The whole course of the weekend was, if I’m being kind, disjointed. Garage Punk, for me at least, is a scene based on bands as well as records. For a weekend festival, it was pretty poor that you really only got eight bands. That’s including the three from The Sonics show. Saturday day saw probably the best of the bunch (we’re not including The Sonics in that) with the brilliant Swede thugs, The Branded, kicking everyone into touch with an all-firing fuzz attack. Drinking as hard as they played, these garage yobbos threw down the gauntlet and pranged a vintage Vox amp en-route. Then, they did the right thing by hanging around with every one smokin’ cigarettes and drinking more. That sir, is the garage way.
read the whole festival review at www.electricroulette.com
