Art, Music and Travel Articles and Travel Advice
50 Photos to Get You in the Festival Mood
Festival season! If you need to push your mates to get booking, just show them these pics and they'll be on it quicker than you can say 'Glastonbury'...
The European Festivals Calendar
Summer's here, which can only mean on thing... festivals! Check out our European Festivals Calendar to get you in the mood to party your summer away.
The Craziest and Best Festivals in Malaysia
Malaysia, famous for being a melting pot of culture, can serve up some sumptuous festivals of its own. Here are some of the craziest and best Malaysian festivals.
25 of the Best UK Music Festivals
A rundown of the best music festivals in the UK this summer featuring where exactly they are, how much they cost, and the top three line up announcements...
More Than Just Fridge Magnets
We couldn't resist the opportunity to chat to the frontman of The Fridge Magnets, the band that NME have named 'Scotland's buzziest / drunkest band'.
Playlists
We've searched through our messages boards and included some of your favourite tracks (as well as a few of our own) so get listening to some bangin tunes!
Loving Life with Lex Luca
Lex Luca has worked with the best in the business. The hugely talented DJ and producer is currently living in Costa Rica, so had a chat about music and travel.
Chatting to Coda
Deep, dark bass vibrates through the ground, a tasty drum beat cuts through the cold air and a drawn out trombone note is carried on the crisp autumn breeze.
Travelling, Tunes and Bucket Lists
The One Twos ; brilliant songs and even better shows. We caught up with frontman Matt Clark to chat about two of our favourite things, music and travelling.
Tours, Triumphs and 2012
You Me At Six have had a big year in which they've managed to bag themselves a Kerrang! award (again) and saw their latest album go gold.
Gap Years and Guitars
Indian Red Lopez are just about to drop their debut album, 'Empty Your Lungs and Breathe', and embark on a National tour from Aberdeen to London.
Getting Deep and Dirty with Picnick
Picnick hasn't been on the dance scene for that long but he's already taking his parties from London to Spain. We caught up with him to see what he's in to.
November Music Festival Guide 2012
What's better than getting off the plane and straight into a festival? Our music festival guide will tell you exactly where you need to be.
An Edinburgh Fringe Experience
For three weeks the population of Scotland's capital doubles and the city plays host to a vast number of cultural events and shows. Armed with only a camera, gapyear.com's webmaster Cormac Scanlan was dispatched to the Edinburgh Fringe to soak up and document as much arty, cultural festivalness as he could.
Circular Breathing: A Guide by Tom Griffiths
For those of you reading this who have no idea what ‘circular breathing’ is, it is simply a technique for playing an instrument that enables you to keep an unbroken note flowing. Saxophonists and trumpet players use it to enable them to play and play, as do Aboriginals who invented the technique thousands of years ago in order to play the digeridoo.
