Billy Bragg - appearing at the Camden Crawl |
Legends all set to lead way at the Crawl
PREVIEW - CAMDEN CRAWL
Various venues
THIS weekend sees the return of the annual weekend of madness and music that is the Camden Crawl, so cancel all plans and get queueing!
This year’s line-up is yet another belter, with erstwhile legends such as psychedelic Mersey kings Echo and The Bunnymen, John Peel favourites The Fall, political rabble-rouser Billy Bragg (pictured), Mancunian house masters 808 State and even a series of guerilla gigs courtesy of the irrepressible Madness.
Then there is a tantalising selection of more modern-day luminaries such as Scottish indie-punk stars Idlewild, Leicester’s finest Kasabian, and the wonderful Karen O and her Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And, of course, no Crawl would be complete without lashings of legends-in-the-making, with this year’s ones to watch coming in the form of London-based-but-New-York-bred three-piece, Little Death.
Not to mention the debut of the Red Bull Bedroom Jamm X-Crawl.
With host venues including The Hawley Arms, Lock Tavern, Jazz Cafe, Koko, Dublin Castle, The Good Mixer and Roundhouse, the Crawl is an event steeped in a rich Camdonian tradition belying its own, relatively short history.
With a range of daytime activities including comedy and spoken word events, there will be something for everyone – not to mention the great British pastime that is waiting in a long queue and having a right good moan about it. To miss this would be a Crawl blow indeed
Camden Crawl -
The line-up
FRIDAY ONLY
Echo and The Bunnymen, Idlewild, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Enemy, Filthy Dukes, Hockey, The Von Bondies, The Whip, Wire, The Virgins, The Author, Baddies, The Barker Band, Bleech, Brakes, Capital, The Chapman Family, Circlesquare, Danny & The Champions of the World, De Tropix, Dinosaur Pile Up, Django Django, Drums of Death, Foy Vance, Goldheart Assembly, The Jim Jones Revue, Jouis, Kissy Sell Out, Little Death, Mini Viva Openroom, Royal Treatment Plant, Selfish C**, Skint & Demoralised, Sleepercurve, Teeth!!!, The Temper Tramp, Your Twenties.
SATURDAY ONLY
Kasabian, Little Boots, The Maccabees, The View, 808 State, Billy Bragg, The Fall, Frankmusik, Hot Leg, King Creosote, Alan Pownall, An Experiment on a Bird in the Airpump, Banjo or Freakout, BLK JKS, Broadcast 2000, Cherbourg, The Dead Formats, Die! Die! Die!, Elviin, Eugene McGuinness, Everything Everything, Golden Silvers, Gold Teeth, Heartbreak, Hexes, Innerpartysystem, Ipso Facto, Josh Weller, The Laurel Collective, Lion Club, Newham Generals, Ou Est, Outcry Collective, The Plight, Shitty Limits, Televised Crimewave, Threatmantics, Toddla T, Xrabit & DMG$
BOTH DAYS
The Big Pink, Count & Sinden, Dan Black, Fight Like Apes, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, The King Blues, VV Brown, Alessi’s Ark, Chew Lips, The Computers, The Cordelier Club, Datarock, Flashguns, General Fiasco, Goldielocks, The Invisible, James Yuill, The Joy Formidable, Kasms, Man Like Me, Marina and the Diamonds, Peggy Sue, Plugs, Pulled Apart By Horses, Sportsday Megaphone, S.C.U.M., Three Trapped Tigers, Tommy Sparks, The XX
DAYTIME PICK OF THE BEST
Three venues for comedy: Backstage Comedy, Falling Down With Laughter and Underbelly. Some of the finest stand-ups from home and abroad
Apple & Snake: live poetry from the X-rated to the psychedelic and humorous, compered by Steve Larkin
Bloody Awful Poetry: live acoustic music, a ‘poetry wall’ and art exhibitions
Bookslam: storytellers, novelists, poets and musicians, featuring Scroobius Pip
Indie Idle: unsigned artist competition
Hawley Arms Sessions: live acoustic acts at renowned Camden hotspot
Andy Ross Presents: two afternoons of acoustic sets presented by former Food Records head
Future Shorts: audio-visual extravaganza fusing music and film
Hunga Munga’s Camden Cocktail: arts and crafts fun at cocktail bar, with live music from bands such as Gabby Young and Other Animals
Karauke: Karaoke with ukuleles
Musical Bingo: Keen ears win prizes
Pop Quizzes: Who Killed Bambi?, The Moshi Moshi Pop Quiz. |
