Flying Vinyl Festival, the first one-day fest for vinyl
lovers. If you, like me originally, only bought these tickets to see Swimmy D give
a religious audio experience; after hours listening to the supporting bands, I cannot
stress enough – come down early. Not only will you have the chance to grab
yourself some freebies, if you commit to bringing yourself (and a tent?) down
before doors open, you will also witness a multitude of talent and banging
bands take the stage, with the side-dish of record which will be available which
will tickle the taste buds of all us vinyl obsessives.
Take for instance Black Honey, the nights sub-headliners.
Currently touring with Catfish and the Bottlemen, many music blogs raving that
they are the ones to watch for 2016. Their recent release All My Pride could be claimed is what could be the product of any
basic indie band today. However, the edgy and charming voice of the frontwoman
(girl power!!) Izzy Baxter really sells the band to me. Songs such as Sleep Forever sound like the combination
of the dark endearment from a Lana Del Rey song meshed with the innocence, indie-pop anthem from Wolf Alice. With what this band have given us so far, and
very positive reactions from their live shows with CATB, I am in high agreement
with other blogs. These are to watch for 2016, and definitely worth seeing
tomorrow.
At the other end of the spectrum is The Magic Gang. The
Magic Gang have some sort of geeky-rock sex appeal to them. They’re not afraid
to test the waters of their talent. The funky-poppish Jasmine (off their latest
EP, The Magic Gang EP (creative title))
shows the band as polished off dreamy indie-poppers with their sweet, catchy
lyrics and bouncy bass lines. However essences of grunge come to the surface in
Alright shows that the band does have
the split personality (the grungy bi-polar attitude must have been a
consequence of touring with Wolf Al last year). It’s a band that can be happy
and edgy. Geeky and Sexy – a band that can do both.
Other bands such as The Amazons and Yonaka (my latest
obsession) will be strutting their stuff in the day.
