Festival Review: The Great Escape 2015 (Day One)

The Great Escape Festival @ venues across Brighton (14-16 May '15) // Words: Saam Das

"I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes...". WET. WET. WET. Within six minutes of getting off the train at Brighton station, I found myself bleeding from an umbrella battered by the inclement weather. Thankfully, things got better. And not just in terms of stemming blood loss. Camping out in the relatively arid Green Door Store, the combination of free pastries and the bouncy indie-pop of Toronto's HIGHS immediately raised spirits.

Festival Preview: The Great Escape 2015 @ Brighton [Fifteen Bands To Watch]

The Great Escape Festival @ various venues across Brighton (14-16 May '15) // Words: Saam Das

Festival season is upon us, and we have a special place in our heart for the increasing number of multi-venue offerings placed in a more urban setting. The Great Escape is arguably the best of these festivals in the UK, and seen as a worthy contender to America's ever popular industry shindig SXSW. We've been running around Brighton's plethora of venues as much as possible since the very first offering back in 2006, and here's some recommendations for its tenth edition: