INHEAVEN seize the day at Reading 2016
Making their stage debut at a festival they grew up on, this is clearly a special show.
27th August 2016
Reviews
Slaves slot right in amongst the metal on Reading 2016’s main stage
They’re as heavy as anything the rest of the day has to offer.
27th August 2016
Milk Teeth bring massive circle pits to… er, The Pit
With their parents side of stage, Stroud’s finest smash it.
27th August 2016
Suuuuurprise! You Me At Six take on the The Pit at Reading 2016
It’s a surprise showing from the Surrey rockers as they prepare for new album ‘Night People’.
27th August 2016
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard bend minds and spines at Reading 2016
The Aussie mad bunch incite a non-stop pit on the Festival Republic stage.
27th August 2016
Låpsley adapts wonderfully at Reading 2016
“Have a mad sesh,” Holly Fletcher demands.
27th August 2016
Banks & Steelz - Anything But Words
4 Stars
Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA spark an unlikely collaboration. The results are even more of a surprise.
26th August 2016
Happy Diving - Electric Soul Unity
3 Stars
The Oakland group’s second album on Topshelf Records is full of vibrancy and melody.
26th August 2016
Law Holt - City
4 Stars
Young Fathers-approved, Law Holt gives a similarly exciting spin to divine pop.
26th August 2016
The Parrots - Los Niños Sin Miedo
4 Stars
The Madrid garage-rock group’s frantic debut whisks you away to rock ‘n’ roll tropics.
26th August 2016
De La Soul - and the Anonymous Nobody…
3 Stars
Big name collaborations steal the show, while attempts to reinvent tend to fall flat.
26th August 2016
Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
3 Stars
Turning to politics, Cass McCombs’ eighth full-length brings a soulful case for optimism in bleak circumstances.
26th August 2016
SWMRS bring Reading 2016 to a raucous beginning
The Pit is truly woken up on the festival’s first day.
26th August 2016
Creeper lay waste to Reading 2016
The crowd are firmly in the palm of their hands from the off.
26th August 2016
Hinds are right at home at Reading 2016
Honed and polished after months on the road, Hinds’ set today even includes a brief Spanish lesson.
26th August 2016
Frank Carter joins the big boys with massive Reading 2016 set
Today may have been a long time coming for the frontman, but it’s been the worth the wait.
26th August 2016
Boy Better Know ransack Reading 2016
The grime collective draw a crowd that’d make even the most seasoned headliner wince.
26th August 2016
Eat Fast bring their scuzzy glory to Reading 2016
The likes of ‘Fenham Dreadlock’ and ‘Byker Drone’ already sound like fully-fledged, rough and ready anthems.
26th August 2016
“RIP Harambe” - Chvrches offer thumping Reading 2016 set
Martin Doherty dedicates ‘Under The Tide’ to a special one we lost this year.
26th August 2016
Lewis Del Mar answer the hype at Reading Festival
Get in the sea? More like get in our ears.
26th August 2016
Muncie Girls impress at Reading 2016
‘From Caplan To Belsize’ came to the BBC Introducing stage.
26th August 2016
Glass Animals - How to be a Human Being
4 Stars
The Oxford group’s second album sees them shifting the paradigms of reality, with fireworks guaranteed.
25th August 2016
Frank Ocean - Blonde
4 Stars
Frank Ocean doesn’t have all the answers, and ‘Blonde’’s brilliance comes from how content it is not knowing an absolute truth.
25th August 2016
Soulwax act homecoming kings at Belgium’s Pukkelpop 2016
Bring Me The Horizon, The Kills and LCD Soundsystem also wow the crowds.
24th August 2016
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.