Higher Ground festival announces The Staves as headliner for 2023

Higher Ground is back for 2023 for a one-day festival at London’s iconic venue The Roundhouse. Headlining this edition is The Staves with The Orielles, Tawiah and Aiofe Nessa Frances completing the initial lineup.

It’s a decade since The Staves self-released their first EP and a lot has happened since then. Their music has changed significantly from the acoustic pastoralism of their 2012 debut album Dead & Born & Grown through to their critically embraced 2015 album If I Was which Stereogum described as “unimaginably beautiful”. Their third album Good Woman, released last year, was written and recorded amid major upheaval, heartbreak and bereavement. The new-found boldness, loudness and lyrical directness on this record are indicative of lives forced to become a serious concern. Higher Ground will be The Staves only live headline London performance in 2023.

Featured

Inspired #462 - Matt Hansen

Fast becoming one of America's most notable exports - singer-songwriter Matt Hansen has just announced that his debut album 'Orchid' will be out this summer.

Long Read // Blair Davie opens up on new single, announces EP and international shows

Blair Davie opens up about the inspiration behind past, present, and future releases and continues their musical adventures with a series of sold out shows!

Artist Of The Week #324 - girli

This week’s Artist of the Week is girli - who has just released her third studio album ‘it’s just my opinion’.

JPEGMAFIA - 'War Over Land'

JPEGMAFIA turns chaos into cinema on “War Over Land”.

Live Review: Love Rarely - The Grace, London 06/05/2026

Love Rarely bring an intense emo math rock set to Highbury/Islington’s Grace that shows they’re ready for bigger things; with excellent support from the likes of Sunday Best – we’ve just witnessed the first London headline of the next great hardcore band

Album Review: Basement - ‘WIRED’

After years of playing shows, reminiscing over their old bangers and becoming more musically complete than ever, Basement are back after 8 years with their new album ‘WIRED’, showing them off at their most profound and well-versed to date while still maintaining that brutal tenacity they have become renowned for.

Long Read // Newcastle jazz wizards Knats on their upcoming album “A Great Day In Newcastle”

Hailing from the infamous city in the north-east of England, the trio have brought their “unequivocally Geordie” anthems straight to the forefront of a London dominated scene.

Album Review: girli - 'it’s just my opinion'

It’s hard to believe that she’s already been making music for over ten years now, but this is not girli’s first rodeo.

Citizen - 'Highs and Lows’

Three years on from their last project, Ohio’s own alternative underdogs take another medley of influences and weld it into a transient and catchy electro-punk masterpiece to usher in their all-new album ‘Halcyon Blues’.

Live Review: Just Mustard - Brixton Electric, London 29/04/2026

Dundalk shoegazers Just Mustard are as mesmerising as ever, playing a sold-out show at London’s Electric Brixton on Wednesday night.

CUTSCENE - 'Concrete Line'

On ‘Concrete Line’, Cutscene come with the kind of moody, poetic rock that has flourished in the UK and Ireland in recent years.

Live News: Passenger announced open-air Brighton show at Hove Park

On the streets of Brighton, a voice once stopped people in their tracks. This September, it’s set to stop a city.

WTHB OnlineMarch 28, 2023Features, News