V festival roundup

Hells yeah! It was a great little festival, with above average toilet and eating facilities along with the usual slew of bars, atms and market stalls.

Of course the amnemnities are all well and good but in the end it's all about the music:

The New York Dolls: Old rockers rocking on, quite amusing to watch really.

The Rapture: Great! They played a really nice danceable set- and i can't disapprove of any band which has a sax.

Jarvis Cocker: I really liked the half of his set i saw, he was a funny old brit who had some great songs to play.

Beck: I expected him to just stick to his last two albums but he actually performed a fair amount of old stuff, from the hits ike Loser and Devils Haircut to stuff from Seachange. I'll admit at first i was a bit disappointed but as the set went on it kept getting better, his backing band was awesome. He had the ultimate rocker looking base player- all dylan-esque and dressed in head to toe in leather. Then there was the guy who's whole job was to dance around the stage and perform various odd tasks- like putting a series of larger and large boom boxes at the front of the stage, or serving food to the band when they set up a table to eat while beck soloed the seachange material. Of course in true Beck style the table was hooked up to a mic and the band started playing tunes with the cutlery. Then there were the puppets, oh the glorious puppets...

Pet Shop Boys: Odd and weird, and not really that exiting to watch.

Pixies: Ah so good, they played great but having seen them the night before i already knew what to expect. They pretty much did the exact same set with some of the more feedback filled tunes cut out.