FIVES: THE BEST WONDER YEARS SONGSThis week Lansdale, Pennsylvania’s The Wonder Years released their fourth album - ‘The Greatest Generation,’ a record that sees the pop punk quintet reach their creative peak in a number of ways. With a wealth of material in their discography, Already Heard's Sean Reid and Tom Knott took on the tricky task of picking out the five best songs from The Wonder Years. Find out what we picked and let us know if you agree or disagree?
INTERVIEW: MALLORY KNOXFollowing the release of their superb 'Signals' album, Mallory Knox have certainly become ones to watch in recent months. We caught up with the band to discuss joining Search & Destroy Records, how vital the festival season and touring are, what it feels like to be a part
of the expanding British rock scene and much more.
ALREADY HEARD RECOMMENDS: OVER THE OCEANOver The Ocean have crafted a compelling, brooding record with their latest effort ‘Be Given To The Soil.’ With intense specific precision and delicate accuracy that echoes the likes of Explosions In The Sky and Sigur Ros. Jesse Hill from the band to discusses how the
album came together, the importance of precision, being compared to post-rock pioneers and more.
VERSUS: BRING ME THE HORIZON - 'THERE IS A HELL...' VS 'SEMPITERNAL'After a top ten UK album and an outstanding UK tour with festival dates on both sides of the Atlantic to follow, Bring Me The Horizon are having a fantastic 2013 and are now featured in the latest edition of "Versus." It's ‘There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There is a Heaven, Let’s Keep it a Secret’ vs the bands latest release, 'Sempiternal.'
ALREADY HEARD TRACK GUIDE: ALEXANDER - SAY HELLOWe catch up with Newcastle Indie Rock quartet Alexander to find out more about their debut album 'Say Hello' for a “Already Heard Track Guide” feature.
INTERVIEW: TITLE FIGHTHaving briefly returned to the UK for the Hit The Deck Festival before starting a European
tour, we caught up with vocalist/bassist Ned Russin to discuss the bands progression in sound, differences between UK and US festivals, their recent split with Touché Amoré,
having friends on tour and more.
Hevy Festival to Change Location
It has been announced this year’s Hevy Festival will not take place at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent after festival organizers failed to agree on a deal with Port Lympne.
A new location is yet to be announced.
Festival director James Dutton made the following comment:
“Hevy is definitely still going ahead. We are still going to be in Kent, on the same dates in August. I have spent the last six months looking at new venues, and we have one lined up, but we are still sorting contracts so I can’t reveal it yet. I can say it is closer to London. I feel sad as I have really enjoyed being at Port Lympne for the past few years, but we needed more space. All tickets which have already been bought will of course be valid at the new venue.”
The news follows todays earlier announcement which saw 15 new bands added to the festival including headliners Killswitch Engage, Eyehategod, Raein, Coliseum and Earthtone9.
Hevy Fest 2013 takes place on 2nd - 4th August. Visit hevy.co.uk for more information.
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Hevy Announce Killswitch Engage as Headliners; 14 More Bands Announced
Killswitch Engage have been announced as headliners for this years Hevy Fest and will close the festival on the Sunday.
In addition 14 other bands have been added to the line up including Eyehategod, Raein, Coliseum and Earthtone9.
The full list of additions are:
Killswitch Engage (UK Festival Exclusive)
Eyehategod (UK Festival Exclusive)
Raein (UK Exclusive)
Coliseum (UK Festival Exclusive)
Earthtone9
More Than Life (UK Festival Exclusive)
Xerxes (UK Festival Exclusive)
It Prevails (UK Festival Exclusive)
Liferuiner (UK Festival Exclusive)
American Me (UK Festival Exclusive)
Polar
Give ‘Em Blood (UK Festival Exclusive)
Goodtime Boys
Empress
Black Dogs
Hevy Fest 2013 takes place on 2nd - 4th August. Visit hevy.co.uk for more information.
Click read more to view the full line up.
Hatebreed, Comeback Kid, Tigers Jaw, The Menzingers and More Announced for Hevy 2013
Hevy Festival has announced the first set of bands for this years festival.
Joining Black Flag for the three day festival are:
Hatebreed (UK Festival Exclusive)
Comeback Kid (UK Festival Exclusive)
Horse the Band (UK Exclusive Appearance)
Tigers Jaw
The Menzingers
Circle Takes the Square (UK Festival Exclusive)
Metz
Full of Hell (UK Festival Exclusive)
Code Orange Kids (UK Festival Exclusive)
Bossk
Heights
Palm Reader
MINE
The Catharsis
Hevy Festival 2013 will take place at Port Lympne Animal Park in Kent from August 2nd to 4th. The festival promises 80 bands across four stages.
Tickets are on sale for £99 at hevy.co.uk.
Black Flag Announced as First Band for Hevy Fest 2013
Legendary Punk band Black Flag have announced as the first band to play this year’s Hevy Fest.
It will be the bands first UK show in nearly 30 years and they will be fronted by Ron Reyes. It will be Black Flag’s only UK show of 2013.
Hevy Festival 2013 will take place at Port Lympne Animal Park in Kent from August 2nd to 4th. The festival promises 80 bands across four stages.
More announcements are expected soon.
Tickets are available from hevy.co.uk.
Hevy Festival 2013 Early Bird Tickets on Sale; Promises 80 Bands Across Four Stages
The first details for Hevy Festival 2013 have emerged. The festival will once again take place the Port Lympne Animal Park in Kent from August 2nd to 4th.
Early bird tickets are now on sale for £89 with the price set to rise to £99 at the end of January.
The festival promises to include 80 bands across four stages with the first announcements to be made soon.
Further information and tickets can be purchased from Hevy.co.uk.
Interview: Our Time Down Here
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again; it’s a massive surprise and shame that Our Time Down Here haven’t hit the mainstream. With a fantastic album out earlier this year in the form of ‘Midnight Mass’ it was time to get to know vocalist Will Gould and guitarist Gary Painting.
Already Heard sat down with the pair to discuss the Southampton scene, whether Darts is a game or a sport and details of their new album.
‘Midnight Mass’ by Our Time Down Here is out now.
Our Time Down Here links: Facebook|Twitter|Tumblr
View more of Already Heard’s coverage of Hevy Festival 2012 here.
Questions by Rosie Kerr (@Rosiekerr) & Mikey Brown (@MikeyMiracle)
Interview: Lemuria
Buffalo’s Lemuria are a strange breed. They play a brand of pop punk which manages to find fans in both the indie and the hardcore/punk scene. Since their demo in 2004 - a loud, shouty pop punk affair - they’ve wracked up an impressive thirteen releases with their more recent material featuring a more melancholic, subdued sound. They recently self-released their 2004 demo on 12” vinyl proving that, despite having worked with such heavy weights as Bridge Nine and Asian Man Records, they remain a fiercely independent band.
We spoke to the band about touring, Bridge Nine and the progression between their records.
‘Pebble’ by Lemuria is out now on Bridge Nine Records.
Lemuria links: Website|Facebook|Twitter
View more of Already Heard’s coverage of Hevy Festival 2012 here.
Questions by Rosie Kerr (@Rosiekerr)
Interview: Seahaven
After releasing their astonishing debut album ‘Winter Forever’ on Run For Cover Records. Seahaven finally made it over to the UK for their first ever tour supporting Balance & Composure and Pianos Become The Teeth. It was only a matter of time until the band brought themselves to our shores and wowed us completely.
At their first UK appearance at Hevy Festival we had a chat about their set at Hevy, religious imagery within ‘Winter Forever’ and what the future holds.
‘Winter Forever’ by Seahaven is out now on Run For Cover Records.
Seahaven links: Website|Facebook|Twitter
Questions by Rosie Kerr (@Rosiekerr)
Interview: Gnarwolves
Did you hear about Gnarwolves at Hevy Fest? They opened up the Main Stage on the Friday and were playing to about 8 people. Why so? Well, whoever it was at the arena entrance said that ‘no bands were playing’ and that nobody could enter, even though everyone could CLEARLY hear Gnarwolves. Cue super punk moment of everyone rushing the gates and storming in to watch one of the fastest rising bands the UK has to offer. Believe the hype.
Despite the alcohol we managed to chat to Gnarwolves about their previous musical endeavours, their involvement with Tangled Talk and watching movies with either ‘a chick or dudes’…
‘CRU’ by Gnarwolves is out now on Tangled Talk Records.
Gnarwolves links: Facebook|Twitter|BandCamp
View more of Already Heard’s coverage of Hevy Festival 2012 here.
Questions by Rosie Kerr (@Rosiekerr)
Interview: The Chariot
The Chariot are incredible. Controlled chaos, crafted by passion and commitment and they more than proved that with their set at Hevy Festival. Before Josh Scogin lead his bandmates on stage to cause complete and utter havoc he sat down with Already Heard, as he opened up about the new album ‘One Wing’ and the amount of work that the band put into their albums, which is one of the reasons that The Chariot are loved and respected so much.
‘One Wing’ by The Chariot is out now on Good Fight Music.
The Chariot links: Website|Facebook|Twitter
View more of Already Heard’s coverage of Hevy Festival 2012 here.
Questions by Mikey Brown (@MikeyMiracle)
Interview: Vales
Vales provided one of the highlights in the Red Bull tent at last month’s Hevy Festival but before they did so we sat down (literally) with Ollie and Chlo about the reception to their debut EP, their involvement with Tangled Talk and which Glassjaw album is the best.
‘Clarity’ by Vales is out now on Tangled Talk.
Vales links: Facebook|Twitter|Tumblr|Bandcamp
Questions by Rosie Kerr (@Rosiekerr)
