Live review, 14/05 - 16/05, The Great Escape Festival

(We were there in 2009, but thought we'd let you know already when next years is!)

And so armed with Press and Photo Passes, the smallest camera in the world, tasked with attending 18 gigs and meeting 18 bands, Alex was sent to Brighton to review the industry showcase which is The Great Escape Festival.

This is the result!!

Enjoy!!

Series 3, episode 3 out today!

.....aaaaand here it is at last! Early baths all round for the ADN team this week, as episode 3 arrives, well, 3 days late. A devilish combo of failing technology, real work (fail) and a debauched stag weekend (win) has taken its toll. We're confident that it's been worth the wait though...why not judge for yourselves by hitting that cheeky little play button:

On the show this week...

The ADN team confront their collective hangover, look it in the eye, administer a textbook spinning piledriver to its ass and heroically guide you through another 18 track ADN odyssey. As ever, fresh new tracks abound; try Filthy Dukes, Death Cab For Cutie, Hockey and Major Lazer for starters. Strumathons from Johnny Flynn and Grammatics, tasty beats from Mos Def and The Pharcyde and an infuriatingly catchy offering from (small eared) Esser are but a few of the other treats on offer. Elsewhere, Dan guides you through this week's album of the week from Ben Harper & Relentless7, whilst Alex bashes out yet another gig guide with unparalleled panache.

Are UB40 actually evil? Is there anyone who Mischa Barton isn't shagging? And what is in that f*cking tea cup that Lady Gaga knocks about with? The man with (most of) the answers is, of course, The London Paper's Luke Blackall. Don't even consider missing out on this one. Big!

To the usual ADN listening massive; thanks as ever. To the newbies; hello to you. And to those who still haven't listened....do yourself a favour! Until next time pop pickers...

Tracklist

1. Mos Def, Diverse & Prefuse 73: Wylin Out (RJD2 Remix)
2. Death Cab For Cutie: My Mirror Speaks
3. Filthy Dukes: Elevator
4. Taj Mahal: Dust Me Down (feat. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals)
5. Handsome Furs: All We Want, Baby, Is Everything
6. Esser: Headlock

Album Of The Week - Ben Harper & Relentless7: White Lies For Dark Times

7. Ben Harper & Relentless7: Why Must You Always Dress In Black
8. Ben Harper & Relentless7: Fly One Time

9. Major Lazer: Hold The Line
10. The Rapture: House Of Jealous Lovers
11. School Of Seven Bells: Half Asleep
12. Johnny Flynn: Leftovers
13. Hockey: Too Fake
14. Jack Penate: Be The One
15. Grammatics: Cruel Tricks Of The Light
16. The Pharcyde: Runnin' (Phillipaines Remix)
17. Blue Roses: Doubtful Comforts

ADN Take on Great Escape Festival!!

That's right kids, ADN (well SuperHans if he can stay alive) will be in Brighton this weekend (14th-16th May) to review the best in new music and live acts on the alternative music scene. 

The plan is for SuperHans to get himself down to Brighton on the train. Stay for 3 days. Review 18 gigs. Take 18 photos. Interview anyone that will speak to him / understand him. A special ADN Project Great Escape Festival Special will be the result in a couple of weeks time, gig reviews and snappy snaps here... all the best music on a special 18 track show. Wish us luck and if you want to join, buy a ticket (still tickets left!!) / turn up /check out www.escapegreat.com and get yaself down to Camden on Sea!

Full Confirmed Line Up So Far:

Abe Vigoda / An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump / Artefacts For Space Travel / Banjo or Freakout / Bell X1 / Ben Kweller / Beth Jeans Houghton  / Brakes / British India / British Sea Power / Broken Records / Brute Chorus / Cable / Casiokids / Cassie and the Cassettes / Chairlift / Chew Lips / Citizen Cope / Cloud Control  / Colourmusic / Come On Gang! / Connan Mockasin / Dan Black / Dananananykroayd / The Deer Tracks / Die! Die! Die! / Dag For Dag / DM Stith / Esser / Everything Everything / Ex Lovers / Fan Death / Fanzine / Fight Like Apes / Future Of The Left / Futurecop!  / Ghost Of A Thousand / Giantess / Gold Teeth  / Golden Silvers / Gran Ronde / Harrys Gym / Hatcham Social / Heartbreak / Holy Fuck / Hoodlums / Hot Silk Pockets / Hunting The Minotaur / Ipso Facto / It Hugs Back  / James Yuill / Joe Gideon and the Shark / Johnny Foreigner / Juliette and the New Romantiques / Kasabian/ KASMS / Kids Love Lies / Kissy Sellout  / Lawrenca Arabia / Lay Low / Let's Wrestle / Liam Finn / Lightspeed Champion / Little Boots / Little Lost David / Lonely Ghosts / Magic Magic / Marnie Stern / Meme Love / Marina and the Diamonds / Metric / Metronomy / Micachu and the Shapes  / Middle Class Rut / Mika Miko / Miranda  Lee Richards / Mongrel / Moriarty / My Tiger My Timing  / Noah and the Whale /Nullifier / Official Secrets Act / Ou Est Le Swimming Pool / Ox. Eagle. Lion. Man. / Panama Kings / Patrick Wolf / Peggy Sue / Pulled Apart By Horses / Rainbow Arabia / Rodney Fisher / Rogues / Rosie and the Goldbug / S.C.U.M / Sad Day For Puppets / Screaming Tea Party / Sharks / Skint & Demoralized / Sky Larkin / Slow Club / Soap&Skin / Solid Gold / Swanton Bombs / Televised Crimewave /The Arkells / The Balky Mule / A Black Box Revelation / The Black Lips / The Boxer Rebellion / The Boy that Trapped the Sun / The Chapman Family  / A Grave With No Name / The Handsome Family / The Invisible / The John Steel Singers / The Joy Formidable  /The Macabees / The Mae Shi / The Males / The Miserable Rich / The New Wine / The Pains Of Being Pure at Heart / The Pipettes / The School of Seven Bells / The Shiny Brights / The Soft Pack / The Temper Trap / The Veils / The Week That Was / The XX / Threatmantics / Three Trapped Tigers / Throats / Times New Viking / Tin Can Telephone / To The Bones / Trailer Trash Tracys / Trigger Finger / Turbowolf / Ulterior / V V Brown / Video Nasties / Vivian Girls / Voluntary Butler Scheme / We Have Band / We Were Promised Jet Packs / White Denim / Wintersleep / Woodpigeon / Your Twenties / Youves / Yves Klein Blue