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EXTENSIVE coverage of this years Leeds festival. Literally I was shocked, I have never seen anything like it, 29 bands reviewed, along with photos. This is some of the biggest festival coverage we have ever pushed out to our readers, so, here it all is. Get the kettle on, get the biscuits out and knuckle down to some festival reading. Also, I'm really happy to drop the link in this newsletter for the long-awaited interview with Dallas Green of City and Colour, amazing musician, really nice guy. Read below.
For those of you who sway more towards the darker side of music, Leeds Festival is definitely the one for you. Of course, Leeds didn’t start out seeped in screams, riffs and bottling tiffs. If you’re partial to a Werther’s Original and enjoy growing veg in your allotment, you may recall a small, solo, jazz and blues festival starting life in Surrey somewhere around 1961. After spending a decade delighting music fans, this annual jamboree finally found its sacred home in central Reading. It wasn’t until the eve of the new millennium when Reading found its festival soul mate in Leeds (starting life at the Temple Newsam manor estate – the same grounds as V Festival back in ‘97 and ‘98).
Friday 26th August Saturday 27th August Sunday 28th August Here are the best reviews from AltSounds.com - anything rated above 80% by our scoring system blags the "Cream Of The Crop" title...
Band/Artist: FIONN REGAN Release: 100 ACRES OF SYCAMORE Rating: 80% Label: Heavenly Records
Five years on from his Mercury-nominated album 'The End Of History,' Fionn Regan has seemed to have bowed his head away and disappeared into his own little poetic world. In fact I forgot about h
Band/Artist: ARCADE FIRE w/ NOAH AND THE WHALE Release: at MANCHESTER MEN ARENA Rating: 87% Label: N/A
Noah and the Whale are an eclectic yet unassuming looking bunch. Bassist Matt Owens, with his long blonde hair looks like he should be fronting a heavy metal band. Fred Abbott, the guitaris
Band/Artist: Toddla T Release: Watch Me Dance Rating: 83% Label: Ninja Tune
Toddla T (Tom Bell to his mum, presumably) hails from Sheffield, but his musical travels have apparently seen him work everywhere from "Kingston Jamaica to Kingston upon-Hull". If Watch Me Dance (h
Band/Artist: DJ Mob and MC Enemy Release: The History of THC [Mini-Mix] Rating: 83% Label: THC
It may be hard to believe but one day the giants of hardcore may no longer be around. Sharkey and Kevin Energy have already hung up their hardcore decks and let’s face it, as good as he is, Hix
Band/Artist: PULP w/Baxter Dury Release: at O2 Brixton Academy London Rating: 84% Label: N/A
"How many of you were here the first time? How many of you were born?" - (Jarvis Cocker says to the crowd). Do you remember the first time? That is the question Pulp ask as they take to the stage
Band/Artist: Various Artists Release: Hardcore Heaven Summer Madness Rating: 83% Label: Slammin' Vinyl
With popular dance label All Around The World dropping all its support for hardcore and signalling the end of the Bonkers and HTID series of releases, there is a great big gaping hole in the mark
Band/Artist: Le Gros Ballon Release: La Nuit Rating: 80% Label: CasaMedusa
'La Nuit' is the most recent release from french duo Francesco Campanozzi and Marco Capra, or collectively known as Le Gros Ballon ('The Big Ball', in English). Their style is soft, atmospheric p
Band/Artist: THE HORRIBLE CROWES Release: ELSIE Rating: 99% Label: Side One Dummy Records
Brian Fallon is the ultimate modern day musician. Having enjoyed the success of three Gaslight Anthem records, constant touring and sharing the festival stages this year with the likes of Bob Dyla
More features than you can throw a small stick at. Here are some of the best pieces up on AltSounds.com... 
What Feature? The AltSounds Outlook - Mercury Music Awards 2011 Huh? The results are in... The Mercury Music Prize, or the Barclaycard Mercury Prize if you’re pedantic is now in its 20th year of forcing the Avant-garde, the pretentious, and the pop prima donna’s to mingle while the man w
What Feature? Diary of a Festival Addict | Issue #9: Leeds Festival 2011 - Branham Park 26-28 August
Huh? For those of you who sway more towards the darker side of music, Leeds Festival is definitely the one for you. Of course, Leeds didn’t start out seeped in screams, riffs and bottling tiffs.
What Feature? The Lowdown: Astrix
Huh? As one of the biggest DJs in the world, Astrix's musical agenda is the ultimate clash, where underground vs. mainstream transforms to uplifting Trance composed with sophisticated melodies, a sprink
What Feature? The Lowdown: Dallas Green of City and Colour
Huh? So you've all heard the news that Alexisonfire have parted ways (for a little while at least) which has been sad news for the fans of the Canadian 5-piece. All faith is not lost as Dallas Gre
