Connect & Offset
The festivals just keep on coming here at R13. Following
Leeds and
Reading over the August bank holiday we now have coverage of two, smaller events from last weekend.
Hydro Connect returned to Inveraray Castle in Scotland and welcomed the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Elbow, Crystal Castles, Ladytron and more.
Click here for reviews.
Meanwhile in Essex, the likes of Blood Red Shoes and Future of the Left were playing the Offset Festival.
Go here for set reviews and
here for an overview of the event.
Other Live Reviews
It’s not just about festivals as we catch
Clutch at the Islington Academy,
Black Lungs in Cardiff and
The Wedding Present in Cambridge.
Motorhead
They played Download in June and now the new album is out we talk to drummer Mikkey Dee about 'Motorizer'.
R13 Motorhead aficionado Andy Latham did the honours with questions, including:
Most bands will usually say that their latest album is their best one but how do you think ‘Motorizer’ stands up against ‘Inferno’ and ‘Kiss of Death’, which I think are probably the best albums from the last ten years?
“Yeah I think you are right there and I think this one is actually going to beat that. The reason it’s going to beat it is because this is a wider record, what I mean by that is that you’ve got a lot of different songs and I prefer that. The first time you listen to this record maybe 3 or 4 or maybe more songs will grab you straight away and then after a little while certain songs will take over and it keeps going. I have records where the first couple of times I played it there are a couple of songs where I think ah that’s rubbish and I just slip over them but 3 months down the road they became my favourites. I think this album has more of that potential than the other two albums, which I think are probably among the best records we’ve ever done. It sounds promising and I really dig this! In Motorhead we definitely don’t say that every album is the best, I remember with ‘Hammered’ we thought the album was OK but we also thought that we needed some more time on that one so we didn’t go out and say ‘oh we’re going to release the best record we’ve ever done’ we said nah we don’t know, it’s not the best but it’s a good album you know? So there it is.”
Read the full interview here.
Coming Soon
We review Massive Attack in Manchester, preview the Mercury Music Prize and look back at another summer of live coverage on R13.