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Festival Review – Wireless 2011

by Si Sharp

Hyde Park’s a funny old place, what with it seeming to have two festivals sharing the same field. And as we walked in, there was a Radio 1 style pop-event going on. Ke$ha was on stage. She is profoundly irritating. Do we really need to justify this with serious journalistic observation? Well, according to her [...]

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Festival Review: Download 2011 Sunday

by Si Sharp

Is there any more fun to be drawn from rap/rock? Judging by Hyro Da Hero, the answer is “Fun, yes. Essential music, perhaps not.” This is the straighter end of alt/noise rock (think a less experimental At the Drive-In) with rapping over the top rather that the normal approach of recreating hip-hop’s bounce and swing [...]

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Festival Review: Download 2011 Saturday

by Si Sharp

Why are metal bands of such a high quality when playing live? We’ve lost count of the mind-numbing quantity of indie bands we’ve seen over the years that sounded passable on record but dreary once they sheepishly shuffle onto a stage. Benji Webb knows how to work a crowd and Skindred are an amazing vehicle [...]

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Festival Review: Download 2011 Friday

by Si Sharp

“Oh, goody, a festival review! I was there! I can’t wait to see whether this review entirely shares my opinions, or whether it has its own mind. Tell us what you think?” Thanks for asking! There’s an inclusivity to heavy metal that makes spending time with fans of it a total joy. They don’t sneer [...]

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Festival Preview- June

by Si Sharp

Yeah, we know it’s already June, and that with each passing day, the notion of it being a preview becomes more absurd. Shut up and read, because these are the festivals that you should be thinking about going to this month. Arguably if you actually use us as some kind of tastemaker, then perhaps it’s [...]

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Fearne Cotton Splits With Her Fiance After He Realises How Ghoulish She Is

by Mof Gimmers

The year is 2011AD and no-one has quite managed to work out what the point of Fearne Cotton is. Even her BBC bosses think she’s useless, but they persist in hiring her under the misguided notion that she appeals to Ver Yoof of Britain. Even they hate her. Still, at least Fearne has someone to [...]

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Festival Preview: Friends of Mine 2011, Manchester

by Si Sharp

As part of our continuing festival coverage, we’re bringing our recommendations of where to go, and our reviews of how it was. This weekend we’ll be going to the brand spanking new Friends of Mine Festival in Manchester. Well, just outside Manchester actually if you want to be picky. Some of the heads of the [...]

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Festival Review: Bearded Theory 2011

by Si Sharp

We blame that April heatwave. Reminds us of when a warm winter fools some of the flowers into thinking that Spring has sprung early, only for the snow to launch a surprise attack. Like the gullible flora we were similarly mislead by the glorious sunshine only for the rain to remind us that it’s not [...]

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Festival Preview: May

by Si Sharp

Britain is a dreary place with wet weather and armies of people queuing up to start moral panics about someone somewhere bring offended about something sometime. Britain in summertime, however, is a brilliant place with events every weekend determined to squeeze the last bit of fun, laughter and hedonism out of you. Let’s hear it [...]

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Reading/Leeds Is Imminent! Let’s Play Festival Bingo!

by Mof Gimmers

Festivals are unrelentingly miserable. They are. You may think they’re not but they really are hellish places filled with hellish people. If you disagree, you’re probably one of those revellers who make sane humans cry with frustration. And this weekend sees the Reading/Leeds festival kicking off. There’s no question that organisers and attendees will be [...]

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