The Great Escape 2016: Blogger Picks
The Great Escape, Europe's leading festival for new music, is taking place in Brighton, England, on May 19-21, 2016. But with over 400 bands performing you have to make choices, so we've asked some of the UK's most in-the-know music sites to provide their ones to watch.
Elf Kid
Elf Kid - Golden Boy (Zane Lowe) World Record Beats 1 Radio Rip
The MonitorsFollow “From ‘Golden Boy’ to ‘Diamond Girls’, get glitzy with this week’s finest singles… Alex Smoke –…” on Jan 22nd, 2016 →
LISS
LISS - Miles Apart
Dots & DashesFollow “It was only last Saturday that incipient Danish four-piece LISS stole The Great Escape 2016, and…” on May 24th, 2016 →
Black Honey
Black Honey - Somebody Better
The Devil Has The Best TunaFollow “It's the official opening of the festival and the bands and artists on the Devil's Clashfinder…” on Jun 23rd →
Vallis Alps
Vallis Alps - Young Imad Remix +4 more
Cause=TimeFollow “This week marks the NFL Draft for the 2017-2018 season.What’s more remarkable is the amount of…” on Apr 28th →
Pional
Pional - T.A.M.B. John Talabot's Sunset Edit
ALIATFollow “John Talabot a gagné sa place dans le milieu de la musique électronique en 2012 avec…” on Apr 27th, 2015 →
Zak Abel
Zak Abel - Say Sumthin
TunesdayFollow “I’m citing: this tweet-stream as evidence that today was busy this tweet as evidence that I’m…” on Apr 12th, 2016 →
Kloe
KLOE - Teenage Craze
DrunkenWerewolfFollow “19-year-old Glaswegian KLOE has just released her Teenage Craze EP. The teenager – who’s already caused…” on Feb 12th, 2016 →
Postaal
POSTAAL - City Lies feat. Jelani Blackman
DiscobelleFollow “British-French electronic-R&B duo POSTAAL recently released their debut EP “AA1” featuring “City Lies,” a collaboration with…” on Jun 24th, 2016 →
Greywind
Greywind - Afterthoughts
All Things GoFollow “Greywind's phenomenal debut single gets matched up with some fine visuals.” on Nov 19th, 2014 →
Jadu Heart
jadu heart - The Love
Noonday TuneFollow “The Love - Jadu Heart. Reminiscent of The XX, the refreshing EP of new duo Jadu…” on Feb 7th →
Anna Of The North
ANNA OF THE NORTH - Someone
Cause=TimeFollow “Anna of the North is “Money.” The duo of Anna Lotterud and Brady Daniell-Smith create unadulterated…” 4 hrs ago →
Mahalia
Mahalia - Sober
Going SoloFollow “You may have already heard her voice in Rudimental’s anthemic track We The Generation, but Mahalia…” on Aug 1st →
MMoths
MMOTHS - 0034
SonofmarketingFollow “This year Irish producer MMOTHS (Jack Colleran) released a new album titled LUNEWORKS that is out…” on Dec 15th, 2016 →
Mt Wolf
Mt. Wolf - Heavenbound
Music LiberationFollow “ARTIST: MT. WOLF ALBUM: AETHERLIGHT LABEL: CRC MUSIC 'Aetherlight' is the long awaited debut album from…” on Jun 13th →
Will Joseph Cook
Will Joseph Cook - Beach HONNE Remix
acid stagFollow “Each week we receive hundreds of very cool remixes that aren’t quite suitable for our weekly…” on Apr 30th →
Amber Arcades
Amber Arcades - It Changes
The MonitorsFollow “What with last week’s solstice heralding the start of summer (astrologically speaking at least), it’s time…” on Jun 26th →
Eera
EERA - Drive With Fear
Gold Flake PaintFollow “EERA’s | Drive With Fear ~ by tom johnson Seemingly made with the dead-of-night pertinently in…” on Jan 23rd, 2016 →
Fake Laugh
Fake Laugh - As I Get To Know You Better
DIYFollow “The self-titled album is out next week. Continue reading…” on Jul 18th →
Frankie Cosmos
Frankie Cosmos - Sinister
For The RabbitsFollow “It’s approaching that most magical of weekends that is Derbyshire’s own Indietracks Festival. The annual indie-pop…” on Jul 19th →
Samm Henshaw
Samm Henshaw - These Hands Oliver Nelson Remix +1 more
Indie ShuffleFollow “Sounds like: Martin Luke Brown, Mowe, Olmos, James Vincent McMorrow Song: Samm Henshaw - These Hands…” on Jan 14th →
Mabel
Mabel - Finders Keepers
Heure BleueFollow “Cet article Playlist Heure Bleue #19 est apparu en premier sur Heure Bleue, soirées et culture…” on Mar 22nd →
Loyle Carner
Loyle Carner - Stars & Shards
Kollektiv IndividualismusFollow “LOYLE CARNER - STARS & SHARDS 3 Soundtrack der Woche #64 Loyle Carner ist (nicht nur)…” on Mar 25th →
Bonzai
bonzai - Cruel
Fuzz MagazineFollow “Afgelopen weekend stond in Groningen het showcasefestival Eurosonic Noorderslag op de planning. Vanuit heel Europa zakken…” on Jan 17th →
Holly Macve
Holly Macve - Heartbreak Blues
For The RabbitsFollow “Further Listening: The Courtneys, Mercy Weiss, The Dove and The Wolf, Okey Dokey, Jason McNiff, Gabriella…” on Feb 3rd →
Let's Eat Grandma
Let's Eat Grandma - Rapunzel
The Devil Has The Best TunaFollow “It's the final day, where has the time gone? It seems like only five minutes ago…” on Jun 30th →
Partybaby
Partybaby - You Old Man
NMEFollow “With Brighton’s new music festival The Great Escape kicking off today, here are ten of the…” on May 19th, 2016 →
Dilly Dally
Dilly Dally - Desire CRIM3S Remix
I vacation in your hellFollow “SO FUCKING SAVAGE, I can’t believe that CRIM3S returned to us in the form of us…” on Jul 17th →
Pumarosa
PUMAROSA - Lions’ Den
The Devil Has The Best TunaFollow “The excitement has been building for weeks and it's finally here the first official day of…” on Jun 22nd →
Aldous Harding
Aldous Harding - Stop Your Tears
We All Want Someone To Shout ForFollow “On October 24, Deerhunter returned to New York for a headlining performance at Webster Hall, still…” on Dec 30th, 2016 →
Smerz
Smerz - Because
swede + sourFollow “Okey (EP) Smerz Released: October 14th, 2016 / Hard Up/Escho Words: Peter Quincy Ng With the…” on Jan 29th →
Lady Leshurr
Lady Leshurr - Queen's Speech 4
surviving the golden ageFollow “Such UK megastars like Wiley, Kano, and Dizzee Rascal have barely made a dent in U.S.A.…” on Jan 26th, 2016 →
Alice Jemima
Alice Jemima - When You Dance
Breaking More WavesFollow “Breaking More Waves doesn’t review albums. When the blog started I did run a few critiques…” on Mar 4th →
Lets Eat Grandma
Let's Eat Grandma - Rapunzel
The Devil Has The Best TunaFollow “It's the final day, where has the time gone? It seems like only five minutes ago…” on Jun 30th →
Bleached
Bleached - Can You Deal?
I Left Without My HatFollow “Quatuor de Los Angeles mené par les sœurs Clavin (Jennifer et Jessica), Bleached est une découverte.…” on Jul 26th →
Cash+David
Cash+David - Bones
DrunkenWerewolfFollow “A lot of electronic artists acknowledge that hip hop’s a major influence on their music. The…” on Jan 15th, 2016 →
Coves
Coves - Stormy
Too Many BlogsFollow “The role of the supporting act is often overlooked. In pubs and small inner city venues…” on Jul 17th, 2016 →
Actor
Actor - Power
Popped MusicFollow “Kendal Calling 2016 Lowther Deer Park, Lake District, 29-31st July Words: Gary Lambert Are you a…” on Jul 26th, 2016 →
Her
H.E.R. - I Won't
Songs We Love : NPRFollow “The R&B singer knows what she wants and what she doesn't, and isn't afraid to voice…” on Jul 21st →
Hyphen Hyphen
Hyphen Hyphen - We Light The Sunshine Yuksek Remix
Caveman SoundFollow “Amigos! After a brilliant edition of the Jam Jar curated by Eau Claire last week, we're…” on Oct 26th, 2016 →
10 UK music sites give you their picks for The Great Escape 2016
Once a week, Stack delivers a mix of the most interesting new music on the web, handpicked by the Hype Machine team. Here's a recent mix.
