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Sziget Days 1 and 2: Dua Lipa and Kings of Leon and Fans Kick up the Dust

Sziget Days 1 and 2: Dua Lipa and Kings of Leon and Fans Kick up the Dust

Sziget, Europe’s biggest party and music festival, is back in full swing, with visitors from 103 countries and artists from 54 countries, but also some major structural changes.

Sziget Festival 2022 Is Back with Joyful Exuberance

Sziget Festival 2022 Is Back with Joyful Exuberance

Europe’s arguably biggest music festival, Sziget Festival, is even better than before the pandemic shutdown and shows no sign of toning its enormous ambition down. Why should it?

Best New Songs: Röyksopp, Jax Jones, Jordan Stephens, Obongjayar

Best New Songs: Röyksopp, Jax Jones, Jordan Stephens, Obongjayar

The PM Picks playlist spotlights the best new songs across the varied genres we cover. This week features Röyksopp, Jax Jones, Jordan Stephens, and more.

‘Doom Days’ Indeed for Bastille

‘Doom Days’ Indeed for Bastille

On their third studio record, Doom Days, Bastille continue their slide into mainstream blandness.

The 1975 + Bastille Celebrate the Holidays with Pandora

The 1975 + Bastille Celebrate the Holidays with Pandora

Pandora's annual Holiday Live event brought one of 2016's hottest bands to NYC for a free show.
Bastille – “Send Them Off!” (Singles Going Steady)

Bastille – “Send Them Off!” (Singles Going Steady)

Bastille are a band that goes for the grand and bombastic most all the time, and "Send Them Off!" is no exception.
Sziget 2016, Day 3: Editors, UNKLE and Bastille Storm the Island

Sziget 2016, Day 3: Editors, UNKLE and Bastille Storm the Island

After two days of alternating weather and headlining acts of alternating quality, the third, or officially Day 1 of the Sziget Festival, brought about some much-needed guitar and alt-rock.
Bastille – “Fake It” (Singles Going Steady)

Bastille – “Fake It” (Singles Going Steady)

"Fake It" is a crepuscular, R&B-shaded synthpop ballad forged from heavyhearted nostalgia and gilded in flickering neon.
“This Awesome, Uncontrollable Surprise”: An Interview with Bastille

“This Awesome, Uncontrollable Surprise”: An Interview with Bastille

Mercedes-Benz has been curating a five-month, five-stop tour to try and target millennials, with Bastille as one hell of a headliner. For Bastille, it's just "exciting to have a whole new set of songs to play."
Bastille on “Sound Advice with Jenna Slater” (video) + Tour Dates

Bastille on “Sound Advice with Jenna Slater” (video) + Tour Dates

Bastille, one of PopMatters' favorite new artists, recently appeared on SNL comedian Vanessa Bayer's web series, Sound Advice with Jenna Slater.

The Best New / Emerging Artists of 2013

Bastille – “Oblivion” (Live @ Capitol Studios) (video) + Tour Dates