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Rachel12

About Me



Music journalism by Rachel12
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Music editor and co-founder of:

PUSH TO FIRE
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- Freelance contributer for BBC Radio York’s More Raw programme. Listen live here .

- Black Velvet magazine contributer - Check out their website here , or add them on MySpace here.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/30/2007
Band Website: www.pushtofire.com
Band Members:
What I’ve previously been involved with -

- BBC Radio 6's Bruce Dickinson's Rock Show working at Download Festival 2007 - researcher, reviewer, writer, news reader. Add Bruce on his MySpace here .

- BBC Blast Arts Reporter for North Yorkshire, specialising in music. Find my articles here . Read the diary here .

- Connotations Productions - My amateur video production company, specialising in making promotional and live videos for bands. Check out the MySpace website . Credits include: Northern Rail 'Insight Track' competition 2005 (third place), MTV Boom! Music Video Award (first in 17-18 category), Lynchpin's first and only music video.
Influences: Current favourites are: -

- Shapes
- BackWash
- Hexes
- The Ghost of a Thousand
- The New 1920
- Hot Club De Paris
- The Blackout
- glassJAw
- The Hives
- Hot Chip

Everything on the following labels:
- Big Scary Monsters
- LockJaw
- Function Records
- Holy Roar
- Moshi Moshi

Sounds Like: Bands I've interviewed previously include:

- Funeral For A Friend
- Second Chance
- Elliot Minor
- Ampersand Escape Sequence
- You Me At Six
- Kids In Glass Houses
- Templeton Pek
- The Dirty
- Pete and the Pirates
- The Pistolas
- Sky Larkin
- The Officers
- InMe
- Rebel Yell
- Livingston
- Enter Shikari
- Fuzzgun Sniper
- The Drainpipes
- Gunlaw
- Imma
- The Paddingtons
Record Label: none

My Blog

Music Survey 2008

1. Who were your favourite bands of 2008? Too hard to choose! Probably Shapes and Stella Dawes. 2. Which group did you least like in 2008? Flood of Red let me down at Slam Dunk! I feel bad saying tha...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:12:00 GMT

PTF’s First Gig!

I've organised this in conjunction with my website, www.pushtofire.com - it's going to be a mental night and all three of the bands are insaaaanely good, so come down and check them out! RSVP on Face...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:08:00 GMT

Z008 Festival

You might have heard or experienced first-hand some of the issues of the weekend, but I felt that, as part of my review of the festival for pushtofire.com, I should give my opinion on the event... Z00...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:15:00 GMT

To My Boy @ Selby Town Hall

Read the review and see exclusive pictures, both by me, on the BBC website here.
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:22:00 GMT

Give Metal A Chance!

Why York's Metal Scene Shouldn't Be Laid To Waste It's a reassuring feeling when bands like Iron Maiden can take to the main stage of Download Festival and still be absolute heroes after 32 years of f...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:40:00 GMT

Nu York State @ The Junction

Nu York State / The Horn Identity The Junction  07/03/07   Continuing on from the immense and quite honestly unexpected success of their first gig, Danny Gough's newly formed 14-piece 'mu...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:44:00 GMT

Fest Fashion @ Leeds Fest

To read my fashion report at this years Leeds Festival, click here, lovies.
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:39:00 GMT

Beached Fest @ Scarborough

My article about this years Beached Festival at Scarborough can be read here.
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:45:00 GMT

Grinny Grandad @ York Fibbers

You can read my review of the Grinny Grandad 2nd Birthday Bash (August 2007) here.
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:39:00 GMT

Moor Music Festival @ Ilkley

My review of the festival can be found here.
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:05:00 GMT