my 2013

This time of year is the perfect time for looking back and reflecting on the good times and bad of the past year as well as making plans and resolutions for the next 12 months of our lives and that is no different on this blog. I've already rounded up my best bits of the …

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Live Review: Leeds Festival 2013 – Saturday

With Reading and Leeds being the end of the summer and the end of the touring schedules for many bands it is the perfect place for them to have fun and put in one last brilliant set and make some good memories for themselves and the fans. And though I only attended for a day …

tracks of the week #21 [leeds festival special]

This week as it's Reading and Leeds Festival I thought I'd do a special tracks of the week featuring some of Saturday at Leeds bill. Mainly because that is the day I'm attending and these are the acts I'm really excited about seeing, it's quite a mix but the Leeds Festival bill is notorious for …

music update #17

Last week, Kasabian guitarist Serge Pizzorno confirmed that The Rolling Stones will be playing Glastonbury this year. In a new career move the guitarist became PR Manager for one of the biggest bands in the world announcing their festival performance. The guitarist was talking to MTV about Kasabian's headline set at Hard Rock Calling saying …

best bits of 2012.

Top 10 Albums 1) The Maccabees – Given To The Wild. 2) Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Trouble. 3) Tame Impala - Lonerism. 4) Citizens! – Here We Are. 5) Alt-J - An Awesome Wave. 6) Young Guns - Bones. 7) Breton - Other People's Problems. 8) Niki and the Dove - Instinct. 9) DZ …

Live Review: Leeds Festival 2012 – Sunday.

Festival Republic StageTheme Park were on quite early but they got this Sunday early afternoon crowd moving to their songs. Their indie dance sound capitalising on the current move away from traditional guitar bands to something with more rhythm to dance along to.London band Citizens! have done their tour of the festivals this summer and …

Live Review: Leeds Festival 2012 – Saturday.

Main StageIf you weren’t fully awake before Cancer Bats took to the stage early on Saturday afternoon then you would be after their set. The band managed to get massive mosh and circle pits at such an early time of day too. The Canadian band has built up a reputation for putting on a brilliant …

Live Review: Leeds Festival 2012 – Friday.

Main StageOpening the Main Stage on the first day of a festival is never an easy thing to do for any band but this Leeds quartet pull it off in style. Pulled Apart By Horses draw a relatively big crowd for their early half an hour set and kick off today’s proceedings with screaming vocals …

day at the seaside.

This Sunday, I went to Bridlington with my parents so I thought I'd share a few photos and bits and pieces with you. I'd not been to Bridlington since I was very small about 3 or 4 so I didn't really remember much of it but it is really nice. Such a small seaside town …

The Best Bits of 2011.

Top 10 Albums of 2011 1) Friendly Fires – Pala2) Panic! At The Disco – Vices and Virtues3) Arctic Monkeys – Suck It and See4) Kasabian – Velociraptor!5) KIGH – In Gold Blood6) SBTRKT – SBTRKT7) You Me At Six – Sinners Never Sleep8) The Strokes – Angles9) The Blackout – Hope10) Foo Fighters – …