Bastille // The Interview. Dan Smith & Kyle Simmons

“Even being number two, or three or four or five is totally unbelievable. We literally can’t believe it, it’s the weirdest thing in the world.” Dan Smith, Bastille

It’s early evening on Sunday 10^th March and Bastille’s debut album “Bad Blood”, after fending off the likes of Emeli Sande, has just been announced as scoring the prestigious number one spot in the Official Top 40 Chart. The band’s recent success may have come as a surprise to some, however a huge underground following has made Bastille the UK’s worst kept secret; word of mouth has seen their fan base grow and grow even before the album release, and quite rightly so. 

Est.1987 caught up with Dan and Kyle at their sold out Leeds show…

Bastille // Live Review, Leeds Uni- Stylus, Sunday 10th March

From the opening murmuring dark undertones of “Bad Blood” to the final rapturous applause, tonight is electrically charged. This evening wasn’t about judging if Bastille were a good live band or not (we already know they are) it was more a matter of just how good they were going to be. 

And, more than that, after their album "Bad Blood" was just announced as clinching the number 1 spot, tonight was about taking a chance to celebrate their success and, for one night only, everyone in the room being able to ride that wave along with them. 

Want to read our full live review, see all the photos and find out how you can check out our interview with the band? Click below...

James Blake // Tour Preview & New Album Announcement

James Blake is back, two years after this debut and is set to ignite UK bass culture once more. The new single "Retrograde" is already out and is the perfect introduction to the forthcoming second album, ‘Overgrown’.

To watch the video for "Retrograde", pre-order the album and find out where you can catch James Blake live in tour click below...

Twisted Wheel // Interview with Jonny Brown & Live Review

After a three year break away from the scene and a shake up of line-up, Twisted Wheel came back in 2012 with the follow-up to their acclaimed debut album. Now back on the road, the Manchester three-piece is looking forward to not going away for quite so long again.

Est.1987 went down to Sheffield Leadmill  to sit down with front-man Jonny Brown for a very frank and honest chat about working hard, the state of the music industry and how the third album means more to him than anything...

Reading & Leeds Festival // GREEN DAY & more acts an​nounced​

Green Day have been announced as the final headliners for this year Reading & Leeds Festival. Taking place on 23RD – 25TH AUGUST 2013, BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, the Festival is set to go off with a bang.

To find out what other acts have been added to the bill and where you can get tickets from click below...

Rat Attack // Free EP Download

Here at Est.1987 we love a bit of Rat Attack. We can't wait to catch them on their tour with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus which starts next week. But for now we are getting our fix by downloading the bands' self-titled debut EP which includes the single "Heartbeat" feat. We Are The Ocean's Liam Cromby.

To find out how you can get the EP click below...

Don Broco // Live Review including Hey Vanity & Mallory Knox

Yesterday we brought you an interview with Don Broco’s front-man Rob Damiani. He chatted to us about selling out their first real headline tour, working on a “Drive” inspired alternative album, oh and the infamous “DB Push-up Squad” [to read that click HERE]

And to find out what happened when Hey Vanity, Mallory Knox & Don Broco took to the stage click below…

Don Broco // Interview with Rob Damiani

Don Broco has had a phenomenal past year; a string of hit singles taken from their  acclaimed album (“Priorities”) & now the Bedford quartet are rounding up on a sell out tour. So, here at Est.1987 we donned our “Don Broco Push Up Squad” vests & headed down to catch their Manchester show- the biggest headline show in the bands career. The tour culminates in tonight (well if we don’t count the extra four dates the band has added due to popular demand) and we caught up with lead singer Rob Damiani...