The Arboretum + Thursday At War + Bloody Bollocks + Peter Doolan and the Saint Valentines Day Massacres + + D.J Sammi Starr (Evening Show) + Space Chickens + The Magnetic Charms + (Matinee Party)

The Arboretum –Techy machines based riddims with dirty post punk guitar riffing over the top and wonderful wailing vocals. A bit cosmic a la Ozric Tentacles but also like a more abrasive indie dance thing. Tree – mendous. Thursday At War –  Dark and evocative alt rock full of tension and brooding, soulful drama. Somewhere between Joy Division and Muse, or The Chameleons and early U2.  Bloody Bollocks – and now for something completely different, but still right up our Strasse. Spiritual brothers to The Kunts perhaps, expect an incisive set of Satirical, Comical punk rock, as evinced by their rather wonderful album on Bandcamp, Now That’s What I Call Bollocks. Superb.Peter Doolan and the Saint Valentines Day Massacres – folky instrumentation (mandolin and maybe banjo atop the normal rocknroll lineup) souped up into, at times, an early Velvets groovy chug with some nifty melodic and vital lyrical /vocal work from the titular Peter D. Nice. Other songs are more obviously Celtic /Irish / trad and also tap into a rich vein of Americana… good songwriterly stuff. NB The Space Chickens Party is an afternoon event 1.45pm to 5pm ticketed separately HERE https://www.facebook.com/share/1ENNdGAN4S/?mibextid=wwXIfr AND IT’S ONLY A FIVER!!! Space Chickens –   The Space Chickens are a four piece band from Norf London. Playing “London Rock”, comparisons have been made to Mr. Ian Dury and Chas and Dave with their catchy cockney toons such as “How Many Words Can You Get, Out Of Reginald Bosanquet” and “I Feel Better Wiv Me Martens On”. And as a final name drop, drummer Pedro, played with David Bowie at Live Aid, lucky bleeder. Ably supported by The Magnetic Charms – folk and country and alt Americana touches via some astute song craft and a fizzing pop sensibility. For fans of REM, Souled American, The Byrds.