We’re almost half way through 2013. WTF? Hand in hand with that shocking revelation, I bring you the news that we’re officially in festival season. One of the biggest and best is happening next month just down the road in Suffolk. Latitude is 8 years old this year and BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens has been programming his very own stage at the festival since its birth. It’s certainly not the biggest stage (duh, that’s the Obelisk), but it’s (arguably) the best. When it comes to exciting new music, Huw is a true expert. His mind is an ever-expanding encyclopaedia of underground and emerging bands and artists. From first-hand experience, I’ve seen him access that information with greater ease than most of us recall our own phone numbers. Go on, ask him what he broadcast on his Wednesday night BBC Radio 1 show five weeks ago, and I bet he’ll be able to tell you every single track. Tis year’s Lake Stage line up is testament to his taste and talent. It’s a Smörgåsbord of brilliantly entertaining music. It’s actually even more than that though. It’s your chance to feel like you’re at the razor sharp, cutting edge of new music. To be amongst very powerful raw musicianship, new ideas, experimentation, and sometimes nerves.
22 / June 2013/
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f you’ve not stopped by the Lake Stage before, do yourself
a favour before you pack your camping bag and spend thirty minutes googling a few names on the line up. Maybe listen to a song or two. Pick a couple of artists or bands you like the sound of and take a punt. New bands and artists rely on people like you, who give them a chance.
You could try Japanese psychedelic-acid- punk Bo Ningen, or the grungey pop-rock Londonites Wolf Alice. Sweet Baboo (aka Stephen Black) makes psych pop from Wales - that could be right up your street (and is signed to the awesome, Moshi Moshi Records). Or turn to page 16, and get to know the Brummy cool kids Swim Deep a little better.
Here are two bands that I think you should check out:
Veronica Falls are headlining Saturday night. If you’re not already familiar with them, let me try and take you into their sound. Picture this: You’re young and carefree, in the passenger seat of your best
THINK SLIGHT REVERB (NOT THE ANNOYING KIND) AND TWANGY GUITARS. THINK THE SOFTER SIDE OF KIRSTY MACCOLL’S VOICE. THINK SURF ROCK. THINK 60S GIRL BANDS.
friends car, travelling back from a long day of adventure at the beach. You can still feel sand clinging to your toes, your hair is salty and dry, your skin is radiating and tight from the heat, and the sun is hanging low and dazzling your eyes through your Raybans.
THAT’S what listening to Veronica Falls feels like, and that’s the feeling I think they’ll deliver on the Lake Stage. Tink slight reverb (not
the annoying kind) and twangy guitars. Tink the softer side of Kirsty MacColl’s voice. Tink surf rock. Tink 60s girl bands. Or, you could just go and buy one of their many Bella Union / Slumberland releases and listen for yourself. Why not start with their second album that released in February this year called ‘Waiting For Something To Happen’. If you only download one single, PLEASE let it be ‘Teenage’. Teir headline set at Latitude is a rare treat. Te months leading up to the festival will see the band touring Europe extensively, so topping the Lake Stage is bound to be nothing short of a homecoming.
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