Tennement Trail 2018 First Line Up Announcement

Since we've not got Glasonbury to talk about this year, lets talk about Tenement Trail 4 months early.

 

Tenement Trail is back! AND THE CRIBS ARE HEADLINGING!! (Have we improved your Friday yet?)

Our Spotify Summer Rewind

Last summer was pretty special for us. Working at some of our best-loved festivals for the first time, we felt proud and were ecstatic from June 'til September.

 

New Music Friday June Playlist

Good timing is something that seems to be elusive to us. However, June may be the month our luck changes as we kick off the month on a Friday, so our New Music Friday directly forms the beginning of this months playlist.

Coming also this month are festival season posts and our annual (huge) post about all things XpoNorth.

Created with the beginnings of summer, end of uni and our post-festival mindset, this months playlist already features brand new tracks from our favourites in Homebound, Dancing On Tables, L-Space, Bastille, Only Sun and Spring King.

SLAM DUNK IS HAPPENING THIS MONTH (and here's our May playlist)

FESTIVAL SEASON IS HERE.

Who We're Listening To This Month - April

Whilst we do love festival season, we haven't been gushing over Coachella like most of the people we know. Yes, sometimes British festivals could be doing with a bit of Californian sunshine and a little less rain (as the people who were at Y Not festival last year may agree) but it wouldn't be Reading festival or Download without the mud.

 

What we have been doing this month instead, is eyeing up this year's festival season and playlisting some of our current favourite tracks, which this month come from the likes of Vistas, Sea Girls, Isaac Gracie, The Indigo Project and a final favourite from Trash.

It's March (Time for another new playlist)

Another month and another playlist. (We're getting pretty good at keeping up with this.) 

Who We're Listening To This Month - February

As you can probably tell, last month we were still a bit hung up on our favourites from last year, but this is a new month and is all about new music, new artists and the tracks we've had on repeat since February 1st.

Starting with BBC Introducing's track of the week, from last week. It's called 'Little Amsterdam' and comes from Welsh four-piece Luna Bay. We love it a lot.

New Month New Playlist - February

February is always a little bitter-sweet for us. 

It's awards season, with both the BRITS and the NME awards both happening this month. February is always a month where everyone seems to be touring and new releases are never far away. Though, it is also the same month where we mourn the loss of Viola Beach. Two years later, we still feel their loss and anger over the things we want to see change in the music industry that so far haven't.

Safe to say its a month of mixed feelings and our playlist probably will reflect it.

New Year New Playlist

We are playlist people. And this time we're numbering them.

You've asked us and we've brought it back! Monthly playlists featuring our favourite tracks which get added to everytime we find a new track write about or just generally love in the month.

Each month we'll start a new one (because we don't like re-doing entire playlists every month and we like to keep them). We're not intentionally cluttering up the internet but we're keeping them so we all can re-find the tracks we've previously lost loved.

Our first for the year includes our favourites in Neon Waltz, Oddity Road, Rat Boy and Vistas. (All of who we're catching on in the next few months which you can read all about here.)

So here it is, the very first of 2018, our first playlist of the year and we are back.

Soundcloud Sunday ft. The Wombats, Dancing On Tables, Bottle Note + Marsicans

We love this time of year. Not only because everybody is on tour or announcing dates for next year, but new music is in abundance. So instead of some lengthy introduction we're jumping straight in with the band we've listening to all week. Of course, we are talking about The Wombats.

 

Strange Behaviours 2017

As previous act's go on to sell out the infamous Barrowlands and legendary King Tuts, it's nearly time for this years Strange Behaviours festival and for the next run of upcoming local musicians to take to the stage.

 

Soundcloud Sunday ft. Wallows, Dear CAROLINE + The Bedroom High Club

Our favourite time of the year is right now. Everyone seems to be on tour and our cities are buzzing with new music. With that being said we've narrowed down a few of our current favourite tracks from this week including Wallows, Bedroom High Club and BBC Introducing favourites Dear CAROLINE.

The Albums We Cannot Wait For #2

Tomorrow is a pretty big day. ROAM and Knuckle Puck are back!

Our pop-punk favourites seem to have an abundance of new music at the moment. Seaway's second album 'Vacation' is still playing on repeat, Boston Manor's debut 'Be Nothing' turned 1 year old and Neck Deep's huge tour with As It Is, Real Friends and Woes is currently ricocheting about the country. It's safe to say pop-punk in the UK is safe.

Surving Uni Playlist

Another year at uni, another uni playlist.

Yes, we are back! Back at uni, back to 'more regular posts' and back to our lives post-festival season.

After how well received last years university playlist was, we decided to make another featuring brand new tracks, new artists and some old favourites.

We call these our 'uni playlist' because we've written up both playlists during lecturers. It doesn't matter whether you're in your second year like us or are just starting first year or you're still at high school about to write your dreaded UCAS statement or not in education at all.

Whether you want to drown our your lecturer, want something to aid your procrastination, want something to play loudly and annoy your neighbours with or just want help in creating your reputation as the person who always plays good music, this playlist is from us to you. Enjoy.

Tenement Trail 2017: 3 Must See Acts

One of the countries best new music events is back for its fifth year. Of course, we're talking about Tenement Trail.

 

The Albums We Cannot Wait For

Whilst everyones still talking about the Killers come back, the new Arcade Fire album or are still in the process of playing Kasabians 'For Crying Out Loud' a bit too loudly to celebrate its release, we're already looking ahead to some of our long awaited releases all due in the next four weeks.

Summer Playlist 2017

We are playlist people. (You probably already know that.)

Tenement Trail 2017 - More Artists Announced

The slightest glimpse of this years line up should have any new music lover weak at the knees.

 

 

Hitting it out of the park may be a slightly American expression for us to use, but it's exactly what Tenement Trail has done with this years line up.

Glastonbury 2017: Who You Don't Want To Miss

It's that time of year again. Glastonbury is finally upon us. In two days time, one of the UK's biggest music festivals kicks off once again at Worthy Farm for its 47th year.

Why You Need To Be At XpoNorth 2017

Later this week, XpoNorth returns to Inverness and brings with it over 200 delegates, ranging from game designers and multi-industry reps to fashion designers, writers and musicians.