We don’t get to as many gigs now we’ve hit middle age and have a child to look after, but this just makes the ones we do get my to all the more special (and a million thank you’s to our ever-supportive families). Here are the Top 5 performances – in no particular order –…
Saturday 13 July After a whirlwind three days, 2000trees wrapped up with a much-anticipated headline set from Don Broco. But things were again kicking off from 10.30am and there was a hell of a day in store with some of our personal favourites making welcome returns or debuts on Upcote Farm… Who wants circle pits…
After some worrying weather in the build-up to the event, the sun shone on Upcote Farm as 2000trees 2024 got underway. Wednesday 10 July After our annual rounds of hugs and catch-ups with friends and Trees regulars, we kicked off the festival with Exit Child‘s final (well, penultimate – they played as a last-minute replacement…
With parenthood, redundancy, job hunting, a very busy new job and a steam-powered laptop all taking up time, we’ve not been able to post anywhere near as much as we’d like to throughout 2023 – but we still love music and what’s December without some Top 5s. Here is five of our favourite tracks of…
There have been a lot of changes in The Xcerts’ camp over the past few years… A change of label, management and other personal and global challenges have made the release of their fifth album ‘Learning How to Live and Let Go’ a triumph in itself. Seeing it as a cathartic unshackling, the band promise…
We’ve been going to 2000trees on a regular basis since 2011 and over that time, we’ve seen some incredible performances in the beautiful Cotswolds sunshine (and 2012’s muddy sludge). Before we start looking forward to 2023’s event, we thought we’d take a look back at some of the most special sets we’ve seen on Upcote…
Photo credit: Zak Pinchin The Xcerts follow up recent release ‘Gimme’ with ‘Ache’ – ‘a song about desperately clinging on to hope when your own mental wellbeing is cumbling’. It’s 104 seconds of adrenaline-driven power-pop hooks, poignant discussion and advice on letting go when things get too much (‘Life’s a bitch, please take care of…
The Xcerts have made a welcome return with ‘Gimme’ – a short, sharp and spiky piece of distorted pop that finds the trio embracing the joys (and, of course, angst) that comes with complete artistic freedom. Murray Macleod said: ‘Lyrically, it’s more observational than gut-wrenchingly personal; when burning desire meets apathy, it’s both comical and…
The Xcerts have shared their tender takes on four of their most-cherished songs on new EP ‘So No One Told You Life Was Gonna Be This Way’ (it’s only fair to ask where is The Rembrandts cover?). Recorded with producer Ryan Burnett, the EP was finished just before the second lockdown and comes ahead of…
The Xcerts kicked off their ‘Hold on to Your Heart’ album campaign with Daniel P. Carter playing ‘Feels Like Falling in Love’ twice in a row on the Radio 1 Rock Show and a packed tent singing along to it less than a week later at 2000 Trees. Headline tours, main stage festival appearances and…
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