Some of the more intimate performances at the Great Escape festival 2012 came at Brighton’s Marwood Coffee Shop as part of Sofar Sounds . Amongst the musical highlights were Breaking More Waves long term favourites Slow Club  and new girl on the block Laurel whose song Next Time has become one of our latest obsessions ( you can hear it here ). For your listening pleasure streaming below are live acoustic versions of Slow Club's Hackney Marsh  and Laurel’s Killing Me from the shows. There are plenty more performances over on the Sofar Sounds Soundcloud including BIGkids, King Charles and ...

Roots Manuva, Four Tet, Slow Club were all booked to perform at the Hampshire event

Six years ago, I fell in love with this odd-ball band as I watched them live on-stage surrounded by a bizarre array of instruments (or just dustbin lids), comprising of such a misfit of members including a father and son who all hailed from this 'magical place' called Eel Pie Island. Over the years, I've seen this band time and time again playing a variety of small venues before eventually headlining Offset and Dot to Dot festival to similar sized crowds. And a just a couple of years ago, I last witnessed them playing to a half empty venue ...

After a week in New Orleans and an expedition to Brighton for The Great Escape, my musical May adventures have come to an end in the UK city of Liverpool (no stranger to musical celebration with streets of Beatles related memorabilia) for the annual industry conference and festival, Liverpool Sound City. Like The Great Escape the weekend before, Liverpool Sound City takes over its city for three days and nights, with a mix of brand new, up-and-coming and established artists gracing its stages. Let's waste no time and start looking back at these artists... My Sound City kicked off ...

WHAT: End Of The Road goes north, heads to the start of the season rather than the end and reconnects with its smaller-scale roots WHY: Because they know how to run a niche festival and have brought some of their old friends along to help out WHEN: 8th-10th June WHERE: Welbeck Abbey, near Worksop HOW: Weekend tickets £105 WHO: FRIDAY: Dirty Three, The Low Anthem, Diagrams, Peaking Lights, Austra, Django Django, Veronica Falls, Lanterns On The Lake, Dad Rocks!, Wet Nuns, SATURDAY: Andrew Bird, Gruff Rhys, David Thomas Broughton, Other Lives, Beth Jeans Houghton, The Cornshed Sisters, The Shark">Joe ...

Mystery Jets bring the sound of Texas to Brixton Academy to promote their new album Radlands. Burak Cingi sends these pics.

Its a big first birthday love-in for our friends over at Fool Paradise. With live sets from Tellison, Delta/Alaska, Matt Emery and Luke Godwin it promises to be lots of fun and the DJ's are playing tunes until 2am for bonus rad. Here is the press release: Fools Paradise is turning 1!! That’s ONE WHOLE YEAR of bands, fun, parties, drinking and dancing Firstly we’d like to say a MASSIVE thanks to everyone who’s supported us throughout this year; whether you’ve played, DJ-ed, provided artwork, danced, kept me sane, given advice, OR JUST BEEN ...

The eighth annual Great Escape Festival took place last weekend in Brighton, U.K., with many amazing bands gracing the local stages in the charming seaside English town. Here's a gallery of photos from the festival, including photos of Grimes, EMA, Beth Jeans Houghton, Django Django, Slow Club, When Saints Go Machine, Porcelain Raft, and others.

Hamburg calling - wieder einmal erweitert das MS Dockville seinen Timetable mit neuen Künstlern. Zuletzt vergrößerte sich das vielfältige Line-up bereits in Form der Pop-Newcomer Me And My Drummer, sowie des britischen Indietronic-Trios We Have Band ( motor.de berichtete ). Auch der neue Bandschwall zeigt eine große Bandbreite an Musikstilen. Für den hanseatischen Singer/Songwriter-Charme sorgt Niels Frevert mit seinem aktuellen Langspieler "Zettel Auf Dem Boden" im Gepäck. Daneben bringt der geheimnisvolle, maskierte Elektronik-Künstler o F F Love die Tanzmeute zum Kochen. Außerdem zeigen Boy & Bear mit ihrer Mischung aus rollenden Drums, krächzenden Gitarren und schwärmerischen Melodien weshalb sämtliche Konzerte von ihnen ...

Das britische Indie-Pop-Duo Summer Camp plant für Anfang Juli die Veröffentlichung einer neuen EP mit dem Titel "Always" auf Moshi Moshi. Es wird das erste neue Material seit dem letztjährigen Debüt " Welcome To Condale " werden, welches mit eingängigem und sonnigem Retro-Pop unseren Gehörgängen schmeichelte. Zuletzt verfilmten die Musiker daraus die Single "Losing My Mind" ( motor.de berichtete ). Mit "Life" gibt es nun den ersten hörbaren Eindruck des neuen Materials – eine pianogetriebene Nummer mit jede Menge Drive. Im Folgenden könnt ihr euch das gute Stück anhören: Summer Camp - "Life" "Always EP" – Tracklist: 1. Life 2. Always 3. City 4. Hunt 5 ...

Es un privilegio poder enviarles de nuevo —vía sus receptores de radio , la mejor música de la galaxia ... es viernes , tiempo del Friday Night con la programación estelar de nuestros archivos... Zael estará en control de cabina, apoyado del último playlist de Silent Roy , el número 143 ... sintonízano en frecuencia modulada, a partir de las 8:20 de la noche ... Galaxy fm ® en Los Mochis transmite con toda su limitada potencia...  Playlist 143 Galaxy fm ® 18/19 mayo 2012 www.myspace.com/galaxy_fm www.twitter.com/galaxy_fm galaxyfm@gmail.com 105 tracks in playlist, average track length: 3:32 Playlist ...

After a barnstorming Thursday night at The Great Escape, any little kitten could be forgiven for a sore head and a grizzly disposition on the Friday morning, yet with a line-up of the likes that Republic of Music and Clash put on there was to be no moping; this was a one stop shop to catch the choicest bobby dazzlers of the whole festival. Set in the Shipwright’s Yard just off the seafront the vibe was old school block party: the beer was warm, the music was loud, and everyone was getting their rocks off. Like Alka-Seltzer for the ...

Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today: a culture magazine covering 'everything you need to know' Who are you and what's your blog called? My name is Shaun Mooney, and we're called HOWL (always in upper case, if you please). Where are you based? We're based in London, but we have editors all over the home counties and even as far away as the Western Isles in Scotland. Describe your blog in a sentence. HOWL is an online music, fashion and culture magazine for boys and ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Tennis, Slow Club Song: Summer Camp - Life [download here ] What's so good? Summer Camp are releasing a new EP titled Always , and our first peak comes in the form of the track “Life.” And oh my, what a first peak it is! The song starts off slow, but it’s the build up and the twists and turns that really get me riled up. Always is out 9 July on Apricot Recording Company/ Moshi Moshi Tracklist : 1. Life 2. Always 3. City 4. Hunt 5. Outside ------------------------ 1. Original post: Summer Camp – Life ...

Tell us which bands were best at the Brighton festival As Brighton sets about getting on with its daily business following the seventh annual Great Escape festival, here's some of our coverage from the weekend. Music Weekly podcast: Great Escape festival special We take a trip to the coast and talk to festival acts Django Django and AlunaGeorge The Great Escape festival – in pictures Including Niki & the Dove, Violet and Savages The Great Escape: highlights of the Guardian's New Band of the Day gigs Paul Lester, curator of the guardian's New Band of the Day stage, talks ...