Features

With roots in Venezuela, France and New Zealand, Calva Louise combine their influences to make waves in the UK music scene, with their own brand of alt-rock that has been setting festivals and venues all over the world alight. We caught up with vocalist Jess Eastwood, drummer Ben Parker, and bassist Alizon Taho at 2000trees to see how the band’s last 12 months have been, and the drastic new direction their music is taking in the very near future.

An undisputed god of the festival scene, campfire folk singer Beans on Toast has done just about every festival the UK has produced and is now making his own festival, in the form of the Foolhardy Folk Festival in Nottingham. We spoke to him about creating his own event, Glastonbury, and his opinions on 2000trees.

Joe Appleford may very well be one of the hottest properties in the UK music industry in the next few months. His own blend of rock music in the style of a heavier Queens of the Stone Age could set the UK music scene alight. As his forthcoming debut album 'Distopian Dreams, Utopian Nightmares' approaches, we spoke to the man himself at 2000Trees to discuss the new record, his ambitions in the music industry and more.

Gen and the Degenerates are set to be one of the breakout bands of the near future. Their brand of anthemic alt-rock has got their hardcore fans hooked, with the mainstream surely soon to follow. We spoke to singer Gen Glynn-Reeves and guitarist Sean Healand-Sloan about their first ever 2000trees experience and what their band represents.

It’s a brave new world for Deaf Havana, as the duo step out from behind the curtain with their new album and their biggest UK headline tour to date. And why wouldn’t they? They have the songs, they have the passion and most of all, they have each other. In 2022 that feels like a winning formula.

Heriot had been planning Download 2022 for two years - literally. After all, half of the band had arena tickets rolled over after the cancellation of the 2021 festival due to the pandemic. But they didn’t need those tickets as they were handed the keys to The Dogtooth Stage, for a Download experience they will never forget.

Monster Truck have been sitting on their latest album since just before the COVID witch swooped in to cast a shadow over all our lives. Fearful of releasing an album they were immensely proud of and having it lost in the pandemic panic and chaos, the Canadian foot-stomping rock juggernauts showed great patience, waiting until the time was right to release their latest musical baby into the world.

As UK live performance debuts go, playing Download Festival as an introduction to a new country isn’t half bad. That’s exactly what Dragged Under did this summer as they crossed the pond for their first run of live dates, which began with a first gig in front of tens of thousands on the hallowed turf of Donington Park.

Dead Posey penned a tribute to their fans in lockdown, declaring them ‘Moonstruck Lunatics’ and at Download, frontwoman Danyell Souza reckons they found their lunatics in their thousands. Speaking to Bring the Noise UK, she, and multi instrumentalist husband Tony Fagenson, heaped praise on their ‘Moonstruck Lunatics’, while explaining the driving force and catalyst for their significant musical evolution.

Max Bemis is back, four years since Say Anything announced their hiatus, with his brand new solo album under the moniker Maxim Mental - and sounds nothing like you may expect. We caught up with Bemis following the release to discuss the new project, his pathway as an artist, influences and more.