They rarely deviate from their own tried-and-true formula but when the live performances are this exhilarating, it’s difficult to care.

Salford’s Bank holiday bash has improved immeasurably from its humble beginnings.

The energy of the four young males certainly overwhelmed the intimate venue.

Complete with neon sheep and extensive arts events across the site, there’s more than a weekend’s worth to get involved with.

Set to become a mainstay on the overseas festival circuit, Hideout can surely equal anything a UK festival can offer, and then some.

Loud, crammed and for the most part jolly, though there may be a few more shouts of “SLAYER!!!” at 5am.

There are certainly much worse ways to spend a Thursday night in Manchester.

This down to earth starlet performs effortlessly yet impeccably.

This is about as blistering a live show as you’re going to find in 2012.

With no Glastonbury this year, maybe smaller festivals like this one will get a bit more attention.

If you want a week in the sun, away from the pilled up Eastern European destinations, Optimus Alive must be the choice.

A small, tight-knit festival where, if you like the music, you’re bound to run in to somebody you know at every turn.

One thing’s for sure, FestivalRepublic know how to throw a scintillating party.

Hop has taken things back to basics, making the festival experience all about the fans.

With the hype of a Vans Warped Tour date being so high, the tickets, on sale now, are bound to be like gold dust.

Only a few weeks left now until what will most likely be the third-annual sold out Parklife Weekender.

Forget partying with the post-AS level results crowd at Leeds or trawling through the routine Glastonbury mud, make your festival experience this year Benicassim.

As the Beach Boys celebrate their 50th anniversary tour, trawling the length and breadth of America and Europe off the back of their 30th studio album, one must hark back to pop music’s golden age. The Beach Boys were once part of one of pop music’s most notorious duels, in constant competition with four mop-haired […]

New albums just don’t have the same impact anymore because the music is all too easy to come by.

It’s nice to hear from a band that are capable of putting their own stamp on current trends rather than merely diluting them.