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Secret Garden Party 2015
“SGP was fucking muddy and hard work, and has left me sad and angry about everything. But it was also amazing and totally worth it for the spiritual insight and friendship. So, y’know, just another...
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Folk Fest 2015: Mix & Musician Review
To accompany our Calgary Folk Fest review we’ve compiled a breakdown of our favourite artists and a downloadable mix. Enjoy! The Strumbellas A rambunctious group with meaningful lyrics and a ton of...
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Playback: Bestival 2015
Bestival was another huge success this year. Since Bestival occurs in September, it has become a sort of celebration of the end of festival season. This is everyone’s last chance to enjoy a little...
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Playback: Sasquatch! 2016
Note from the Editors: We’ve decided to do things a little different for our review of Sasquatch! 2016. This year we went “LoFi” with our coverage; Jarrett Edmund lovingly brought along a film camera...
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Playback: Bestival 2016
England’s annual end-of-the-summer festival has done it again. Bestival exceeded expectations despite some negative chatter before the weekend began. This year the theme was “The Future” and Robin...
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Kilbi 2015 – the best festival you’ve never heard of
First, let me set the scene. Several hundred miles from Barcelona, bang in the middle of Primavera, there’s a little festival taking place that has nothing to envy its larger cousin. It all started 24...
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Playback: Primavera Sound 2017
As always, Primavera Sound boasted a massive line-up in Barcelona and they did not disappoint this year. They protected their reputation for having a consistently good line-up year after year with a...
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Playback: Secret Garden Party 2017
Last month in Cambridgeshire, we saw the 15th and final Party in the Secret Garden. It was a serious party. From it’s beginning, it has helped to redefine what a music festival is. Sure you had many...
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Playback: Bestival 2017
It’s always so hard to see absolutely everything at any festival (especially at Bestival where there is literally hundreds of different things to do and see each day). Rather than go into every detail...
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Funk & Soul Weekender 2017
Most festivals involve tents. Many festivals in England involve mud. This weekend had neither, for which we are grateful. The Funk and Soul Weekender had a great looking lineup...
View ArticleBestival 2012 (Festival Review)
Traditionally accepted as the last big event of the festival season, Bestival came to a triumphant close last weekend in England. There were some incredible performances by Nero, Florence + The Machine...
View ArticleCalgary Folk Fest 2013: Day 2
The main attraction on Friday was the beer gardens; There were a small handful of shows, headlined by the Thievery Corporation at the end of the night. However, many festival goers were determined to...
View ArticleCalgary Folk Fest: Day 3
A bandana sporting youth rubbed his girlfriends hands within his own while a man behind me was mindfully deep within a tantric yoga spirit journey. It was Day 3 of the Calgary Folk Fest and I was...
View ArticleGreen Man 2013 (Festival Review: Day 1)
The adventure began with a coach journey, or rather, the lack of one. I had just written the following missive to the editor: Already this is a different kind of festival. I’m used to turning up to...
View ArticleSXSW Festival Wrap-up: Tunes and Tragedy. Day 2
Sirens and screams. A young woman hunched over on the curb bawling uncontrollably, gasping for air and flanked by her four stunned friends. Police officers shouting at everyone to clear the area. What...
View ArticleShaky Knees Fest
Wash yo face and change your frame of mind // Shaky Knees Fest seen through the eyes of two mid-west gals Alright Atlanta, on our way down to you, we were all like “We’re going down where nobody knows...
View ArticleBunbury Festival: Review
Attending music festivals is a means of discovering new music while seeing the bands we love: all in the same weekend. Bunbury 2014 made this hard for us. While individual stages like the River Stage...
View ArticlePlayback: SXSW 2015
Although the weather didn’t completely cooperate in Austin this year, it was still an incredible year for music at SXSW. It certainly felt bigger than any other year with the crowds, and the queues,...
View ArticlePlayback: Wilderness 2018
Nestled in the depths of the Cotswolds – an area in England famous for its rolling green hills and idyllic stone houses – Wilderness is staged in one of the best locations to hold a festival. It’s not...
View ArticleLarmer Tree Festival Review. 2019. part 1
An initial summary of the fun and games had in the English West Country in July.
View ArticleLarmer Tree Festival Review. 2019. part 2.Circus Brothers, Cymande & Gypsy...
Reviews of the Circus Brothers, Cymande & Gypsy Jukebox at Larmer Tree Festival 2019
View ArticlePlayback: El Dorado 2019
Each year, a festival situated somewhere among the rolling hills of England sets out to imagine what that mystical city of gold would have been like. Thousands of modern-day like-minded explorers...
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Nova Batida pt.1 by Bruno Lacey
Can you superimpose a British (potentially wider than that) version of clubbing & festivals onto a city that really doesn’t party in the same way? Rather, ‘how successfully can you…” Well if your...
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Nova Batida pt.3 (the podcast one) by Bruno Lacey
This one is going to be a little bit different, as we have finally managed to cobble together a podcast-format review of a festival. One of the things you’ll hear in the interviews with...
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Green Man 2013 (Festival Review Day 2) by Bruno Lacey
On Saturday morning it was a three-tea-walk to find the press tent, but I did therefore manage to see almost every other corner of the festival and orient myself, the better to explore the music on...
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Playback: Camp Bestival 2021 by TNLF Staff
After months of missing out on live music and so much uncertainty for the music industry, Camp Bestival returned to Lulworth Castle to kick off the music festival season in the UK. Sure, it’s a family...
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Playback: Field Day 2021 by TNLF Staff
Over the past 14 years, Field Day has hosted some of the world’s most iconic artists alongside some of the very best up-and-coming talent. The lineup has always covered a wide range of genres from...
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