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Reading Festival: Steve’s Sunday
Sep 2nd
So, this is the final in my informal, quick comments on the bands I saw at Reading Festival. I hope you've enjoyed them!
Goldheart Assembly
I saw these guys originally playing a very similar slot early in the day at Larmer Tree Festival earlier in the summer. I have to say that at Larmer Tree, they interested me, but didn't blow me away. The sound set up on Reading's NME/Radio 1 stage was significantly better, and so despite a basically empty tent, I was much more impressed with them this time around. Their songs are really well structured, with the vocals being the main vehicle through which the band explore some pretty interesting volume dynamics. Furthermore, vocally, they are perfect, engaging and well worth a listen. A little more variation in the set would complete it, as well as getting a festival slot where the main stage has a bigger crowd then the coffee queue.
Reading Festival: Steve’s Saturday
Sep 2nd
This is the second of my fairly informal day reviews. Enjoy!
Mystery Jets
I am a fan of Mystery Jets; they have had a big, busy summer and deserved their main stage slot this year, even if it was pretty early in the day. They still seem like a new band, fresh on the scene, and it is easy to forget that their excellent recent album Serotinin is actually their fourth release. For that reason, they undoubtedly have enough depth to pull off decent main stage performance. It has to be said that their slower, more thoughtful songs didn't really capture the imagination of the audience, possibly due to levels issues, but when the energy went up a notch, they were decent. Clearly enjoyed themselves. Highlight of the set has to be Two Doors Down.
Reading Festival: Steve’s Friday
Aug 31st
As you will have heard on the last podcast, both Jack and I spent this weekend at the legendary Reading festival. Unlike the rest of my festival experiences this year, this was not as press, but simply as a regular festival goer. For that reason, we were intending to focus a little more on the beer, cider and other such festivities and somewhat less on getting together a nice set of reviews. But the weekend was all too eventful to not comment on, so here is the first of three pretty informal day reviews.
Episode 28 Out Now!
Aug 22nd
Returning to the usual format Jack and Steve talk about our free song of the week from Passafire. We also discuss Reading Festival, music news and the upcoming New Music Transmission Awards.
Passafire Interview
Aug 20th
Passafire in a Forest
This week's featured band are Passafire, a Reggae-Rock band from South Eastern USA. New Music Transmission caught up with Passafire to discuss the next album, the upcoming Vans Warped Tour, and the musical value of Nashville. Their song, Here in Front of Me, is now available from our podcast feed. Also, this weekend, Jack will be back in the studio after his short break, and we will be discussing Passafire, along with giving some brief thoughts on the upcoming Reading Festival.
NMT: How would you describe your sound to someone who had never heard you?
Passafire: I would describe Passafire's sound as a danceable, original mash up of reggae and progressive rock. A sound that is wholly unique and at the same time catchy and groovin'. We'd like to think that what we do is pushing reggae in a new direction, without abandoning its roots and beginnings.
Passafire free song of the week
Aug 17th
As we begin to enter the start of the end of the middle part of the festival season NMT return to normality with a free mid-week song. This time we offer Here in Front of Me, by Passafire.
Episode 27: Big Chill Review Special
Aug 14th
Our fourth festival special takes us to the heart of Herefordshire for the Big Chill festival. With reviews of acts such as Massive Attack, Thom York, Bonobo, James Yuill, Goldhawks, M.I.A and Lily Allen.
The Big Chill Review: Sunday – Part 2
Aug 14th
Following on from Steve's review of The Magic Numbers, Newton Faulkner and Lily Allen there are two other bands that helped make Sunday a successful remedy to Saturdays poor performance.
The Big Chill Review – Sunday
Aug 14th
The final day of The Big Chill desperately needed to recover from the horror show caused by the MIA train wreck, which left a lot of fans disappointed. In this review, I will be seeing if The Magic Numbers, Newton Faulkner, and Lily Allen were up to the job.
Big Chill Review – Saturday
Aug 13th
This article continues New Music Transmission's review coverage of the Big Chill Festival, moving on to key performances from the Saturday. The comments in this review, along with the other Big Chill coverage, will be available alongside giggles and idle chat in Episode 27 of the New Music Transmission Podcast. Only two acts that I really want to talk about with this one, Easy Star All Stars and MIA.
