Big Ears 2019 Recap + 2020 announcement!
During the last decade, Big Ears has developed a reputation for presenting preeminent musical pioneers and cutting-edge innovators from a wide swath of genres, earning it praise from The New …
Preview – Hopscotch 2019
2019 edition of Hopscotch Music Festival is kicking off tomorrow and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than through a video playlist. Now its not just another …
Report: Green Man Festival 2019
This year was our seventh Green Man Festival. 2011 was our first, ‘peak beard’ we called it at the time, when everyone was sporting that disheveled folksy look and Fleet Foxes …
Report: Supersonic Festival 2019
See also – Interview with Chip King (The Body) Offering up their 15th edition, Birmingham’s internationally renowned music / arts festival Supersonic lived up to their mission statement “for curious …
Supersonic Festival 2019 Preview
There’s no denying that we can’t get enough of indie festivals here at IHN – especially those that feature eclectic lineups (see our coverage of Moogfest, Big Ears and Hopscotch …
Report: Cardiff Psych & Noise Fest
Words: Ben Woolhead Curse real life for conspiring to prevent me from immersing myself in the Cardiff Psych & Noise Fest from the start, thereby denying the opportunity to see …
Report: Sea Change IV
Words/Photos: Soundart Radio Ostensibly, not much happens in Totnes anymore. Barely 25’000 people, rural as. Culturally, little bits here and there, but since the loss of its local arts college, …
Big Ears 2019 Recap: Ian Chang
Using his drums to trigger and manipulate samples, Chang builds big beats laced with florid melodies in real time, interconnecting the role of producer, DJ, and drummer with only his …
Tectonics Glasgow 2019 Report
Words/Photos: cowsarejustfood tectonics is one of those strangely liminal festivals, always between and around, neither one thing nor another. sliding drily between boundaries, rubbing fingertips round porous edges, teasing those …
Big Ears 2019 Recap: This Is Not This Heat
This Heat were one of the best live bands ever, I could not believe it when I first saw them – they opened with this track and I thought the …