The Great Escape, the greatest caper
The weekend starting Thursday 19th May 2016 is the biggest new music festival in the land. Described as the UK's answer to SXSW, The Great Escape becomes a musician soaked seaside holiday of the alternative kind. International gathering including Stormzy, Black Honey, Blossoms, Vant, Declan McKenna, White Room etc. The best scout n catch event of the year is the @AltEscape where you can literally see the most select artists, live on stage for free entry and without a wristband. As the industry supported artists are mainly at #TGE16 wrist banded events, the ones there for the taking and future potential are at these shows.
TheZineUK are chuffed to be in Brighton for the third May running. In 2014, thanks to End Of The Trail Records, our road show called into @AltEscape. 2 minute silent movie of 2014. The calibrie of thos musicians won as a return invite from the festival, where our next bill smashed it, again. 2 minute not at all silent movie from 2015 by film maker Giedre Padvaiskaite (additionally, this week, Saint Agnes just floored Central London, headlining the Time Out Mag'se best new bands event. The rest of that bill also went on to Glastonbury, Isle Of Wight, label offers etc. Pix from both years are in our story book. Watch artists from this year's events fly, also.
For 2016 we connect with Southcoast Recordings the exciting new independent on Thursday 19th May click the event for updated stage times & bill (this label has snapped up The Au Revoirs already, and recently staged #LostWeekend (artists, labels, venues, crowd, promoters + a barber! - united) with ourselves and End Of The Trail Records who we ally with, on Friday 20th click the event for updated stage times). The creative force is strong in these independents.
Top of the Alt Escape's Page, It's all happening at East Street Tap, 75 East Street, BN1 1HQ from noon daily. Between sets we'll be upstairs, where there is a social space for chatting, meeting, blogging (and with wifi, uploading media) so please do come say hi.
Alongside these already acclaimed tips (so will be SUCH a buzz) are 100s more. Everybody creates their own weekend.
A handful of StageStyle fused personal highlights include (Decisions! Decisions!)
Also on Thursday
Nova Twins at Coalition 6.30pm - think Grace Jones punky hip hop, DIY glam, great grand daughters rocking you , with a thousand volts of ArtBeat aceness, and you're nearly there.
Asylums 8.30pm Bar Rogue - Bonker-punX play their fest-headline-ready anthemic, star shaped show at Bar Rogue. This is where our Uniqulture road show and ArtBeatFest DJ, Disco MarkY (now signed to #COR) is on the decks all weekend for Earworm Events.
Loadsa goodness on here. Caught deux furieuses last year (in 2016's punk rock vanguard of tips). Mr honey voice, Dexy, is playing this same venue around 1pm Saturday and comes highly recommended, with affection.
Elf Kid 9.15pm at Prince Albert
Pixx (who has just floored the crowd like they were hers, supporting Lush) 8.30pm at Sallis Benney Theatre
Transgressive's new signings Let's Eat Grandma 8.30pm at The Haunt (or catch them at 1am on Saturday morning at Latest Music Bar)
Michael Kiwanuka 9.45pm at St George's Church.
Friday includes
able at Fiddlers Elbow 9pm (loved a long time and enjoy Fable developing into an art with heart musical butterfly)
Songhoy Blues at The Old Market 10pm - Desert punk blues, Mali style. Check if you can get in. FAN(s)-tastic.
The Anchoress at Paganini Ballrom 11.15pm ('Confessions of a Romance Novelist', is one of this year's great alt/quirk pop albums,by unfolding further with each play)
Saturday includes
Sons (pictured, and in our current Chapter 9), a quadruple sounding rock force from just two brothers! 11pm at the Royal Standard
Get Inuit 7pm at Beyond Retro - yet another of the Kent touch this rock n roll bombs exploding all over right now!
and at the Marwood Cafe; Heath and Fable 3.30pm and 4.15pm respectively.