We Are Industry Part 1
You know that summer is on its way when the phrase “all-day, outdoor party” starts to get thrown about. With some of the best live acts in electronic music set to perform on…
EGG 9th Birthday
Bank holiday weekends; time for huge lineups, drinks deals all night and the same old dross time and time again. Add that extra day into the weekend, and innovation seems to go out…
Festival Preview: Hideout, Parklife, Zoo Project + more
With no Glastonbury, Oxegen, or Big Chill this year, tight economic circumstances and the recent announcement that Sonisphere 2012 has been cancelled after selling only an eighth of its 80,000 tickets, you could…
TRMNL Presents @ LAB11, Birmingham
The return of techno to Britain’s major UK dance music events continues with the launch of new club LAB11 in the Digbeth district of Birmingham. Promoted by local tech label / brand TRMNL…
Parklife Weekender Returns with Incredible Line-Up for 2012
With no Glastonbury in 2012 and the average festival ticket almost certainly costing more than last year’s £184 (that’s before 5 crates of Carlsberg and 17 packs of Super Noodles remember), the opportunity…
Skream + Benga Presents w/ Zinc, Artwork + Oneman
Wednesday the 15th of December saw the final appearance at Store Street of an artist whose career has developed immeasurably during the past five years. Shortly after featuring on BBC Radio 1′s Essential…
Modeselektion w/ Modeselektor + Four Tet
Arguably the most highly anticipated night of the Warehouse Project season each year, December 11th saw the return of Modeselektor to Manchester with the last date of their ‘Monkeytown’ show. The German legends…
Chibuku w/ Erol Alkan + Fake Blood
As we arrive in the last month of the Warehouse Project’s final season at Store Street, Liverpool based Chibuku came to town with some of the biggest names in electro-dance. Superstar producer, remixer…
Hideout Festival 2012
Billed as the event which will establish Croatia as the new Ibiza and prime European, summer party location, Hideout Festival has just announced the beginnings of its line-up for 2012 complete with new…
High Contrast, Netsky and Camo & Krooked @ The Warehouse Project
It’s a great time to be a fan of drum and bass; with record label Hospital’s 15th birthday on its way, October has seen a series of huge events go down with explosive…
The Warehouse Project Live Stream Presents: Carl Cox / Sven Vath and Hospitality
This week sees the continuation of the Warehouse Project with two unique events, the likes of which you are unlikely to see anywhere else. One night of techno, one night of drum and…
The Warehouse Project Live Stream Presents: Deconstructed Ape Birthday
October is arguably the biggest and most important month of the Warehouse Project season and never more so than this year in its final season at Store Street in Manchester. As well as…
VisionQuest + Marco Carola @ The Warehouse Project
If you were looking for explosive, innovative and all-round grooving modern music at the Warehouse Project this Saturday then you shouldn’t have been disappointed. The next generation of house artists has well and…
Interview // London Elektricity
If you’re heading to one of Hospitality’s nights in Prague, Liverpoool, Bristol or at the Warehouse Project in Manchester over the next month, maybe you should ask yourself “who is London Elektricity?”. Whilst…
Audio Doughnuts, Corsica Studios
One of London’s premier bass music nights has come to its fourth and penultimate event, this time at the fabulous Corsica Studios in South London. Including cutting edge artists from the US and…
Metropolis & Wax:On Present: Trilogy
The North of England is increasing its reputation as the center for British dance music, drum and bass and dubstep with events such as the Warehouse Project and the massively popular Ape and…
EXIT Festival, Petrovaradin Fortress, Serbia
4:30am on Monday 11th July finds Petrovaradin Fortress still teeming with bodies. Some are brusied, many are burned and all are nearing breaking point as they push themselves to keep dancing. With the…
Live Review // Morning Parade, Manchester
In the cramped, dark Night & Day Cafe in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, hotly tipped Morning Parade set out to make a name for themselves with a powerful and dramatic set. Their sound recalls…
Review // Adele – 21
After early success and general approval, Adele slumped somewhat into the singer-songwriter doldrums; too talented to considered be along the lines of Duffy / Bruno Mars dross but far too Brits-school to be…
White Lies – Ritual
They go so close at times, White Lies, and seem to tear themselves down just as they appear to have done something great. Consider ‘Bigger Than Us’, first single from ‘Ritual’, for example….
Kele Okereke
“REPUBLISHED FROM FAUX ISSUE 2.1″ The often criticised, lamented and unfairly labelled Kele Okereke is still a person to pull no punches. With his debut solo album ‘The Boxer’ receiving critical praise and…
Live Review // Hannah Peel – Trof, Manchester
In a room fitting an audience of no more than 30, the hotly tipped Hannah Peel makes her case for success and fame in 2011. First up, however, is Laura Groves, a.k.a. Blue…
Interview // Stornoway
It’s been a hectic year for Stornoway. Named in the longlist for the BBC’s ‘Sound of 2010′, their debut album (Beachcomber’s Windowsill) went in at 14 in the UK Album Chart and they’ve…
Live Review // Hurts
The immediate, striking thought at seeing Hurts take to the stage and open with the breathtaking ‘Unspoken’: this is why people loved Spandau Ballet. The new-romantic haircuts and suits, the theatricality of the…
New Blood // Camo & Krooked
Edgy, pulsating and exhilarating; this is exactly how drum and bass should be. Renowned Austrian producers Camo and Krooked have joined forces in a new project which looks like it’s going to re-write…
Review // Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Dan Willis talks us through the heavily anticipated 3rd album from Arcade Fire ‘The Suburbs’.
Interview // We Are Scientists
Daniel Willis catches up with Chris Cain from We Are Scientists to discuss their latest album, Barbara.
Review // Foals – Total Life Forever
Daniel Willis reviews Foals’ eagerly awaited second album, released through Transgressive Records.
Interview // Alessi’s Ark
Daniel Willis interviews nu-folk songstress Alessi’s Ark as she tours the country supporting Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling.
Interview // Fyfe Dangerfield
Daniel Willis discusses the distractions of a solo album with Guillemots front-man Fyfe Dangerfield.
