Festival No. 6 has expanded, with Richard Hawley, Death In Vegas and more being added to the bill. Held in the beautiful, bizarre Welsh town of Port Merion, Festival No. 6 is a unique addition to the summer calendar. Running between September 14th - 16th, Festival No. 6 has already confirmed appearances from Factory icons New Order, Primal Scream, Spiritualized, British Sea Power, Summer Camp and more. Announcing a swathe of new additions, Festival No. 6 has confirmed an appearance from Richard Hawley. Sheffield crooner turned psychedelic wanderer, the songwriter joins an ever expanding bill at the Welsh event. Still capable ...

Death In Vegas, British Sea Power, Cate Le Bon also join the Welsh festival's bill

The Brighton festival kicks off with sunshine synth-pop from St Lucia and bone-rattling bass from Niki & the Dove St Lucia (Fitzherberts) "We just got in from New York," says St Lucia's Jean Philip-Grobler. "I didn't know they were from Yorkshire!" shouts a hard-of-hearing member of the crowd. Actually, St Lucia are as far from Yorkshire as they are from the grey drizzle of Brighton. Mixing exotic pop, synthy electro and the sort of music Everything Everything would have made had they been more switched on to actual tunes, this is a blast of jittery, summery fun. They perform in front of a tropical fishtank. The water wobbles with the basslines. I think the fish like it. Jake Bugg (Komedia) The biggest crowd of the festival I've seen so far congregates for Jake Bugg, whose Radio 1-conquering song Trouble Town suggested a Jamie T-style troubadour with a hint of the Las and the Coral. Tonight's set bears the influence of all three, but the spectre of Ed Sheeran's acoustic trustafarian blues tempers the tone and it's a strangely static and muted affair. Deaf Club (Green Door Store) The Great Escape is all about new bands, but few induce goosebumps in the way that Deaf Club do. There's a confidence to their dreamscape rock that belies the fact that they've only been together for a year. By the end of their set, the room is full of approving nodding heads. Among the glut of fresh acts, they're special. Savages (Corn Exchange) It's not often that a drummer steals the show, but with Savages that's very nearly the case. Stepping in at the last minute to replace New Build, this late addition to the bill approach their performance with a sort of grave commitment that makes them look as if they wish to fight the audience. They don't, thankfully, preferring to dedicate themselves wholeheartedly to dogged, driven post-punk; it's certainly arresting, though the cavernous Corn Exchange doesn't do them any favours, if only because it isn't packed enough. Look out for them in a smaller venue. They'll be outstanding. Niki & the Dove (Horatio's) Sweden's Niki & the Dove celebrate the imminent release of their debut album with this evening-closing show at Horatio's, a venue that looks like a cross between an amusement arcade and a Wetherspoon's. End-of-the-pier entertainment was never quite like this: playing a set of just five tunes, with bone-rattling bass out in full force, they interpreted their biggest songs to date – DJ, Ease My Mind; The Fox; Mother Protect – afresh. This was easily the highlight of the opening day. Great Escape festival Indie Pop and rock Festivals Rebecca Nicholson guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our ...

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Vices , a young 5-piece from London, have recently released their latest record in the shape of an EP titled ‘ Hotel Monsoon ’. Having supported the likes of Everything Everything and Band Of Skulls , as well as a well recieved debut EP produced by Jeff Saltzman , Vices could be on the cusp of something. Quite what that something is may well be explained after a good old listen of their newest offering. ‘ Dying Day ’ starts us off, a quirky track which has plenty of groove and layers of interesting guitars over which the vocalist shows off his rather varied range which works ...

As fresh pop trends fashioner #hashtags, music piracy slaughters the industry and magazines construct and destroy innocent bands through the hype-machine (Viva Brother, please forgive us), there's a certain species of band who just....get on with it. Take Clock Opera for instance. Now they aren't ones to mess around. For the facial bearded multi-instrumentalist Guy Connelly himself, this isn't much of a revelation. Throughout his musical lifespan, he's made his name through a street-long list of popping remixes including the likes of Blood Orange, Everything Everything, The Drums and Metronomy, and has even gone as ...

and if i could i would dance ♫ Vinyl Jacket – Lucky Soldier Who:  Ben, Jack, Sam, Andrew, & David. What : Spazzy dance rock, like Everything Everything, Friendly Fires, Tanlines Where : Wylam (Newcastle) + Facebook / Soundcloud / Amazon When : Singles be droppin. Why : Because sometimes you just want to get wacky to some good ol’ angular English indie jams! …

2011 was a quiet year here, but that's not because I didn't have any songs to love, or didn't listen to any new music, or because I don't love you. It's just that I've been busy working on all that other stuff that has nothing to do with love and songs, and also, all that other stuff that does. This is the sixth year I've done this list, and it's a little sparser. But the songs that made it here are worth your precious ear-time, every one of them. And if you ...

Writing my last scene stealer post on Beverly Hills Cop got me thinking about Eddie Murphy. He was the king of comedy in the 80s; a provocateur and an in-your-face, larger than life personality who delivered many superb comedic performances with brashness and bravado. Even before his string of hit comedies, he was lighting the stand-up comedy stage on fire with his sharp tongue and profanity-laced hilarity. Love or hate his brand of stand-up, it got people talking. Who could forget the leather suits he wore? For Delirious , it was a red leather jumpsuit. For Raw , it was purple. And ...

Following its debut last week on Huw Stephen’s show, DOG IS DEAD are proud to announce details of their next single ‘Two Devils’ out on March 5th through Atlantic Records. Produced by David Kosten (who worked with them on prior releases as well as with Bat for Lashes and Everything Everything),...

Manchester - music city. For three decades Manchester has churned out iconic group after iconic group, with the city's music scene continuing to push back the boundaries. Whether it's Factory Records or Wu Lyf, there seems to be an attitude, an approach which marks out Manchester as being somewhat different. Taking place this summer, the Parklife Weekender is set to fuse Manchester's attitude with a varied line up which touches on indie, electronica, hip hop and more. Clash Magazine will be there, alongside the Now Wave promotion team - responsible for some of the city's more memorable shows ...

The name Sylver Tongue sounds like a character out of a fantasy or sci-fi novel but this lady is very much a reality, having launched herself as an artist a couple of months ago. Her debut track Hook You Up possesses sad spacey retro synths straight out of an 80’s movie soundtrack. It reminds us of  Take My Breath Away by Berlin or Nothing Compares 2U by Sinead O’Connor. A haunting and desperate keyboard ballad for the modern genration, Hook You Up  lands to inhabit planet pop with a bruised simmering vibe. The Nothing Compares 2U comparisons don ...

Another fantastic live music haven, The Talking Heads in Southampton, has closed down. Artists from Everything Everything to Rob Da Bank and Camera Obscura have graced its stage, but dwindling attendances have seen its doors shut. [...] Read more!

For a band fronted by a guy that sings faster than a flock of fans running to Shoreditch to catch a possible glimpse of Kanye, it might be a challenge for another musician to try to remix them. But for the equally fast-lipped Everything Everything, it's a piece of cake. [...] Read more!

A couple of record launches nestle discreetly amongst this leap month’s gigs. Nova Scotia’s Gabriel Minnikin’s launches his new album “Parakeets with Parasols” with a gig (or rather a 'Record Release Concert') at the Martin Harris Centre . The ex-Guthries member has been making solo country-rock records in Manchester since 2004, with this latest a collection of piano songs recorded in a Whalley Range church. The concert will be “ the new record live, in its entirety, from start to finish. I will be playing the piano, accompanied by a chamber orchestra consisting of strings, woodwind, brass and singers ...