The Great Escape
Bands In Transit: Ed Sheeran at The Great Escape
At the recent Great Escape Festival, Ed Sheeran recorded a special acoustic set for Bands In Transit. Here is the result: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA89zsy5fTI& For more sessions from other bands and artists visithttp://www.bandsintransit.com
review: The Vaccines at The Great Escape
The Vaccines have had an odd relationship with the ‘hype machine’ comprising of press and internet. A band being talked about mostly for how much they’re being talked about is a paradoxically sorry state of affairs, but when comparisons with The Ramones somehow morph into insults…well, that’s when things get really confusing. For the purposes [...]
review: Ed Sheeran at The Great Escape
The sweetly delivered urban folk of Ed Sheeran seems a little out of step with its time. It’s been half a decade since Jamie T and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly came up with debuts flaunting an update to Billy Bragg’s take on the British singer-songwriter social commentary, occasionally enthusing hip hop and electronica and [...]
review: Die! Die! Die! at The Great Escape
At The Great Escape, a queue is a good indication that you’re in the right place. On Saturday, that place was The Hope as New Zealand’s trio of post-punk aficionados Die! Die! Die! delivered one of the buzziest and exciting shows of the festival. Over a hundred people outside the packed venue knotted the doorway [...]
Tall Ships announce new single ahead of Southampton date
The new single for the fabulous Tall Ships was announced earlier this week. It marks an exciting musical progression for the band, while at the same time maintaining their signature sound. From the opening chord ‘Hit The Floor’ speeds along at a frenetic pace, not letting up until the final note – a thrilling three [...]
Brighton’s Munich to go out on tour
Munich have announced that they are to head out on a UK tour around the release of their debut single ‘All Sussed Out’ on the 20th June. Having not long completed their first UK tour they are certainly not a band to let the dust settle. The dates are being finalised as we speak but we [...]