Last year there was no Big Chill, ostensibly because of the Olympics. Presumably the cancellation of the 2013 event is the Olympic legacy ? -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch
The Olympics - apparently some sort of superannuated sports day - was already a major part of the decision for Glastonbury to take a year off; Now it's claimed the Big Chill as well : The Big Chill festival's Melvin Benn, Managing Director Festival Republic, said he considered changing the date of the festival but admitted he also faced problems of artist availability: “It is with a considerable amount of regret that I have decided not to go ahead with The Big Chill in 2012. “I looked long and hard late last year at moving [...]
PopMatters 's Corey Beasley can't knit you a blanket, but he can do the next best thing: here are five classic wintertime records to help you through the big chill. What makes an album suited for winter? Should it be the type of record that encourages you to dig in for the season, fortify yourself with blankets and heavily spiked cider, call December through February a wash, and pick things up in March? Or should it be an album to help warm you up, get you moving again, and distract you from all that disgusting brown snow piled up [...]
Tickets for a number of festivals in the U.S. and UK go sale Friday. We've compiled all the details for you below. - Wakarusa 2012 goes down May 31st - June 3rd in Ozark, Arkansas. Full event passes ($139.00) and VIP passes are ($635.00) are on sale beginning Friday, December 2nd at 12:00pm CT. - Beale Street Music Festival 2012 goes down May 4-6th in Memphis, Tennessee. Three-day passes ($55.00) are now available . - Gathering of the Vibes 2012 goes down July 19-22nd in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Early [...]
We’re a generous lot here at the Big Chill and love to treat our lovely patrons once in while. So, we decided to give YOU the chance to win a £100 bar tab for you and your friends at one of our venues each month, yeah that’s right every month! So what do you have to do? Every Friday and Saturday we have our resident photographers snapping away the nights debauchery, get yourself down to either the Big Chill House or Big Chill Bar (hey why not do both?) and strike a pose for our [...]
Hey there, newly formed bands and song-smiths: if you want your new release to get a review in our magazine, and really want to get our respect and attention, do what this guy/gal did. When you submit your CD or 73, let us know the L.A. RECORD section name you think your music belongs in. Whether it's Bloops and Bleeps , Turd & Main , the OK Corral , the Wayback Machine, These Are the Breaks , Eat Your Paisley , [...]
The Brick Lane Music Festival returns for it’s fifth year for two whole days of musical merriment. Taking place across five venues; Big Chill Bar, Vibe Bar, Café 1001, Rhythm Factory and All Star... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
After answering the previous week's call from Kendal Calling, it is on to Big Chill for team Cougar Microbes' next stop off in a marathon of summer festivals. Right from the off this is the friendliest I have encountered yet. Stewards wish you a jolly good knees-up. Caterers willingly smile without gritting their teeth. Furthermore [...]
We caught up with Example at The Big Chill Festival backstage - he was nearly exactly midway through his run of festivals. Here's what happened... Here is a full review of The Big Chill , if you're into that sort of thing. Muso's Guide is working with Vodafone VIP across festival season, be it live-blogging, video-interviewing artists, Tweeting (we're at @musosguide ) or reviewing weekends in handy snapshot form. Vodafone [...]
With the ever more saturated festival season well and truly underway, it was The Big Chill’s turn to prove they were worthy to stake their claim on music fans from around the country. With The Chemical Brothers, Kanye West and ... Continue reading
We caught up with the excellent Ghostpoet at The Big Chill Festival in beautiful Eastnor Deer Park. It was momentous, and split into two momentous parts: the first comprised a Serious Interview, and the second was a quiz on Coventry (where Ghostpoet recorded his debut album). See how much he knew (and if he won the prize - yes there was a prize!) just here. Look, here: Here is a full review of The Big Chill , if you're into that sort of thing. [...]
The Big Chill festival (Herefordshire, England) really stepped its game up this year, managing to bag Kanye West 's only UK festival performance and fill out the festival bill with a great mix of emerging and established talent, and some really forward thinking artists. I was lucky enough to go, but rather than regaling you with tales of how good Janelle Monae was (very, even in heavy rain) and how you missed an on form Jamie xx (you missed out bro), I'm going to use this post to highlight music from some of the less well known artists who might or might not be new to you, but [...]
Photo by Tom Curtis , of the Victoria Park crowd at Field Day 2011 (a festival that didn't sell out this year but wasn't cancelled either. Maybe its future is rosier because it's only a 1-day festival? - Ed.) Given the wall-to-wall BBC coverage of Glastonbury this year, plus Steve Lamacq’s roving festival reporters checking in every Monday from all corners of the UK, you would be forgiven for thinking that all is milk and honey in festival land. But dig a little deeper, and a less rosy picture [...]
Mr Scruff & Kelvin Brown DJ Set from the Big Chill Tea Tent, Saturday 6th August 2011 by Mr Scruff Tags: MrScruff KelvinBrown Kwasi BigChill TeaTent Mix A lovely 6 hour Saturday Night DJ session from the 'Make Us A Brew' Tea [...]
The Big Chill 2011 took place last weekend and as usual, Crack In The Road were on the hunt for the freshest performances of the festival. Incessantly trying to ply you with music in the same way your grandma used to force feed you cake. A full review of the festival along with some fantastic photographs will be online this week. Wara A rich collaboration of Latino & London. Wara blend traditional Cuban rhythmn and vocals with the rough flow of [...]
The Big Chill 2011 took place last weekend and as usual, Crack In The Road were on the hunt for the freshest performances of the festival. Incessantly trying to ply you with music in the same way your grandma used to force feed you cake. A full review of the festival along with some fantastic photographs will be online this week. Wara A rich collaboration of Latino & London. Wara blend traditional Cuban rhythmn and vocals with the rough flow of [...]
Photos by Dan Simms Thursday A mutual command seemed to float around the site, giving the order to head to James Blake at X hundred hours, though that’s the thing, even with programs no-one seemed to know what time he’d grace our presence. People led to then make their own theories about whether it’d be a DJ set or live set. James, now known to be playing the show with his full band, seemed touched and [...]
We’re heading to Big Chill festival this weekend, so to whet your appetite, here’s a run through of the must see’s and why we think you’d be crazy to be anywhere but directly in front of the stage they play ... Continue reading
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