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While the festival season is already saturated, that hasn't stopped organizers of successful festivals from expanding their offerings. Just this week we've reported on Newport Folk Festival organizers announcing a West Coast version of the famed fest called Way Over Yonder . Now, this morning comes news of Sasquatch! joining the ranks of the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Coachella by expanding to a second weekend. Unlike Coachella and ACL, Sasquatch! won't take place over two consecutive weekends. The 2014 installments of Sasquatch! will [...]

Bonnaroo Week rolls on at Hidden Track with a look at one of our first HT faves who will finally be making their Bonnaroo debut late night on Saturday. We've been singing the praises of Led Zeppelin tribute band Bustle In Your Hedgerow since the first week of our existence. Watching drummer Joe Russo, keyboardist Marco Benevento, guitarist Scott Metzger and bassist Dave Dreiwitz team up to tackle Led Zep's beloved classics is always a treat and we can't think of a better way to end your Saturday at the 'roo than watching Bustle In Your Hedgerow at [...]

In news that took the music world by storm last night, legendary alt-rock band The Replacements will reunite for their first shows in 22 years to headline Riot Fest in Toronto (August 24-25), Chicago (September 13-15) and Denver (September 21-22). The Minneapolis-based band last performed on July 4, 1991 in Chicago and have been on many "reunions we'd like to see" lists ever since. The Replacements had a gruff sound that paved the way for the alt-rock wave of the late '80s and early '90s thanks [...]

With every summer comes the promise of barbecues, sun tanning, swimming pools, and maybe most exciting of all, music festivals. For each and every fan, there is a festival no matter what your musical tastes from Electric Forest (primarily electronica music) to Rock The Bells (a multi city hip hop bonanza). One festival in particular offers an eclectic variety of acts in addition to a rabid almost cultish fan base that return again and again to rural Tennessee to experience Bonnaroo. This year’s ‘Roo runs from June 13th to June 16th and promises a great time for any and all. [...]

You know the drill by now. This is the Thrash Hits Festival Splash Page and this is where you'll find some of the most comprehensive coverage of Download Festival 2013 that you don't have to pay for. It's here! Everything that we do here at Download Festival 2013 will be linked to from this page. Individual band coverage (interviews, photos, setlists and some tiny reviews), any seedy rumours, drinking games? It’s all here. Some of it will go up over the weekend itself and some (the video interviews) will come later. Either [...]

By Kenny McMurtrie & Dominic Allen June 13, 2013 With barely time to grab a kebab evening arrived in Wakefield and another slew of acts ventured on to the various stages (of which, it has to be pointed out we only ever visited five of the seven - Velvet & The Orangery unfortunately being off our radar as that bit slightly further to walk). First off we caught This Is The Kit . Sporting a very nice line in [...]

All festivals present their attendees with a broad range of choices to choose from, but most are still settled within the confines of the location and time they have allotted and can deliver a pretty similar overall experience. MUTEK and its longstanding festival in Montreal offer a completely different perspective on throwing a festival. Now in its 14th year, MUTEK is closer to a string of discreet events across six days, tightly tied together by the group's keen curatorial ears. Their line-ups contain stunning live sets from a range of artists across the electronic music spectrum. They also place visual [...]

Since the announcement of their early bird tickets , Camp Bisco has released the lineup for their Silent Disco portion of the festival. read more

Do you ever experience DJ anxiety? Do thoughts like “will my playlist be good enough?”, “OMG! WHAT SHOULD I PUT ON NEXT?”, “does this song reflect the current state of my friends’ inebriated minds?” or “will someone catch onto my early-90’s references!?” echo through your head? Fear no more, sweet children. Air Zaire has whipped up a summer mix in celebration of the upcoming Full Moon festival in NYC this month. Complete with ATG favorites Tanlines, The Knocks, Little Daylight, Miami Horror, Wild Belle and more, this is one set of tunes that guarantee a good time. [...]

• Air Zaïre - Full Moon: Mix de Lune

Imorgon drar Hultsfred 2013 igång! Eftersom att det nu var tre år sedan jag var på en riktig festival (alltså inte Popaganda) ska det bli spännande att se om jag fortfarande har kvar festival-takterna i mig eller om jag kommer att känna mig gammal bland alla ungdomar med ölhattar och annat häftigt. I år utspelar sig dock festivalen inte i Hultsfred, (vilket är konstigt eftersom att den fortfarande heter Hultsfred) utan en bit utanför Stockholm, på området Stoxa, ungefär 40 minuter från innerstan. Detta passar mig utmärkt i min ålderdom då jag kan åka hem och sova, duscha [...]

As you've probably all heard by now, the theme of this year's Governors Ball can be summed up by one word: mud. The festival, which has not only expanded from a one day event to a two day event to a three day event in consecutive, but also extended from one stage to two stages to four stages, seemed to have taken a page out of All Points West (or All Points Wet) for the unlucky rain, storms, and all-encompassing mud. Regardless, it was a weekend chock full of good [...]

As we announced yesterday, Way Over Yonder is coming to Santa Monica Pier! Taking place on Saturday, October 5, and Sunday, October 6, Way Over Yonder will feature headliners Neko Case (Saturday) and Conor Oberst (Sunday). Other artists on the...

"As the festival season draws to a close, September 28th 2013 will see the first Ringmaster Festival take place on the Whitbourne Estate in Worcestershire for an explosion of music and food meets a vintage circus. This year sees Maximo Park, Mystery Jets, Deaf Havana, Swim Deep, Theme Park, Tall Ships on the line-up, who will be joined by rising stars Chloe Howl, Luke Sital-Singh, Thumpers, and in keeping with the festivals ethos of supporting upcoming talent, Laurel Canyons, Marie Naffah, Lewis Mokler and Tom Jarvis amongst others join the bill. Set in the stunning Hereford & Worcestershire countryside borders, [...]

• SWIM DEEP - King City (Album Version)

In Umphrey's McGee's early days they would often cover moe.'s Rebubula. In the middle of 1999, just about 18 months after forming, UM stopped performing Rebubula and the song remained on the shelf until this past Memorial Day Weekend, when the Chicago-based sextet busted out the moe. classic at the 2013 Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, IL. Umphrey's delivered an impressive, spot-on version of the moe. song and today have shared pro-shot footage of the cover featuring the work of former moe. and [...]

Was eigentlich alle längst wussten, wärmt MSN jetzt noch mal auf und schießt mit ihrer aktuellen Umfrage quer durch die boulevardistisch angehauchte Musik-Presse. Auch IANS ist betroffen. Befragt wurden 2.000, in Großbritannien beheimatete Festivalbesucher. Der durchschnittliche Festivalgänger verbringt sein Wochenende mit mehr Saufen, mehr Drogen und mehr Sex. Für viele ist diese Tatsache keine Überraschung. Sind wir mal ehrlich, sich 10h die Beine in Bauch stehen, macht selbst mir auf Dauer keinen Spaß. Ein Viertel der Befragten vergnügt sich lieber mit Wildfremden im Zelt, 21% schmeißen sich irgendwelche Chemikalien in den Rachen und 13% kloppen sich über das Festivalgelände. [...]

BONNAROO AND USTREAM ANNOUNCE 2013 WEBCAST LINEUP FEATURING: LIVE PREMIUM DIGITAL WEBCAST AVAILABLE ON BONNAROO.COM AND USTREAM.TV/BONNAROO The 12th annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in association with Ustream, the leader in live social video streaming, announce the lineup for the festival's 2013 live webcast, beginning Friday June 14th. Fans will be able to experience exclusive Bonnaroo performances from artists including Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, Wilco, The National, Nas, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Wu Tang Clan, Of Monsters & Men, Kendrick [...]

I reported in on To Kill a King 's rousing set at Sticky Mike's Frog Bar on the Friday night of the Great Escape 2013 here , ahead of their appearance the following night at Brighton Dome with headliner and personal mates Bastille. If you missed either performance, you're in luck. First, watch Ralph Pelleymounter play the title track of their debut album 'Cannibals with Cutlery'. Then, enjoy the full band performing 'Choices'. Enjoy! Click here to view the embedded video. [...]

frontpage_features: What luck! Tropical Storm Andrea decided to cease terrorizing poor little Randall’s Island, leaving quite a bit of sun in her wake. Considering Governors Ball decided to cancel their headlining acts for Friday [...]

The first headliner of Download Festival 2013 is Slipknot. They're playing on the Friday night and they've got a bunch of great albums. Everyone's got a different idea but TH editor, Raz has a story filled with multi-layered nostalgia about his favourite Slippers record. Have a read and then you can vote for your favourite Slipknot release. Fun, eh? Here’s what Raz has to say about his favourite Slipknot album: "I remember picking the bonus digipak up in Virgin Megastore on Tottenham Court Road [...]

By Kenny McMurtrie June 12, 2013 Things start off early at Long Division (understandable with 65 acts scheduled to do their stuff on Saturday alone). Consequently we found ourselves in the beer courtyard at The Hop listening to local(ish) quintet Glass Cave 's set as we queue up to get the all important wristbands. Being as it is a festival rooted firmly in the idea of promoting Wakefield & all bits of Yorkshire-based talent today's first properly viewed act [...]

• The Scaramanga Six - Blunt Force Trauma