Print Features Editor Jaysim Hanspal reviews the Poltimore launch party at Exeter Cavern
Poltimore Festival
Preview: Poltimore Festival 2018
Poltimore Festival is a music and arts festival taking place on May 27th, located just outside Exeter in the striking setting of Poltimore House. Once an absolutely stunning country house, it is now unfortunately in desperate need of renovation, and so profits from the festival go to its aid. The festival makes full use of […]
Poltimore Sessions 2017 | Private Agenda
In collaboration with XTV and Poltimore Festival, Exeposé Music is hyped to present the Poltimore Sessions, where local artists on Poltimore Festival’s esteemed bill play a live set in the run up to the big day. First up… Private Agenda “Berlin-based disco dreamboats” is their go-to Exeposé Music moniker, but this doesn’t quite do them […]
Poltimore Sessions 2017 | Sophie Sutton
In collaboration with XTV and Poltimore Festival, Exeposé Music is hyped to present the Poltimore Sessions, where local artists on Poltimore Festival’s esteemed bill play a live set in the run up to the big day. This episode… Sophie Sutton Sophie Sutton is a singer-songwriter on the rise. Described as “one of the finest singer-songwriters […]
BREAKING: Poltimore Festival Headliner Announced
Matthew and the Atlas That’s right, the crowning cherry on top of Exeter’s edgiest arts event has been confirmed. Indie-folk quintet Matthew and the Atlas will be gracing Poltimore House’s hallowed halls come May. Having just finished a sell-out European tour with Bear’s Den, Q Magazine has described the band as ‘the British Bon Iver’, […]
Poltimore Sessions 2017 | Gabriel Moreno & The Quivering Poets
In collaboration with XTV and Poltimore Festival, Exeposé Music is hyped to present the Poltimore Sessions, where local artists on Poltimore Festival’s esteemed bill play a live set in the run up to the big day. This episode… Gabriel Moreno & The Quivering Poets Known as a Gibraltan Leonard Cohen, a bardic troubadour, songster and […]
Poltimore Sessions 2017 | Delmer Darion
In collaboration with XTV and Poltimore Festival, Exeposé Music is hyped to present the Poltimore Sessions, where local artists on Poltimore Festival’s esteemed bill play a live set in the run up to the big day. First up… Delmer Darion Exeter’s electronic titans Delmer Darion – Tom Lenton and Oliver Jack – have been conjuring […]
Live Review: Poltimore Festival Launch @ Phoenix, Exeter
At times Exeter Uni’s music scene leaves something to be desired. It might be easy to turn your nose up at its modest institutions and its humbly strumming virtuosos, especially if you’ve been snuffling around Bristol’s musically dank sanctums – dripping with edge and bloated with vape smoke. While they may have a cold-war cargo […]
Track Review: Delmer Darion – Reflections
If you’re reading this, play the video at the top of the page first. Right now. Seriously, just do yourself a favour and click that play button, because it’s not worth wasting any more of your time not listening to this song. If you’re not familiar with Delmer Darion, even better – there’s two albums’ […]
“A rock band, not a bleedin’ splish-splash show!”: An Interview with Black Thistles
How does the South West shape a rock band? For the Exmouth-born Black Thistles it gave them a solid alt-rock sound and a penchant for smart songwriting. They’re set to perform at Exeter’s hottest upcoming event – Poltimore Festival, a revivified independent music festival, more edgy than a vaping dodecahedron, so I called band-mates “Paul” […]