UK festivals issue “red alert” after hitting “brick wall” over insurance

The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) say they have hit a “brick wall” in talks with the government, after a lack of festival insurance sparked the widespread cancellation of events this summer. Over a quarter of UK festivals over 5,000 capacity have been now been cancelled, prompting the AIF to issue a “red alert” warning, …

New Artist Spotlight: David Thompson Takes His Synth Pop Seriously With ‘The Wall’

The resurgence of indie synth pop in the late 00s and early 10s was sort of a breath of fresh air in a musical climate that prior to that had been pretty strictly divided between pop, EDM and Indie. Acts like M83, Cut/Copy, Hot Chip. Phantogram and even the Yeah Yeah Yeahs took the new …

SOPHIE shares remix of BAYLI and BABYNYMPH’S ‘clown shit (up the wall)’ – Dancing Astronaut

by: Sami Weisband Nov 12, 2020 SOPHIE returns with a new remix of BAYLI and BABYNYMPH’s club cut, “clown shit (up the wall).” Following the release of SOPHIE’s recent experimental piece, “METAL,” produced alongside Jimmy Edgar, the latest remix features the producer’s eccentric, airtight production quality that has come to define SOPHIE’s catalog. Warping the …