All Tomorrows Parties - The Fans Strike Back 2009
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th May 2009Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5SH, England MAP
from £150 per person (bookings per room or chalet)
last updated: Wed 22nd Apr 2009
Saturday sees the main Pavilion stage take over by four alternative folk acts; The Cave Singers, The Acorn, Grizzly Bear and New York based headliners, Beirut.
The Cave Singers take to the stage early in the afternoon to an audience nursing sore heads; and certainly prove a fantastic hangover cure, with the majority dancing away to their country music by the end of their performance. By the climax of their final song, the washboard, percussion based, Dancing on our Graves, the band have won over the audience and certainly made a good step towards selling out their merchandise at the stall.
Over on the centre stage post-punk, avant-garde acts Young Marble Giants play a set to a small audience, playing songs that they haven't aired live for nearly 29 years, which are greeted with great cheers from their faithful fans. Following on from Young Marble Giants is heavy punk act Harvey Milk, which, despite playing a tight set, are let down by their sound man who feels that the guitar parts are much too important when compared to the vocals, which can barely be heard, even towards the front of the stage.
Finally leading up to the headliners of the day Beirut, who are complete with an army of instruments including a trumpet, an accordion, an organ, ukulele, mandolin, glockenspiel, violin, cello, along with the typical band set up of guitars, bass, piano and vocals. The band offers something completely different to many of the bands on the bill this weekend and the crowd go completely wild throughout their set, including their most notable song, Nantes. Lead singer, New Mexico native Zach Condon, offers a treat on the vocal front, with his lyrics soaring throughout the surrounding area.
review by: Anthony Hetherington
photos by: Anthony Hetherington
All Tomorrows Parties - The Fans Strike Back 2009
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th May 2009Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5SH, England MAP
from £150 per person (bookings per room or chalet)
last updated: Wed 22nd Apr 2009
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