September 2011
3 posts
28) Beirut @ Manchester, 06/09/2011
Kicking Against The Pricks #11, 23/09/2011
A few years ago, a friend of mine, once a fervent Zach Condon follower, fell out with Beirut. He fell out with them over questions of “authenticity”. Now. The debate over authenticity goes on and on and on, uselessly. There are not enough trees to print on, not enough servers to flame on, for the arguments of arbitrary purists to be validated or...
27) Muso's Guide Singles Club, 12/09/2011
Muso’s Guide, 12/09/2011
The festival season is over. Basically. No more festivals. Clash-finder sheets and snuck-in arena beers are being slowly replaced with grimy puddles to drag your shoelaces through and an acute drop in Vitamin D to make you slowly spiral into depression, alone, in your stupid house that isn’t even a tent. It’s time to beat the Seasonal Affective Blues in the way that...
26) "Beacons Festival" @ Brudenell Social Club,...
Kicking Against The Pricks #10, 09/2011
Tom Vek, Jamie xx, Willy Nelson, Jamie Woon, Summer Camp. Artists that were billed for the debut of Yorkshire Dales four-dayer, Beacons Festival. Originally set to take place on Heslaker Farm, Skipton, the event had to be called off last minute due to weather-related safety concerns, as a nearby river burst its banks and the site and surrounding roads were...