Did not get to seen White Fence as was elsewhere that point. There were a few bands I unfortunately missed this year- Teleman, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Martin Rossiter( seeing him in June though at Dome studio) Highlights yesterday were The Upskirts, The Orwells- hugely entertaining lead...
Last night watched the following-
Shuyler Jansen at Unitarian Church. Guy on his own playing some electro stuff which went down well with the crowd. ( This venue now has a bar round the back which is a welcome addition)
Queue for Deep Valley at Komedia was too large so along to Hope for a band...
If you are planning to see Ed Harcourt then Martin Rossiter is playing at the same venue at 8.00 p.m. Ex lead singer of Gene. Just him and a pianist playing some beautiful songs.
Getting pretty excited about this now. Due to work can only do the Thursday and Friday evenings which is a bit of a pain. Plan tomorrow is to see Girls Names and Finlay. Friday Martin Rossiter. Apart from that going to take a few risks and just see whats occurring.
Is any one else finding it...
if those three bands are playing three different days then you should be ok. Get to each venue early and be prepared to watch stuff you may not rate beforehand.
I have a friend who got a ticket two years ago just so he could see The Phantom Band who played for half an hour at Audio. The rest of the festival he spent in pubs drinking and clearly missing some excellent bands. Shame you are not able to make it this year. I have been to every one and have...
The last few years organisers have stuck the premise that the festival is for new bands. Where else would you get to see 30 plus acts for £40 over three days? I love the festival and always see it as the start of the summer festival calendar.
Good call on the separate thread. Not sure what to go and watch yet. More daytime gigs than ever this year. Will try and catch Darkstar, Charlie Boyer,Findlay, Parquet Courts, Martin Rossiter, Unknown Mortal Orchestra amongst others. Probably be some last minute additions as usual. I remember...