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High Tyde chatted to us recently, the Brighton based band have recently released their latest track 'Karibu' and were on hand to tell us a little about it.

1 Who are High Tyde?

High Tyde are four piece tropical/indie band from Brighton. 

2 You've recently released your new track 'Karibu', tell us a little about this?

'Karibu' was inspired when our drummer Louis was on holiday. He recorded a bird tweeting a melody and that's were it came from. 

3 Who are your biggest inspirations?

Our inspirations are Bill, Frank The Cat, DDS, Karibu Chirperson, 5D. 

4 Where do you see yourselves in 5 years time?

In 5 years time... touring, playing bigger festivals and releasing more music. But in-between walking my dog, of course.

5 What's next for High Tyde?

Well we're playing a bunch of summer shows which you can find out about on our Facebook and Twitter pages. We're also going to be in the studio writing more material.

Big thanks to High Tyde for the interview. 

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Arctic Monkeys' headlining set from T in The Park this evening was cut short to only 5 songs by BBC Three. 

Yesterday's headliner Calvin Harris also had a lack of coverage by BBC Three. He was scheduled to appear on the channels highlights show post performance, only to later appear on the red button after Paolo Nutini, who was covered instead of the DJ. But many were outraged by the BBC's choices to shorten the Sheffield bands set to only five songs. As footage of Example and Disclosure's sets were shown for around an hour, to only show 30 minutes of the headliners baffled many. Although some saw it as a blessing, as much criticism was aimed upon the Monkey's during their set, as viewers were branding them as a boring and lifeless live band, as well as suggesting that they would rather be soaking up their Los Angeles lifestyle instead of performing in a Scottish field. 

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Superfood blew the roof off The KPH last night, quite literally. 

After just beginning their set, 90 seconds into their first track 'TV', the ceiling started to collapse. Huge rumbling noises were heared by the crowd, when plaster and floorboards began to fall from above. Somehow, only one of the 120+ crowd were injured, of which consisted of members from Coves, Swim Deep and Peace, albeit a minor injury.

Superfood were set to headline an all day event at The KPH, were performances earlier came from The Black Tambourines, The Magic Gang, Oxbow Lakes, and Palm Honey amongst others. There were no signs of such cases as the ceiling collapsing throughout the all-day event, it appears that The KPH's ceiling just wanted a bit of the action. 

The KPH's ceiling 90 seconds into Superfood's set: 

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RIFFED have created a possible main stage line-up for festivals such as Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds and T in The Park in the future. After much deliberation, this is how we expect main stage's at festivals to appear over the coming years. 

HEADLINERS:

Royal Blood:

When we saw Royal Blood back in October of last year at the Fruit in Hull, we knew they were set for big things. It was a free gig, around 20 people rolled up, but the small crowd wasn't sniffed at by the Brighton rockers. After Ben snapping at least 10 drum sticks and the duo setting off two car alarms down the street, we knew this wasn't the last we'd hear of Royal Blood. And we was right, 9 months down the line and Mike and Ben were supporting Arctic Monkeys at their Finsbury Park dates earlier this year, which was soon followed by Glastonbury a few weeks back. With their self titled debut album 'Royal Blood' set to be released next month, expect Royal Blood to be headlining festivals in the near future. Don't be surprised to see them on the Pyramid at Glastonbury next year either. 

Bombay Bicycle Club: 

Bombay Bicycle Club are a band who've been on the scene for a few years now, forever progressing, albeit at a steady pace. After the recent release of their 4th studio album 'So Long, See You Tomorrow', earlier this year, the band now have a catalog of hits just waiting to be performed in a headlining set on the main stage of a festival any time now. Bombay are set to headline the NME Stage at Reading and Leeds this summer, following their slot on the Other Stage at Glastonbury last month, but we can see them topping this in years to come. 

White Lies:

Harry McVeigh, Jack Lawrence-Brown and Charles Cave have a busy summer of festivals ahead of them, along with a few headline slots also. Though they be small, White Lies are no 'Strangers' to the big stage, if you'd pardon the pun, after recently performing at Glastonbury and appearing at Reading and Leeds amongst others over previous years, we feel as though White Lies are ready to take the next step. 

OTHER MAIN STAGE ACTS:

The Horrors:

The Horrors are a band who ever since exploding onto the scene have been on the rise, performing at festivals has become the norm for the Essex band. Since adding 'Luminous' to their ever-growing discography, The Horrors have bulked up their setlist of which is ready for the main stage.

Dan Croll:

Dan Croll will be an unfamiliar name to many. But the solo artist is not one to be dismissed, his debut album 'Sweet Dissary' has propelled him to lofty slots on many festival line-ups, as well supporting acts such as London Grammar on their recent UK tour. 

Circa Waves:

Circa Waves are a band yet to appear high up on festival line-ups, but this won't be the case for too much longer. Coinciding with the release of their debut single 'Young Chasers', they were announced as part of the line-up for the NME Awards Tour earlier this year, alongside Interpol, Temples and Royal Blood. 

Wolf Alice: 

Fronted by Ellie Rowsell, Wolf Alice are a band of which the hype is high for. Their powerful indie prescence has attracted many punters, performing at Glastonbury earlier this year and Reading and Leeds to come, Wolf Alice are undoubtedly on the rise and there's no end in sight. 

Temples:

After appearing on the NME Awards Tour and releasing their debut album 'Sun Structures', Temples are vastly projecting themselves. Most recently feauturing on Strongbows new television ad, and appearing at Glastonbury, their name is starting to become a popular one. 

Catfish and the Bottlemen:

Welsh rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen are a band of which has exploded on to the scene of late. Having just signed for Island Records and announcing their debut album 'The Balcony', the Bottlemen are racing up the musical ladder. RIFFED were lucky enough to catch Catfish and the Bottlemen at the Fruit in Hull earlier this week, and it's clear to see Catfish won't be falling down the musical ladder anytime soon. The main stages are beckoning. 

Spector: 

With their second album in the pipeline, the future is looking bright for Fred Macpherson and the band. It's been 2 years since the release of their debut album 'Enjoy It While It Lasts', yet we're still well and truly enjoying it today. Spector are everything you need at a festival, brilliant vibrancy and stage prescence, and every track is an anthem. If their second album is to be as good as their first, the main stages won't be too far out of reach for Spector. 

Coves:

Leamington Spa duo Coves have recently released their debut album 'Soft Friday', which earned themselves plenty of plaudits. Having just returned from Glastonbury, Coves are in for a quiet festival season this summer. But expect them to be on the bill for many many more come this time next year. 

Peace:

Indie quartet Peace are a band who's fanbase is forever growing. After a busy summer of festivals last year, following the release of their debut album 'In Love', Harrison Koisser and the band are set for another jam packed festival season. Performing on the main stage at Reading and Leeds next month, expect them to climb higher on the bill come next year. 

The Family Rain:

Bath triplets The Family Rain are yet to perform at many festivals and aren't in for a busy festival season this summer either. But their debut album 'Under The Volcano' went down a storm following it's release and with new material in the pipeline, of which they told us about in our previous interview, expect The Family Rain to not only be on the line-up for festivals, but be fairly high up by this time next year. 

Drenge:

Sheffield duo Drenge are a band who've propelled themselves of late. Following the release of their self titled debut album, Eoin and Rory have been performing at plenty of festivals, of which Glastonbury being the most recent, and have a busy summer of festivals ahead of them. But expect them also to be climbing the bill in years to come, although as they told us in their recent interview with us, they don't plan to top fellow Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys.

Jaws:

Birmingham band Jaws have recently been encountering a rise in popularity, following the announcment of their debut album 'Be Slowly', the indie quartet have been recieving plenty of airplay of the album title track on BBC Radio 1 of late. It won't be long till Jaws catch up with fellow Birmingham band Peace on the main stage at Reading and Leeds as well as others. Although drummer Eddy Geach told us in his previous interview that he's just planning to get a job at his local KFC for now. 

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Peace, Swim Deep and Circa Waves have been announced as support for The Libertines three nights at London's Alexandra Palace this coming September. 

Peace will support The Libertines on their first night at Ally Pally (Friday 26th September) along with Cuckoo Lander, Swim Deep will support on the following evening (Saturday 27th September) with Brown Bear & The Bandits and on the final evening (Sunday 28th September) support will come from Circa Waves and The Au Revoirs. The Libertines announced the news via their official Facebook page this morning, with the post:

"Ahoy. Very pleased to announce our supports for the upcoming London shows.

Friday: Peace and Cuckoo Lander.

Saturday: SWIM DEEP and Brown Bear & The Bandits

Sunday: Circa Waves and The Au Revoirs" 

Reaction to the announcment of The Libertines' support on the whole has been positive, although some are arguing it will be an all to indie affair.

Carl, Pete, John and Gary also announced that the last few tickets are available to purchase via the link: http://www.axs.com/uk/series/840/the-libertines-tickets?skin=aegliveuk&soc=AEGLIVEUK_AXS_ARTISTSOC_LIBSFB_ALEXANDRA_LIBERTINES_01072014

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Catfish and the Bottlemen performed an intimate gig to a sold out crowd at the Fruit in Hull yesterday evening. 

Deemed as a warm-up gig for the Bottlemen's forthcoming festival season, Van McCann and the band didn't fail to please. Support came from Need and Breeze, Need opened to a swiftly filling up Fruit, warming the crowd with a solid set. Breeze followed, a band we've previously introduced, performing a brilliant set, of which the highlight being the opener 'Scent'. Each opened in style, and after pysching the crowd up, Catfish and the Bottlemen were up next. Although the Hull crowd were lucky the Bottlemen turned up, Van revealed their train had broke down and that they'd left a guitar on the broken down train, but when qouted as saying "We knew we had to pull this gig", stated they'd just booked a "big taxi" instead. 'Rango' opened Catfish's' set, with an extended intro where the band seemingly made a racket for over a minute until contrasting perfectly into Rango, which sparked the front sector of the crowd into hysteria, something of which was prominent througout the Bottlemen's set. 'Cocoon' and 'Pacifier' followed, and by this time Van begun to get to know the crowd, and asked them for a bit more "jumping around" before playing 'Pacifier', they obliged and McCann began to jump around with them. 'Pacifier' was followed by 'Sidewinder', then two of Catfish and the Bottlemen's biggest hits were played next, 'Kathleen' and 'Fallout'. 'Kathleen' is possibly the track Catfish are most known for, a song that really defines the band and superb is the word to define itself from last night, "I gotta give it you, you give me problems" was chanted in chorus from the Hull crowd in sync with lead singer Van, as well as bodies being thrown about all over in what was turning into a mindless front row. 'Kathleen' should have been a tough act to follow up, but when the Bottlemen jumped instaniously into 'Fallout', it wasn't so much. 'Fallout' being Catfish's' new single, taken from their forthcoming debut album 'The Balcony', has been recieving plenty of airplay via BBC Radio 1 of late, but most importantly was our Single Of The Week  4 weeks ago and it's no wonder as to why. A brilliant track, and even more so live. New track, '26' followed 'Fallout', " A real FIFA song this", Van stated as the band have previously been persuading EA Sports to use one of their tracks on their forthcoming game 'FIFA 15'. If EA Sports were to have been in the crowd last night to witness '26', we're sure they'd put it straight onto the game. '26' provides solid evidence that 'The Balcony' could be a real classic, and that Catfish aren't a band who'll release a couple good singles and their debut album then be a flop. We was nearing the end when the Bottlemen performed 'Homesick'. 'Homesick' being Catfish's' penultimate track, and before the band started to play, Van reiterated his thank you's to the Hull crowd and stated "We're gonna play the first track we ever recorded as a band, it kinda got things going and to be here performing it to you tonight is crazy, I know it may seem small but to us this is huge." And huge it was, ending with a nice touch, as Van got the Hull crowd singing in chorus with eachother. 'Tyrants' closed Catfish and the Bottlemen's set at the Fruit in Hull and in style, the longest and most powerful track Catfish have created proved the perfect set closer. Sending the front sector of the crowd into hysteria for the final time. 

Watch Catfish and the Bottlemen perform 'Kathleen' at the Fruit in Hull as recorded by RIFFED yesterday evening via Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raJiuNBzAXU

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The Libertines have revealed that they'll begin work on a new album later this year and that it'll be released next year. 

Carl, Pete, John and Gary will travel to Germany later this year, where work will begin on the bands first release since 'The Libertines' in 2004. When asked recently about the plans for new music, Carl Barat stated "Fresh material has always been the plan. Next year, it has to be," I don't wanna just go on the road because then you'll get cabin fever and have an epic fallout. So yeah, I want to keep something fresh coming in. We just need to find the time." Pete added "For some reason in my head, I'm thinking October, November time, that's what will have to happen. Basically, it'll have to be like Paris, but in Hamburg, and for a bit longer. I'm well up for it." 

Will The Libertines still have that spark? 

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We chatted to confusingly-titled three piece, The Four Fours this week. Chris, Matt and Rich are set to release their debut double a-side single featuring 'Count To Ten' and 'Messing With History' this coming Monday and were on hand to tell us a little about it.

1 Who are The Four Fours?

Chris, Matt and Rich. Three extraordinary gents. Chris writes the music, Matt writes the lyrics, Rich is at the helm of the mixing desk. We all have a go at the composition and production, it's all quite diplomatic for three baboons!

2 You're set to release your debut double a-side single featuring 'Count To Ten' and 'Messing With History' this Monday, tell us a little about this?

Following us all playing in a math rock band we wanted to make some direct rock music. So we went for it really and embraced what came. 'Count To Ten' was the first track we wrote and recorded. It got lots of plays and nice comments on Soundcloud and that spurred us on to write more tracks and plan our debut release. We decided to do a double a-side, which is something that loads of bands used to do but is not so common nowadays. As we're self releasing it is a little easier for us to release two tracks at the same time rather than just one. Hopefully people will like both. Plus both tracks have their individual merits and show a good mix of our influences.

3 You made the video four 'Count To Ten' by yourselves, how did this go?

It was a new experience for us. We used a GoPro camera, which is popular with extreme sports enthusiasts. It's compact, can be fixed to pretty much anything, and shoots in high resolution. We recorded us playing the track a dozen times or so (including band's-eye view), all to a click so the footage would be in time. Then we edited it all together. We were quite proud of the final video, not bad for a bunch of amateur directors! You can see it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmlbdfezEs4

4 Will anything be set to follow 'Count To Ten' and 'Messing With History' in the near future?

We are planning to record an album, carrying on the DIY ethic we plan to record it ourselves. We'll probably release another single or two in the meantime, but we're defiantly planning on doing an album! It's a real target for us! Releases aside, we're planning to get out and do some gigs, but with our twist. So it might be some shows around Halloween with us all dressed as zombies. We'd also like to make another video and are hatching ideas for that.

5 What's next for The Four Fours?

We are really excited to pick up some press and airplay at the moment ahead of 'Count To Ten' / 'Messing With History' being released, but we are also gearing up to go back into the studio later in the month to get some new songs recorded.

Huge thanks to The Four Fours for the interview. 

The Four Fours debut double a-side single featuring 'Count To Ten' and 'Messing With History' is out Monday and will be available on  iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.

Visit The Four Fours official Webpage: www.thefourfours.com

Follow The Four Fours on Twitter: @thefourfours / https://twitter.com/thefourfours

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Like The Four Fours on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefourfours

Listen to The Four Fours via Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/thefourfours and Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmlbdfezEs4

RIFFED x

Pyschedelic quartet Temples feature in the new television ad for Strongbow's 'Bittersweet' cider. 

'Keep In The Dark', has been taken from Temples debut album 'Sun Structures' by leading beverage supplier Strongbow to promote their new 'Bittersweet' cider. The advert, first televised late last week, uses Temples' track very wisely as, 'Drink up darling dressed in white' is sung by lead singer James Bagshaw, who unbeknown to him whilst writing Keep In The Dark's lyrics, would once be promoting a cider. 

Watch the ad via Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCBfEdMXK-g

RIFFED x