last year, the ireallylovemusic clan descended on the standon calling festival and had a proper good time. [report : here]
the theme was "japan", and being drunk amongst people pretending to be a mixture of geisha girls and nintendo characters was somewhat mind melting.
this years party has been announced, for friday 31st july – sunday 2nd august ‘09, and it’s looking suitably excellent.
given that the years promo machine is all about star trek, it comes as no surprise that the theme is to be "space".
currently the orb have yet to be added to the bill, but it can’t be too long before they appear in the line up can it.
such a shame that this year me and the clan are otherwise engaged, as this would definitely be on my list of must-do this year.
line up :
friendly fires | ladytron | femi kuti & the positive force | tony christie | the whip | sun ra arkestra | ed harcourt | easy star all stars | golden silvers | freeland (live)| chrome hoof | paloma faith | micachu & the shapes | mumford and sons | eddy temple-morris | son of dave | nostalgia 77 | the aliens | tommy sparks | dave haslam | n.a.s.a | babyhead | we have band | casiokids | the invisible | delphic | chew lips | the fontanas | selfish cunt | detroit social club | dent may and his magnificent ukulele | the fabulous penetrators | pulled apart by horses | josh weller | jonquil | mr. david viner | delirium tremens | first aid kit | a. human | ark people | they came from the stars i saw them | revere | banjo or freakout | tim ten yen | gabby young & other animals | flashguns | your twenties | hook & the twin | louis barabas & the bedlam six | citadels | chancery blame & the gadjo club | the langley sisters | yes sir boss | cat & max | five minute pop promo | disasteradio | lulu lampshade | downtown wolves | annie d
as you can see, some good stuff in that lot (far more than any of the big name festivals i have to say), and if you happen to pop along, can i please recommend you check out revere.
more detail : here