End of the Road Festival programme 2009 by Fleeing from Pigeons

END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL 2009

CONTENTS

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Introduction Welcome to Larmer Tree Essential Info Environmental Initiatives Healing Field Art Art Installations Screenprinting Behind the Scenes The Local Artist A-Z Cinema Extra Activities Workshops Comedy Music Bingo Music Quiz Scrabble Sunday SWIPE Scandinavia Scandinavian Flavours Kubb EOTR Records Fleeing from Pigeons Coming Up Thank Yous Running Times Cinema Workshops Bands Comedy Map

INTRODUCTION

After three years of telling you all what a wonderful position it is to be in to organise ‘the perfect festival’ in End of the Road, for our fourth programme introduction, organisers Simon Taffe and Sofia Hagberg decided to open their introduction up to answer questions you all have about the whys and what-nots of putting together the festival. Here’s what you asked, and what they say...

How did you find Larmer Tree Gardens? (Simon Coats) Simon: When I got the idea for a festival, I kept it to myself as I thought the first step is to find a venue. After some weeks of rejecting venues and being rejected I was frustrated. Then one night I got simple, googled “Festival Site to Hire”, Larmer Tree came up, I went there with Sofia, fell in love (with the site) and booked it.

How do you feel about larger festivals like Glastonbury and Reading? (Oli Wilkes) Sofia: I remember going to Reading back in 98, it was so exciting at that age and I believe that any event that brings people together around something positive, such as music, is a good thing. Nowadays I prefer smaller and more intimate festivals... but I still love Glastonbury... and Roskilde is pretty good too.

What’s the hardest thing about running a small festival? (Sophie Bernard) Sofia: There are two things that are equally hard – staying within budget and also the massive workload, as we’re still a very small team with only one of us working full time.

Given the popularity of the festival are you going to increase the capacity or move the festival in the future? (Sarah Robson) Simon: I think we will stay at this venue, but don’t hold me to it. If moving felt right and allowed me to book Tom Waits I would, although I don’t really want to move.

What do you feel sets your festival apart from the others? (James Taylor) Simon: One guy told my mum, ‘it’s like being in his own living room with his own stereo.’ The music, even the recorded stuff between sets, is just what he would put on. And we try to surprise. Sofia: We only book bands that we personally love.

Have there been any incidences of peacock/human escapades in previous years? (Steph Wood) Sofia: Not really, although someone emailed me before the festival last year to ask where the peacocks were allowed to roam, as she was scared of them and was thinking of not coming. But she came, overcame her fears and made peace with the peacocks.

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What do you like most about the festival? (Joseph Westry) Simon: The week before the festival: building, decorating, setting up the creative stuff, often getting behind schedule and then catching up to have it all ready in time for everybody’s arrival on the Friday. Sofia: The people! They are all such friendly, happy, open minded and caring people that it makes all the hard work worthwhile. Whose your favourite band to have played in the past? (Sal James) Simon: Richard Hawley, Archie Bronson Outfit, Micah P Hinson, David Thomas Broughton, Dirty Three, Bob Log III, Yo La Tengo, Bon Iver, Brakes... This could go on forever, I don’t book bands I don’t like.

If you had no financial or physical limitations, what would your dream End of the Road look like? (Paul Guest) Simon: A bit like a dream. It would be like the big Rock Candy Mountains you would have beer running from fountains, it would get a bit silly.

Who are you most looking forward to playing this year? (Joshua Banks) Sofia: Herman Dune, Loney Dear, Mumford & Sons, The Low Anthem, Charlie Parr, Alela Diane, The Acorn, Efterklang, Dent May, First Aid Kit, Magnolia Electric Co, Bob Log III, Soy Un Caballo and of course Brakes as always... Simon: The Horrors, The Low Anthem, Charlie Parr, Bob Log III, Steve Earle, David Thomas Broughton on the main stage and ....... Is it hard to convince bigger bands to play? (Sunny Taylor) Sofia: It’s not so much to do with ‘convincing’ – it’s more to do with timing! Bigger bands have such busy diaries and are often tied down to recording, filming, playing elsewhere etc, which makes it difficult sometimes... and then there’s also the financial side, we just don’t have the same kind of budget as most other festivals. Simon: If they know what we are all about then it’s easy. But if we are just treated like another gig on the tour then it can be difficult. We try to make sure the bands really know what we do first.

Do you think Glastonbury would be better if they let the cows roam around like the peacocks do at End of the Road? (Jeremy Style) Simon: Cows will sometimes see us as predators, but maybe in India it would work, probably not in Somerset. We will definitely stick to our peacocks.

WELCOME TO LARMER TREE

“Well, it’s not really what you’d expect at a music festival, is it?” muses Andy Rampton, head gardener of the Rushmore Estate. “Most of the time you’ll be lucky to get much more than a field with a stage plonked in the middle of it. But just look at what we’ve got here – I mean, there can’t be many music festivals which have their very own peacocks now can there?” The man’s got a point. Whether you’re a first time End of the Roader or a four-year veteran, the festival’s glorious setting in the grounds of Larmer Tree never fails to steal your breath away, but while you’re admiring the sights this weekend, spare a thought for the horticultural

crew who spend their days getting the gardens ready for their turn in the festival spotlight. “An enormous amount of work goes into making sure the gardens look their best for the festival,” explains Andy. “We use up sixty tons of sand for drainage, and it takes us two weeks just to lay down the matting in the main arena. It’s a massive job, but I wouldn’t miss it for the world.” For most festival goers, End of the Road is their first introduction to Larmer Tree, but the gardens’ roots actually stretch back to the Domesday Book, when the area formed part of the great royal hunting ground known as the Cranborne Chase. The gardens later belonged to Earl Rivers’ huge Rushmore Estate. But the present-day gardens are the brainchild of one man: General Augustus Lane-Fox, an amateur archaeologist, social philanthropist and classic English eccentric who inherited the estate from his greatuncle in the early 1880s. Having assumed the Pitt-Rivers title and given up his career as a military rifle-trainer in Malta, the General set about transforming his estate into a lavish pleasure garden for the education and enlightenment of the great unwashed. “He was an amazing man,” notes Andy. “He deeply believed in the capacity of beautiful things – art, nature, landscape – to create a

more harmonious society. He was an aristocrat, but in many ways he was also a social pioneer. The garden was designed from the outset to be something beautiful and inspirational – for me, that’s what makes working here such a pleasure.” Over the next decade Pitt-Rivers turned Larmer Tree into one of the greatest show gardens of its day, planting formal lawns and laurel hedges, establishing arboretums and picnic gardens, and shipping in exotic buildings including a Roman temple, a Nepalese Lodge and the famous ‘Singing Theatre’ (the only structure of its kind outside Milan). They were the first private gardens to be opened free of charge to the English public, and by 1889, 44,000 people were pouring through the gates every year to attend PittRivers’ programmes of poetry readings, play recitals, concerts and open-air dances. Sadly, the gardens fell into decline following the General’s death in 1900, but the devastating storms of 1987 (aided by a restoration grant from English Heritage) prompted their unexpected renaissance; Larmer Tree reopened to great fanfare in 1995 and has since gone from strength to strength. “For me, it’s fantastic to see the gardens being used and enjoyed again,” explains Andy. “That’s why having events like End of the Road

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here is so great – we’re carrying on the traditions the General started a century ago. He might not have got all the music, but he certainly would have understood the sentiment behind it.” Sharing the gardens with 5,000 festival goers presents its own special problems, however. “Cans and plastic cups are the main headache,” admits Andy. “We keep finding them for weeks afterwards. Bottle-tops are even worse – they play havoc with our lawnmowers. But more than anything, we’d really appreciate it if people didn’t mistake the hedges for toilets – the General planted them to be looked at, not used as lavatories.” Despite the challenges of staging a major music festival, for Andy the end results justify the effort. “It’s worth every minute of work to see the look on people’s faces when they walk into the main arena. There’s something special about this place: people seem to fall in love with it the minute they see it. I’ve been here for every End of the Road, and it just gets more magic every year.” The General would certainly be proud! (OB) Larmer Tree is available for weddings if you fall in love at this year’s End of the Road. For more information visit: www.larmertreegardens.co.uk

ESSENTIAL INFO

Noise Protection Exposure to loud noise can damage your hearing and in particular the hearing of children. Please be prepared with well fitting ear protection for you and your children. Noise protection ear plugs can be obtained from the Information Point. First Aid The First Aid Point is situated near the Information Point and the bar in the main field, and at night the First Aid is located in the campsite at the corner of the village/festival arena, behind the children’s area. There will always be an ambulance on duty in case of an emergency. Please ask the stewards if you need help. Children Please ensure that children are always accompanied by an adult. A child wrist band should have a parent’s mobile number written on it. Although we have a children’s area, we have no areas where children can be left to be supervised by others. Lost and unaccompanied children will be taken to the Information Point by stewards/security. Nappies should be tied up in a plastic bag and disposed of in any of the general waste bins.

We Thank You For Respecting the gardens & the environment. Respecting the peacocks & the parrots. Respecting the art installations – the artists have spent a lot of time making them. Respecting one another. Smiling! Please Don’t smoke inside any tents/venues Don’t leave any valuables in your tent during the day. You can use the Friends of the Earth Lockup At night, keep your valubles inaccessible – for example with you in your sleeping bag! Camping Please don’t make noise when other people are sleeping. Showers Please use vegetable-based soap or shampoo to minimise environmental impact. To avoid long queues, please take a shower during the afternoon or early evening. Recycling Recycle points are spread strategically across the site, y’all know what to do.

Lost property Lost property is logged and looked after at the Information Point (both in the arena and in the campsite). Once the festival is over, Sophie will look after all lost property in the festival office and she can be contacted onendoftheroadtickets@gmail.com Disabled Facilities There are disabled toilets in the disabled camping area, near the Garden Stage and near the Big Top Stage. The Garden Stage has a disabled viewing platform, and there will be a viewing facility in the Big Top too. Please ask the stewards whenever help is required. Merchandise End of the Road merchandise is available on site. There are Tshirts on sale, all ethically made; different sizes and images. There are also festival poster screenprints on offer – some made on site, all are limited edition, and disappear rapidly. There’s also a stall where you can purchase merchandise from the bands playing – T-shirts, CDs, records etc. And if you’re not able to buy directly from the artist, you can also try Rough Trade. End of the Road Records will also be selling exclusive singles and albums.

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Bars (Please Drink Responsibly!) Jam Events are the excellent and lovely people running our bars. The Main Bar in the field and the Gardens Bar open at 11am and run through until late at night. The Tipi Tent Bar is open until at least 3am. We will be serving an Ale of the Day, an interesting range of local ales, and a specially brewed festival ale courtesy of the oldest brewery in Britain â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Shepherd Neame. There is a good selection of cocktails, wine and spirits, and if there is something you would like to see served next year, please let us know. Early Bird offer If you want to buy tickets for next year, the Early Bird offer will be available from our website, at a discounted price for a limited period of time after the festival: www.endoftheroadfestival.com

Smoking Please remember that it is against the law to smoke in the tents and other enclosed spaces across the festival site. Please respect the wishes of your fellow music lovers and smoke in outdoor areas only. Thanks!

ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES

Recycling We are providing recycling stations/ bins across the whole festival site and we hope to recycle as much of our waste as possible. Cup Return Scheme To help keep the site clean and tidy Jam Events bars will be implementing a 5p cup return scheme (cash). All the plastic cups used at the bars are fully recyclable and made from 95% recycled materials as well as being 100% shatterproof (minimising litter). So if you don’t want your 5p, do at least make sure it goes into a recycling bin. Thanks. Lift Share Scheme A big thank you to all of those who have signed up to our Lift Share Scheme this year, it helps you save money by sharing the travel costs, it reduces the amount of congestion on the roads, as well as being kind to our environment and making new friends. At last year’s festival, your lift sharing saved: 67,088 miles, £6,709 and 6,838 trees, which is a lot more than the year before. Please sign up again next year if you’re driving and have a spare seat: www.liftshare.org Programme This programme is printed on 100% recycled paper, produced using 100% post consumer, de-inked waste.

Food and Market Stalls There are a variety of exciting food stalls at End of the Road, and apart from making sure it’s quality food, we ask all caterers to provide organic and locally-sourced food. There is also a ban on polystyrene, with all utensils having to be biodegradable. And from the traders we ask that their products are ethically-sourced and Fair Trade. Tangerine Fields You can pre book tents and yurts/ tipis with or without airbeds, sleeping bag and stoves/kettles. If you’re in a group they’ll pitch you with your friends or if you’re travelling alone, look onto their Facebook site to say hello to other campers. They’re as green as it gets as all their tents are looked after and reused, and used sleeping bags are yours to keep or leave with them, and they will pass them onto charity. www.tangerinefields.co.uk Freedom Lager End of the Road is proud to involve Freedom Brewery for a third year running. Freedom is a small UK brewery using water from a natural underground spring lake, which helps contribute to an excellent tasting, organic and vegan lager. And due to it being brewed in the UK, the carbon footprint is a lot less than for imported beer.

HEALING FIELD

Room With a View Enjoying its fourth year of success, The Relaxation Room is again providing it’s exceptional level of rejuvenation, wellbeing and a sense of tranquility within the environs of this year’s End of the Road Festival. Like wine matured to a fine bouquet, The Relaxation Room provides no compromise with regards to the complete relaxation of mind, body and soul. The Secret Garden for 2009 opens its tranquility and serenity to all those seeking an inner sanctum at the hands of Miss Catherine Hunt and her team. If the eyes are the windows to the soul, and the ears the drum

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to the heart, Catherine and her team’s ability to protect and nurture your inner soul to a finely tuned instrument beckons your attention for this 2009 session. Sit, relax, rejuvenate – talk openly and freely and pleasure your soul in physical wellbeing, underneath the hands of talented and skilled professionals. As further proof to both the event and its growing following, three new therapies are available for you to enjoy: Traditional Thai, Acupuncture and Pregnancy Massage. Traditional Thai is an ancient energy based healing system that incorporates Acupressure and assisted Yoga Postures. Acupuncture: “It’s not about trying to change you into something else, just make you more of who you really are” Richard Brook. Pregnancy: A female practitioner will help soothe those aches and pains as your body bursts into bloom. Other treatments for 2009 include: Holistic, Deep Tissue, Sports, Indian Head, Onsite, Swedish Massage, Reflexology and Thai Foot Reflexology, Reiki Healing and Energy Healing, Acupressure, Aromatherapy, Holistic Palmistry, Classical Osteopathy. All the practitioners have individual tents and facilities in the Healing Retreat inside the Gardens, all are fully insured and professionally qualified.

Fourth Wall Formed in 2005, Fourth Wall Creations (FWC) is a small, Londonbased, multi-disciplinary creative practice. They have brought some of their unique art installations to the End of the Road festival and inviting visitors to touch, explore and interact with their work over the course of the weekend. Inspired by a wide range of topics including architecture, science and nature, their work provokes an immediate response through the creation of beautiful and surprising environments. Below the surface of the artworks often lies a deeper message, intended to become apparent on later reflection. As part of their contribution to this year’s festival, FWC have recreated their successful ‘Living’ Room installation – with a new, exciting, EOTR twist! ‘Living’ Room was originally created as a playful exploration of the idea of self-sufficiency in urban life. In addition to this they will also be creating a totally new mystery installation, especially for the festival, entitled: ‘Bumbershoot!’. Come along and discover their intriguing artworks for yourself, in the beautiful environment of the Larmer Tree Gardens.

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It Came Out Magical... It Came Out Magical is an exhibition of photography by Ro Cemm. The exhibition is being held in The Pavilion. Ro Cemm is a freelance writer and photographer. He has been published in The Wire, Clash, Riot on the Rocks and The Line Of Best Fit and in May this year he was shortlisted for ‘Best of the Festival’ at Brighton Open House Festival. The exhibition features artists and performances from the past four years of End of The Road events. Emily Warren Illustrator/maker Emily Warren started making animals out of cardboard boxes whilst studying for her Illustration MA at Central St Martins. She has been busy ever since making animals both large and small mainly out of materials that would otherwise have been thrown away. (www.thestealthyrabbit. blogspot.com) 13

Keira Rathbone Typewriter Artist Keira Rathbone carved out a place in the UK art world using a typewriter to create unique images. Inspired by nature, people and places, Keira uses the appropriate characters of her 1960s typewriter to gradually build up an image of the subject she will portray. Often taking her typewriter out into the public domain, Keira’s quirky practice takes on an element of performance – an unexpected, interesting aspect that the she encourage the development of dressing the part. She creates a visual tribute to vintage eras in style which, placed out of context provokes intrigue and comment from all walks of life. Keira’s recent commissions include the cover artwork of Malcolm Middleton 2009 album ‘Waxing Gibbous’. Listen out for that unmistakable tapping sound of Keira typing live in the Library in the Woods throughout the End of the Road Festival 2009. (www.keirarathbone.com)

Screenprinting Coming together at End of the Road to provide you with high quality produced, screen-printed posters are Switchopen and Jacknife. Switchopen is the illustration and design company run by Nick Rhodes, who has created hand screen-printed limited edition posters for bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, The Decemberists, Elbow and Ian Brown. He began by illustrating rock posters for his friend’s band, progressing in to screen-printing when he purchased and set up his own screen print shop in Manchester. Nick illustrates and hand prints all of his poster work, delivering unique hand drawn and detailed imagery within each of his posters. Jacknife create hand screenprinted, limited edition, gig and tour posters for all kinds of bands from all over the world. The Bristol-based company’s wide-ranging posters include Blur, Genghis Tron, Melt Banana and Seasick Steve. All their posters are printed on 320g high quality card, they use only ‘Daler Rowney’ system 3 inks and each poster is signed and numbered as part of a strictly limited print run. Their prints make a great alternative to cheapo posters and T-shirts as part of a band’s merchandising and always go down a storm with the punters.

BEHIND THE SCENES

The Library in the Woods The library in the forest is a favourite among many festivalgoers at End of the Road, offering a muchappreciated opportunity to chill with a book and a mulled cider in the solace of the trees between acts. We caught up with carpenter Alex Cronin, one of those charged with creating the magic, to ask some questions about how it all comes together, and some of his personal favourites from the forest setup...

Where do your ideas come for the decorations and layout of the forest? The ideas for that area and the rest of the festival come mainly from Simon and Jason Lehner, who are the visionaries. My input is more on the technical side, making sure whatever is being built will be structurally sound and workable. As an example, the shelves around the tree in the library had to be built without any screws or other fixings going into the trunk, so I built it with supports that angle into the tree, and it holds itself together under its own weight. How long does setting up take? About a week on site, but prior to that there are other things going on (usually in Simon’s back garden).

Can we expect any new additions to the forest this year? Of course, but people will have to find them themselves! If cost and power were not an issue, what would you love to see at the festival? Personally I would like to string up a high-tension wire between the trees in the library, and have some swinging sofas. I would also like to build a onepiece spiral shelf that twists around a tree, and has the books on it. What would you say is your favourite part of the setup? I have several best bits... firstly, arriving on site (usually in the dark) to a big, empty, unlit field, and knowing that in a week or so the place will be packed. It’s the calm before the storm. My next is on the Friday, around midday when the main stage and forest area are opened to the public. By that time we are all half burnt out and in need of showers. As soon as those gates open, that’s it, the tools get packed up and it’s party time. What do you think makes End of the Road special in comparison to all the other festivals out there? The fact that it is intimate, arty and has a great atmosphere. (SL)

THE LOCAL

The Local put on shows all over the world, and bring some of the best independent artists around to a dedicated audience. Having started out in Crouch End in North London, this will be the third year that Howard Monk and Lucy Jamieson have put on a bewildering array of talent at End of the Road. From secret Herman Dune sets in the depths of night in their first year, last year saw The Local grow even bigger, with sets from Wildbirds & Peacedrums, The Chap and The Miserable Rich proving to be massive festival highlights. This year though, arguably the best line-up yet amasses in The Local for three days of fun, frolics and amazing music. “We’re really privileged to work with such amazing artists, and we’re just delighted to have them at this most excellent festival,” says Howard. “We’ve got our usual blend of the weird and the wonderful and we can’t wait to get moving...” And to give you all a taste of what to expect, we asked Howard to highlight some of the acts he has on this year:

The Week That Was “Experimental in name and concept, if not specifically in sound, The Week That Was are a difficult bunch to describe, with the easiest correlations being drawn from Abbey Road-era Beatles, some kind of strange cousin of Genesis, coupled with a distinctly 2008 edgy, 80s revivalist edge.” Quack Quack “The music of Quack Quack isn’t easy to categorise, but take a shared spirit of improvisation and a healthy disregard for well trodden musical paths and you’re moving in the right direction. Quack Quack operate right next to your heartbeat and your footsteps. They understand the importance of rhythm and use it to get the good chemicals flowing. This is music for dancing and smiling.” The Travelling Band “Manchester six-piece, The Travelling Band take influence from folk, county, psyche and rock before filtering it through their own sunshine-pop sensibility. Rarely has a British band of recent times sounded this fresh and timeless, here is a band who excel at sounding happy, sad, frustrated, and vulnerable, often at the same time, and their best songs are bursting with energy and wisdom.”

Zun Zun Egui “East African guitar practice hotwired to Zappa like subversions and underpinned by a thumping rhythm section sounds hot. This is where the wild music lives on. Political, inspirational and dance. A heavy, heavy dance band.” Magic Arm “So much music is safe, predictable, a commodity, but Magic Arm is here to remind you that it can still be liberating, messy and powerful. Radio 1’s Zane Lowe and Huw Stephens, and Marc Riley, are already fans. He has supported the likes of Beirut, Iron & Wine and James Yorkston. Steve Lamacq declared Magic Arm’s Glastonbury festival debut a highlight, while the Manchester Evening News have dubbed him: ‘The most innovative and sparkling new musician in the city.’” She Keeps Bees “Formed in 2006, Brooklyn’s She Keeps Bees are a couple/band you WON’T want to slap the crap out of. Their music is bluesy, but not what you’re thinking. Jessica sings ‘til her stomach hurts while Andy holds down the rhythm – lumberjack style. “The music is simple, gritty and downright sexy... Howlin’ Wolf and Millie Jackson to start, but you’ll probably hear PJ Harvey in there too.”

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The Heavy “The Heavy continually cross genres as they are proud to be completely musically schizophrenic. From country to rhythm and blues, garage punk to rock and roll, Studio one to the slums of shaolin, you’ll find that The Heavy are indeed like a pack of chemists with the way that genres get cooked up, blended, stirred and then mixed, to create their own unique style of rock and roll.” Stardeath and White Dwarfs “After spending the last few years traversing the galaxy as the road crew for fellow Oklahomans The Flaming Lips, these four young men have gained a collective lifetime worth of knowledge and experience while inadvertently inhaling enough helium and confetti to power a freefloating circus of their own.”

Au “Au is the work of Luke Wyland. Conceived in 2005 while finishing up his degree from the Massachussetts College of Art and moved across the country to find its roots in the thriving community of Portland, OR. It’s now a live band with an everchanging roster of players. It’s sound is vast and treads a narrow bridge between the loose-associations of the backwoods freak-folk crowd and the more formalised concoctions of art-poppers like Brian Eno.”

The Heavy

ARTIST A-Z

The Acorn

The Acorn Garden Stage. Sat. 16:45-17:45 Sounding like a trickling stream from beneath a meadow’s fold, these Canadians bring their indie folk, by way of plucked strings and heartthumping piano drops, in support of last year’s Glory Hope Mountain album to Dorset’s perfect backdrop again. Listen to Rolf Klausener’s life weary vocals and be transfixed. (PC) Alasdair Roberts The Local. Sun. 19:30-20:15 This Scottish singer finds himself at the more traditional end of the latest folk-rock wave. Expect dense and mournful tones to emanate from a beautifully played acoustic guitar as he brings tunes from latest album Spoils. (AP)

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Alela Diane

Alela Diane Garden Stage. Sat. 18:15-19:15 Family has a place in music, and when Alela Diane takes to the Garden Stage on Saturday evening, she will be amongst family. We have seen many of her brethren in the New Weird America scene here at the festival before, including Bon Iver, Akron/Family, Danielson and The Mountain Goats, and now Alela joins the fabulous list of artists we have seen play in front of our wandering peacocks. We are certainly a big family, and that is something Diane has right at the heart of her music already... “Family has always played an important role in my songs,” she says. “I sing about it and I record and tour with my dad so as you can imagine, the family feeling is not really something I get away from at this point.” End of the Road sneaks in lots of treats all over the place – as well as four stages of bands – why should people come and see you? At Glastonbury, which was insanely busy with people, it seemed like folks came to see our show because it was a nice place to relax and chill out amidst the craziness of the festival. I think my show is for those who want to sit in the grass and be taken someplace else for a moment.

Larmer Tree Gardens is a beautiful space, with roaming peacocks and parrots in the trees, do you get the chance to appreciate new places when touring? It is always nice when we do get to stop and rest awhile when we are on tour. I really hope I have the time to collect some peacock feathers – I certainly appreciate such things! People may be reading this article whilst sheltering from the rain in their tent, what’s your advice for enjoying a festival when the weather turns bad? I camped at Green man a couple years back and it was very, very rainy and muddy! I think a poncho, some wellies and an umbrella can definitely be helpful friends... that and doing your very best to not bring mud into the tent. (GM)

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Archie Bronson Outfit Big Top. Sun. 22:45-23:45 With their blend of jangly guitar riffs and infectious basslines, Wiltshire based psych-rockers Archie Bronson Outfit herald a punk-blues infusion which is so grippingly flawless that it must be heard to be believed. From 2004’s debut Fur, the band have learnt to artfully craft a show not to be missed. (OJ) Au The Local. Sun. 20:45-21:30 Haunting, orchestral and a little bit – as Dizzee would put it – bonkers, but in a good way, you won’t get many nods from grime-pop aficionados when watching Au. But if their excellent last record Verbs is anything to go by, you’re in for a celebrated mess. (GM) Bear Driver Tipi Tent. Sun. 12:15-12:45 A band with more deserved hype around them than many a band for a long time. Promoted to the hilt by Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq and John Kennedy, even a glowing NME recommendation can’t spoil things for the Leeds psych-pop band. Proving their worth by winning competitions to play here and at Reading Festival, catch the hype and enjoy first thing on Sunday. (GM)

Archie Bronson Outfit

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Beth Jeans Houghton

Blitzen Trapper

Ben Goldacre Pavilion. Sun. Btwn 12:00-15:00 Ben Goldacre is a British medical doctor and journalist, and the author of the The Guardian newspaper’s weekly Bad Science column. He will be appearing at End of the Road as part of Robin Ince’s Book Club. Ben works full-time as a junior doctor for the National Health Service and is a registered psychiatrist. His first book, also called Bad Science, was published by Fourth Estate in September 2008. His uncle is science journalist Robyn Williams, and he is the great-great-grandson of Sir Henry Parkes. Trust us, this will be good. Beth Jeans Houghton The Local. Fri. 23:15-00:00 Bewitching, gorgeous and one of the only female darlings of the music press not topping the charts this year. Releasing through the fabulous Static Caravan records, Beth was declared as the Observer Music Monthly’s rising star for 2009, carry on seeing her star rise in The Local. (GM)

Blitzen Trapper Tipi Tent. Sat. 19:00-19:45 Sub Pop’s paramount sextet Blitzen Trapper’s unique blend of indieexperimental-folk is one that sees the Portland troupe adored by many a music fan. And with this there is no doubt that the luscious surroundings here at the festival offer the prime position to project their eclectic folk wonders to the masses. (OJ) Bob Lind Garden Stage. Sun. 13:45-14:30 The twinkle-eyed folk troubadour is four decades into a career that’s yet to lose any of its wistful, strumsome charm. With celebrity fans across the board as well as having recently released his first album in over 35 years, Bob is most definitely back and is making his only UK festival appearance of the year. (OS)

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Bob Log III

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Bob Log III Garden Stage. Sun. 15:15-16:15 “...and then there’s this guy named Bob Log, you ever heard of him? He’s this little kid – nobody knows how old he is – wears a motorcycle helmet and he has a microphone inside of it and he puts the glass over the front so you can’t see his face, and plays slide-guitar. It’s just the loudest, strangest stuff you’ve ever heard. You don’t understand one word he’s saying. I like people who glue macaroni on to a piece of cardboard and paint it gold. That’s what I aspire to, basically.” (Tom Waits) Bar room mentalist and brilliantly unhinged bluesman Bob Log III is indeed something of a one-off. A Delta slide-guitar waving’, tittygropin’, foot-stompin’, monkeypawed troubadour who hollers like a tramp being sodomised by a jackhammer and plays like he’s conducting some kind of bizarre experiment in noise pollution – he’s also something of a must-see. Sweeping into the festival after charming hearts nationwide on his UK tour earlier this year, he... wait, monkey-pawed? According to legend, during a boating accident as a boy, Log III lost his left hand. His parents decided to forgo prosthetics, opting instead to settle on a spot of animal-thieving surgery. The resultant paw-handed Bob found his new appendage bore an inimitable style of guitar playing,

one that has allowed him to fire off a string of wrong-handed buzzsaw blues: a stroppy collision of leftfield blues front and gloriously off-kilter grooves. Never one to aim low in high places, Bob’s latest record My Shit is Perfect offers up a fine essence of the man’s live show. Expect crowdsurfing in a rubber dinghy, gals being made to sit on his knee as he plays, miles of hog wild and whiskey-sodden banter, other gals being made to stick a tit in his drink before he downs it and roughly four tons of industrial-strength blues cacophony that bangs away like a tumescent Ron Jeremy stuck in a lift stuffed with teenage models. Sound good? Shut yo fat face, of course it does. (OS) The Boy Least Likely To Big Top. Sat. 14.45-15:30 Charmingly twee seven-piece The Boy Least Likely To belie their underdog name with lashings of gloriously ramshackle pop bliss that is well worth some attention. Currently touring the sugar-sweet soma of sophomore effort Law of the Playground, TBLLT make for a twinkling highlight. (OS)

Brakes Big Top. Sun. 18:45-19:30 Veterans of End of the Road, there’s a reason the Brighton four-piece – once billed as an ‘indie supergroup’ – keep getting their invite when the organisers handpick their perfect bill. A fabulously riotous live show, a little bit of rock bombast and cracking tunes there’ll be many at the front seeing them for the fourth year in a row. (GM) The Broken Family Band Garden Stage. Sat. 15:30-16:15 The Broken Family Band are akin to a blend of Radiohead and Brakes, all whilst lying under the radar. So folk rock that one would believe every band member comprises of cider and unkempt facial hair, the difference between them and their lacklustre peers is simple – this band is fantastic. This will be one of the band’s last appearances on their last tour before they break up in October. (OJ) Charlie Parr Big Top Stage. Fri. 16:45-17:30 Tipi Tent. Sat. 21:30-22:30 Whiskey-soaked folkish musings from Minnesota’s foremost winsome bluesman, presented as a lo-fi ripn-run through melancholy’s back garden. Lots of folks have been saying some very nice things about Mr Parr in recent times. Lots of folks have also seen him live. You should too. (OS)

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Dent May

Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards The Local. Sun. 18:30-19:00 Have you ever lifted your head from the pillow after 15 hours of sleep, lit a cigarette and sang a ballad to the bedroom wall? This is how Michaelson sounds, deep and hypnotic, and it’s not hard to imagine his backing band spread around said bedroom just waiting for their cue. (AP)

David Thomas Broughton Garden Stage. Fri. 17:00-17:45 Recorded his first album in a church and uses TV sets, radios and loop machines to create an ensemble: you don’t quite know what to expect from the Leeds born DIY extraordinaire who is returning to End of the Road after impressing on three previous occasions. Expect a big show in a minimalist sense. (PC)

Dan Sartain Big Top. Sun. 17:30-18:15 Rock and Roll with a long over curled quiff! That’s Dan Sartain for you. Having toured with The White Stripes, Sartain will infect you with his rockabilly blues from good old Alabama. Calling himself a “poor man’s Chris Isaak”, but sounding more like Jay Reatard by way of Chuck Berry, Sartain is one not to be missed. (PC)

Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele Big Top. Sat. 16:00-16:45 The man who has delivered arguably 2009’s most enjoyable record, and undoubtedly the most accurately titled in The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele will bring the most appropriate soundtrack if the sun is shining. Plucked out of obscurity by Animal Collective, if you haven’t heard this man yet, you really must on Saturday. (GM)

Darren Hayman Garden Stage. Sat. 13:00-13:45 How is it that Darren Hayman was never huge? Smarter than Jarvis Cocker, archer than Elvis Costello and way, way spikier than Mark E Smith, Darren’s fanatical following has stuck with him from his Hefner heyday through to his present incarnation as a solo songsmith. The man’s a lyrical legend – go see. (OB)

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Dirty Projectors

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Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors Garden Stage. Fri. 19:45-20:45 Brooklyn is just so hip, isn’t it? What with its abundance of skinny jeans and garage rock, it’s every Nick Valensi wannabe’s dream. Or is it? Dirty Projectors’ driving force and sole full time member Dave Longstreth is a Brooklyn based musician genuinely worth his weight on the current music scene, and has been creating blissful indie rock wonders since Dirty Projectors’ conception back in 2002. Thriving musically on intricate melodies and subtleties throughout tracks, it is the band’s string-heavy art-folk delight, which makes them so appealing to the alternative music

press and fans alike. Their avantgarde stylistic ways are comparable to many popular indie favourites such as the excellent Sunset Rubdown, whilst at the same time consistently inimitable by many predecessors trying to recreate their popular signature sound. Collaborations with Björk and David Byrne are mere examples of the band’s back catalogue, and it was 2007’s Rise Above that propelled Longstreth and his touring friends to the forefront of the western music press. With fleeting touring and recording partners such as intellectual indie types Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, it is clear that although Dirty Projectors is a band, it is also very much Longstreth’s project and collective. Recent release Bitte Orca (Bitte meaning please in German and Orca being the name for a specific breed of carnivorous whale) has been very much on the receiving end of glorious reviews and glowing hype, and although it is easy to dismiss such media furor, it truly is a record deserving of its continual praise. Having signed to Domino just last year, if past works had appeared promising, Dirty Projectors future seems brighter as time progresses. If anyone is undeniably a must-see at this year’s End of the Road festival, it is Dirty Projectors. Prepare to be blown away. (OJ)

The Dodos Big Top. Sun. 20:00-20:45 Awe-inspiring five-piece The Dodos formed when multi-instrumentalist Meric Long and prog-metal drummer Logan Kroeber met and bonded over all things chaotic and experimental. Intriguingly, it resulted in the most energetic yet beautifully melodic album of 2008, Visiter. Their live show is breathtaking, ferocious and deeply emotional, leaving you not knowing whether to cry or stomp your feet in a slightly embarrassing but highly enjoyable way! You will fall in love with them. (SI)

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The Duke & The King Big Top. Fri. 18:00-18:45 Named after two swindlers lifted straight from the pages of Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, The Duke & The King are Robert Burke, Simone Felice and Nowell Haskins. Through a selection process lacking in poetry, Burke is the King (“In Huck Finn, the King is the shorter and older one so I got stuck with it”), Felice is the Duke and Haskins is the Deacon. Their debut Nothing Gold Can Stay is emotionally rooted in country, folk and Americana – seeded and nurtured in what Burke describes as a “small, wonderful cabin” in a town just west of Woodstock called Bearsville. At points joyous like

the upbeat ditty of ‘Still Remember Love’, and then as heartbreaking and sombre as ‘I Lose Myself’, Nothing Gold... is a tumultuous but beautiful affair. Often acoustic with simple, crystallising instrumentals, a surprising collaboration for the album is their work with Bassy Bob Brockmann, a producer and mixer more well known for his work on some of the biggest R&B and hip hop albums of the nineties. So how does the man who has Mary J. Blige’s What’s The 411, The Notorious BIG’s Ready To Die and TLC’s Waterfalls under his belt find his way into this mix of “dropouts and runaways” as Burke calls it? “Bassy Bob’s a genius,” says Burke. “A man who went from making $20,000 a song and living in the posh Manhattan music biz world in the 90’s with Puff Daddy and Biggie, to living in a basement in the roughest part of Brooklyn and barely being able to keep his electric on. All because he denounced the big money major label illusion and got back to his roots.” Burke adds: “We spent a month with him in his basement mixing this album, he’s got very special ears, he grew up a young boy in New Orleans where his father was a jazz pianist in bars, Bassy’s the real thing.” So what of Burke and Felice’s musical meeting of minds? Robert Burke, often nicknamed ‘Chicken’,

is a drummer who among others, has worked with Toshi Reagan and George Clinton (“I learnt what drugs to avoid,” Burke says when I ask him what he’s taken away from performing with the master of funk). He met Simone Felice over 10 years ago in Woodstock but only decided to record together seriously at the start of the year. In an open letter on Myspace, Felice shared the tragic loss of his baby daughter and decided to take a hiatus from turbulent folk band The Felice Brothers to mourn and in turn poured a lot of the sorrow into his work with Burke. “We cried and laughed a lot in the process,” says Felice, “‘Summer Morning Rain’ was written for my love after we lost our baby. I was worried but after a few shows it feels like a very healing and positive thing to sing these songs, like they might be prayers for all the people we’ve lost.” But will they follow the example set by the Huck Finn charlatans’ whose names they borrowed, masquerade as European royalty and find themselves tarred and feathered by the end of their show? “Anything is possible at a Duke and The King show – we let it happen, let it shine on...” (FR)

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Efterklang

Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo

Efterklang Big Top. Sat. 19:45-20:45 Incredible Danish noisemakers Efterklang visit End of the Road with their orchestral rock outpourings in tow. Sure to have an abundance of additional musicians to their normal line-up, if there is one set this weekend we guarantee is ‘not to be missed’ it’s this one. If massive classical post-rock is your thing, this will be the highlight of the weekend. (SI) Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo The Local. Fri. 18.30-19:00 Australian Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo’s glorious nostalgiaridden acoustic delight is the sound of what can only be described as the thoughts of Kate Bush crossed with the elegance of a thousand aristocrats. Hauntingly beautiful, this Bat for Lashes-esque starlet is no doubt destined for a bright future. Remember to catch her first. (OJ) Esben And The Witch Tipi Tent. Sun. 16:30-17:15 Dark, atmospheric and catchy, this mysterious three-piece are making soaring adventures in gothic soundscaping with lush confident vocals leading you by the hand. These Brightonians are becoming known for a hypnotising live show around the south, and if we are lucky, we will get a strangely appropriate cover by a megastar. (SI)

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Explosions in the Sky

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Explosions in the Sky Garden Stage. Fri. 21:30-22:45 Known for having an überintense live show, Texan four piece Explosions in the Sky bring their instrumental musings to the Dorset countryside. Having been recommended to play the End of the Road Festival by a friend with “pretty good taste”, they thought they’d “give it a shot!” Big fans of Mogwai and last year’s End of the Road visitors The Dirty Three, EITS specialise in highly cinematic soundscapes played furiously and very loud. This leaves drummer Chris Hrasky slightly concerned about the local wildlife “I am hoping the volume does not terrify or injure any of the animals. That would be terrible.” Having just come off a mini-tour with the Flaming Lips, the band is looking forward to sharing the stage with some of today’s finest forward-thinking artists. When asked who they are most looking forward to sharing the stage with, Hrasky responds excitedly: “There are a lot of great bands playing, but I think we’re most excited about Dirty Projectors. We are sort of in love with their new record.” And from causing controversy with their album Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever – the liner notes included an image of a plane with the caption ‘This Plane Crashes

Tomorrow’ unfortunately released two weeks before 9/11 – to being asked to compose the soundtrack for a Billy Bob Thornton movie Friday Night Lights in 2004, the band have had a varied and cult-like existence. Touring extensively has seen the band pick up fans from all over the globe, including the late John Peel who asked them to do one of his highly acclaimed sessions. Explosions’ post-rock melancholic movements presented in such lush surroundings will inevitably lead to a highly memorable show. Celebrating their ten year anniversary as a band, they will be sure to play material from the band’s whole lifespan. When asked about the band’s journey into the future, unsurprisingly they plan to keep getting better and better: “As far as what we’d like to achieve in the future... we just want to keep trying to write music that moves us in some way. We still feel like amateurs even though we’ve been doing this for ten years. There is always room for improvement.” It’s a pleasure to have such humble experimentalists play at End of the Road. Be sure to take your earplugs. (SI)

First Aid Kit Tipi Tent. Sat. 16:30-17:15 Blessed with truly beautiful voices, these two teenage sisters from Stockholm are full of songs that will warm your heart just before they break it. Their gentle folk pop whisperings has brought them wide spread acclaim with a cover of Fleet Foxes’ ‘Tiger Mountain Peasant Song’. If you don’t cry you may find you have no pulse. (PC)

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Fleet Foxes Garden Stage. Sat. 21:30-23:00 The Garden Stage will be blessed with the delights of Fleet Foxes on Saturday night as we exult in the wake of the band whose universally acclaimed self titled debut album ignited 2008 with its very own soundtrack. Produced by friend to the band and musical savant Phil Ek, the dense harmonic sounds and instrumental intricacies have earned Fleet Foxes the accolade of a modern landmark in American Music culture. Conceived not too many moons ago by Robin Pecknold and Skye Skjelset jamming in school breaks with the sounds of American folk stars such as Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys and The Zombies gangling around their craniums, shortly after their conception they moved from the suburbs into the amber of the city of

Seattle and the full band flourished. Here they carved a well-earned local popularity out from the stone of the unknown, this popularity spread rapidly and presented this good Earth with a unique incarnation. It is their musical sincerity and professionalism that has captured the dreams of the public mind and generates their global admiration. The band document so perfectly the underdog’s rise to success – the hidden talents that proverbially raise a finger to jocks of the past as if straight from the set of a mighty Ducks film, but still this is of no import to a singer that describes weed as “an unnecessary $20 sleeping aid” and prefers to spend time with his family and true loved ones rather than slanting off a bar at Boujis surrounded by industry types, this is the stuff of good people. If it’s beautiful charmed music you’re after look no further. Fleet foxes will more than likely prove to be the feather in the cap of this year’s festivities. (ATW)

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Get the Blessing The Local. Fri. 20:30-21:15 The beating jazz-rock of the Bristol-based Get the Blessing is straightaway in your face, wasting no time with the nomadic brass adventures. Set up perfectly by the excitable drums, if one band gets you dancing like an idiot this weekend, there’s a high chance it will be these guys. (AP)

The Heavy

The Hand Tipi Tent. Sat. 12:15-12:45 Ukuleles, banjos, auto-harps, harmoniums all that good stuff are utilised by Bristol based three-piece The Hand. If you want to do nothing else this weekend but lie back and imagine a Nepalese man on stilts precariously maneuvering over an impossibly cool air height, these chaps could provide the soundtrack. (ATW) The Heavy The Local. Sat. 21:45-22:45 Playing the Saturday on The Local Stage is garage-funk pervading rhythmic rockers The Heavy. Alternating genres in an almost schizophrenic fashion, The Heavy’s unique sound is one that makes them unmissable to new music fanatics this weekend. The Heavy are destined for the top, get ready to watch them grow. (OJ)

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Herman Dune

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Herman Dune Big Top. Fri. 22:15-23:30 French two-piece Herman Dune, comprising of guitarist and songwriter David-Ivar and drummer Neman Herman Düne, last played the festival in 2007... three times. Started on the Garden Stage, the band followed up with a brief appearance in the woods before rounding off the weekend with a special show at The Local. We spoke to an enthusiastic and friendly David-Ivar about how the band plans to top their 2007 shows...

Your secret set in 2007 was a highlight for those that watched. How did that come about? It had already been a lovely evening. I had performed at that little space in the woods, and on a big stage with my friends. Then The Local asked me to play some songs later. It sounded very good to me. Later on, we played with a lot of friends in front of a super warm crowd; It really felt like the party was happening more there than anywhere else. How likely is a Herman Dune secret show when you play festivals? Lately I have been asked to play quite a few ‘secret’ gigs. I get quite scared to be honest. It always feels like secrecy has a fine line, and that you could end up playing in front of an empty room because it was so secret that nobody even knew about it.

To what extent is playing these shows an excuse to dust off some older material? Well, there are only so many songs you can play at festivals. It’s hit and miss, but I often talk to someone after the gig and they heard that one song I wrote that they wanted to dedicate to their boyfriend or something. It makes me happy that despite all the songs I had to leave out because of time limits, some people are gonna be satisfied. It’s all good. If you could play an ideal festival with your ideal line up – who would you invite on stage with you? I’d have Kyle Field (Little Wings) playing bass, then if Jeff Lewis could sing a song with me that’d be rad too. Jack White could bring a little slide-guitar action to the mix and Diane Cluck and Laura Hoch could sing. I’d be pretty much fulfilled if Jolie Holland joined in to play a fiddle solo while David Berman just read something sweet while we all improvise some sort of one chord tune.

What can you tell us about this year’s plans? You’re a two-man band but your last tour was as a 7-piece... We will probably be a trio, it’s the set-up I’ve been enjoying the most lately and will probably be the set-up for our next album... I’ll see what the vibe is like at the End of the Road, and I’ll make up my mind. Tell us more about that new album... The End of the Road will be the actual End Of The Zion Tour, then we go to America for a while, and then we’ll start recording some new songs. I have lots of new songs, I don’t know if we will necessarily play them at the End of the Road, but it’s what I have in mind right now... (AP) The Hold Steady Garden Stage. Sun. 21:30-23:00 Arguably saving the best till last, whatever your thoughts, there are few bands that could take the honour of closing the festival as fittingly as The Hold Steady. Wielding an enviable amount of clout everywhere they go, with critics falling over themselves in praise of the hugely successful Stay Positive last year. One of the jewels in the Rough Trade crown, see what real American rock sounds like and bid farewell to the Garden Stage with a good old fashioned stomping. (GM)

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Holly Throsby Tipi Tent. Fri. 18:00-18:45 Elegant piano and guitar led ballads punctuated by a soft and slightly breathy vocal with just the slightest but most delightful hint of an Australian accent. Songs are smooth but at the same time captivatingly structured, Holly Throsby will no doubt set the evening alight. (AP) The Horrors Big Top. Sat. 21:15-22:15 Black of heart and tightest of trouser, London town’s foremost purveyors of psychedelic sleazepop darker than Dracula’s undercarriage The Horrors bring their gut-punching garage rock to End of the Road. Having won the mayfly affections of the fashion rags with their zeitgeist-bothering debut Strange House, this year’s follow-up has seen The Horrors gracefully leap from the encroaching indie dumper, avoid the sophomore slump and land in altogether more credible pastures with the searing chill of the icily assured Primary Colours. It’s certainly been all change in camp Horrors during recent times, so in the spirit of sorting the metaphorical wheat from the figurative chaff, we accosted frontman Faris Badwan in a remote corner of the internet and subjected him to the following bozzeyed inquisition:

How have things changed with the release of your second album? Tom found his first grey hair the other day. He’s 21. What elements go into the perfect festival atmosphere? When I went to Coachella a while ago I was taken aback by how clean it was – so maybe mud’s important. It makes people feel they’re all in it together or something. Fuck, I don’t know. I used to camp a lot at Reading and always remember feeling some sort of childish sense of achievement on the Monday morning, everyone walking to the train station in a massive filthy crowd. Overall it’s been the one I’ve enjoyed most on account of all the small bands you can see and how close and accessible the stages are. Who are you looking forward to seeing at End of the Road? I remember Archie Bronson Outfit being quite good somewhere a couple of years ago. So I’m going to say them. Tent or tourbus? If I say tourbus you’ll think I’m a wanker... and now if I say tent it’ll look like I’m just trying to appeal to the masses. I guess a golf cart with one of those see-through plastic sheets over it is sort of a tent on wheels, which I guess is the happy middle ground. No? Oh.

Which drink/drug/picnic spread best complements a Horrors gig? [Sidestepping the question] I’ve never understood why people bring flags to festival shows – or more specifically how those people make it through the show without being buried under a cascade of flying cups from the irate people directly behind them... or those inflatable animals on sticks. Where do you even buy those? Festival hats too. Jesus. What are The Horrors’ festival survival tips? Don’t wear converse. If you’re going to a British festival on no account should you wear your most absorbent shoe! Planning any surprises or new songs for your set? Who knows? Literally anything could happen. Why should people come see the Horrors? Who knows? Literally anything could happen. Post-End of the Road, what next for the Horrors? We’re recording a new single soon, which isn’t on the album and a couple of other collaborations will surface soon, all being well. (OS)

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Huw M Tipi Tent. Fri. 14:45-15:15 Multi-instrumental Welsh folkpop. Singing in his mother tongue, Huw M puts together unassuming whimsies of delight and melody. Releasing his first single last summer, the waves have most recently been made by debut album Os Mewn Swn (‘If in Noise’). (AP) Iain Archer Tipi Tent. Fri. 19:15-20:00 Irishman Iain Archer, the everpopular Snow Patrol former lyricist and part time member, is already an acclaimed solo artist in his own right following a string of records throughout the nineties. With an Ivor Novello award under his belt, prepare for a real treat from an exceptional singer/songwriter. (OJ) Isy Suttie Pavilion. Sun. Btwn 12:00-15:00 Isy’s kooky songs, stand-up and characters enchant audiences all around. A regular on TV and radio, she plays Dobby in Channel 4’s Peep Show and has appeared in numerous BBC radio shows including Danny Robins Music Therapy and Out to Lunch. “Quirkily endearing” (The Scotsman)

J Tillman Tipi Tent. Sat. 17:45-18:30 The Fleet Foxes’ drummer doubles up on his band’s headline performance by playing an intimate solo set. His album Vacilando Territory Blues has all the beauty and ambience we’ve come to recognise from Fleet Foxes, but with a darker twist. Tillman’s haunting vocals and minimalist approach makes for a moving and chilling listening experience. (SL)

Jess Elva Tipi Tent. Sat. 13:15-13:45 Like a glass of Chilean red wine, Jess Elva is slightly smoky, deep in flavour and with hints of cassis and dark chocolate. However, the pintsized pianist is actually Swiss, and when joined by her backing band, Elva has no trouble picking up the pace, experimenting with tone and style and generally making you feel good. Which we suppose is also very much like a Chilean wine... (AP)

James Dowdeswell Doing Tent. Fri. Btwn 00:00-01:30 James Dowdeswell is a wonky-eyed storytelling comedian from the West Country who is perhaps best known for his frightening cameo as Count Fuckula in Extras. Or prancing about in the latest Jamie Cullum video (yes really). “A real master of the comedian’s craft” (Chortle)

Joe Gideon & The Shark Big Top. Sun. 15:00-15:45 Alternative sibling wonder-popsters Joe Gideon & The Shark are an alt-rock duo creating atmospheric storytelling ditties. Magically enchanting, having toured with the likes of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and picking up tips on the way, make sure to catch these before the inevitable indie domination. (OJ)

Jarvis Cocker & Richard Hawley (DJ) Big Top. Sat. 00:00-02:00 Is there a better way to finish Saturday’s festivities than an exclusive set from two British legends? A pairing who need no introductions, but will create a party in the way only any good folks from Yorkshire knows how. (GM)

Josh T Pearson Big Top. Sat. 22:45-23:45 One epic double album with his band Lift To Experience and a number of limited CD-Rs in thirteen years has given Josh a barely-rivalled level of cult popularity. With a collection of tracks unlikely to ever be recorded properly, each live set is a moment to be savoured, a unique insight into an artist whose work may never be fully appreciated. (GM)

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Josie Long Doing Tent. Fri. Btwn 00:00-01:30 Pavilion. Sun. Btwn 12:00-15:00 Josie Long sells out all her shows, and writes for Skins, and tours all over the world, and wins awards and stuff. You know why? Because she’s bloody tops. “There’s a lovable romantic sensibility here, reminiscent of Daniel Kitson’s, but without the accompanying acidity... heartfelt and eccentric...” (The Guardian) “Her stand-up radiates optimism and joy. She draws you into a world where friendliness, fun and boundless enthusiasm are the dominant characteristics.” (Time Out) “An excellent line in comedy from the perspective of one of life’s true outsiders.” (Guardian Pick Of The Week)

Laura Gibson The Local. Sat. 17:30-18:00 The daughter of a kindergarten teacher and a forest ranger, Laura Gibson brings her hauntingly gentle folk music all the way from Oregon, US. She will be delighted by the trees around her as her wiser Jolie Holland voice will rustle any fallen leaves and caress your soul. (PC)

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Lay Low Tipi Tent. Sat. 20:15-21:00 Backgrounds don’t get much more complicated than the one belonging to Lovisa Elisabet Sigrunardottir, better known by her musical pseudonym Lay Low. Born in London to an Icelandic mother and a Sri Lankan father, Lovisa was initially raised in the UK before the family upped sticks and relocated to Reykjavik, where she spent most of her formative years. All of which begs the question – is there anywhere she really feels at home? “Well, that’s a good question I guess,” laughs Lovisa. “I have two very different family backgrounds from two very different islands, but I grew up in Reykjavik, so my most important early influences were Icelandic. I don’t really know what effect my upbringing has had on my music, but it’s certainly informed me as a person – your experiences have a huge bearing on the way you turn out, whether you like it or not.” Having tinkled around on the piano from an early age, Lovisa dabbled with the bass and guitar in her teens before joining up with the experimental Icelandic rock outfit Benny Crespo’s Gang, where she added keyboards and synthesizers into her musical repertoire while gigging around Reykjavik’s lively club circuit.

But it was the discovery of her own burgeoning songwriting talents, coupled with a fascination for classic Nashville country and scratchy southern blues, which really changed her musical direction for good. A handful of demos placed on MySpace in 2006 caught the ear of a local Icelandic label, and within a few months Lovisa found herself in the studio laying down the tracks for her debut album, Please Don’t Hate Me, which set the blueprint for her ballsy, bluesy style and country chanteuse sound. The album was a runaway success, topping the Icelandic chart and scooping three major prizes in the 2006 Icelandic Music Awards. Tours of the US and UK followed, earning high-profile praise from industry insiders including country doyenne Lucinda Williams, who caught two of Lay Low’s shows in LA and promptly began championing her as one of the most exciting breakthrough acts she’d seen in years. But it was on her 2008 follow-up, Farewell Good Night’s Sleep, where Lovisa’s smoky, southern-flecked style really discovered its voice. Overseen by London-based producer Liam Watson (best-known for his work with Pete Molinari and The White Stripes), the album draws inspiration from all the country greats – particularly Patsy Cline,

Dolly Parton, Hank Williams and Loretta Lynn – while tipping a contemporary wink to everyone from Feist, Beth Gibbons and Cat Power to Emmylou Harris. “Everything inspires me I suppose – music, people, experiences, nature, stories,” notes Lovisa. “But before I started working on the last album, I was listening to a lot of 50s and 60s country. I love the smooth sound on old vinyl, the lush arrangements, the vibe of the songs. So I really wanted to get something similar going on in Farewell Good Night’s Sleep.” It works like a charm. Lay Low’s music is delicate and dynamic in equal doses, mining the strange musical hinterlands somewhere between Bjork and Bonnie Raitt. One minute you’re listening to the bluesy finger-picking, punchy organ and musical saws of a song like ‘By and By’, the next you’ll be jiving to the honky-tonk arpeggios of ‘I Forgot It’s There’ or luxuriating in the slide and pedal steel of ‘My Second Hand Heart’. But there’s one thing that helps pin the whole enterprise together, and that’s Lovisa’s heartstopping voice – halfway between a sensual croon and a smoky drawl, steeped in the spirit of backcountry blues and southern soul, whispering tales of long-lost loves, sweet nothings and splintered hearts. Sit back and listen. Lay Low’s about to weave her spell. (OB)

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The Leisure Society Garden Stage. Sat. 12:00-12:30 The Leisure Society aren’t half bad. With an Ivor Novello nomination, much critical acclaim and comparisons with indie folk heavyweights Grizzly Bear, The Garden Stage is set to hold one of the most promising acts playing this year’s festival. If you’re looking for a place to sooth your head with folkrock joy first thing on Saturday, make certain to see these. (OJ) Liam Mullone Pavilion. Sat. 13:20-13:50 Liam Mullone launched his comedy career in October 2002, quickly winning the respect of promoters in and around London with an act that, according to veteran comic Bob Mills, is based around “not really understanding how the world works.” Based in London, he spent most of his life in Hong Kong, where his schooldays were made difficult by his being ‘the only punk on the colony.’ His father was head of the Leicestershire vice squad and his mother the leader of a fundamentalist Christian movement, both of which have coloured his take on life. These days he speaks eloquently on his key subjects of religion, prostitutes, stuffed toys, Leicestershire and chaffinches, and is really only doing this to get a book published.

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Loney Dear

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Loney Dear Garden Stage. Fri. 15:45-16:30 Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Loney Dear (aka Emil Svanängen) brings the gentle urgency of his soulful folktronica back to End of the Road after his first appearance back in 2007. Having barely paused for breath since, Loney Dear’s slow and steady rise since Sub Pop snapped up fourth record Loney, Noir has grown from a progressively building word-of-mouth fan base, drawn to Svanängen’s patchwork collection of stirringly melodic sigh-pop. This year’s Dear John and a support slot on Andrew Bird’s tour of Noble Beast has also helped the self-confessed perfectionist further hone his live show, taking his tumbledown charms to much wider attentions in the process. Currently limbering up for another American jaunt in late autumn, the future certainly looks rosy for old Loney. Rendezvousing with our man on a bullet train travelling through rural Japan, Sweden’s finest export held forth the following over a vintage bottle of Macallan single malt:

How’s 2009 going? 2009 is an amazing year. I’ve had an exciting year so far. Our dinosaur label in UK couldn’t release our album properly in Europe and stumbled on it, but it is actually welcome with some time off this summer. God knows when I’m ready but I have started investigating the new album I’m hopefully about to make. How did you find touring with Andrew Bird? Great band, great people, great crowds. Best support tour I’ve ever been on. Felt good to have a personal connection to it as well. They’ve grown to become friends in some way and I really like and miss them. What elements go into the perfect festival atmosphere for Loney Dear? The chemistry between crowd (#1) and band (#2). We are servants. Who are you looking forward to seeing at End of the Road? I’d like to see Dirty Projectors. Tent or tourbus? Both? Oh, at the festival? Err, tent? Which drink/drug/picnic spread best complements a Loney Dear gig? A white wine spritzer, aka Wandy. Coffee or tea is as good. Or water for the hot days.

What are the Loney Dear festival survival tips? Play the festival. Planning any surprises or new songs for your set? You bet. Why should people come see Loney Dear? Because we will be huge in 12-20 years. For now, we are a pretty good band with very nice songs. Right now we are huge to a very small amount of people. Post-End of the Road, what next for Loney Dear? US tour in October. I’m looking forward to it. We might even stop by Brazil before that... (OS) The Lost Brothers Tipi Tent. Fri. 15:45-16:15 Bosh and Bark aren’t actually brothers, but they’re clearly musical cousins; these two Irish boys spin some of the silkiest harmonies since Simon and Garfunkel took to the stage. This is music that shoots straight from the heart – simple, folksy and chock-full of fingerpicking finery. (OB)

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The Low Anthem Tipi Tent. Fri. 20:30-21:15 Garden Stage. Sat. 14:15-15:00 Like a freight train slowly gathering steam, there’s been a buzz building around The Low Anthem over the last few months. Critics have been singing their praises and the band’s latest album, Oh My God Charlie Darwin, has earned them heady comparisons with musical contemporaries including Horse Feathers, Iron and Wine and Bella Union label-mates, Fleet Foxes. With a deep, bittersweet sound taking in everything from raucous hillbilly stomps to railroad ballads, hymnal devotionals and apocalyptic allegories, this Rhode Island group looks set for big things. We got the low down on The Low Anthem from the band’s bassist Jeff Prystowsky. Is your musical heritage something that’s important to you as a band... Yeah, we definitely wear our influences on our sleeves. Not that we’re trying to preserve traditions or anything. We’re not a revivalist type band. But bits of the old come out regardless, sometimes directly, as in when we cover a Jack Kerouac song on the record, and sometimes more discretely, like if you listen to ‘Cage the Songbird’ slowed down and backwards. Dylan, Cohen, Waits, Young, we love that good old stuff.

The Low Anthem sounds like an oxymoron... how did the name come about? The band was a twelve-piece, classical prog-folk outfit called Snake Wagon. We had some solid, earnest folk ditties and would then do a frenzied cover of ‘Hey Ya’ into ‘Hava Nagela’. We thought Snake Wagon was too dark for our chipper sincerity, and we didn’t want a name that we loved too much or too little, so we put our heads together. The Low Anthem came up. Some of the viola section thought it was unpatriotic and quit. But most of us neither loved nor hated it too much, so there we had it. Your records have been noted for their complex instrumentation – woodwind, brass, harmonicas, pump organ. We are obsessed with arranging and with instruments. The problem is, we don’t know how to play them all. So, we learn what we need to get by. A few chords here, a line there. ‘Complex instrumentation with simple fingerings’ is what we do. What’s the most memorable gig you’ve ever played? It’s easier to remember the bad ones. There was one gig in Cambridge, Massachusetts where our drummer got a shoestring tied around the rack-tom and had to finish the song on one foot. And there was the time

we got to sing with Triumph the Insult Dog. He was loving his lady puppet sweetly from behind, cigar in mouth and howling out the chorus to ‘Cigarettes and Whiskey And Wild, Wild Women.’ That was pretty hard to forget. You’ve been touring constantly and your record’s been touted pretty highly, do you ever worry about the pressures commercial success might have on your music? I think it depends on where you find that hunger. It shouldn’t come from sitting around complaining that no one knows who you are. That’s not true for us anymore, and it’s really good that that option is gone. But we never feel settled with our music – we’re always meddling and experimenting, battling with the arrangements until the very last minute. For the first month after the record comes out, we’re horrified and consider alternate career options. Then a little time goes by and we learn how to love it again. Tell us something you’ve never told anyone else about The Low Anthem. We love Thai food. Ben and Jocie take it spicy, I go for mild. Also, Ben is a closet poll-addict. He’s been seen howling at the moon in the months before major elections. (OB)

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Magic Arm The Local. Sat. 18:30-19:00 You won’t know what to expect from Mancunian Marc Rigelsford, who likes to keep his audiences on their toes, switching between gentle instrumentals and hyper electronic pieces. Having got the thumbs up from several Radio 1 DJs and Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam, 2009 looks set to be the year for Magic Arm to prove he’s more than just another hypedup act. (SL)

Malcolm Middleton Big Top. Sat. 17:15-18:00 It’s rare that a solo artist gets more attention on their own than in the band that introduced them to a wider world. Malcolm Middleton though has well and truly left the ghost of Arab Strap behind through five solo records of unashamed Scottish misery, which included an unlikely bid for Christmas number one with the aptly titled ‘We’re All Going To Die’. (GM)

Magnolia Electric Co. Garden Stage. Sun. 16:45-17:45 Jason Molina’s been on solo sabbatical for a while, but he’s back on the road with his longtime compadres, the Magnolia Electric Co. Thirteen years under various guises, Magnolia Electric Co. is the one who are most synonymous as an amazing live act. The band’s introspective country-rock is still very much in evidence on 2009’s Josephine (produced by Steve Albini), but pedal steel and slide guitar have given things a more classic sheen. (OB)

Marcel Lucont Doing Tent. Fri. Btwn 00:00-01:30 Pavilion. Sat. 12:00-12:15 Marcel Lucont is France’s premier misanthropist and lover – an international comedian and raconteur. His Gallic charms and caustic wit have won over many critics and women, often both at once. Marcel has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival and Adelaide Fringe, among others. Winner: Buxton Fringe Award 2009 – Best Comedy Individual “Deadpan delivery and surreal musings – a stand-up star in the making” (thelondonpaper) “Wonderful French wit... superb stuff” (Time Out)

Matt Kirshen Pavilion. Sat. 13:50-14:20 Matt Kirshen has an exceptionally sharp comic mind, with a mischeivous glint in his eye. In 2007, he was one of the final seven comics in NBC’s reality TV show Last Comic Standing. In 2008, he recorded a 30-minute special for Paramount Comedy. In 2009, he co-wrote and starred in the BBC Radio 4 sketch comedy series Bigipedia. Don’t let the youthful looks fool you; behind the babyface lurks a quick-witted satirist. ‘His likeability almost goes off the charts’ **** (Chortle.co.uk) ‘The laughs are guaranteed and don’t stop from beginning to end’ ***** (Edinburgh Evening News)

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Motel Motel

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Motel Motel Big Top. Sat. 13:30-14:15 Formed back in 2007, Motel Motel’s eclectic blend of backwoods Americana, shambolic slacker rock and introspective alt-country has earned them admiring notes from NY opinion-formers such as Spin, L Magazine and the New York Post. Mainstream acceptance proved frustratingly elusive until they were picked up by New York-based label Rebel Group, leading to a major rerelease for debut LP New Denver, a high-profile US tour, a muchheralded set at SXSW and – most importantly – their first UK festival appearance at this year’s End of the Road. Are they excited? “I can’t really tell, to be honest,” chuckles the band’s frontman, Eric Engels. “I was broke before we had a label, and I’m broke now we’ve got one. My friend’s band signed with Drive Thru Records and they’re broke too. So I guess everyone’s broke whether you’re on a label or not.” Despite their apparent pecuniary challenges, there’s no doubt that Motel Motel are very much a band on the up. They’ve drawn cooing comparisons with everyone from Cold War Kids to Ryan Adams, and yet when asked to define their own musical approach, the band awkwardly shuffle their shoes and mumble something rather vague about “schwag rock.” Er – come again?

“I’m not sure how to elaborate on that really,” chuckles Eric. “I guess it’s just our way of trying to describe our sound. Timo [Sullivan, bass] said that if Gram Parsons was an angsty teenager living in modern times, he’d probably end up making schwag rock. Does that help any?” Well, yes, actually. The Grievous Angel’s spirit is certainly alive and well on New Denver. Cult country artist Townes van Zandt was another early inspiration, but Motel Motel’s music is much more than a paean to the past – the band veers off into Calexico territory with the rinky-dink boogie of ‘Mexico’, dabbles with Pavementesque sonic abstraction on one of their stand-out tracks, ‘Virginia’, and counts Maps and Atlas, The Low Anthem and the Dirty Projectors as key contemporary influences. But despite its tumbledown spirit and ramshackle rhythms, Motel Motel’s music belies a painstaking attention to detail. New Denver stemmed from almost a year’s worth of sessions split between studios in Brooklyn and a backcountry cabin in South Carolina. And while there’s certainly an introspective streak running through their music, their songs touch on everything from lost love to urban alienation. Selfanalysis though isn’t something the band worry themselves with when they’re on stage.

“That’s why I prefer playing live,” admits Eric. “I overthink when we record. I worry too much. But when you’re playing live, when you feel that connection to your band and the crowd reacts to what you’re doing, that’s when you get a great show. Dave Brubeck [the American jazz pianist] said for a great performance, the artist and the audience have to make love to each other. I really think that’s true.” Sounds like it could be quite a show. (OB) Mumford and Sons Garden Stage. Fri. 14:30-15:15 Mumford and Sons are a magnificent folk group formed during the latter end of 2007. Emerging from London’s exploding folk scene alongside newfolk spearheads such as Peggy Sue, this is as perfect an opening as the Garden Stage could wish for. (OJ)

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The Mummers Big Top. Fri. 19:15-20:15 “A big all embracing uplifting sound, some virtuoso musicians, and an invitation to be drawn into another world.” Is this one of the reasons you would go to see a show? We know we would, and this is what leading lady Raissa Khan-Panni says we can look forward to during their set this weekend. Having just released their debut album, Tale To Tell, this year, the much lauded group, who took their name from medieval performing troupes who went from door to door wearing masks and costumes, staging plays in rhyme, song, and mime, are honoured to be playing at Larmer Tree Gardens: “It means a lot to be playing here,” says Raissa, “it’s our first summer of festivals and to be playing here is just cool. It’s been an amazing year, and after two years of being in the studio it’s really quite surreal, but so brilliant to actually get our stuff out to people, and the messages and responses we’ve had back has been quite life-affirming and wonderful, and that is the most important thing, right?” It’s been quite a long journey for The Mummers and lead vocalist Raissa who, having achieved acclaim as a solo artist at the beginning of the decade, ended up finding herself working in a restaurant in

Brixton, looking for a way back into the music that she loved so much. The tediousness of the job proved to become her muse, along with added fairy-tale mystique, and having been sent a track by Mark Horwood and tracking him down to his tree house a year later, The Mummers were born. Incorporating around nine musicians live to create a grand orchestral ambience and singing fantastical songs, are we to expect a circus type performance? “It’s not so much a circus, although we are working on it!” says Raissa. “We’ve really tried to concentrate on the music and how that comes across live for these shows, and with so many musicians onstage, we’ve been able to experiment with new sounds, and mixing the electronic with the orchestral”. Despite this being the group’s first time at End of the Road, they’re excited about the reputation the event carries with it, says Raissa: “We’ve heard a lot of amazing things from other musicians who’ve played here before, that it’s such a beautiful environment, and that there’s really great music every year, and it’s a lovely understated vibe. “The festival seems a perfect way to end the summer, although we don’t really want it to end. My first ever festival was Glastonbury.

I jumped the fence once which was exciting, and later sold ice cream on a three-wheeler bicycle.” So if you see a 20 strong troupe carrying an array of instruments and extraordinarily dressed, follow them and make sure you catch their set which promises to be an explosion of uplifting and celebratory moments, while unravelling itself before your very eyes. Definitely one not to miss. (PC) Neil Edmond Pavilion. Sun. Btwn 12:00-15:00 Neil Edmond is a cult actor and comedy writer. Neil is a member of the comedic sketch trio The Consultants, alongside James Rawlings and Justin Edwards. In 2002 they won the Perrier award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Edmond has also been known to perform solo character work, with his Space School headmaster and Market Researcher being particular live favourites. He was a regular stooge for the late Ken Campbell (194108), an ex-member of sketch group The Benders, a frequent volunteer at Scene Heard and played ‘Ian’ in interactive web comedy Where are the Joneses?. Neil has one of the most perplexing websites you’ll ever see, and will be blowing your minds at Robin Ince’s Book Club on the Sunday.

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Neko Case Garden Stage. Sun. 19:45-20:45 An evening set on the Garden Stage will see Neko Case play songs from excellent new album Middle Cyclone. The acclaimed singer-songwriter barely needs introduction, especially after a fifteen-year career that has seen numerous albums as a solo artist as well as contributing to The New Pornographers. (AP) Ohbijou Big Top. Fri. 14:15-15:00 Ohbijou is one of this year’s hottest new Canadian finds, formed by lead singer Casey Mecija and a loose coterie of Toronto-based chums. Newly signed to Bella Union, their debut album Beacons sets out their musical stall: folk-flecked bluesiness, hushed harmonies and oodles of instrumental cleverness. Come join in their magic and open the Big Top with a bang. (OB) Okkervil River Garden Stage. Sat. 19:45-20:45 Okkervil River are a Texan indie folk brigade, formed in 1998, it wasn’t long before they had self-released their debut album which led them to a slot at the much coveted South by South West festival. With five albums of brilliant, epic, rollicking roller coasting indie folk, theirs is a sound that will carry the party on as the sun begins to set. (OJ)

The Pack AD The Local. Sun. 17:30-18:00 Canadian garage-rock/blues duo The Pack AD bring a touch of wailing anarchy to The Local for you to bang your heads along to. Consisting of the cool double act of Maya Miller and Becky Black, these grungy girls are keen to move away from the blues comparisons they keep attracting and show a rougher side. Bring your leather jackets and shades. (SL) Peter Broderick Tipi Tent. Sat. 15:15-16:00 Peter Broderick, master of cinematic landscape and folk music has arrived in England. Originally from Portland Oregon the multi-instrumentalist has spent much of his recent life in Europe living on a shoestring and collaborating with various artists and bands. My girlfriend says that each of his tracks reminds her of a different bird – a rather touching endorsement I think. They remind me of her – beautiful. (ATW)

Phil Kay Pavilion. Sat. 14:20-15:00 Phil’s comedy is a totally unique blend of energy, improvisation and leaps of imagination that take his audience on a joyride they’ll never forget. Even Phil has no idea what might happen when he unleashes his crazy brand of improvised comedy mayhem. He is stand-up comedy’s answer to spontaneous human combustion – a rare, explosive and always surprising phenomenon that simply cannot be contained in a box or represented on a cathode tube. Phil is a firm favourite at the Edinburgh Festival, where yearly he administers his special blend of comedy genius to sell-out crowds and critical acclaim. Phil will be unleashing his comic beast on Saturday afternoon. “You have to be born with comic talent such as his... It’s a gift from the gods, a freewheeling mind that’s utterly without boundary” ***** (Metro) “One of the greatest comedic odysseys ever witnessed... ‘Hysterical’ in every sense of the word – Kay truly is a mesmerizing headf**k genius” ***** (Time Out)

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Quack Quack The Local. Sun. 22:00-23:00 If there was ever an argument for the Krautrock moniker not necessarily having anything to do with nationality anymore, then Quack Quack are it. They are reportedly from ‘up North’ but there is no denying that these tasteful lads have been seeking out the 70s German cosmic rock vinyl, whilst still managing to sound very fresh and very British. (SI) Richmond Fontaine Big Top. Sun. 21:15-22:15 This much-admired musical foursome hales from America’s quirkiest and most creative city (Portland in Oregon). Fifteen years and eight albums in, the band’s skewed country and dustbowl poetry have earned them a devoted following – we love ‘em to bits, and we’re sure you will too. (OB)

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Robin Ince

Shearwater

Robin Ince Doing Tent. Fri. Btwn 00:00-01:30 Pavilion. Sun. Btwn 12:00-16:30 He’s back. Robin Ince enjoyed End of the Road so much last year, that he’s bringing his full-length Book Club with him this time. Robin is revered for his hilarious tirades that nitpick to the point of obsession and rail against the mundane. The Daily Mail, Nick Ferrari, Nick Griffin – no one is safe. Robin supported Ricky Gervais on the Fame tour, made his own feature film and writes for Channel 4’s Skins. Chortle Award Winner 2006 and 2007 Winner of the 2006 Time Out Outstanding Comedy Achievement Award Nominee British Comedy Award – Best Stage Show for Robin Ince’s Book Club “A supremely sardonic comedian... wry, intelligent and cruel” (Evening Standard) Sam Baker Tipi Tent. Sun. 21:30-22:30 Sam Baker is the kind of man with stories to tell, and they’re the kind of stories that sit perfectly on top of a wandering acoustic guitar. Currently preparing for the release of his third record, the Austin-based singersongwriter’s words will be laid bare in the Tipi Tent. (AP)

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Sarah Bennetto Doing Tent. Fri. Btwn 00:00-01:30 Sarah Bennetto is a stand-up comic from Melbourne, now living and performing in the UK. She lost 3 years of her life presenting an interactive Sky show in the middle of the night to an audience of geeks and loners (with her clothes on). Sarah is responsible for some things of worth, including experimental comedy collective Storytellers’ Club and has just toured her first featurelength show, Lucky. “A storyteller par excellence” (Time Out)

She Keeps Bees The Local. Sun. 23:30-00:00 Bluesy but by no means depressing, Brooklyn duo Jessica Larrabee and Andy LaPlant serve up some downtempo yet gritty rock riffs for you to sink your teeth in to. Larrabee wails and whoops like a punkier Cat Power whilst LaPlant reigns it back in. Guaranteed to be a mesmerising performance. (SL) Shearwater Garden Stage. Fri. 18:15-19:15 Following a packed out midnight appearance in The Local last year, Jonathan Meiburg and co. return to End of the Road for more soaring vocals, blistering sonic experimentation and ornithological inventiveness. If there’s a better American band at work right now, I’ll eat an ostrich egg. (OB)

The Sliding Rule Tipi Tent. Fri. 16:45-17:30 Melancholic and a little dark, The Sliding Rule will slow everything down whilst the afternoon springs to life. The side project of Nima from Hush the Many and Arrows of Love, he has found himself touring with the likes of Ed Harcourt, The Magic Numbers and Kid Harpoon. (GM) Soy Un Caballo Tipi Tent. Sun. 15:15-16:00 This Belgian two-piece have been pretty hard to pin down through their two single releases. Performing their blissful sound with crossstitched, female-male vocals as a four-piece band, there will be plenty of cottonwool relief for anyone still nursing an early afternoon hangover. It should be noted too that any band who manages to snare a split 7” with Tunng as their debut release is worth checking out, so do. (GM) Sparrow & The Workshop Tipi Tent. Sun. 17:45-18:30 Formed just last year, this Glasgow based 3-piece turn out thoughtfully written and moving folk/country tunes, given a killer edge by the biting amalgamation of the male and female vocals. Powerful despite their stripped down set up. (AP)

Spokes The Local. Fri. 17:30-18:00 Recently signed to Ninja Tune spin-off Counter Records, Spokes mould post rock with orchestra loveliness at a rocking pace to make one helluva nice racket. Noisy but delicate, energetic but calming, the tunes wash over you leaving you in a dreamlike state. Witnessing these tunes being played is an opportunity not to be missed. (SI) Stardeath and White Dwarfs The Local. Sat. 19:30-20:00 Travelling the galaxy and spreading glitter wherever they go, the Oklahoma psych/prog/experimental pop group bring their Flaming Lips inspired (and related, singer Dennis Coyne is the nephew of Wayne) music to much lauded attention. Sounding like a fun computer brawl with laid back moments, such as ‘Smokingpotmakesmenotwanttokillmyself’, they’re a band needing to be seen to be believed. (PC) Stars of Sunday League Tipi Tent. Sun. 13:15-13:45 With not a hybrid in sight, this is folk at its most pure. No hyphenations just simple ditties and acoustic strummings. Originally from Edinburgh, Euan Robinson’s guitar teamed up with Sarah Triggs’ violin to create uncluttered, harmonious songs about everything from football to politician Harvey Milk. (FR)

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Steve Earle

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Steve Earle

Steve Earle Garden Stage. Sun. 18:15-19:15 Perhaps we are creating some kind of idealistic image of the man here, but when you begin to look at Steve Earle’s history so far, you can’t help but see him as amongst the last of the great rock and roll stars, even though his music crosses genres; not to mention his majestic beard! Born in 1955 in Virginia, US, he spent his early life travelling across the country with his folks. He has been married seven times (including twice to the same woman); he became a drug user from an early age and went to prison on drugs and firearms charges. He has released 12 studio albums, and his latest release

Townes, the follow-up to his Grammy Award winning Washington Square Serenade, is a collection of songs by Townes Van Zandt, Earle’s late friend and musical mentor, as well as inspiration for his son’s name, Justin Townes Earle and has given Earle his highest charting record to date in the States. Citing Townes as one of the best records he has ever made, it also marks another change in musical projection for Earle, this time a return to his country roots, as he has crossed genres from bluegrass to folk and hard rock on previous efforts. Earle has come along way from his first album Guitar Town in 1986, not only musically, as he was writing songs before his own career kicked off, but Earle is also a published writer, a political activist, he has written and directed his own play, and has flexed his acting skills in US drama The Wire. Phew! Once called the saviour of country music, you may find that he could be the saviour of music itself. With such a range of musical styles and experiences, it’s difficult to know what to expect from his set, but chances are that it may more often than not be Earle and his guitar screaming from his soul, and you would not want to miss that. (PC)

T-Model Ford Big Top. Sun. 12:30-13:15 Delta blues got thrown into the musical mainstream when Seasick Steve played on Jools Holland a couple of years back. Even older, and even crazier than him is T-Model Ford, known to nobody as James Lewis Carter Ford, 80-something year old bluesman from Mississippi who can’t remember his birthday. Once sentenced to ten years on a chain gang for murder, he didn’t release a record until 1997 and has all the stories you’d expect from a bluesman who has lived his life on the road. (GM) The Tallest Man on Earth Big Top. Sun. 13:45-14:30 The Swedish singer-songwriter gives the sort of music which soundtracks the scenery whizzing by on a summer’s day as a car full of friends head off chasing a dream. With the lyrical dexterity of Dylan and the finger plucking to match Jose Gonzalez, he stands head and shoulders above any other act here. (PC)

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Tam Coyle (DJ) Big Top. Fri. 00:00-01:00 Glaswegian Promoter/Manager/DJ Tam Coyle ran legendary Glasgow indieClub night `The Kes Klub` for 15 years. With a lifelong love of indie music (Factory/4AD/Creation/Rough Trade/Bella Union being particular regulars) Tam will play a selection of late night indie faves from throughout the years to keep you dancing the night away...

Tiny Vipers Tipi Tent. Sun. 19:00-19:45 Don’t be fooled by the plural – Tiny Vipers is all the work of Jesy Fortino, a gifted young singer-songwriter hailing from Seattle. Since being snapped up by Sub Pop, she’s refined her sparse, haunting sound and pared-down vocal style over two stunning albums, including recently released Life on Earth. Mesmeric is definitely the word. (OB)

The Travelling Band The Local. Sat. 23:15-00:00 Fresh from winning the muchcoveted New Talent competition at Glastonbury 08, this Manchester sixpiece has really started going places. Steeped in the blissed-out spirit of the sixties (think dreamy lyrics, close harmonies and even the odd sitar), their jingle-jangle acoustic vibe is perfect End of the Road fare. Time to tune in, daddy-o. (OB)

The Tenebrous Liar Big Top. Fri. 15:30-16:15 Self-described as a ‘folk band that likes to make a lot of noise’, The Tenebrous Liar is a 4-piece headed up by Steve Gullick, a music photographer who’s swapped the pit for the spotlight. This appearance marks the start of a mini-tour when they’ll be taking their lo-fi feedback rock around the country. (FR)

Tom Bell Pavilion. Sat. 12:45-13:20 Tom Bell looks like Quentin Blake’s dark vision of the modern-day hipster. Tom’s uniquely surreal and charming style of comedy has seen him perform right across the UK, at festivals including Glastonbury, Latitude and five Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, as well as internationally, in both Germany and Japan. Already gaining a reputation for the innovation of his work, his debut solo Edinburgh Fringe show, “The Lost Tapes of Tom Bell”, featured tapes of himself aged seven, and garnered much critical acclaim. Tom is also one half of “Tommy and The Weeks” the gloriously surreal double act who have already created a huge buzz and a cult following. Their 2008 Edinburgh show ‘The Power Show’ is currently being developed for television. “This man is a genius... pure anthropmorphic brilliance” (Chortle.co.uk)

Treecreeper Tipi Tent. Sun. 14:15-14:45 The band of brothers that is Treecreeper, comprised of siblings Will and Greg Burns, have been charming and baffling audiences in equal measure since they first emerged in 2006, clutching superlative-inducing first album Grain. Cutting to the chase: The perfect brand of tumbledown folkrock for every kind of anyone. (OS)

This Frontier Needs Heroes Tipi Tent. Sat. 14:15-14:45 Crooning folksters This Frontier Needs Heroes have been on the road all summer spreading their heartfelt ditties around the States to high acclaim. This is a very appropriate stop on their lengthy journey, and it will be a pleasure to hear these gorgeous tunes in the Tipi Tent. One to wash away the hangovers. (SI)

Twi The Humble Feather The Local. Fri. 19:30-20:00 Lopsided, falsetto rock with a healthy dash of experimental tomfoolery, Twi The Humble Feather’s last release, Music For Spaceships & Forests, has won them ample plaudits on the other side of the pond whilst also drawing comparisons with fellow genremagpies Animal Collective. (OS)

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Vetiver Big Top. Fri. 20:45-21:45 Carrying a delicately hazed out sound, vocalist Andy Cabic shows why he has toured in the past with Devendra Banhart as they compliment each other beautifully. Having released their fourth album Tight Knit this year on Bella Union, the San Francisco residents will hope to grab a few more followers during their blissed-out set. (PC) The Week That Was The Local. Fri. 21:45-22:45 Mildly psychedelic, sort of 80sinfluenced, a wee bit pop with a smidgeon of rock. In short, the sound of The Week That Was is a pain in the ass to pin-down – which is one of their strongest points. (AP)

Whispertown 2000 Garden Stage. Sun. 12:30-13:15 If you like Jeffrey Lewis, Kimya Dawson and the Moldy Peaches, you’ll love Whispertown 2000. Oddball instrumentation and antifolk melodies are their stock-intrade, underpinned by lead singer Morgan Nagler’s off-kilter vocal style. Crammed with quirky character, just the perfect thing early doors on a Sunday. (OB)

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Wildbirds & Peacedrums Big Top. Sat. 18:30-19:15 Absolutely outstanding in their festival closing set in The Local last year, Swedish husband and wife duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums bring their frantic energy back to End of the Road. Following the release of critically lauded second album The Snake earlier this year, expect great on stage banter, and a set crammed with tracks from two flawless records. (GM) William Elliott Whitmore Big Top. Sun. 16:15-17:00 Born on the banks of the Mississippi river, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not far stretched to say that if God had a voice he would sound like this gruff 31-year-old. Singing a folk, blues, and country twinge, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also toured with established hardcore acts, such is the diversity of his talent. Tattoos, beard, and banjo: YES! (PC)

Wildbirds & Peacedrums

ARTIST A-Z

Wye Oak Tipi Tent. Sun. 20:15-21:00 What better way to see out summer than by dreamily listening to the hazy compositions of this duo from bluesy Baltimore? Their most recent release The Knot shows a more carefully honed sound and a break from their more low-fi demo days. Their optimistic melodies about love and learning from it make them an act you won’t want to miss. (SL) Yianni Agisilaou Doing Tent. Fri. Btwn 00:00-01:30 Pavilion. Sat. 12:15-12:45 Yianni Agisilaou is a wordsmith with a keen comic mind, and facetious sense of fun. His most recent show, Comelody, was a hit at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe, and was perfect marriage of his two loves: music and words. He’s also a bit dishy too. Ladies. “Sparklingly intelligent and very funny” (www.chortle.co.uk) 67

Zun Zun Egui The Local. Sat. 20:30-21:15 Hailing from the vibrant area of Bristol known as Montpelier, this is suitably crazy, tropically flavoured and completely nuts. One of those bands that has the wonderful habit of taking live shows to the next level. (AP)

CINEMA

Little White Lies Cinedrome For the second year running, Little White Lies magazine is back at End of the Road with a top line-up of cutting edge docs, crowd favourites and kid-friendly films running all day, every day throughout the festival. LWLies is the UK’s number one independent movie magazine. Slamming the door on celebrity culture, it’s a celebration of true filmmaking talent, all wrapped up in a stonking-looking package featuring cutting edge design and inspired writing. This year, we’ve pulled out all the stops, with a number of pre- and recent-release theatrical premieres in our main evening slots. Friday night kicks off with a screening of French gangster epic Mesrine: Killer Instinct. Starring Vincent Cassel as the real-life criminal who cut a bloody swathe across France and Canada in the 1970s, this is blockbuster filmmaking at its best. The saga concludes with Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One on Saturday night. But it doesn’t end there. Friday night also brings the brilliant Shane Meadows/Paddy Considine collaboration, Le Donk. Shot in just five days by Britain’s best filmmaker, Le Donk is the semi-improvised story of a legendary roadie, and one of the funniest and sharpest films you’ll ever see. We’re bringing it to you a month before you’ll get to see it in cinemas.

The theatrical previews continue in our eco-awareness strand with The Cove on Sunday night. This incredible documentary has won awards at festivals across the globe thanks to its powerful portrait of the fate of dolphins in a small Japanese fishing village. You’ll be able to see it in cinemas at the end of October. Elsewhere in the eco-awareness strand, we’re revisiting two of our favourite docs of last year. The Age of Stupid is Franny Armstrong’s searching film set in a postapocalyptic future in which an elderly librarian looks back on the events that led to the world’s destruction. That’s on Saturday afternoon, while on Sunday we’re taking a trip with mad German visionary Werner Herzog. Encounters at the End of the World sees the director journey to Antarctica to find out, among other things, ‘why penguins don’t saddle up gazelles and ride off into the sunset.’ Seriously. Only in Werner’s weird world... Other documentaries include Warp’s blistering celebration of ATP. Perfectly capturing the vibe of a mad weekend in the sun, this is the perfect film to get you in the festival mood on Friday afternoon. Or if you fancy chilling out, don’t miss Three Miles North of Molkom for your chance to disappear into a world of Swedish healing. Tree huggers welcome.

One of the big performances is Saturday night’s screening of Sounds Like Teen Spirit. This uproarious behind-the-scenes story of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest simply has to be experienced on a big screen with a big crowd. Whatever you do, don’t miss it. The same goes for a big Sunday night screening of classic horror film Let The Right One In. You’ve never seen a vampire flick like it... And let’s not forget the kids. The Cinedrome becomes kid zone in the mornings and early afternoons, with screenings of some classic animations from Hayao Miyazaki to Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. At the other end of the day, we invite you to step into the twisted realm of Ex-Rent Hell. In these manic midnight screenings you’ll encounter VHS classics, trailer mash-ups and YouTube oddities. Be warned: best experienced very, very drunk. All that and we’re proud to announce that Future Shorts are returning for the second year with a dreamlike selection of cuttingedge films inspired by the theme of ‘Adventure’. Think playfulness, childhood and memories. Check out www.futureshorts.com for more info. With thanks to Warp Films, Disney, Optimum, Momentum, Metrodome, Indie Screenings, Soda Pictures, Icon and Warner Music Entertainment for the films.

CINEMA

Let The Right One In

Mesrine

EXTRA ACTIVITIES

Workshops Welcome to the workshop programme at End of the Road. There are sessions for kids, adults and families where you can sing, act, paint, juggle, make and create. There are things to watch and things to participate in. Some sessions are just for adults. Some are just for children (although please note that children must be accompanied at all times). See the posters in the workshop area for more information about the sessions, including signing up for the animation workshops. In our bread-making workshop, children have a wonderful experience of making their own pita-bread and watch how it is being baked in an open-fronted oven, then eat it with honey for their breakfast while still very fresh and warm. The activity will take place on Saturday and Sunday between 09:30-11:30 (each session is about 15 min), at Pizza Tabun’s marquee. We advise you to register in advance to avoid disappointment. All money raised by the workshops will be donated to FRANK Water – a pioneering social enterprise that donates 100% of its profits to sustainable 5-filter clean water projects: www.frankwater.com

Comedy 2009 is set to be another cracker for comedy at End of the Road. From late-night tales in the Doing Tent, to stellar stand-up and an eccentric Book Club in a beautiful glass pavilion – there’s something to warm the cockles and melt the hardest of hearts.... Sarah Bennetto Presents Storyteller’s Club: Love Stories Doing Tent. Fri. 00:00-01:30 Did you catch the midnight scary stories in 2008? Well this year Storyteller’s Club features tales of love lost and found, from festival stars including: Robin Ince, Sarah Bennetto, James Dowdeswell, Josie Long and France’s premier misanthropist and lover, Mr Marcel Lucont. Storytellers’ is a bit more like an evening spent ‘round the campfire, with good friends, lots of laughs and enthralling, enchanting, sometimes peculiar tales. Saturday Stand-Up Pavilion. Sat. 12:00-15:00 The beautiful glass pavilion plays host to some of the most inventive and livewire comedians during the Saturday lunchtime show. Featuring: Tom Bell, Marcel Lucont, Yianni Agisilaou, Matt Kirshen, Liam Mullone and Phil Kay.

Robin Ince’s Book Club Pavilion. Sun. 12:00-15:00 The cult comedy club lands in the End of the Road pavilion, featuring the bookish charms of: Robin Ince, Josie Long, Isy Suttie, Bad Science genius Ben Goldacre and more. Ringo: Music Bingo Pavilion. Sat. 15:30-16:30 A game that fell into the mind of a hungover music and pun fan, as The Guardian wrote “for many (going to End of the Road) will be to play the drunken musical intro game Ringo Bingo.” It’s like Bingo, but instead of calling numbers, you get the intros to well known songs and you mark off the band’s name on your sheet. You are given clues in the form of great puns (is there any other kind?), this is not a quiz, there is no way of being good or bad at it, it’s just pure fun for music lovers. Each games lasts about 25 minutes. Like The Simpsons, Ringo: Music Bingo provides different level of fun for all age groups, but unlike The Simpsons it’s funnier now than when it started... Ringo: Music Bingo has been such a success that Ronan has had to hire a lawyer to stop bold people stealing his idea.

EXTRA ACTIVITIES

Where Is My Mind? Music Quiz Pavilion. Sun. 15:30-16:30 Think you know why there were Explosions in the Sky? Reckon you can pinpoint Okkervil River on a map? Convinced your local tailor could rustle you up an Archie Bronson Outfit? Adamant you read about the Neko Case coming to court? If so, this is the quiz for you! Brought to you in association with London’s King’s Head dive bar (The Luminaire’s slutty little sister), Where Is My Mind? will be bringing its fiendishly bloody fun book of questions for an hour in The Pavilion on Sunday afternoon at 3.30pm (free entry; team registration from 3pm, straight after the comedy finishes; maximum team size 8; we’ll be done and dusted by 4.30pm). And in a personalised twist, (almost) all the questions will be about artists playing this year’s festival, or those who’ve graced EOTR stages in the past. We say almost all – we don’t want to give everything away! Just turn up with your hangover and your medicinal cider, and we’ll provide the pens, paper and list of entertaining head-scratchers. Prizes will range from CDs and band merch to, uh, some other exciting things we’ve found down the sofa.

No guarantees of course, but you might get questions about anyone from Badly Drawn Boy to Holly Golightly; from Robyn Hitchcock to I’m From Barcelona; from The Wave Pictures to Kimya Dawson; from Joan as Police Woman to Jeffrey Lewis; from Scout Niblett to Billy Childish. And probably Michael Jackson. Gotta have some Jacko in there... Scrabble Sunday Sun. 13:00-17:00 Everybody knows the best board game in the world is Scrabble. Between 1pm and 5pm on Sunday, Scrabble Sunday will be in a field between the Garden Stage and the Comedy Pavilion (or in the Front Room if it’s wet) with heaps of old boards, new boards, swiveling boards and inflatable boards for you to have a game against friends or make a new friend to play with. We’ll provide referees, dictionaries, comfy blankets, cakes and prizes for extra special words. All you have to do is bring your brain. Be there AND be square!

SWIPE – Be in the Film! Garden Stage. Sun. 09:00-10:30 Garden Stage. Sun. 14:45-15:00 Ruby Films are making a new feature film directed by Stephen Frears. Based on the Posy Simmonds cartoon-strip Tamara Drewe, it features Gemma Arterton as Tamara, who is in love with a drummer from our fictitious band called SWIPE. Collaborating with EOTR 2009, this production brings you an unprecedented opportunity to see SWIPE being filmed as they appear on the Garden Stage on Sunday. There are two slots for the filming: one in the morning (from about 09:00 til 10:30) and again in the afternoon – for only 15 minutes as a special guest performance at 14:45 (after Bob Lind and before Bob Log III). We need a crowd for the filming and hope you might want to come along, stick around and be part of the film! It should be fun and you might even end up on the big screen!? We need a lively audience to cheer for SWIPE as they play their ‘hit number one single’, so look out for further info and keep your ear to the ground to be a part of this one-off event – it’ll certainly be an interesting spectacle to see unfold!

SCANDINAVIA

Scandinavian Flavours Being dragged around Ikea on a busy Saturday might not endear some to Scandinavian exports, but for those who have visited the fair countries across the North Sea, the delights of the five Scandinavian nations are plenty. Those fed up with Allen keys and poorly made hotdogs may want to redress the balance with a trip to the Scandinavian Kitchen. Serving classic fare ranging from meatballs and real Swedish hotdogs to herring and smoked salmon, there’s a wonderful time to be had relaxing away from the music with good, fresh, unprocessed and hearty food. And a good feed is just what you’ll need before and after getting your freak on to some of Scandinavia’s finest who’ll be entertaining on the stages over the weekend. With Sweden being represented by no fewer than four acts in First Aid Kit, The Tallest Man on Earth, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Loney Dear. Two of the other countries have showings too, with Efterklang hoisting the red and white of Denmark and Lay Low representing the ever fertile musical lands of Iceland. If you’re in need of a little audiovisual refreshment, the folks at Little White Lies magazine are laying on the seminal Swedish film Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In) in the Cinedrome.

Of course, then there’s the Kubb – an old Viking favourite kept alive in the games area. We’ll be playing all weekend so come and join the fun – just bring your own bones from the victims of Vikings and we’ll have a great time. Scaninavian Kitchen Open Fri-Sun. Morning ‘till Late Efterklang Big Top. Sat. 19.45-20:45 First Aid Kit Tipi Tent. Sat. 16:30-17:15 Lay Low Tipi Tent. Sat. 20:15-21:00 Loney Dear Garden Stage. Fri. 15:45-16:30 The Tallest Man on Earth Big Top. Sun. 13:45-14:30 Wildbirds & Peacedrums Big Top. Sat. 18:30-19:15 Let the Right One In Cinema Tent. Sun. 20:00-21:30 Kubb Being Played Fri-Sun. 12:00-17:00

SCANDINAVIA

Kubb Raping, murdering, conquering, pillaging: ah those pesky Scandinavians! Of course we refer to the Vikings of some one thousand years ago now, but they seem to be making a comeback, of sorts. Seemingly, after a long day of expanding their empire, rowing their long boats and smashing heads open with axes, the Nordic beasts liked nothing better than to relax by playing a game of Kubb.

Nowadays the game is having a resurrection thanks to the Baltic island of Gotland where Kubb has been kept alive for the past 1,000 years after popularity waned in mainland Sweden. Now the game is made up of wooden blocks (the translation of Kubb means ‘block of wood’), and it seems that tourism has reintroduced the game back into the lives of the ancestors of the original brutes. One of the festival organisers Sofia brought the game back to the event, saying, “being Swedish I wanted to share a little bit of Sweden with our festival goers, and as they are a very special lot. Me and my friend AnnSofi tend to organise lots of Kubb games with our friends on Clapham Common.” Basically this is how it goes: Firstly, take off the comically oversized Viking helmet with horns, and put down the chicken leg / other form of barbaric meat; these things will throw your aim off. The kubbs are stood along a base line, five either side of playing area; these are called Base Kubbs. The first team (between one and six people) throws six sticks underarm in a vertical rotational motion at the kubbs. When all sticks have been thrown, any kubbs that have been knocked over are thrown into the first team’s half – they’re called Field Kubbs.

The second team then have to knock over these Field Kubbs first before throwing at the base kubbs in their opponents half. This process goes on until one team has knocked over all of the other team’s kubbs, and then they have to knock over the King kubb in the middle. If the King is knocked over at any other time it is an automatic loss. Once the King is knocked over, beating the other team to death with clubs and axes is forbidden, but handshakes and rejoicing is acceptable. So if a bit of strategic destruction, group activity, or showing off of your game play, while there is a break in the music, why not give Kubb a go? The calming nature of the music echoing in the fields around you may just be enough to keep the Nordic God inside you at rest while you topple your opponent. Looks like the Vikings will be spreading across Europe once more. Battle axes at the ready! (PC)

END OF THE ROAD RECORDS

Before he had even thought of running a festival, Simon Taffe had wanted to run a record label. Like so many music fans he saw lots of bands over the years that he thought deserved a record deal. After being approached about a small band from Boston, Massachusetts, End of the Road records was born. On a plane to the US, contracts were drawn up and before long The Young Republic were the first band to sign to the fledgling label. As with the festival, it is the little details that matter to End of the Road Records – be it extra bonus records, or high quality embossed record sleeves, every release is seen as something to be proud of. First single, The Young Republic’s “Blue Skies”, became Rough Trade’s single of the week, as did “Girl From The Northern States”. Scouting for acts for the festival has also provided opportunities to work with other acts, and the label have also released the UK debuts of Port O’Brien and The Low Anthem, as well as a single for festival favourite Charlie Parr.

Far from being just a singles label, End of the Road have also put out two albums by Polaris prize nominees Woodpigeon and a compilation of The Young Republic’s US releases and EP’s to date in the shape of “12 Tales from Winter City”. Mid October will see the long anticipated release of The Young Republic’s proper debut album “Balletesque”. Stripped back to 6 members and relocated to Nashville, “Balletesque” shows the band in the fighting form that has made them a crowd favourite during their numerous appearances at the festival over the last few years. With Balletesque being released in October and a new Woodpigeon record due in early 2010 the future looks bright for End of the Road Records.

FLEEING FROM PIGEONS

The programme this year has been pulled together by the lovely folks at Fleeing from Pigeons. The magazine publisher was responsible for launching Bearded â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the beautifully, ethically produced mag entirely dedicated to independent record labels and artists. When an issue comes out, you can buy Bearded in WHSmith, Borders, independent record stores, newsagents and a few supermarkets too. FFP operates on a not-for-profit basis and uses this to give ethical, creative and forward-thinking folks like the End of the Road team the best value printing, distribution, design and editorial to produce high quality, environmentally sound publications on subjects that are interesting and at a price that allows small businesses to produce professional, creative and unique publications for a small price.

In addition to publishing, FFP also put on live shows and release free records. Their next show will be a very secret Nancy Elizabeth show in the Upper Hall of Union Chapel in Central London on 24 September, you can pick up tickets from the Fleeing from Pigeons website and get a specially designed ticket at the same time. As for records, they intermittently put out rarities by established acts. Call it 21st century bootlegs. Thus far they have put out rare and exclusive LPs by Pagan Wanderer Lu, Ratface, Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences and Andy Price. For more information on Fleeing from Pigeons and to read every issue of Bearded online for free, visit: www.fleeingfrompigeons.com. For more information on Bearded, visit: www.beardedmagazine.co.uk Follow them on Twitter: www.twitter. com/beardedmagazine

COMING UP

Heart Break Ball 2010 Bush Hall. London. 14 Feb 2010 The first Heart Break Ball is one of 2009’s best-kept secrets so far. Reclaiming Valentine’s Day from Hallmark and presenting it, bloody and sore, the way it ought to be, End of the Road fave Jeremy Warmsley assembled a crack team of the best artists around. Slow Club, Gossamer Albatross and Stars of Sunday League were all fantastic, and new-folk maven Johnny Flynn pulled out a rare solo show. JW and chums even opened the sold-out proceedings with a set of Magnetic Fields covers. Realising he couldn’t promote his way out of a bathtub, he asked us at End of the Road to join forces with him next year. So, Londoners, be sure not to miss what will most definitely be a better way to spend February 14th than crying into your Horlicks: London’s Bush Hall will play host to the best indie/folk-y one-day festival around. Details TBA, but the line-up will be very fine. Also: cupcakes!

THANK YOUS

Adam Laws, Aileen Powell, AIM (Association of Independent Music), Alex and Matthew (and Ellie the dog), Alex Capes, Alex Cronin, ALL agents and managers who we’ve had the pleasure of working with, ALL our amazing stewards, Amanda Singer, Amy Tarren, Andrew Chapman, Andrew Clare, Andy Inglis, Andy Zammit, Anna Dolan, Anna Hildur, Ann-Sofi Larsson, Artist Liaison Team, Arthur Swindells, Bella Union, Ben Wileman, Bob Thompson, Bob van Heur, Brian Murnin, Carly West, Cath Biggins, Charlie Davies, Charlie Ivens, Charlie Parr, Chloe Wicks, Chris Burton, Chris Hopewell, Chris Pattinson, Chris Tarren and ALL his fantastic crew (see below), Christof Ellinghaus, Clash Magazine, Clyde Grier, Colin Edwardson, Crispin Parry, Dan Howard, Dan Stevens, Dan Walsh, Daniel ‘Ben’ Ealam, Danny Black, Danny Miller, Darren Hayman, Dave Grinnell, David Goggin, David Jensen, David Per-Christian Rae V, David Shepherd, Deborah Rees, Derek Booth, Diego Cassette, Dom, Doug & Jane Livermore, Dunk Le Chunk, Dylan Taffe, Ed Horrox, Efestivals, Eldar & Eva, Emily Tupholme, Emily Warren, Emma Hill, Emma Thomas, Eva Vermandel, Eventec, Everett True, Fourth Wall Creations (Ana and Cara), Fran & Amy Burns, Frances Morgan, Freedom Beer, Gareth Jasper, Gareth Main, Gary Newman, Geoff Parvin, Glenn Zimmatore, Graeme Merrifield, Graham Wrench, Heidi, Howard Mills, Howard Monk, Jam Events, James Alderman, James Birchall, James Harvey, James Shepard, James Simmons, Jarvis Cocker, Jason Lehner, Jeff Craft, Jem Maynard Watts, Jenna Soame, Jennifer Bird, Jeremy Warmsley, Jess Roberts, Joe Brett, John Eveleigh, John Fitzgerald, John Jeffreys, John Kennedy, Johnny Brocklehurst, Jon Dunn, Jonas Aurell med familj, Joseph Patrick, Julia Safe, Kai Wong, Karl Regler and family, Kate Landau, Katharine Hibbert, Keira Rathbone, Keith Harris, Keith Nealy, Kenny Cunningham, Kevin Molloy, Kevin Summers, Kieran O’Sullivan, Lambert’s (Austin, Texas), Laury Dizengremel, Lawrence Williams, Lee Young, Linda Rondinelli, Little White Lies magazine, Loretto Dennigan, Louise Parvin, Lucy Jamieson, Luke Joyce, Macke, Mamma, Marc Brown, Marie-Pierre Bonniol Duncan, Mark Byrne, Mark Hamilton, Matilda Temperley, Matt Bochenski, Matt Lucas, Matt Witt, Megan Taffe, Mike Kaufman, Mike Knight, Mike Williams, Minna min vän, Mojo Magazine, Mormor & Morfar, Moster Gittan, Mum & Dad, Natasha

Haddad, Nick Haynes, Nick Rhodes, Nick Taylor, Nigel House, Nina Jackson, Pappa & Yvonne, Paul Barnet, Paul Kramer, Paul Stook, Pawel Laski, People’s Music Store, Peter Donne, Phil Hebblethwaite, Philip Jones, Philip Wicks, Piers Untersander, Plan B Magazine, Richard Geffen, Richard Hawley, Richard Hoare, Richard Stacey, Rob Challice, Rob Da Bank, Robin Ince, Ro-Cemm Evans, Rock Feedback Team, Roger Figg, Ronan Leonard, Ross Drummond, Ross Forrest, Rough Trade Shops, Ruby Films & Team, Ruth Mason, Ryan Oxley, Sally Finnigan, Sam Genders, Samm Holt, Sara Gillies, Sarah Bennetto, Sean Harwood, Sean Price, Seb Emina, Simon Keeler, Simon Morley, Simon Raymonde, Simon Reed, Simon’s beloved wife and children, Somerset Cider Bus, Sophie Wicks, Steph Pomphrey, Stephen Bass, Stephen Frears, Steve Jenner, Steve Strange, Steven Thomassen, Sue Torres, Susan Mayman, Suzy Myler, Tam Coyle, Tangerine Fields, Taz Alexander, The Local, The Luminaire and its lovely staff, Thomas Davies, Tim Harris, Tim Lee, Todd Cote, Tushar Joshi, Vicki Knights, Will Bridges, Will Williams, Wichita, Word Magazine, Yonas, Zoe Genders

security. John Roberts at A&J for the Bigtops, Richard and the crew at Crockers Marquees. Wayne and Dickon at Bigfish for the backline. Robert at Andy loos for the conveniences!, and Steve and crew for keeping them looking good on site. Sue and everyone at Hewdens. Dave and the crew at Trac. Nita at SGB. All the crew at Serious Stages. Dave & Paul at LMS stages. Will & Colin at Planet Gold Décor. Sue & Jon at Stunning tents for the tipi’s. Kirsty at SHB. Ed & Clive at Network Recycling. Steve and Ray at DCRS for the radios. Bethan at Tilshead Caravans, Rob Beale for the waste water removal. Jayne and all at GT Trax, Mike and all the Medics at Event Medical. Loretto and Aileen from North Dorset DC. Jess, Leki, Mike and everyone at Jam Events for the bars. I thank you all for your loyalty, great service, and hard work and dedication to the production of End of the Road. (And if we’ve missed anyone we’re truly sorry!)

Production Manager Chris Tarren would like to especially thank: A massive thanks to my two site managers Polly Barker and Rob Haworth, my office team Suzanne Burlton, Amy Gerry and Ines Eveleigh, my adorable site crew Jon Ward, Sam Boulton, Tom Checketts and Dave Hughes (I owe you all many beers). Bill (I might not do anything this year!) Ennis, Andy Cogram and all the sparkies at Eventec. John (take your paddles everywhere) Webster the plumber and forks driver. John & Anni Eveleigh for the massive job of managing the caterers and traders. Simon Rastall and all at Classic Catering for crew catering. My stage managers Gary Newman, Amy Tarren, Jon Hare, John Taylor, Adam Bond, Mike Cowan & Howard from the Local, my stage crew John Jeffreys, Darren Jones and Mike Deponeo. The noise boys Matt Jarvis, Matt Mills, Bruce Pont, Dave Warner, Chris Jones, James Southby, Rob Horsell, Olly Keen & Dave Thorne. Ian at GLS lighting and lampies Will Thomas and Mark Jones. Anna Dolan for Health and Safety. Robin and Liam from Midland Fire. Steve Anderson from Sound Hound. Sue and Nick and the amazing team of Stewards and Box office crew. Brett and Paul from ESP

Editor Gareth Main

Programme Credits Publisher Fleeing from Pigeons

Design & Art Direction Normal Bias Writers Oliver Berry, Peter Clark, Suzi Ireland, Olivia Jaremi, Shonette Laffy, Andy Price, Francesca Ronai, Oli Simpson, Alex Templeton-Ward Illustration Kai Wong Photography Alissa Anderson, Jon Appleyard, Sara Arnaud, Ted Barron, Jess Baumung, Tom Beard, David Belisle, Peter Boesch, Melanie Brown, Lauren Carlyle Smith, Sarah Cass, Andrew Chapman, Will Cooper-Mitchell, Autumn De Wilde, Dena Flows, Dave Herron, Nicholas Kahn, Annette Lee, Jonathan Leijonhufvud, Sonny Malhotra, Alex Poulter, Denny Renshaw, Hordur Sveins, Melanie Swerdan, Ben Welland, Rasmus Weng Karlsen, Davey Wilson

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Cinema Tent 10:00-11:30 Howlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Moving Castle 12:00-13:30 Drawing Class 14:00-15:30 Pixar Shorts / Monsters, Inc. 16:00-17:30 The Age of Stupid 18:00-19:30 Stephen Frears Q&A 20:00-21:30 Sounds Like Teen Spirit 22:00-23:30 Mesrine Part II 00:00-03:00 Ex Rent Hell

Cinema Tent 10:00-11:30 Tales from Earthsea 12:00-13:30 Once 14:00-15:30 TBC 16:00-17:30 Encounters at the End of the World 18:00-19:30 Future Shorts 20:00-21:30 Let The Right One In 22:00-23:36 The Cove

Circus Tent 10:00-12:00 12:00-13:00 14:00-15:00 15:00-16:00 16:00-18:00

Circus Tent 10:00-12:00 12:00-13:00 13:00-14:00 14:00-15:00 15:00-16:00 16:00-18:00

Cinema Times Cinema Tent 14:00-15:30 ATP 16:00-17:30 Three Miles North of Molkom 18:00-19:30 The Fall 20:00-21:30 Mesrine Part I 22:00-23:30 Bunny & the Bull Preview / Le Donk 00:00-03:00 Ex Rent Hell

Workshop Times Circus Tent 15:00-17:00 Circus Workshop Making Tent 15:00-18:00 Animation / Airy Fairy 19:00-22:00 Hunga Munga Doing Tent 15:00-16:00 Group Drum Circle 16:00-17:00 Early Ears 19:00-20:00 Bedtime Story & Songs

Circus Workshop Captain Barnacle Pirate Show Parachute Games with Peas in a Pod Make a Play Circus Workshop

Making Tent 10:00-13:00 Animation / Making & Painting 13:00-16:00 Airy Fairy / Animation / Making & Painting 16:00-17:00 Treasure Island 19:00-22:00 Hunga Munga Doing Tent 10:00-11:00 11:00-12:00 12:00-13:00 13:00-14:00 14:00-15:00 16:00-17:00 19:00-20:00

Tatty Bumpkin Kids Yoga Group Drum Circle Storytelling with Peas in a Pod Adult Drama Workshop Storytelling with Mr Browns Pig Drum & Percussion Games Bedtime Story & Songs

Outdoors 11:00-13:00 Clay Making 13:00-15:00 Circus Workshop 15:00-17:00 Clay Making

Circus Workshop Captain Barnacle Pirate Show Eco Music for Eco Kids Parachute Games with Peas in a Pod Make a Play Circus Workshop

Tatty Bumpkin Kids Yoga Group Drum Circle Storytelling with Peas in a Pod Adult Drama Workshop Storytelling with Mr Browns Pig Fun Music Man Drum & Percussion Games

Outdoors 11:00-13:00 Clay Making 13:00-15:00 Circus Workshop 15:00-17:00 Clay Making

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Garden Stage 21:30-23:00 Fleet Foxes 19:45-20:45 Okkervil River 18:15-19:15 Alela Diane 16:45-17:45 The Acorn 15:30-16:15 The Broken Family Band 14:15-15:00 The Low Anthem 13:00-13:45 Darren Hayman 12:00-12:30 The Leisure Society

Garden Stage 21:30-23:00 The Hold Steady 19:45-20:45 Neko Case 18:15-19:15 Steve Earle 16:45-17:45 Magnolia Electric Co. 15:15-16:15 Bob Log III 13:45-14:30 Bob Lind 12:30-13:15 Whispertown 2000

Band Times Garden Stage 21:30-22:45 Explosions in the Sky 19:45-20:45 Dirty Projectors 18:15-19:15 Shearwater 17:00-17:45 David Thomas Broughton 15:45-16:30 Loney Dear 14:30-15:15 Mumford and Sons Big Top Stage 01:00-02:00 End of the Road (DJ) 00:00-01:00 Tam Coyle (DJ) 22:15-23:30 Herman Dune 20:45-21:45 Vetiver 19:15-20:15 The Mummers 18:00-18:45 The Duke & The King 16:45-17:30 Charlie Parr 15:30-16:15 The Tenebrous Liar 14:15-15:00 Ohbijou The Local 23:15-00:00 21:45-22:45 20:30-21:15 19:30-20:00 18:30-19:00 17:30-18:00

Beth Jeans Houghton The Week That Was Get the Blessing Twi The Humble Feather Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo Spokes

Tipi Tent 23:45-03:00 21:15-23:45 20:30-21:15 19:15-20:00 18:00-18:45 16:45-17:30 15:45-16:15 14:45-15:15

Surprise Slots End of the Road (DJ) The Low Anthem Iain Archer Holly Throsby Sliding Rule The Lost Brothers Huw M

Big Top Stage 00:00-02:00 Jarvis Cocker & Richard Hawley (DJ) 22:45-23:45 Josh T Pearson 21:15-22:15 The Horrors 19:45-20:45 Efterklang 18:30-19:15 Wildbirds & Peacedrums 17:15-18:00 Malcolm Middleton 16:00-16:45 Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele 14:45-15:30 The Boy Least Likely To 13:30-14:15 Motel Motel

Big Top Stage 00:00-02:00 End of the Road (DJ) 22:45-23:45 Archie Bronson Outfit 21:15-22:15 Richmond Fontaine 20:00-20:45 The Dodos 18:45-19:30 Brakes 17:30-18:15 Dan Sartain 16:15-17:00 William Elliott Whitmore 15:00-15:45 Joe Gideon & The Shark 13:45-14:30 The Tallest Man on Earth 12:30-13:15 T-Model Ford

The Local 23:15-00:00 21:45-22:45 20:30-21:15 19:30-20:00 18:30-19:00 17:30-18:00

The Travelling Band The Heavy Zun Zun Egui Stardeath and White Dwarfs Magic Arm Laura Gibson

The Local 23:30-00:00 22:00-23:00 20:45-21:30 19:30-20:15 18:30-19:00 17:30-18:00

She Keeps Bees Quack Quack Au Alasdair Roberts Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards The Pack AD

Tipi Tent 23:45-03:00 22:30-23:45 21:30-22:30 20:15-21:00 19:00-19:45 17:45-18:30 16:30-17:15 15:15-16:00 14:15-14:45 13:15-13:45 12:15-12:45

Surprise Slots End of the Road (DJ) Charlie Parr Lay Low Blitzen Trapper J Tillman First Aid Kit Peter Broderick Ths Frontier Needs Heroes Jess Elva The Hand

Tipi Tent 23:45-03:00 22:30-23:45 21:30-22:30 20:15-21:00 19:00-19:45 17:45-18:30 16:30-17:15 15:15-16:00 14:15-14:45 13:15-13:45 12:15-12:45

Surprise Slots End of the Road (DJ) Sam Baker Wye Oak Tiny Vipers Sparrow & The Workshop Esben and The Witch Soy Un Caballo Treecreeper Stars of Sunday League Bear Driver

Comedy Times Doing Tent 00:00-01:30 Storyteller’s Club. Feat. Sarah Bennetto, Robin Ince, James Dowdeswell, Yianni Agisilaou, Marcel Lucont, Josie Long

82 Pavilion 14:20-15:00 13:50-14:20 13:20-13:50 12:45-13:20 12:15-12:45 12:00-12:15

Phil Kay Matt Kirshen Liam Mullone Tom Bell Yianni Agisilaou Marcel Lucont

Pavilion 12:00-15:00 Robin Ince’s Book Club. Feat. Robin Ince, Ben Goldacre, Isy Suttie, Neil Edmond, Josie Long, Waen Shepherd

WISHING WELL

GARDEN STAGE

PAVILION (COMEDY)

EMERGENCY EXIT

SECRET GARDEN HEALING RETREAT

BAR

EMERGENCY ROAD PLAYGROUND

T BAR

CIDER BUS

THE LOCAL

SCANDI KITCHEN

+ DAY TIME

TIPI TENT

I INFO & MERCH SCREENPRINTS ROUGH TRADE FIRE

£ CIRCUS TENT

BIG TOP STAGE

CINEMA TENT

MAKING TENT DOING TENT

+ NIGHT TIME

CAMPSITE INFORMATION POINT

VALUBLES LOCK UP

VIKING KUBB GAMES

MAIN GATE (BOX OFFICE)

CAMPSITE

CA RP AR

DISABLED & FAMILY CAMPING AREA T S

ENTRY / EXIT POINTS

BAR

STAGE

FOOD STALL

BUILDING

DISABLED VIEWING PLATFORM

OTHER ACTIVITIES

SHOWERS

INFORMATION

TOILETS

FIRST AID MARKET STALLS MOBILE PHONE CHARGING

CASH MACHINES GENERAL STORE

END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL 2010 AT THE LARMER TREE GARDENS, NORTH DORSET 10TH, 11TH & 12TH SEPTEMBER 2010

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