LIVE: Hevy Festival @ Port Lympne Animal Park, Kent - Saturday (04/08/2012)

August 18th, 2012 by admin

Date: August 4th, 2012
Venue: Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Kent
Website: www.hevy.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hevyfest
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hevyfest

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There’s not many festivals out there who are situated near the grounds of a wild animal park (or, simply a zoo), let alone also supply a full weekend worth of some of the most talented punk, rock and hardcore bands that are around today. With a small and intimate festival site to boot, Hevy is easily one of the best independent weekend music festivals the UK has to offer. We went along to catch all the bands, the animals and the partying they had to offer:

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July 14th, 2012 by admin

Straight after their appearance at Hevy Festival next month, Seahaven are set to go on a UK tour supporting Balance & Composure, Pianos Become The Teeth and Departures. All dates of the tour are outlined below:

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March 20th, 2012 by admin

Following another line-up announcement, Descendents have been confirmed to headline the Sunday at this year’s Hevy Festival. A whole group of more bands have also been announced, several of which will be making a UK exclusive appearance at this year’s festival. All of the festival’s latest additions are as follows:

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January 10th, 2012 by admin

We all know that the mainstream in the last few years have been dominated by manufactured boy bands, passing themselves off as more than mere pop bands by their ability to play instruments, and in some cases not even then. We all know who I’m talking about. They took pop-punk and soiled its good name, and warped it beyond recognition. However, something seems to have kicked in in 2011, are we growing tired of this mainstream bullshit fad? Probably not, but growing in the underground is a movement that is growing stronger and stronger by the day and is even starting to make its push for broader horizons.

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November 8th, 2011 by admin

Release Date: November 8th, 2011
Label: City Of Gold
Website: www.welcometoseahaven.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/welcometoseahaven
Twitter: www.twitter.com/seahaventweets

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To bring something a bit different to the pop-punk genre is a pretty difficult task given the sheer number of bands that are flooding the airwaves lately. But Californians Seahaven are managing it with their first full-length album, ‘Winter Forever’. With a mix of pop-punk rhythms and blues-tinged vocals, this band have created something that actually stands out as different and they’ve done it well, creating an album to be proud of.

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