God Is In The TV - Reading & Leeds Festival Special 2013 August 2013 | Page 6

mallory Knox Beez’s s one To waTcH scuzz tv and teamrock radio host Beez sorts the Wheat from the chaff to let you knoW the Bands that everyone Will Be talking aBout on their Way home from this year's reading & leeds festivals. Having released a debut album that superseded the hype that surrounded it and having recently headlined a prestigious Radio 1 Rocks night, Mallory Knox have arguably been the breakout British rock act of 2013. That this feels like only the start of what they’re capable of makes their R&L main stage debut a must-see event. main stage reading Saturday 24th leeds Sunday 25th QuicKsand One of the most seminal and well-loved posthardcore acts of the 90’s, you’d have to be out of your frigging mind to miss Quicksand’s first UK show in over 14 years. They’ve influenced most of your favourite bands and grown men will weep if they drop ‘Fazer’. locK up stage reading Friday 23rd leeds Saturday 24th city and colour Dallas Green has a velvet voice. It’ll touch you in places that’ll make your genitals feel the best kind of funny. City And Colour define beautiful, heartfelt song writing and their live show will reduce you to butter within seconds. Get sensitive, bro. nme/bbc radio 1 stage reading Sunday 25th leeds Friday 23rd crossfaith The best live band to emerge in years and years and years. It sounds like a bold claim, I know, but these Japanese rave metal warriors have an all encompassing live show that bounds with unwavering energy, fistpumping synthesizers and guttural riffing to rumble your rib cage like you’ve sat on a pneumatic drill. Miss this lot at your peril. rocK stage reading Sunday 25th leeds Friday 23rd bring me the horiZon It seems churlish at this point to have BMTH in a list like this but the astronomical strides that the band are continuing to make means they are an essential watch this weekend even if you’ve seen them countless times. ‘Sempiternal’ is the album of the year and Horizon could still the whole festival this weekend. main stage reading Friday 23rd leeds Saturday 24th 04 | godisinthetvzine.co.uk God is in the TV.indd 6 02/09/2013 13:15