Author: Ian Russell
Creamfields 2013 - Preview
It's only April but Contactmusic already have one eye on the summer. specifically towards Creamfields 2013 which will be taking place at its usual venue near Daresbury in Cheshire over the August Bank Holiday weekend...
Review posted on 16th April 2013
Kiddstock - 2009
Review of club night Kiddstock 09There can be few people left who haven't heard of Alex Kidd and his burgeoning Kiddfectious party brand. This summer the whole concept was taken to a new level with...
Review posted on 26th October 2009
Raw2thebone - Parkside Hotel, Pontefract
Review of the club night Raw2thebone.This is another fast growing event that pulls in people from all over the north.Having started in the back room of a pub it is now regularly pulling in upwards...
Review posted on 26th October 2009
DJ Tone Sutcliffe - Mayhem, Empire Club, Middlesborough
Review of the club night Mayhem.Currently based at the excellent Empire Club in Middlesborough and having recently celebrated its 5th birthday with headliners Luna, Bootek, Dark By Design and DJ Tone this is a club...
Review posted on 26th October 2009
Frequency Festival - St Polten, Austria, 20th -22nd August 2009
Review of FM4 Frequency Festival in Austria over 20-22nd August 2009This 3 day festival held near Vienna, in Austria, is the only place I've ever been to where it is impossible to buy bags of...
Review posted on 15th September 2009
Alex Kidd - Mayhem, The Warehouse, Middlesborough
Mayhem, The Warehouse, Middlesborough18th April and 15th May 2009As the summer approaches and we all start to think about which festivals we want to and can afford to go to this year and whether the...
Review posted on 12th May 2009
DJ Spen - âMix the Vibe Basement Boys & The Muthafunkaz
Review of Mix the Vibe Basement Boys & The Muthafunkaz by Teddy Douglas & DJ SpenAny new release from legendary US DJ/producer types DJ Spen and Teddy Douglas is always eagerly anticipated and this latest...
Review posted on 22nd December 2008
Tallulah Rendall - Lay Me Down
Review of Tallulah Rendall's Single Lay Me Down.Tallulah Rendall is a 25 year old singer songwriter from London.She plays the guitar extremely well and is in a 5 piece band.She has her own record label...
Review posted on 22nd December 2008
Creamfields - 10th Anniversary 2008
Creamfields10th Anniversary2008Daresbury Estate, Halton, Cheshire23rd and 24th August 2008Well, that's another miserable summer over and we can all start thinking about bonfire night, doing the xmas shopping, next year's holiday and the January sales and,...
Review posted on 4th September 2008
Pendulum, Preview Liverpool University
PendulumPreviewLiverpool UniversityMay 2nd 2008The drum and bass scene is alive and well and kinda breaking out of its underground. The Bachelors of Science, Sigma, Spore, Commix and UK Apache, amongst others, are enjoying critical and...
Review posted on 26th February 2008
Tom Middleton - Renaissance 3D
Tom Middleton makes innovative, eclectic and inspirational music and has been doing so since the early 1990's. With a musical background (he is trained as a classical pianist and cellist and hails from a musical...
Review posted on 6th February 2008
Alex Kidd, Live at Mission
Hundreds of the 2½ thousand people who attended the excellent TW11 at Pontin's in Prestatyn back in March 2007 were privileged to see an impromptu performance, on the Sunday afternoon, by Alex Kidd.This unscheduled affair...
Review posted on 8th January 2008
Cream @ Amnesia, Sunshine at Last, Ibiza, July 5th 2007
Cream @ Amnesia - Ibiza July 5th 2007 - Well, the weather boffins have been telling us for years now that the climate is changing.. we've been promised Mediterranean sunshine and never having to buy...
Review posted on 10th July 2007
Rock Ness Festival
Ahh Scotland.. land of mountains, lochs, bagpipes and haggis. Not to mention festivals and party goers.. Imagine driving for 6 hours through the night.. it's dark, it's misty most of the time and you almost...
Review posted on 26th June 2007
Coloursfest, Braehead Arena
What better way can there be to spend a Saturday night in Glasgow than in the company of 10,000 dedicated clubbers and music lovers at Scotland's premiere dance event?With six arenas and around sixty DJ's...
Review posted on 19th June 2007
Chris Lake - Glasshouse @ Mission, Leeds
Chris LakeGlasshouse @ MissionLeeds, Saturday May 5th 2007Live ReviewSaturday nights in Leeds are all about Glasshouse.This longstanding club night has a loyal and knowledgeable fan-base, which has followed it from venue to venue, over the...
Review posted on 23rd May 2007
Tiesto - Elements of Life
Tiesto"Elements of Life" World TourAlexandra Palace, LondonFriday April 20th 2007Live ReviewThe word 'Legend' is bandied about in all walks of life. I've heard people apply it to someone they've seen drink 10 pints without falling...
Review posted on 23rd May 2007
TW11 The Tidy High School Romp - Pontins Holiday Camp
TW11 The Tidy High School RompPontins Holiday CampPrestatyn, Wales22nd-25th March 2007I haven't been to Wales since I was 12 years old and on a school trip to Mount Snowdon to spend a week in a...
Review posted on 8th May 2007
Cream Ibiza 2006, Review
Well; the nights are drawing in and the temperature is dropping almost daily here in the UK as we start the depressing slide into winter.Over in Ibiza though it's closing party season and last week...
Review posted on 2nd October 2006
Creamfields 2006, Review
Creamfields 2006 - Bigger and Better Than Ever! Multi-award winning dance festival Creamfields celebrated its 9th fantastic year on August the 26th at a new location in the Cheshire countryside due to the previous site,...
Review posted on 1st September 2006
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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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