Posted on 02 February 2010 by Rich Hughes
The initial line-up for this year’s Great Escape festival in Brighton has been announced, with an impressive list of bands.
The following have all been confirmed!
DELPHIC / CHASE AND STATUS / BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE / MARINA & THE DIAMONDS / ELLIE GOULDING / CRYSTAL FIGHTERS / SLOW CLUB / COLD CAVE / ESBEN AND THE WITCH / HURTS / JAPANDROIDS / REAL ESTATE / TIMBER TIMBRE / DARWIN DEEZ / BEST COAST / THE CHEEK / WILD PALMS / THE RUBY SUNS
Yikes – that’s pretty TLOBF friendly… BSS, Japandroids, Esben and the Witch… think I might have to find somewhere to stay in Brighton.
The festival takes place over 30+ venues throughout the city and hosts over 350 bands playing from May 13-15th.
More info when we get it folks!
Posted on 13 January 2010 by Amy Pay
Too often is the case that young and breaking bands are buried under the mass airplay of better known, established artists. A new Manchester-based company, Love & Disaster, are clearing the way for fresh talent by releasing a series of EPs. Backing some of the most exciting and attention-deserving musicians in and around the city, Love & Disaster are proudly sharing the overlooked local talent that they feel deserves recognition.
First up in the Northern showcase are Airship, an indie guitar band that surfaced last year. The fast-paced ‘Kids’ bursts open with a siren-like, snappy, Bloc Party-meets-Editors riff. An air of buzzy enthusiasm continues throughout the typical indie track, complete with a sing-along chorus, cymbal-laden percussion and reverberating distorted echo. Continue Reading
Posted on 04 January 2010 by Danny Wadeson
Delphic’s much awaited debut Acolyte begins with glitchy electronic clicks and persistently dramatic staccato synths before exploding into a pounding drum pattern overlaid with swelling keyboards and a fist-in-the-air chorus of ‘a call to arms, a call to arms!’.
It’s an aptly titled opening (‘Clarion Call’) to an album that wastes no time in giving you an ultimatum; become an acolyte and heed their oracle, or else. Amusingly, you’ll probably jump at the chance. Continue Reading
Posted on 14 December 2009 by The Line Of Best Fit
Having now turned up on the BBC’s Sound of 2010 longlist, perhaps we no longer need to shout about these boys… But we will anyway. Delphic, a trio of gents from the great pop city of Manchester, will be huge next year. Recent single ‘Doubt’ seemed to connect the dots from late 80’s New Order via their multitude of spin-off’s and then planting their feet firmly in the post-LCD Soundsystem dance-rock cross-over.
Their debut album, Acolyte, is out at the beginning of January and sets the early pace for not just great debut albums, but great albums period of the year… mighty praise indeed.
We fired off some questions to the band recently…
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Posted on 25 November 2009 by Rich Hughes
Manchester trio Delphic have chosen ‘Doubt’ as the first single to be taken from their debut album Acolyte which will be released 11th January 2010.
The single will be available digitally on 3rd January and physically from 4th January.
They’ll be playing quite an extensive tour of the UK over the next two months as well…
December
04 – Academy, Birmingham
05 – The Forum, Hatfield
08 – Academy, Manchester
11 – Koko, London
12 – The Royal, Derby
13 – Optimo, Glasgow
18 – Central, Manchester
19 – The Plug, Sheffield
31 – Warehouse Project, Manchester (DJ Set)
January
14 – Norwich – Arts Centre
15 – Oxford – Zodiac
16 – Sheffield – Leadmill
17 – Bristol – Thekla
19 – Brighton – Audio
20 – Wolverhampton – Little Civic
21 – Liverpool – Kazimier
22 – Glasgow – King Tuts
23 – Leeds – Cockpit 2
26 – New To Q @ The Tabernacle, London
