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Friday 6th April 2012
All Day BBQ Festival

Sparrow and the Workshop
6 Day Riot
The Nuns
Singing Adams
Y Niwl
Colours
Dignan Porch
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The Windmill
Brixton
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On Our iPod

Golden Grrrls - New Pop 7”

Chris Devotion & The Expectations - Amalgamation & Capital (album)

Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester (album)

Throwing Up - Mother Knows Best 7”

Howling Wolf - Complete Chess Masters 1951-60

The Ketamines - A Rotten Bond/1 Yr (from Oddbox Singles Club Pt 2)

Cardinal - Hymns (album)

Proper Ornaments - Taking the Gamble Out of Buying 12”

Darren Hayman - January Songs (album)

Various: Marshall Teller EP 12”

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Demo Review

Sky Larkin

Article written by Matt P - Mar 8, 2006

Sky Larkin are from Leeds. "Another one?!" I hear you cry. Well don't run off just yet, because the Larkin are worth listening to! There is an attitude and forcefulness behind the music which grabs the attention, and leave you wanting more. The style is indie-pop with a steely edge that lets the melody do the talking.

Traits and Traitors extols their virtues most effectively: a threatening five minute romp driven by rolling drums, crashing cymbals and scything guitars. Somersault leans less towards the rock and more towards the suave pop, but will nonethless leave you shouting "notes!" at inconvenient moments. All the songs manage to be broadly different, with the one constant being Katie Harkin's strong vocals. It makes you wonder where this lot could get to with the assistance of a PR machine as effective as the Arctic Monkeys'!

Links:
http://www.myspace.com/skylarkinskylarkin