I love to watch music festival vlogs on YouTube. In fact, I enjoy them so much that I started a channel to make them myself. So it just makes sense that I would love documentaries about music festivals as well. Not so much documentaries on the history of festivals, but Read more…
It’s a question that has plagued mankind since the dawn of time. An answer as elusive as Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster. But in this blog post, we are going to try and finally answer that one question that holds importance over all others: What is the sweariest song? Read more…
So, you’ve gone to your first music festival and you are all prepared! You have your tent set up, with your sleeping bag and a decent sized pillow (none of those tiny camping pillows for you!) And most importantly, you didn’t forget your air bed! You’ve heard enough people complain Read more…
Festival season has officially started, with one of the years earliest festivals, Coachella, taking place between April 15th – 17th. It is also taking place between 22nd 24th April, because Coachella happens twice each year, on two weekends, a practice they have done since 2011. In 2022 the festival had Read more…
Is there any genre of music that is more linked with a specific phrase than Ska music and “Pick it up”? Maybe heavy metal and “Hail satan”? Or Jazz music and “do-be-do-bap-di-she-wah”? The phrase ‘Pick it up’ is in so many ska songs (Superman by Gold Finger, Don’t Stop Skankin’ Read more…
Do you love Christmas? Do you also love anarchy? Then this is the list for you! There’s no reason you can’t be a Christmas fanatic and ALSO a punk. There really is no reason that those two things should be mutually exclusive, anyway. When it comes to Christmas songs, everyone Read more…
Music festivals are not well-known for being the loveliest, most comfortable and home-y places to be. What they are known for is loud music, camping bordering on rough sleeping, and generally consuming lots of alcohol. But what if you want some comfort with your anarchy? Maybe you’re middle-aged, or a Read more…
Reading Festival 2010 was a big deal for me. For one thing, it was the first time I had camped at a music festival for a full weekend, and for another, I didn’t go to the festival with my usual crowd. I went with some school friends, and none of Read more…
The Isle of Wight festival takes place every year in Newport on, yep, you guessed it: the Isle of Wight. I like looking at the history of music festivals, having covered the history of Download Festival in the past. This blog post is about the history of the Isle of Read more…
Recently I made a blog post about how to survive the hot weather at music festivals. I thought that it made sense to follow this up with a ‘how to survive the wet weather at festivals’ blog post too. Since this is the UK and we have a lot of Read more…