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Friday 6th April 2012
All Day BBQ Festival

Sparrow and the Workshop
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The Nuns
Singing Adams
Y Niwl
Colours
Dignan Porch
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The Windmill
Brixton
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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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Various Artists
Dance To The Radio 4x12”: Volume 3 Dance To the Radio 12”)

Article written by Ged M - Nov 25, 2009

Another Dance to the Radio compilation, another set of new bands, no exciting new discoveries. Only the offering from Leeds-based Olfar stands out. A member of Bear Driver and Samsa, Olfar’s ‘Husk’ (only a demo but what promise!) is melodic, quirky indie-rock on Modest Mouse lines. The Brighton trio Esben And the Witch play spacey synthpop with ample samples in a Broadcast style but their ‘Skeleton Swoon’ is a bit too ethereal and insubstantial to take hold, although it has its moments. Chickenhawk from Leeds are a metal band of the flimsiest kind, their ‘Scorpieau’ being lightweight hardcore. Manchester’s Airship have some neat hooks but their aspiring-to-be-anthemic-indie ‘Spirit Party’ sounds just like Coldplay. The hits vs misses ration isn’t in the listener’s favour on this release.

Links:
http://www.dancetotheradio.com