Kendal Calling Festival (1-3 Aug) offers an intimate and friendly alternative to the bigger, more... Read more »| 06 Mar 2014 -
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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra announce Tectonics lineup, featuring Thurston Moore, Bill Wells and more
Since the inaugural year of its Scottish incarnation in 2013, the Tectonics Festival (9-11 May) sees the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra collaborating with a... Read more »| 11 Feb 2014
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Celtic Connections: Bill Callahan / The Deep Dark Woods / Cath and Phil Tyler @ O2 ABC, 1 February
In contrast to the clockwork brackishness of Saturday night Sauchiehall Street, Celtic Connections winds down with a set from Drag City enigma, Bill Callahan... Read more »| 10 Feb 2014 -
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Beacons Festival announces 2014 lineup, with Hookworms, DARKSIDE, The Fall and many more
The Beacons Festival announce a strong bill, including Jon Hopkins, Hookworms, East India Youth and more Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
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Celtic Connections: Mogwai / RM Hubbert @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 28 January
As much a charismatic banter machine as he is an emotionally charged singer-songwriter, RM Hubbert has the vast hall completely captivated and respectfully s... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
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Programme announced for the Glasgow Music and Film Festival
Glasgow Music and Film Festival (GMFF) announced its programme today, with special events and screenings featuring artists including legendary synth pioneers Goblin, Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES, indie rockers Admiral Fallow and rapper Danny Brown Read more »| 21 Jan 2014 -
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Lost Map announce new festival for 2014
With his new imprint Lost Map firing on all cylinders, it seems life post-Fence Collective is going swimmingly for Johnny Lynch, aka The Pictish Trail. The m... Read more »| 10 Dec 2013 -
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Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia @ Camp and Furnace, 27-28 September
As one of the most anticipated dates in Liverpool’s gigging calendar, this year the onus on Psych Fest was to open the weekender to a bigger audience t... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
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Spinning Coin / The Yawns / Orzelda @ Music Language Festival, 7 Sep
Reminders of Glasgow’s fading industrial heritage are not hard to find. Disused warehouses are plentiful in this city, which is handy if – l... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
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Day Tripping: Liverpool Psych Fest returns for a second year
Plug in, wig out and feel the love for Liverpool Psych Fest's sophomore outing Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
ReviewsSummercamp festival, Liverpool, 24-25 Aug
It's a bank holiday weekend, and Liverpool International Music Festival and everything else that's going on seem perfectly aligned as the sun beams down on t... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013