Last year’s Handmade Festival saw the likes of Bo Ningen, TOY and Slaves among others take over and cause havoc at Leicester’s O2 Academy. It was a heavy line up which had some great performances, including the crowd favourite God Damn.
At the end of this month, Handmade will be back again for three days with a completely new line up, showcasing the greatest talent in Leicester, along with some new acts to keep your eye on. Here is The Indiependent’s eight acts to see at Handmade Festival.
Big Deal
Big Deal are a band with an incredibly diverse music catalogue. Anthemic 2013 release, ‘Dream Machines’, is etherally amazing. It has even racked up close to one million views on Youtube – no thanks to the song lending itself the the Divergent movie soundtrack.
The London duo, have a really unique boy/girl dynamic going on, which often leads to some beautifully harmonies, as the two voices combine. There is definitely some Smashing Pumpkins mixed into the guitar work.
Big Deal will be playing on the main stage for the festival’s final day. Playing before headliners Los Campesinos and Swim Deep, but Big Deal are certainly no warm up act.