If music be the food of love…

This past weekend saw the sixth Supersonic festival take place – I went along and reviewed it for the Birmingham Post and Bearded magazine (the former is not online but the Bearded review is here). The festival is a treasure trove of music and film, curated by the Capsule ladies, and is just the sort of event that Cul-de-Sac would be made to cover. Having been named Festival of the Year 2007 by Plan B magazine, it’s fantastic that a festival in Birmingham has been receiving so much attention.

Highlights of the weekend included the Owl Service, Wooden Shjips, Einstellung, Parts & Labor, Errors, Pierre Bastien and ZX Spectrum Orchestra. Special mention should also go to Guapo – I saw 15 minutes of their set, which consisted of prog-metal, sequins and lots of lyrca. Do we really have to wait 12 months until the next one?