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So what is this Sziget thing anyway?
Click here to hear some of the main reasons we’re excited about Sziget — a first for JBT — an article with a soundtrack! Sziget is a music festival held annually in Budapest, Hungary. Sziget literally means island (and is pronounce “see-get”), and it’s called that because it’s held on an island in the middle […]
Faithless — “You don’t need eyes to see, you need vision”
This week’s Spotlight on: Sziget will be focussing on the massive UK dance act, Faithless. Formed in 1995 by Sister Bliss, she recruited Maxi Jazz, Jamie Catto and Rollo Armstrong to join her. The foursome released Salva Mea later on that year. They have released six albums of original material, Reverence, Sunday 8PM, Outrospective, No […]
Ill Niño — “If the music doesn’t evolve, then where the hell are we going with it?”
There exists today a triangle of inextricably linked Latin metal bands. Two of the corners are Sepultura and Soulfly. The third is Ill Niño. Ill Niño is named for the Pacific weather disturbance, El Niño, which has a huge influence on South America, with the “El” changed to “Ill”, to reflect the blend of languages […]
Lyapis Trubetskoy — “a mix of biting satire and powerful chords”
Lyapis Trubetskoy are a septet from Minsk, Belarus. Their brand of ska-punk was popular in particular in the late 1990s, and they are still popular in karaoke bars around the former USSR. Their big hits include “Au”, “Ti kinula” (“You Dumped Me”), “Zelenolazoye taksi” (“Green-eyed Taxi”), “V plat’ye belom” (“In A White Dress”) and “Yabloni” […]
Papa Roach — “we do our best at trying to make it all cool”
Our Spotlight On: Sziget 2010 series continues with Papa Roach. Papa Roach were formed initially in 1993, at high school. The band takes their name from Jacoby Shaddix’s, the lead singer’s, late grandfather, Howard Roatch. The band released their first EP in 1994, and their first full-length album in 1997. By 1998, they had already […]
Bad Religion — “Punk’s not dead, it’s just taking a nap”
Welcome to the third part of our “Spotlight On: Sziget 2010″ series. In this part, we will be looking at the legendary punk rock band, Bad Religion. The band were founded in LA in 1979, and since then have released on average one record every two years. The original members were all still in high […]
Ska-P — “We’ll play for a hundred punks and anarchists who don’t need convincing of anything”
Ska-P hail from Vallecas (Madrid), Spain, and were active from 1994 until 2005. In 2005 the band took a break to work on side projects, but reunited in 2008, and released their sixth album in October that year. The name of the band comes from, obviously, ska music, but also is a play on the […]
Slam Dunk South
I’ve always wanted to go to Warped Tour. All those amazing bands for one day only really gets me excited, so when I read about a one day, multi-stage festival called Slam Dunk I knew I had to go. Slam Dunk has been running in Leeds, holding club nights and championing unsigned bands. There two […]
Skindred — “Rock and roll is about fucking in the back of a car”
Welcome to the first part of our Spotlight On: Sziget 2010 series, and today, we’ll be introducing the band Skindred. Skindred are a British band hailing from Newport in Wales. They’ve been around since 1998, after the break-up of Dub War, the vocalist (Benji Webb)‘s previous band. Webb blames Dub War’s break up on pressure from […]
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