01
EARTH £12.50
05
ABANDON SILENCE - DIMENSIONS
FESTIVAL LAUNCH w/MAURICE FULTON
£5-12.50
07
YOUNG FATHERS £10
13
KRUNK FIESTA - VOGUE ANIMALES
band hit the hardest, and is also where
they show themselves at their most
vulnerable, their most enticing, and their
most unstable. Despite the threat of
disaster, Iceage turn it into an unhinged,
evocative form of volatility.
Thankfully, after a quick check of the
ever-reliable Twitter, it turns out grime
renaissance protagonist STORMZY will
still be playing this evening – he's just
been stuck in traffic. Fresh off the back of
his already classic newest release Shut
Up, it's fair to say the anticipation
must be weighing heavy on his young
shoulders. But there's no sign of it
tonight. His already trademark charisma
and confidence are present the moment
he walks on The Cargo Stage and both
carry him through the set without even
the slightest hint of anxiety.
SWANS cannot be summarized in 140
characters. There is no Swans sound
bite. No headline, no pithy quote. Swans
are, let’s be honest, not a festival band
at all. But where else but this derelict,
decrepit, forgotten yet fantastically reimagined part of the world would Swans
be more appropriate? Frontman Michael
Gira waves his hands in a conductorlike manner, stares unwaveringly at the
crowd, chants and wails in an unknown
language. Famously and reliably loud,
the band crash and destroy in unison,
building and layering and texturizing
in between. This is a band others are
compared to, not vice versa.
Such a memorable performance is
a fitting end to day one. This desolate
docklands is beginning to feel like a
place where special things can happen.
Roll on Saturday.
FRIDAY
AFRIQUOI, KERO KERO BONITO (PC Music),
RAJASTHAN HERITAGE BRASSBAND,
DOGSHOW, KING LAGOONS FLYING SWORDFISH BAND, RAVIOLI ME AWAY, HEX
+ many more £15
18
OUTFIT £10
19
LOOP £14.50
24
BRAZILICA FESTIVAL PRESENTS
MARCOS VALLE £10
SATURDAY
Blue skies and bright sunshine cast
the reimagined festival in a new light
today, figuratively and metaphorically.
The weather, along with a sterling lineup, sets an air of anticipation as punters
pile onto the superbly-curated BramleyMoore Dock.
Japanese two-piece noise/prog act
MOJA please a growing crowd in The
Cavern tent, who lap up the curious excess
of force the unassuming pair are clearly
capable of exhibiting. Drummer Masumi
engages in a particularly ferocious
display, with her bass drum having to
undergo continual replacements due to
her uncompromising style of play.
Hello Hello sees the duo at their most
SUNDAY
direct and their most dogged, standing
in particularly stark contrast to the coy
persona which they adopt between
songs. Bordering on the painful, MOJA
are a healthy reminder that, sometimes,
the most memorable and impressionable
experience come from the most
unexpected places.
French collective AQUASERGE take to
The North Stage, and gently launch a
repeated keyboard motif which floats
out over a quickly growing audience. The
band move through some sugary pop,
while showing their ‘chanson’ influence
to great effect, amid some complex guitar
and clarinet interplay. The crowd are
starting to move in a trance-like shuffle,
apart from a few who seem transfixed by
the alternately heavy duty riffage, funky
basslines, jazzy keyboard and beau Y