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major power fault at Indietracks Music Festival doesn't dampen spiritsIndietracks Music Festival 2011 reviewTuesday 2nd August 2011 Whilst some festivals like to boast about shifting 70,000 to 90,000 tickets for a weekend of music, which as we probably know means long queues for the toilets and even longer queues for the food and drink stalls. Indie Tracks on the other hand prides itself on being an intimate affair, with just over one thousand people.
This year the sun was blistering hot and if ever I could criticise this event it would be for the lack of shade available. Maybe for next year they could have a chill out tent where people could go and get some much needed shade from the heatstroke inducing weather. Over the three days the music consisted of the well known to the not so well known bands, as well as some really talented bands and shall we say not so talented bands. The prices for food and drinks was reasonable, you didn't feel like you needed to remortgage your house to cover the costs at Indie Tracks. There were also lots to do for children such as cake making, sock puppet making and numerous other craft type sessions to participate in. This year’s event was headlined by Edwyn Collins, and Herman Dune who have both seen their popularity decrease over the years. Thankfully, their talent hasn't decreased. This year's event was the same high calibre as in previous years, however just before The Hidden Cameras were due on stage, there was a technical fault which had started to plague the previous band, Help Stamp Out Loneliness, and this technical fault developed into a major fault and left the main stage with no electric. After a lull in proceedings the promoters decided to announce (or rather shout) that the main stage was not going to host any more bands and that Edwyn Collins will be playing in the Indoor stage.
However trying to fit that many people into the indoor stage was going to leave some people disappointed, and sure enough if you were stood towards the back, the view was non-existent to say the least. It would have been better to have refunded the tickets and brought an Edwyn Collins DVD rather than stand in a train shed not being able to see the artiste.
Even today when he performs there are still signs of his near death experience, he seemed unable to move his right arm, but thankfully his singing voice is still has wonderful and crisp as it was back in his heyday. It was an incredible sing-a-long when he performed his 1994 hit 'A Girl Like You'. Other bands that impressed me this year included A Little Orchestra, and Crystal Stilts both bands have got that ability to keep you entertained throughout the set, and hopefully they will progress onwards and upwards. If you are looking for a festival that is fun, family friendly, and not boisterous, then this is the festival for you.  review by Luke Seagrave photos by Luke Seagrave 
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