Weasel Blog: Phonica, PIAS, Big Chill, Hypercolour + The Martinez Brothers, Jay Haze, D’Julz, Chris Lattner, Colin Dale, Greg Wilson, Magda + the pick of the weekend’s events…

Hullo all!  Hope you are all OK and well and settling back into normality after the rioting malarky! In the style of the blitz I think its fair to say the best course of action is “keep calm and carry on”. With this in mind I decided doing the blog was the best thing to […]

Plain and Simple at the Big Chill – The Verdict.

If you missed our Big Chill coverage over the weekend, you can catch up with the highlights of Friday and Saturday here, and it’s now time to give our overall verdict of the weekend, seeing as we are finally recovered and feeling close to being human again. Musically we catch up with our reporting’s from […]

Independent record labels effected by the Sony/Pias warehouse fire in the London Riots.

We’ve just heard the sad news of the destruction of the Sony/Pias warehouse in Enfield during last night’s London Riots. The Pias distribution arm handles distribution for more than 100 independent record labels, many of which have now had much of their stocks of vinyl’s and CD’s completely destroyed. Plain and Simple want to extend […]

Plain & Simple live at the big chill. Superstar DJ’s here we go.

So here we are at day 2 of the Big Chill, and we have to start off by giving a rather large nod to the chemical Brothers who headlind the main stage last night. They took the audience through a rollercoaster of old and new school highs, with enough of a live show twist to […]

Plain & Simple live at the Big Chill- day one welcome to jam rock.

So here is the first of Plain and Simple’s reports live from the Big Chill festival. As the name suggests there is plenty of chill to be had. But don’t let the name fool you, there is also plenty of party to be had. With the Chemical Brothers and 2manydjs on main stage duty and […]

Festival Preview – The Big Chill

We’re now well in to festival season and there are plenty of treats still to choose from. One that keeps grabbing our attention this year is The Big Chill. Alongside the label and the bars (The Big Chill bar on brick lane being a perfect Sunday hang out) as of the original boutique festivals this […]

Tom Middleton to host his own stage at this year’s Big Chill Festival

Tom Middleton, one half of Global Communication and a DJ in his own right, will be an integral part of The Big Chill this year. Having performed at every year of the festival for the last 16 years, 2011 sees Middleton host a stage of his own to build on that experimental, progressive and ambient […]