25 years after the release of their debut album ‘Lost Souls’ (still an all-time Top 10 for us), Doves return with ‘Constellations for the Lonely’, a record filled with ten songs that find the band in the role of narrators, offering contemplations on shattered images of a world in flux. Andy Williams, drummer, vocalist and…
Doves have made a welcome return with ‘Renegade’, the first single to be taken from upcoming sixth album ‘Constellations for the Lonely’ (out, appropriately enough, on Valentine’s Day, 2025). Described by drummer Andy Williams as ‘’Blade Runner’ set in our home city’ (Manchester), there is a cinematic and – at times – dystopian quality to…
As we’ve now reached 1,000 posts* (as our friends at For the Rabbits said when they reached this landmark, that’s a lot of words to basically say ‘I like this song/band/album etc’) we thought we’d look back over the Glastonbury Festivals we’ve attended and choose a set that lit up Worthy Farm from each year.…
Glastonbury is famed for secret sets. On Thursday evening, The 1975 and Metronomy got the party started unofficially in the Williams Green tent, while rumours abound about just who would open the Other Stage on Friday morning when all the major stages opened up. Last year it was Beady Eye, so some were dreaming of…
As Glastonbury 2013 draws ever closer, we started thinking about times gone by at Worthy Farm. We’ve been lucky enough to be able to attend every Glastonbury since 2003 and despite tumultuous weather, heart-breaking football defeats and just the smallest hint of sunburn over the years, it still remains the highlight of the summer. Great…
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