Following the success of its inaugural run in 2008, Shoreditch’s Stag and Dagger festival has this year gone Lollapalooza on the UK’s ass, and taken its grab bag of trendy talent across the country. Alex Wisgard reviews the Leeds leg.
Introducing: We Were Promised Jetpacks
Rich Hughes goes a bit mad for We Were Promised Jetpacks – one of the best new bands he’s heard in AGES… find out why inside…

The Twilight Sad return with album and tour
The Twilight Sad herald the arrival of brand new material in the late summer with a Great Escape show and a short run of dates.
TLOBF Interview :: Frightened Rabbit vs The Twilight Sad [pt2]
In the second of our exclusive two part interview, Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison and The Twilight Sad’s James Graham continue their discussion of Scottish swear words… and more!
TLOBF Interview :: Frightened Rabbit vs The Twilight Sad
In the first of an exclusive two part interview, Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison and The Twilight Sad’s James Graham discuss Life, the Universe & Everything…
The Twilight Sad – 100 Club, London 27/03/08
For a band who specialise in peaks, The Twilight Sad are still very much in the ascendancy.
Beirut / Tunng / The Twilight Sad – The Roundhouse, London, 10/07/07
Saturday night saw me take a trip into the heart of darkest Camden. Oh the horror, the horror. That Village Of The Damned where every spindly youth looks like they’re in the Klaxons. Making my own anti-fashion statement, I pulled on a stripey pullover from the Sainsbury’s Tu range and headed into town. There’s always [...]
The Twilight Sad / Idlewild – The Junction, Cambridge, 29/10/07
Photographs by Rich Thane November is just around the corner, the clocks have gone back and it’s suddenly, seemingly, dark all day. What better way to banish those Autumnal blues than see the long standing Idlewild tour their greatest hits around the provinces. Tonight, they visit our fair town of Cambridge. The PA is continually [...]
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