March 2011
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SXSW 2011: A Snapshot by The Joy Formidable
SXSW 2011 A Snapshot by The Joy Formidable
It’s our first morning in Austin, Texas. It’s discernibly hotter than North Wales. We’re on the lookout for an introductory American breakfast, and it’s routine that Matt gorges himself on pancakes on the first day. Away from the hotel, under a spaghetti of freeways, we find a diner that doesn’t disappoint and...
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Glastonbury Emerging Talent: Our Picks
We seem to have made great strides in the last year, and it was an honour to be picked as one of the judges for the 2011 Glastonbury ETC. This is the first year it’s been judged this way, and although I would of loved to have checked out all the nearly 8,000 artists, we were sent a list of 163 to plough through.
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Many times it seemed a thankless task, as I listened to artists...