One of the bands at Les Fest who played two sets (acoustic and electric) I caught up with Triaxis. The day after their acoustic set and ahead of their next appearance on the main stage we found time to talk about festivals, their favourite gigs and more. Triaxis …
Read More »Les Fest Review, Day Three by Rowena
Day three dawned quite bright and early, which was good as there was another full day ahead. It took a while to get some breakfast so it was straight into the press room for interviews. After this I walked round the corner to the acoustic stage for a bit of …
Read More »Les Fest Review – Day Two by Rowena
Saturday dawned bright, but not so early (I do need some sleep) and brought with it a busy day indeed. The day kicked off gently with a local breakie and then heading over to the main stage at 12.15 for Bull-Riff Stampede. Having seen their set on the New Blood …
Read More »Les-Fest 2013 – The Overview
Planetmosh descended en-masse to take in the sights, the sounds and the craic as Scotland showed it does indeed know how to throw a party all in the name of rock and metal. As with all festivals though, trying to take in every band is impossible. You can read our …
Read More »Les Fest Review – Day One by Rowena
There are many things I like and one of them is going to a festival for the first time. In its second year Les Fest, it wasn’t completely brand new but this fledgling festival is still definitely the new kid on the block. It was also the second time I …
Read More »Les-Fest 2 Review, Part 2 by Scotti
We all felt kinda broken, beat and scarred after the brutality of the day and night of Day 1 of Les-Fest 2, but Saturday dawned with excitement and expectation as the acoustic stage came to life alongside the main stage to give those festival-goers a chance to chill out and …
Read More »Les-Fest 2 Sunday Pictures
Some pictures from the final day of Les-Fest 2 from both stages.
Read More »Achren Interview, Les Fest 2013
You couldn’t go to Les Fest and not chat to Achren who played a fantastic set on the Friday. We grabbed Scott (vocals) and Quzzy (drums) to talk about many weird and wonderful things including how Scott got the job of vocals, blood metal verses battle metal and being impaled …
Read More »Jettblack Interview, Les Fest 2013
Jettblack played the penultimate set of Les Fest on the Sunday evening and what a set it was. But before they reached the stage we grabbed them for a chat. Self defined as the best band you’ll see for under a tenner, this was only going to be a good …
Read More »States Of Panic Interview, Les Fest 2013
Right after leaving the main stage at Les Fest on Saturday, we spoke to Johnny (vocals) and Hex (bass) from States Of Panic. After an absolutely blinding set we sat down to talk about Les Fest, pre-gig rituals, their upcoming album No World Order and who would play them …
Read More »Monument Interview, Les Fest 2013
One of the latest interviews we did at Les Fest at about 2am, we spoke to Peter Ellis (vocals) after Monument’s set. As this was their first gig in Scotland we were interested to know what he thought of Les Fest, what the highlights have been for the past 2 …
Read More »Massive Wagons Interview, Les Fest 2013
Following their appearance on the main stage at Les Fest we caught up with Massive Wagons to talk about how it was playing for a second year running. A festival favourite for me we also talked about their favourite gig they played but also went to see, as well as …
Read More »Les-Fest 2 Saturdays Pictures
Some pictures from day 2 of Les-Fest 2 from both stages.
Read More »Karydbis – Pre Fest Interview Bloodstock 2013
Karydbis are set to play the New Blood Stage at this years Bloodstock festival on Friday the 9th August. They recently wowed the crowd at Les-Fest 2 up in Scotland. We catch up with the band to find out more about them, the festival, their thoughts and what you lucky …
Read More »Les-Fest 2 Review, Part 1 by Scotti
Three days. 62 bands. One main stage, one acoustic stage and from what I saw across the weekend of Les-Fest 2 it most definitely was all killer and no filler. Planetmosh descended en-masse to take in the sights, the sounds and the craic, as Scotland showed it does indeed know …
Read More »Severenth Interview, Les Fest 2013
After their set and over a little dinner, we caught up with Severenth to talk about their electric set at Les Fest, ideal collaborations, writing their third album, and wearing dresses. Severenth Websites http://www.severenth.org/ https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSeverenth Upcoming Shows – 27th July – Out of Ashes festival, Ellesmere Port – 24th August …
Read More »Furyon Interview, Les Fest 2013
Only arriving a short time before, we grabbed hold of Matt Mitchell (Vocals) and Lee Farmery (Drums) from Furyon for a chat about Les Fest, hydration, and the best way to grow guitarists. Stay tuned for an impromptu bit of singing at the end. Don’t forget to keep an eye …
Read More »Inferno Interview, Les-Fest 2013
Wales’ very own self-proclaimed “three piece rock n’ roll band sent to earth on a mission to destroy shit music” (check out their facebook for proof indeed) are actually thoroughly decent blokes and performed a sublime acoustic set at Les-Fest 2013. We had the chance to chat at length with …
Read More »Virus interview with Coke Finlay, Les-Fest 2013
I had the pleasure of chatting with Coke Finlay, Virus’s Vocalist/Lead guitarist after their storming set at Les-Fest 2 on Friday night. Grab a drink or four, sit down, relax and get ready for an epic journey into the past as Coke talk about how the band started, what they …
Read More »Les-Fest 2013 – the final band announcement!
Dave Richie -And so it comes to pass that we complete the line up in this our 6th announcement for Les-Fest 2013. The final additions take us to 62 live acts over 2 stages. With no clashes on Friday and no clashes after 6pm on Saturday or Sunday. First up …
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