Dennis Mcnett procession – photo by Snack Rock and Pop Photography
Supersonic Festival 2018 took place on the 22-24 June across Digbeth, Birmingham. With rave reviews in both the press and from audiences alike.
The Arts Desk – 5 star review- https://www.theartsdesk.com/node/81602/view
“Supersonic Festival 2018 – Birmingham waves the flag for New Weird Britain Another vintage year for Digbeth’s annual showcase of the sonically strange…as audience members from around the UK, America, Japan and other far-flung parts of the globe got together to celebrate the weird and the wonderful.”
The Guardian – 4 star review- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/25/supersonic-festival-review-birmingham-shirley-collins
“Supersonic is a festival of cross-genre pollination, but also one that questions what genre is.”
The Skinny Magazine – 5 star review- http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-music/reviews/supersonic-2018-the-review
“Supersonic, you knocked it out the park once again. It’s so important to have this annual citybreak of adventurous sounds from yesterday and tomorrow. And we already can’t wait to return in 2019.’
Clash Magazine- https://www.clashmusic.com/live/live-report-supersonic-festival-2018
“there’s an undeniable sense that Supersonic is incomparable to any other UK music festival.”
“Supersonic are not so much who I’m writing this piece for as a reason I’m writing it. That is to say: the festival’s approach to choosing lineups is a prototype of how I prefer to envisage music’s underground. A space of interactivity rather than cramped, glowering sects, where sufficient imagination can cook up a conceptual link between any two given acts. In 2018, music fans are way less rigid in their tastes than they used to be. The reasons for this are complex, although not so complex that I can’t say ‘mainly because of the internet’, but on a micro level, many identifiable entities have helped to get listeners to swerve across multiple lanes. Supersonic is, I feel, one of them.”
Flush The Fashion- http://www.flushthefashion.com/music/supersonic-festival-22-24-june-2018-birmingham/
“Since its inaugural event in 2003, Supersonic has grown to be one of Europe’s standout alternative festivals. Centred around The Custard Factory and the industrial warehouses of Digbeth in Birmingham, Supersonic has constantly evolved to fulfil its mission statement of providing experimental music for curious audiences….That’s why there is no festival like Supersonic and that’s why it has built a loyal following over the last 15 years – long may it continue.”
Fighting Boredom- http://www.fighting-boredom.co.uk/live-review/supersonic-festival-2018-friday-live-review/
“Fighting Boredom’s favourite festival is here again. Set in the Custard Factory in Birmingham, Supersonic festival is where we come to hear old favourites, discover new inspiration and immerse ourselves in the best place ‘for curious audiences’.”
Pop Matters- https://www.popmatters.com/supersonic-festival-2018-2586958730.html
“In 2018, Supersonic returned with an impressive line-up, one of the strongest in its history. From extravagant producer Yves Tumor, score master Mark Korven, instrument aficionados Mario Batkovic and Andrea Belfi, to legendary folk singer Shirley Collins, psychedelic gurus Dwarfs of East Agouza, punk legends the Ex, and black metal masters Wolves in the Throne Room, Supersonic extended its grasp.”
Echoes and Dust- https://www.echoesanddust.com/2018/07/supersonic-festival/
“Supersonic is an absolute champion among festivals, a unique and precious thing, a banquet for the musically curious.”
What’s on Brum- 5 star review – https://whatson.guide/2018/06/28/supersonic-festival-review/
“Supersonic promotes the most challenging and experimental music. Whether it’s brutalising electronica, hard EDM, noise, doom psyche or bombastic black metal, it’s here. If there’s anything more extreme, no doubt it would eventually end up at Supersonic. This is a festival not afraid to take chances.”