From the best dogs, food stalls, artists and bands, Standon Calling 2019 celebrated its biggest year yet with over 15,000 revellers. This festival proved to be the best yet, with the likes of Friendly Fires, Meggie Brown, Inhaler and more playing across the stages, showcasing a fantastic plethora of acts. Friday Entering the arena as Seagirls were ending their set, we traipsed towards the main stage to see Band of Skulls. Roaring guitar riffs and entrancing melodies welcomed and urged festival punters closer to the stage. With a cool, calm and collected stage presence, Band of Skulls blew us a ..read more

Ahead of its 14th year next weekend, we’ve hand picked our top 6 artists you just need to see at Standon Calling 2019. After it’s creation from a birthday garden party in 2005, Standon Calling has become one of the most exciting festivals to come out of Hertfordshire. With mere weeks to go until the festivities begin, you may be in need of some inspiration on who to see and we’ve got you covered. Lewis Capaldi With the fastest selling album of 2019 so far, performances at some of the UK’s biggest festivals including Glastonbury, and a sold out tour across multiple countries; this 22 year old S ..read more

Community Festival returned for another spectacular display of the some of the best and new acts in the indie rock scene, from nostalgic icons The Kooks to rising stars Don Broco. Even with an apparent lack of female representation throughout the bill, we still had a brilliant time seeing some of our favourite bands in London’s Finsbury Park. 12:45pm Californian rock n roll four piece SWMRS delivering chugging guitar riffs and pure drum power and came alive when they were on the main stage. You could tell they were great friends in the way they grooved along to the music they were producing ..read more

Plagued by rain, wind, and more rain, Download Festival 2019 indeed lived up to its cursed name Drownload, but despite the uncontrollable weather, delivered yet another glorious excursion into the realm of all things rock, metal, hardcore, metalcore and everything in between. With a diverse line-up on four stages across three days:: from Slayer taking up farewell duties on the Zippo Encore Stage, Slipknot laying waste to the main arena and Whitesnake enticing the sun out to play and proving they’ve still damn well got it, this years event not only took us down the highway to hell, but showcase ..read more

With only a week to go until the festival, we’ve picked the top 5 acts you need to see at Community Festival 2019. Taking place in Finsbury Park in London, Community Festival boasts a plethora of emerging artists from 90s inspired duo APRE to California’s SWMRS, as well as the likes of The Kooks, Blossoms and Don Broco closing out the day in style. APRE APRE’s latest single ‘Come Down’ is a 90s infused, creative take on pop that will certainly have you throwing back to the good old days. Having missed their set at Bushstock earlier this month, it will finally be a delight to see them perform i ..read more

Festival Republic have revealed a new London festival in Gunnersbury Park called Gunnersville and the line up has got us excited. Gunnersville, taking placed in Gunnersbury Park, London, is a three day concert series with headline shows from Doves, You Me At Six and The Specials. You Me At Six are set to play all of their singles in chronological order, so for those hardcore fans this festival is for you. See the video for ‘Rat In A Cage’ by The Blinders: Also set to play are the likes of Sundara Karma, The Maine, The Blinders and more for what is set to be a fantastic addition to the London ..read more

With the recent release of their single ‘Superlike’ and the announcement of their upcoming UK tour, The Academic will be bringing their brand of indie rock musings to the N4 stage at Community Festival. We caught up with them ahead of the festivities to talk new music, festival essentials and more. NEN: How do you feel about playing Community alongside the likes of The Kooks and Blossoms? We’ve played shows with The Kooks around North America and Europe and it’s always a pleasure to play with those guys who were a big influence on us when we were just starting out. Blossoms are a great band to ..read more

Bushstock 2019 pulled it out of the bag with a plethora of the best in new music before we finished the day with our unofficial headliner Clean Cut Kid. Finally it was time for the long awaited all day multi-venue festival, Bushstock 2019. It never really feels like festival season has started until we get to jog-run around Shepherd’s Bush to catch our favourite bands’ short 30 minute sets.  2pm Naomi Kimpenu was first on our list and what a way to start the day. The London based singer-songwriter brought her elegantly soft vocals and intricate piano melodies to The Courtyard stage at K West H ..read more

After a brilliant inaugural year in 2018, All Points East 2019 packed a powerful punch during its return, closing the last day of its season with a plethora of talent before main event, Bon Iver. Engulfed in the muffled chatter of festival goers, smell of street food stalls and faint sounds homogenising from the various stages, All Points East hit us like a brick to the senses as soon as we entered the festival gates. Here’s how our day went… The Collier were the first we band we made a beeline for, taking to the Firestone stage. Bringing their gut-wrenching guitar riffs and punchy melodies to ..read more

Slam Dunk Festival 2019 once again threw the biggest pop punk party of the year. A hot mess. This bloody train, every bloody year, the sweaty beads of hairy arms smear awkwardly onto the bare legs of some other poor, deeply dehydrated soul. A long awkward gaze follows, but is abandoned for want of some refreshment, whether it be a cheeky M&S mojito or a banana Yazoo (we don’t know what the kids are into these days): it’s safe to say we’re feeling rather smug sitting in our first class seats, strange napkin pillow seat cover thing and all. It should be reiterated now to the National Rail so ..read more