Issue 60 - University of Surrey's Student Union

30 MUSIC
The Stag | 15 th May 2013 music@thestagsurrey.co.uk
Festival pick ‘n’ mix
There’s a perfect festival out there for you this summer
By Becky Worley, Music Editor
Why I love...
Foo Warpaint Fighters
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GLASTONBURY
Glasto is the go to festival for your
standard music lover, with a range
of genres and a feel-good atmosphere.
Acts include: The Rolling STones, Arctic
Monkeys, Laura Mvula, Mumford and
Sons, Ben Howard, Two Door Cinema Club,
Bastille, Everything Everything, Dizzee
Rascal, Alt-J, the list just goes on... For the
sheer quality and amount in their line up,
Glastonbury continue to reign the festival
scene, especially with celebrities such as
Kate Moss and Alexa Chung frequenting.
26th - 30th of June.
By Jason Hough, Music Team
Just to save getting this pun
done and out of the way:
yes, Dave Grohl is my hero. Foo
Fighters, all my life (enough
references now I promise) have
been a band that have seemingly
interwoven themselves through
moments in my childhood, but it
wasn’t truly until 2005’s In Your
Honour came out that I started to
pay attention.
At a difficult time in my life,
around the same time music
started to mould the person I am
today, I heard Best of You and in
awe of how powerful it was, I took
refuge inside it, forming part
of a heavily influential group
of songs I held important to me
in getting through that time.
There is so much unbridled raw
emotion and almost anguish in
I’ve ever listened to as of right
now and All My Life will most
likely remain my favourite song
ever.
In my opinion, it’s the best
song ever written: it is completely
flawless. The intro is instantly
distinguishable, only being
one note repeated but that one
note and that speech bears such
channelled intensity that I don’t
believe many songs can match. It
bursts to life with such enjoyable
ferocity, the sheer catharsis
caused by screaming the lyrics as
loud as you can is immeasurable
and when that explosive twin
guitar assault comes in, I jump
off walls and head-bang so hard
to the point I endanger my life
regularly. To me, it is the epitome
of chaos and sheer perfection.
A signature moment of modern
rock that unifies every person in
LATITUDE
“It was like hearing the music equivalent of
an avalanche and that’s what struck me. ”
Congratulations to Surrey’s own Saul Harris
and Alexander O’Farrell for winning The
Stag’s competition and are now heading off to
Latitude 2013! The line up includes: Bloc Party,
Maccabees, Kraftwerk, Foals, Grizzly Bear,
James Blake, Cat Power, Jessie Ware, Alt-J,
Disclosure, Rudimental as well as comedians,
writers, dancers and artists. It definitely
promises variety to spice up the usual festival
format. 18th - 21st of July.
CREAMFIELDS
Creamfields is a dance music festival
featuring DJ sets and live acts. It
originated as an offshoot event by the
nightclub Cream in Liverpool. The line up
includes: Duke Dumont, The Prodigy, Aviici,
Knife Party, Zane Lowe, Paul Oakenfold,
Julio Bashmore, Baauer, Skream, Benga,
Danny Howard, David Guetta, Otto Knows
and Groove Armada. If you love strobe
lights and dance music then this is the one
for you. 23rd - 25th August.
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Dave’s grizzled screams that it
was like pain relief to hear such
saliently relevant lyrics tearing
through his vocal chords, with
roaring guitars, absolutely
visceral and ear-splitting in their
tone, reinforced by a seismic
drum performance. It was like
hearing the music equivalent
of an avalanche and that’s what
struck me. The album remained
on repeat for months, a rugged
road companion of 11 rock songs
that never deteriorated or dulled
in quality. Each listen was a
moment of sheer bliss. It was a
haven I could call my own.
Fast forward somewhat eight
years and not too much has
changed. I have moved on from
In Your Honour to much more
extravagant music endeavours,
but I very much still have a soft
spot for the album. I probably
consider the debut Foo Fighters
album as the second best album
a singular objective: go ballistic.
This is the essence of why
I love Foo Fighters. An 18-year
back catalogue of memorable
anthems that captures the
minds and hearts of people
worldwide. Dave Grohl clearly
cares a lot about his craft from
his outspoken views on American
Idol and X Factor to his SXSW
speech this year, but is one of the
most funny and kind-hearted
individuals on this planet. He is
single-handedly the only person
that can cheer me up without
fail. Without Foo Fighters, my life
would be so different and I can’t
even imagine I would be the same
person I am today. If I should ever
meet Dave Grohl, other than
uncontrollably screaming like
an overexcited fan girl, I wish to
tell him of the impact he and his
music have made on my life and
buy him a drink because he really
is my hero.
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