Reviews / Live

"Water does strange things to sound. It bends it, stretches it, fractures it, dulls it, swallows it and to us it becomes an alien simulacrum of the thing we land-dwellers experience."

"The rejuvenating power of breathing the same air as Gallagher should never be underestimated. His superstar status is epic..."

"El-P took a moment to point to the 'over 35s' in the seated section and exclaimed, 'I'd be there, too, if I was watching me!'"

"There's a few gleaming cheeks and quickly wiped-away tears as the choir of voices reverberating through the venue echoes on for what seems like an age."

"Who the fuck are YOU to think you're better than someone else?"

"Although it's only January, as far as hip hop gigs go, this is one's going to be hard to top."

As the New Years celebrations come to an end, resolutions are made and broken, it's time to revisit what made this years Falls Festival so special.

Ecca Vandal, Angus & Julia Stone and a stack more.

"With an artist as preternaturally talented as Pecknold, we can only hope he will continue to share, however sporadically, his melodic and musical gifts."