Welcome to our second issue of Cult Media Magazine. Last month we managed to distribute the entirety of our stock across Cambridge and not forgetting our launch at this years Strawberry Fair. Now we’re approaching the Summer Festival Season, well we’re hoping for the summer sunshine! In this issue we’ve packed it our with news on all the local and alternative festivals happening in our region, an interview with the growing folk talent Tom Copson and featuring a new section of the magazine, Artist of the Month, promoting the work of Zsuzsa Goodyer (front cover illustrator June issue). So have a read through and look out for the coupon this month at the back for Volition, Cambridge’s only true metal club night! Be sure to pick up a copy every beginning of the month and follow us on Facebook & Twitter for the latest news updates. Enjoy the summer people!
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This is Chris Stott. He’s from a town much too quiet for a busker, known as Potton. Two years ago he was playing his guitar around Australia, and when he came back home, he took his love of music to the streets of Cambridge. Why did you start busking? “I loved playing and singing for my friends, and that’s what gave me the idea to do it whilst on holiday in Australia.” Do you play any other instruments? “Ukulele and the piano, but I mainly play guitar.” What are your musical influences? “Indie and some folk music. [I’m influenced by] bands like The Killers and Pearl Jam.” What would your next step be? “Live gigs in pubs and things like that.” What do you enjoy the most about busking? “Meeting people and showcasing my music.Sharing the love.” Though not much of a talker, Chris is a very friendly and lively guy. You can find him performing near Kings College or outside Next on weekends and some afternoons, weather permitting. If you do see him out with his guitar, give him a wave and share the love. Gareth Morgan
JULY 14TH
ST.PAULS CHURCH
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hindig, an up-and-coming media collective, presented an evening of music and the arts on Friday, July the 14th. The serene atmosphere of St Paul’s Church on Hills Road provided an ideal and spacious venue. The church’s candle-lit interior held an exhibition of small paintings. On the wall above the stage, large psychedelic visualisations by Lee McBride and Dinletir were projected. The evening was compered by Diane, who between introducing acts, read prose about Norse mythology. The first musical act of the evening was Hella Better Dancer, a London four-piece with instant appeal. Their bassist and drummer ably kept the pace with the dark harmonies and jangly chords provided by their two female guitarists, as Hella Better Dancer ambled from lo-fi Indie melancholy to spontaneous outbursts of energetic garage rock.
Luke Hawkings
Karran Sahadeo
HELLA BETTER DANCER, KARI JAHNSEN, SPIRE CRAINES, MODEL STAGGS After a last minute cancellation from an act, Kari Jahnsen stepped in to provide a solo set of her work with band Like Spinning. Kari’s soothing acoustic guitar playing was perfectly complemented by her emotive enchanting voice. Kari’s music was serene with gloomy undertones, delicately emotive, and eccentrically individual. A short experimental musical piece was performed by electronic musician Spire Craines. Using a PC, an electric guitar, and assorted technological wizardry, Spire created a vibrant, highly rhythmic, contemporary psychedelic rock sound that captivated the audience. Innovative, original, and unique, Spire’s performance was all too short. The evening was rounded off nicely with another fine performance from Cambridge’s lively two-piece Model Staggs. As at their Portland Arms gig in June, Model Staggs defied their small number to perform a full sounding set of pounding melodic rock.
JULY 20TH
MAN ON THE MOON
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he Cambridge leg of the Ultrazang Tour 2012 kicked off at the Man on the Moon with a strong opening performance from Butterfly. Known as a ‘psych-indie rock’ band whose songs are ‘a mix between bhangra and psychedelia’, this simple three-piece exuded a sound reminiscent of the seventies’ best acts. Despite a few technical issues, they certainly managed to live up to their description; listening to their powerful midsections, Butterfly brought to mind a modern day Led Zeppelin with a twist. Their sound improved with the introduction of a guest on the synthesizers for their song, ‘Flying Close to the Sun’, but the sound issues really let them down that night.
Shaun Tobin
Gareth Morgan
BUTTERFLY, SCISSORS, KILLAONJAMBO Following them was ‘sixties psyche-pop’ band, The Scissors. The four-piece band had a stylish and dignified punk-rock style, and the addition of a synthesizer to the traditional rock setup gave them a distinctive edge that made them stand out from the crowd. They were confident onstage, which combined with their style and relatable song material, made for an impressive act. Closing the night’s festivities were Norfolk newbies, Killamonjambo, playing their first ever gig. Interestingly adding a horn to the traditional lineup, their sound blended perfectly to create a decisive funk-ska sound. Killamonjambo managed to capture the audience and finish the night on a high; they even commanded some audience participation. This relatively new band knew what they were doing, and if they continue in that vein, they have the potential to go a long way. They are great performers and we hope to see more of them on the Cambridge scene.
JULY 20TH
THE CORNERHOUSE
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his night had a lot to live up to, and future heroes,Tellison, worked up a buzz of excitement in the air as the crowd began to fill the venue. Set in Cambridge’s charmingly intimate Corner House Pub, there could not have been for a more apt location for the evening; the cosy, ambient pub perfectly suited the feast of enchantingly tuneful bands. First up were newcomers, Victory Points, who treated us to a short but sweet set, featuring tracks such as the delightfully raucous, ‘It Was All Going So Well’. They displayed a fantastic grasp of melody, and after premiering a new song,with some particularly intricate riff work, it’s clear that the band is progressing nicely. Being relatively new on the scene, the Cambridge trio still have work to do before their stage presence can really be felt,but their jaunty, melodious sound was executed with a precision and sincerity that illustrates undeniable potential.
Norwich based outfit, Big Success, faired rather better with the crowd participation. Their witty, yet unassuming banter made them wholly engaging between songs, showing an onstage ease that the other bands could learn from.Big Success’ inoffensive, punk-tinged indie rock is certainly nothing new, but with a collection of tunes that gets the punters feet twitching, they provided ahook fuelled performance couldn’t help but love. ‘Stop This Mess’ rattled along at a furious pace; as did the stop-and-start charisma of the all too short lived, ‘Calculators’; and as the set progressed, the band began to deliver the tracks with more and more gusto. The bass player’s animated skill was definitely worth noting.
Tony Bliss
Matt Rumble
VICTORY POINTS, BIC SUCCESS, TELLISON Headliners,Tellison, were hard hitting as they kicked in with their opening track. The West Londoners executed their songs flawlessly; a glut of recent gigs made for a well drilled performance, and it is immediately apparent that these idiosyncratic rockers had a certain distinctive flavour that sets them apart from the rest of the line-up. Their dulcet, lofty songs relied on a dual vocal attack and a smattering of layered harmonies, giving a resonance to their consistently soaring choruses. An entirely clear and crisp sound throughout, coupled with the underlying, only proved to ramp up an already buzzing set full of infectious hooks. The gently compelling, ‘Say Silence (Heaven & Earth)’, with its marriage of understated chord work and a driving chorus, and the towering, ’Edith’, were irrefutably contagious and even saw a brief crowd sing-along. What truly set the band apart, however,was their fantastic use of dynamics. From the slow burning, ‘Get On’, to the mischievous,‘Collarbone’, and the chunkier, ‘Vermont’,Tellison kept a rapt audience throughout. Ultimately, this quirky quintet offered up a captivating set of expert tunes, performed with all the zest and zeal one would expect from a band who managed to pour so much earnest emotion into their song writing. Tellison once again proved to further cement their standing as one of the UK’s most exciting acts.
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elcome to Cult Media's quaintest corner, home to some of Cambridge's most under-the-radar outings.
Coming all the way from Bristol, give a warm Cambridge welcome to The Cadbury Sisters – genuine descendants of Mr. Cadbury himself, no less. I could fill the rest of this passage with chocolate-related puns but I don't want to milk it... Truth is, they're an excellent folkpop outfit, with perfect three-part harmonies and beautiful melodies, and we're lucky to have them. Covers include Metallica's Enter Sandman, showing they're not without a sense of playfulness, too. Joining them will be Cambridge's finest adopted daughter Annie Dressner, whose affecting confessional pop can win over any audience, and the 2nd delegate from Bristol, Andy Oliveri. Wednesday 22nd August, CB2 Basement, £6 entry. Photographer Mark Woods-Nunn chairs an ambitious project alongside the Cambridge Art Salon this month, communicating stories through music, words and images. 'Discs: The Theme Tune to Life' explores the subjects' lives through their relationship to 8 pieces of music they've chosen, mixed live by one of the participants, Special Ed. Alongside this, others express themselves in their chosen medium – ranging from dance and poetry to painting and flower arrangement. 24th to 28th August, The Cambridge Art Salon, Donations Welcome. Like some tragic Miltonian character, this month's SHINDIG has been banished from the church whence it sprang. Hopefully it'll return soon, venue redevelopment permitting. In the meantime, this isn't art or music but hear me out: Tank Rides. You get to wear googles and everything. Probably no firing of cannons, though... 5th, 26th and 27th August, Duxford Tank Arena, £6. See you next month!
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Last Gang in Town are Cambridge-based reprobates who have brought all manner of punk, psychobilly, rockabilly, ska, and reggae mayhem to the city since 2003. Inspired by the late Joe Strummer and frustrated by the lack of decent gigs, Last Gang in Town’s first gig was a Strummerville benefit that raised the charity a tidy sum. Such was the response that it has continued once a month for the last eight years, bringing bands like US Bombs, The Filaments, The Restarts, Inner Terrestrials, Citizen Fish, The Brains, The Peacocks, Coffin Nails, Deadline, Left Alone, Random Hand, Jack Rabbit Slim, and The Grit to play intimate and exciting gigs, creating a vibrant and loyal scene in the city. If you missed out on the Alterna-Tiki DJ Night last Saturday, don’t fret; Last Gang in Town have some awesome gigs lined up at The Man on the Moon for the rest of 2012. Next up is The Peacocks, all the way from Switzerland, hitting the Man on the Moon as a last minute entry on Tuesday, 7th August. Also in August is BootScraper plus support, playing the TNS Records Night on Saturday, 25th August. In September they host the Brazilian psychobilly girl group, As Diabatz, with support from The Zipheads, on Saturday, 22nd September. Then Halloween mischief comes in the form of The Rocker Covers on Saturday, 27th October. And last but not least, they finish off the year with none other than The Street Dogs - Dropkick Murphy singer, Mike McColgan’s latest outfit - are over from the States for their UK Tour, hitting Cambridge on Friday, 7th December. They will be supported by local favourites, Graveyard Johnnys, and Roughneck Riot. You’d be a fool to miss that one. You can also find the Last Gang DJs at local and national gigs and festivals. We will be resident at the Devil Kicks Dancehall at Boomtown Fair. We hope to see you there!
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o the wider world, Cambridge is refined and clean. The city is where doctors want their children to study as they did, and wander through the impossibly beautiful architecture towards the rowing club, after a three hour cramming session on political science. No doubt the punts come to mind, as well as more rowing, Monty Python, Pink Floyd, and Stephen Hawkins. This is all just surface sheen though, because if you look a little deeper into the various venues around the city, you will find Cambridge’s underbelly. Intelligent. Informed. Angry. Overload are a punk band who have been around Cambridge since 2003. A few line-up changes have gotten the quartet to their current state, one that has seen them play all over the country, and even across Europe. Teo (Vocals), Jaime (Drums), Gungle (Bass), and Shinny (Guitar), play a vitriolic blend of Hardcore/Oi!/ Streetpunk/Ska that slams all of their favourite music styles around the floor, but helps it up afterwards so the fun can continue. All this has been achieved by the band and their friends through DIY ethics and the community spirit that is often found in the punk scene. Having released their first album, Godkiller, in 2011, the band are just about ready to record again and currently play live gigs whenever they can.
How did the band form?
T: “In 2003, me, my girlfriend, Jana (ex-Bass), and Lee (ex-Guitar), decided to start a band but we didn’t know anyone that could play drums. I could play a little bit, so we got Jaime straight away. We played with that line-up for a couple of years, released a demo which went out at about 600-700 copies. The demo got good reviews from punk websites. Then we kind of stopped in 2005 for a couple of years. Then we got back together, [and] changed to a different line-up. Gungle came in five years ago [and] Shinny has been with us three years. Though we’re expected to say it, this is the best line-up we’ve ever had.” Lenny Reid
Gareth Morgan
700 copies of a first EP is a lot… T: “Yeah. Not selling them, mostly given away. 700 copies, all DIY and produced
ourselves. Then we released another EP, One By One, which we recorded in a remote place in the middle of nowhere.” J: “We recorded the whole thing in one day. The same day we recorded that we got a new guitarist, who we asked to record for us the night before. He learnt the songs the night before and recorded the EP the next morning. He wasn’t even in the band at that point.” T: “In 2010, we were approached by Mother Fucking Sounds and we recorded the album, Godkiller.”
What do you make of the punk scene in Cambridge? S: “It has gone downhill over the years.” T: “The groups around Cambridge get along. You’ve got Last Gang In Town, then you have our Gang In Town. We cooperate together very well. The other groups tend to cover different music types, like Psychobilly. We’re a different side of punk rock.”
The term ‘punk’ is very subjective. Does Overload have a particular ethos? What does ‘punk’ mean to Overload? G: “Punk is a freedom. You know? Just doing what you want to do within reason.
Not following the crowd and being blind. Opening your eyes and actually seeing things for what they are and not believing something just because you’re told it. Reading between the lines. You don’t have to have a Mohican to be punk or look like a punk; it’s about the ideas. Following the ideas is more important than the image.” T: “There is a famous quote: ‘You laugh at me because I’m different. I laugh at you because you’re all the same.’ Punk has been my life since I was 15 years old and I’m 33 now. Ever since I saw the UK Subs playing in Milan – where I’m from – that was just it. What is punk? I don’t know. It’s an energy. It’s a lifestyle.” S: “I remember walking through school with a Ministry Of Sound t-shirt on listening to that stuff, then growing my hair and going Goth. You go through these phases but punk... very rarely do you grow out of punk. Once you’re in it it’s pretty fucking hard to get out of it.”
Why the name Overload? T: “Originally it was just one of those things. I was talking about the name with some
friends one night [and] we just decided to come up with something on the spot. I said, ‘Overload‘, and someone said, ‘Overlord? That’s shit.‘ I said, ‘No. Overload.’ ‘Alright. Let’s keep that.’ The name though? We are Overload. Everything is on overload at the moment. We all live in a diabolical time. Everything is tense. There is a class war; it’s not our war, but it’s being forced on us by the rich.” S: “The name is open as well. It can mean anything to anyone.” Find out more about Overload and their upcoming gigs on Facebook:
facebook.com/OverloadStreetPunk
Lenny Reid
Catarina Clifford
A BRIEF HISTORY
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layed in the US since the 1940’s - in a much tamer manner - roller derby went through a theatrical overhaul before fading away just before the turn of the century. Shortly afterwards, a DIY grassroots revival brought the sport kicking and screaming back to North America to a punk rock soundtrack, before spreading amateur leagues across the world. The sport is predominantly played by all-female teams in matching strips, with their own inventive and colourful flourishes added to highlight them as an individual, which is a staple of the alternative scene.
THE TEAM
One thing that stands out amongst the already catchy green leopard skin tights and skeleton face paint, are the team shirts. Each shirt has a name and number, like football shirts, right? Nothing in roller derby is ever that mundane. These ladies pick their own numbers, aka identifiers, which range from ‘000’ or ‘9mm’, to ‘KO’; and their own names, such as Romsey team’s Hermaphroditie and Meg A. Tsunami.
THE GAME
The Romsey Town Rollerbillies are Cambridge’s local team, and the girls in green held an event recently at the Kelsey Kerridge Sports Centre. Starting at 2:30pm, the event covered two matches – starting with Mecha-Kong VS Space Godzilla - and spectators of all ages went down to cheer on their home team against The Dolly Rockit Rollers. Walking into the sports hall, the crowd were seated to one side of the oval rink, outlined in DIY cautionary tape, as the ladies in team colours glided gracefully around the game zone in their skates. Wearing wide smiles, they greeted their opponents and shared jokes on the way round as a soundtrack of adrenaline-pumping artists poured from the speakers. Once the game had started the crowd got boisterous and the girls got focused. You can see why the sport is so popular and gaining new fans all the time, as the energy and aggression of the game translates to one hyper audience. This game ended up as a loss for the Rollerbillies, but an early deficit was fought back with some hairraising excitement, when a 60 point gap was pegged back to just 20 points just before the away team closed up shop for the evening. The good vibes continued afterwards, as the teams mingled and shook hands before the announcers directed everyone to the after party.
THE INTERVIEW
To give you a bit of insight into the world of roller derby, we managed to catch the Romsey Town Rollerbillies’ Bench Coach, Flamin’ Galah:
Can you explain roller derby for the uninitiated?
“I suppose the starting point would be: there’s no ball and you aren’t allowed to wrestle people to the ground. Both are common misconceptions. Basically, it’s an oval track and you’ve got four skaters from each team skating around together in a pack. Each team has one player called a ‘Jammer’, whose job it is to weave through the pack and try to lap the pack as many times as possible. After their first pass through the pack they score a point for every opposing blocker that they manage to pass, so obviously the blockers don’t want to make it easy for them. That’s where the physical nature, and also the strategic nature, of the game is seen. The Blockers try and knock over the Jammer, the other Blockers try and knock over the Blockers whilst they block the Jammer... and so on, and so forth.”
How long have you been involved with the Romsey Town Rollerbillies?
“I’ve only been with these guys for a little under two years. My girlfriend got me in to the sport. We came over from Australia and she’d been playing in a league in Canberra. We came over here and she found a team. She started going to training and said, ‘Why don’t you come?’, and I said... well... ‘It’s a girl’s sport!’ She told me that I could be a referee, which wasn’t immediately appealing, but I thought it’d be fun to skate, so I joined and it certainly was. The league was great and particularly for people in our situation that didn’t know that many people in the area, and hanging with a bunch like this was really amazing. You get that with every league and find that people are really friendly. A little bit alternative and really fun loving”
What is your role with the team?
“I’m a Bench Coach with the team, so I take care of the tactical side of things from the sidelines. I also started playing with a men’s league, Southern Discomfort, in London.”
Is it mainly an alternative sport or do you get people from all walks of life getting involved?
“That’s the best part about it. When I first came to it I was thinking it’d be just Goths, just Rockabilly types, or maybe just lesbians! But it really is just every single walk of life. Everyone has that experience when they get involved but it really isn’t anything to do with those stereotypes, it’s just misfits.”
Is it easy for anyone to get involved?
“It’s as easy as sending us an email and finding out when the next intake is. We have beginners courses that teach you everything from getting on your skates to learning the rules. We’ve had people join that have never even seen roller skates. They go on our 16-week course, which goes over the basics of skating and gets them derby ready to the point where you can take on the contact and be ready to do it safely and have fun. You can also come to the pub with us. The easiest way to get in to the league and I dare say the most rewarding.” If you might be interested in joining the Romsey Town Rollerbillies, learning how to be a referee, or just want to help out, then email the team at:
info@rollerbillies.com
ith metal events being rather thin on the ground in Cambridge, it was an undeniable delight to see a club night such as Volition positively teeming with eager metal heads. Hosted by the affable Q Club, the evening was a veritable feast of extreme music; as they spoilt the punters with a varied mix of raging tracks, to please young and old alike. Early on, the likes of Arch Enemy set the mood with their blistering, ‘Nemesis’, and as the crowd began to swell rapidly, the size of the tunes only matched the growing attendance. We were treated to a host of mammoth cuts; from a skull crushing spin of Meshuggah’s, ‘Future Breed Machine’, through to recent heavy hitters, While She Sleep, and their storming, ‘Dead Behind The Eyes’, no stone was left unturned. Indeed, the crowd reaction told us all we need to know about Volition’s aptitude for generating a frenzy. Slipknot’s, ’Duality’, was greeted with a deafening mass sing-along, and the distinctive bass intro to ‘Sabotage’ by the mighty Cancer Bats saw an instant eruption on the dance floor. Metallica’s, ‘Seek and Destroy’, even ignited a rather unique conga line/circle pit hybrid, which looked every bit as fun as it sounds. On this evidence, it is apparent that Volition has a thriving future ahead. With play lists spanning the whole gamut of metal anthems, coupled with a warm and jovial atmosphere, we really need look no further for a evening packed with heavy tunes and friendly vibes.
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loha mighty readers,. Poesi (see photo) are a band we're looking to work with in the near future, and I thought I'd introduce them and give you a bit of a heads up on what to expect from these guys. Poesi is a five man band, made up of Kat (vocals), Oliver (guitars), Ryno (bass), Webb (keyboards) and Andy (drums).
Poesi play a style of music that’s a little hard to define; they tag themselves as ‘alternative’, but this doesn’t cover their broad range of sounds and influences. It’s a little difficult to express their sound in words, so the easiest thing to do would be to log on and check them out yourselves, via Soundcloud: Poesi; or MySpace: PoesiMusic. I highly recommend you listen to, ‘Has to be Said’, ‘Start Again’, and ‘Remember Me’. Another band we’ll be working with ever so soon, will be the St. Neots based hard rock quartet, Screamin’ Venom, who take their influences from such famous names as Guns ‘n’ Roses’, Skid Row, Aerosmith, Hardcore Superstar and plenty more. This can clearly be heard in their songs, which you can find on their Facebook: ScreaminVenom. We haven’t heard from these fellows in a while due to some line-up changes but we expect big things, considering their past performances. Don’t miss out on our T-shirt giveaway, in line with our event on Friday, 14th September. The ‘Shut Up Shorty’ brand is getting increasingly popular, and you can be one of the first people to own a T-shirt bearing the sentiment. There will be more information to follow on this, so keep up-to-date by joining our Facebook page: StabbedPanda. next month: Cartoon Suicide and Super Love Giant interviews. That’s all from me and Stabbed Panda. Peace out, The Reverend Mickey Kink.
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ambridge’s live music concert held on Parker’s Piece, The Big Weekend, opened to the soulful tone of local singer, Grace Sarah. Right from the start it’s clear to see why this young singer won this year’s Strawberry Fair’s Battle of the Bands competition, with a voice not dissimilar to that of the ever popular Lana Del Ray. Everyone in the audience was enjoying the brief glint of sunshine during her performance and listening to her sing, it seemed as if the long, lingering Friday evenings of summer had finally arrived.
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An illusion, however, broken by the downpour that welcomed in the next band, The Night; a performance that despite having more strength than that of Grace Sarah, was unfortunately missed by many because of the weather. At least the sky cleared again during their last few songs. Whatever weather driven doubts threatened The Big Weekend’s turnout were soon blown straight out of the water by the frankly spectacular performance from headliners, The Noisettes. Despite the lead singer performing with an injury, causing her to perform sitting down, a combination of her phenomenal vocal range and awe inspiring stage presence captivated the crowd as they packed into Parkers Piece. By the time her final song, ‘Never Forget You’, was performed, it was difficult to imagine a single person standing who wasn’t supporting a grin, of either satisfaction or awe. The opening night finished with a firework display, illuminating just how many people had made it to the opening night; the size justifying the name of the event itself.
Saturday marked the arrival of the Olympic torch to Cambridge, drawing thousands of people from all over the city to Parker’s Piece to watch the show, whilst anticipating the arrival of the Olympic flame. The show itself was as eclectic as the crowds, ranging from the local voices of The Rock Choir of Cambridge, St Neots and Huntingdon, to by far the best performance of the day, given by Young Guns. The end of the concert welcomed the arrival of the Olympic torch, amassing huge crowds that followed the procession on its route up Mill Road, proud to see the lighting of the Olympic cauldron. The entertainment carried on through the night; the highlight of which was the huge colourful puppets, flags, music, dance and pyrotechnics of The Fields of Dreams performance, resulting in a show as bizarre as it was entertaining. Its quirkiness was clearly part of its charm.
Sunday, the third and final day, focused on the topic of international culture and music. It was not an event with a single central focus, Sunday’s festivities were instead something to be immersed in and discovered, not simply viewed. You could begin by listening to the quirky, ethnic jazz sound of TG Collective on the main stage, before wandering over to the dance marquee to surround yourself with salsa rhythms; when you got hungry there were foods from every conceivable culture; and when you got tired, there was the pleasant escape of the movie tent to let you zone down a bit. Somehow, in one single event, the vast cultural diversity was unified with an overwhelming sense of community, bringing together all the cultures incorporated within it into a single but diverse whole. This sense of community made the last day both the most entertaining and the most comforting end one could hope to experience, and there’s still next year to look forward to.
The Portland Arms Wilderness of Manitoba, Fuzzy Lights, Tom Conway £6
-5th: Haggis Farm Polo Club Cambridge Rock Festival £99
The Portland Arms AR, A Deeper Dreed, Scar City, Lamb Dog £5 The Corner House 20Story & Support
The Portland Arms Nick Harper £8
Man on the Moon Dookie (Green day Tribute band £6
The Portland Arms Crazy Arm + support £5
The Portland Arms Gazz Marlow + support £6 The Corner House Narrow Sound + support
Man on the Moon Geno Washington & YoYo Blues £14
The Corner House That Fucking Tank & Guns or Knives
The Avery Miles Hunt, Erica Nockalls, Paddy Nash, Graham Robins £10
The Corner House The Branded, The Lemontops, DJs
The Portland Arms Sylvester Anfang II, Rock With Electronics, Grief Athletes £5
The Portland Arms Gadjo £7
CB2 - The Cadbury Sisters, Annie Dressner & Andy Oliveri £6 The Portland Arms Paul Kelly £12 Man on the moon Bootscraper
Lode Lodestar Festival £65
The Corner House The Doublecross, Gnarwolves, Bad Ideas, Young Attenborough £5