A new boutique electronic music festival…
 
Set in a secret location near Market Harborough

www.noisilyfestival.com
 
Tickets: £65 early birds, £75 tier 1, £85 tier 2

Available here - http://noisilyfestival.com/tickets/

Capacity: 1000
Over 18’s

Lineup in association with Bassline Productions:
 
Spektre | Spectrasoul | Ed Solo |Far Too Loud | MCXander
Atomic Drop| Eveson | Matt Fear | Joe Syntax | Mary Miss Fairy |Flip Flop  Kreature | Hypnocoustics | Master Blasters | Pirate Soundsystem |John
Monkman | Real Nice      I Am Fya | Cubiq | Autophase  WrongTom | Bobby Gandalf |Crispy | Foul |Moho Mynoki | Trol23 |ChrisHanson | Jasper |Croz  Yogurt Warriors | James Martin | Fabio Mann | Chris Breuer | Sway 2 | Richard Rowell |  First Flex | Draft | Fuzzy Logic | Le Che | Aykay | Tom Mac Tom | Arco | Bass Bin |After 8 | Pearson

 
Noisily is a brand new intimate music and arts festivalnestled in the rolling
Leicestershire countryside. Taking place deep within a woodland setting - less
than one hour from London’s Kings Cross - Noisily will be a fully immersive
environment where attendees are invited to truly let themselves go and ride the wave of unrestrained hedonism. It’s a place to forge friendships, discover new music and have a hand in writing the first chapter of the Noisily manifesto.

The lineup for the inaugural year is almost as impressive as the ancient trees that line the arena. Leeds based duo Spektre are an act that have been picking up plaudits from dance luminaries across the board such as Sven Vath, Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin no less. Their explosive live show is an unmissable sonic feast and fast becoming legendary. Also confirmed for the main stage is drum and bass man of the moment Spectrasoul, remixer du jour Ed Solo (Pendulum, Krafty Kutz, Deekline), vocal looping extraordinaire MC Xander, Far Too Loud and a whole host of cutting edge electronic talent with many more names to be announced.

Across two main stages and a smattering of pop-up forest venues, there will
be a carefully curated line up of some of the finest electronic music that
Britain and the world has to offer, brought together by leading UK
promotersGouranga and Wormfood.In between these musical delicacies an impressive programme of art and interactive performance awaits providing hours of entertainment. Welcome to a place where boredom is impossible and fun unavoidable.
 
In keeping with the beautiful site, structures will be sourced and
constructed out of local materials found in the forest thus enabling the
organisers to deliver a festival which fits into the landscape rather than sits
on it. Master carpenters and craftsmen are already busy sculpting woodland
furniture and Noisily’s very own Treehouse stage.

Noisily invites festivalgoers on a new journey of discovery in one of the
most visually stunning and creative celebrations of music and arts in the UK. Be a part of something special this summer on May 25th -27th.

Noisily Festival hosts a launch party in London on Friday 6th March at Relay
(Cable’s brand new sister venue). Click here for full details.

 
Tickets:
Early Birds - £65
Tier 1 - £75
Tier 2 - £85
http://noisilyfestival.com/tickets/

Age Information:
Strictly over 18s. Photo ID will be requested if you look under 18.

Travel Information:
Approximately 1 hour by train from Kings Cross station. The exact location
will be released upon ticket purchase

Form more information please contact:

Nick Bateson    
Orbit PR 
+44 (0) 7956503473                         
nick@orbitpr.net 

Karen Johnson
Orbit PR
+44(0) 7930391607         
Karen@orbitpr.net

Kele Okereke has confirmed that Bloc Party will release a new album later this year.

Speaking to Zane Lowe on Radio 1 today (January 3), the frontman said that a follow up to their third album, 2008's 'Intimacy', will be out at some point in 2012. The band have been working on their fourth album in New York.

Last year Kele courted controversy by claiming that while he was busy with his solo career, the remaining members of Bloc Party would be auditioning new singers to allow them to continue playing together. Bloc Party soon backtracked on the admission, which had been made to NME.

Zane Lowe went on to contact the band's management, who denied the developments. Lowe then took to Twitter to claim: "Bloc Party thing is nonsense. Management confirm it. Solid... solid as a rrrrock."

As management officially denied there was anything going on, the band distanced themselves from the claims. It was then suggested that the four members had been in cahoots to whip up publicity for the band and 'get one over' on the media.

(via NME)


This is very exciting news for all fans of Bloc Party, so perhaps a tour is on the horizon.

I wouldn't bet against a few big festival dates this summer!

Cheers.

Vizzle

Seeing as 2011 is drawing to a close, I thought it was fitting to look back over a great year of music.

So here are my top albums of 2011;


5. Example – Playing in the Shadows.

I liked this album before I went to see Example earlier this month, but personally I think that seeing the act live can make or break it. Luckily for Example seeing him live made me want to listen to the album over and over again, to the point that it is quite possibly permanently jammed into my car stereo. 

My Top Tracks – Stay Awake, Never Had a Day, Midnight Run.


4. The Streets – Computers and Blues 

Computers and Blues is the fifth and sadly the last ever Streets record. As I have said a few times before, a lot of people will say that they haven’t made a good album since ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’. I will agree that ‘The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living’ wasn’t their best work, but they were
in a transitional period. The latest two albums, including ‘Computers and Blues’ have had a different feel, slower dulcet songs with equally as poignant lyrics, just not as much about taking drugs and more about the philosophical side to life. I think Mike just grew up a bit. C&B has a lot of catchy songs, stretching from very guitar heavy to the return of garage. It’s a grower and takes a few listens, but it is well worth it.

My Top Tracks – OMG, We Can Never Be Friends.


3. You Me At Six – Sinners Never Sleep

You Me At Six never fail to disappoint do they. Sinners Never Sleep differs slightly from the previous YM@6 albums. The opening track ‘Loverboy’ is very much in the vein of their previous work, catchy chorus and lyrics that are essentially about sleeping with girls. That basically sums up YM@6’s first two albums. The rest of Sinners Never Sleep takes you through melodic slow rock ballads, to heavy guitar riffs, such as the single ‘Bite My Tongue’ which features Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon, that alone should give you an idea of how heavy the album gets at points. All in all it is a very well balanced rock album that really shows the musical evolution of YM@6 from boys to men.

My Top Tracks – Jaws on the Floor, Reckless, Bite My Tongue


2. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light

Again, in the same way as seeing Example made me enjoy‘Playing in the Shadows’ more, seeing Foo Fighters in the summer made me love ‘Wasting Light’ even more than I already did. I was going to (I may still) do my top album openers of all time, and ‘Burning Bridges’ would have to be in there. It literally slaps you in the face and says for the next 47 minutes Dave Grohl is going to change your life. I have heard a lot of people say that this album was below par, or not their best, however I think that this is purely because of the high standards that they have set themselves. This album again has great balance, for me it is key to have the aggressive with the ballads and Wasting Light really does this, going from the out of control ‘White Limo’ to the anthemic sing along that is ‘These Days’. I may be biased as I listen to a lot of albums in my car, but if you want an album for your journeys around town, look no further.  

My Top Tracks – Arlandria, Bridge Burning, Dear Rosemary


1. The Blackout – Hope

Hope is the third studio album from The Blackout, and from the Welsh rockers we receive a punchy upbeat record, very much in the vein of their previous works. However, Hope, is more of a finished article, a more rounded and complete album. They embrace the ballads which show the vocal range of Gavin, as well as hitting back with the up tempo aggressive music in which they made their name. For me it has everything you expect from The Blackout but also all you need from a post-hardcore album. I have seen The Blackout live twice this year and a fair few times before, I have always maintained and still do that they are one of the best live bands around.

My Top Tracks – You’re Not Alone, The Last Goodbye, Higher and
Higher



There have been a lot of great albums this year, and these are my picks. Feel free to let us know some of yours!

 
Vizzle.