All Entries in the "Substance" Category
Jaguar Skills interview
Everyone loves a good musical mash-up and Jaguar Skills is one of the most notable ‘mash-up’ artists in the UK and currently has a 10 minute mix every week on BBC Radio 1′s The Trevor Nelson Show. 1. Do you have to practice daily to retain your ninja skills? Yes. I try and do – [...]
Funeral For A Friend come to SUB91
With the launch of the brand spanking new O2 Academy Leicester in a mere few weeks (23rd September to be exact) The Soundhouse opening up in the Cultural Quarter and now Leicester’s newest club/live music venue SUB91 joins the newly blossoming Leicester music scene! Launched earlier this August, SUB91 lives above Walkabout on Granby Street [...]
Lose Your Cool! This weekend
Swingin’ Leicester: famed for the Elephant man, Gary Lineker, Englebert Humperdink and orange cheese, will be playing host to a rather exciting weekender this Bank Holiday: Lose Your Cool! This 3 day festival of far-out fuzz and fun is happening over August bank holiday at the Firebug in Leicester, perfect for getting hot and bothered [...]
Is the Girl Who Played With Fire hiding near you?
‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ had us gripped with its tale of intrigue and murder so, hooray, the second part of the story is nearly here! To celebrate the August 27th release of The Girl Who Played With Fire, Momentum Pictures are offering a unique opportunity to fans in Bristol, London, Oxford, Nottingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, [...]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows tickets to give away!
There’s no denying that Harry Potter is a guilty pleasure here at 69 towers so we could not be more excited that it’s nearly Potter time again. To celebrate the 100-day countdown to the opening of the hugely anticipated “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1,” Emma Watson who plays Hermione Granger announced that [...]
The Ting Tings are back!
Monday 11th October sees the return of the darlings of the two-piece electro-pop world (there is one, we checked) with the release of The Ting Tings brand new single “Hands”. A work of pure electro-disco heaven, “Hands” is a global shout out to everyone who’s working too hard. So, everyone then! Written, performed and produced [...]
O2 Academy Leicester NEW DATES ADDED!
SEPTEMBER 2010 Thursday 23rd (GRAND OPENING) Professor Green (full live band) + Ironik 7pm Friday 24th The Union 6pm – 10pm Saturday 25th The Furious 5 (White Lines Tour) ft. Grandmaster Melle Mel + Scorpio + Dynamite + Kid Creole & Tour DJ C Styles 2 7pm-10pm OCTOBER 2010 Saturday 9th The Screening + Charlie [...]
Festival Round Up
We’ve been popping here and there to a few festivals this summer and here are our highlights so far… Latitude July 15-18 Henham Park Suffolk It’s not for nothing that Latitude had been described as the archetypal middle class festival. With an eclectic music line up aimed at 6th Formers and Musos, an arts programme [...]
Vertigo Slide on a rollercoaster ride
When I first heard Emma Skipp sing it was two years ago at Jasper Carrot’s ‘Rock with Laughter’ at Birmingham NEC when she won Heart FM’s ‘Search for a Star’. Packed full of comedians and songwriters and a 13,000 strong crowd, Emma’s powerful vocals rocketed through the audience with energy and vigour. A couple of [...]
EXCLUSIVE! O2 Academy Leicester launch act announced!!
Just when we thought we couldn’t get any more excited about O2 Academy coming to Leicester, The Academy Music Group have just announched this morning that chart-topping rapper Professor Green will be the very first act to headline the brand new O2 Academy Leicester on Thursday 23rd September 2010. Yay! The show will see Professor [...]
Surfer Blood – Riding the Wave
We haven’t hung out in a park clutching a can of Bow since Lady GaGa was simply Stefani Germanotta and Pete Doherty was a talented musician. But, before you try to get us on some type of register, we’re park-loitering in north London to talk to the latest hot new band from the US of [...]
Introducing…Male Bonding
Forming at a house party called Rage! two years ago, East London trio Male Bonding were never going to be a band that took it easy on your cochleas. Signing to legendary Sub Pop records last summer, their debut album Nothing Hurts harks back to the labels hey day, turning the monitors up to ten [...]
O2 Academy Leicester line-up
Not long now! In only a matter of weeks the O2 Academy will launch its brand-spanking new venue in the heart of the University of Leicester! With three seperate sites making up the Academy (O2 Academy, O2 Academy 2 and O2 Academy 3) the venues operate simultaneously as well as independently to bring some of [...]
Lyric Lounge
In between the jetsetting, parties and generally being fabulous we can always find time to indulge our cultural sides here at 69 Towers. Well, good news for us (and you) then, as 2010 will see a series of Lyric Lounge mini-festivals sweep their way across the region, in a flurry of lyricism, poetry, music and [...]
Vivian Girls
Vivian Girls Brooklyn Bop A blog buzz, backlash and three drummers all in the space of three years, Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls have had a rough ride on the wrong side of the indie tracks. Cassie Ramone (vocals/guitar) and Kickball Katy (bass) released their self-titled debut back in 2007 – a chaotic mix of Phil Spector [...]
The Decypher Collective at Latitude
Latitude Festival kicks off in Sunny Southwold in just a few weeks time. Local lad Leon Burke will be there, and he had a chat about 5, cos it’s their fifth birthday you know! Birmingham Rep, Leon Burke aka LCB, The Decypher Collective 1. When you think of Latitude what 5 words spring to mind? [...]
What are your top Summer Sundae moments?
Summer Sundae Weekender turns 10 years old this year and to celebrate they’re asking you festival-going lot, to submit your favourite Summer Sundae memories. They’ll be publishing your memories on the website and by sending them in you’ll be entered into a draw to win a pair of Summer Sundae 2011 tickets or a festival [...]
