festival season + @warriorgrrl vBlog ep 06 :::
Festival season has begun! I’m trying to get out to more gigs these days. Even though things like distance and weather and being crushed in hordes of people tend to put me off, I’m looking forward to the next month of music.
I might not be a Glastonbury girl any more (where did the good lineups go?) but I’m setting my sights on Europe and a lovely trip to Barcelona for Primavera Sound. Am very excited about seeing Sonic Youth, Throwing Muses, Bowerbirds, Bat for Lashes, Shellac, My Bloody Valentine, Jarvis Cocker and my brand new favourite band Agent Ribbons plus I get to sleep under the stars outside the city at a campsite with a swimming pool! And then in June it’s Download!!
Last Friday I dipped my toe in the festival rainbucket with a trip down to my beloved Brighton for The Great Escape. I was disappointed not to be able to join in the festival spirit by seeing a load of bands in different venues – it’s hard to do that when a) torrential rain is spitting in your face b) mad gusts of wind are trying to knock you over c) all the bands you want to see are playing at the same time and d) there are queues round the block for all the gigs. I did get to see Metric though, which was the whole point, and was very impressed by Marnie Stern too.
It made me start video blogging again too, look:
Check out this excellent Agent Ribbons documentary too, I can’t wait to get my hands on the new material:
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