Summer Sundae: Friday Review
Friday's line-up may have lacked the big game bounty of previous years, but lurking in the undergrowth there was plenty to entertain, writes Olly Wright.
Canadian Dan Mangan offfered a vocal mix of Noah and the Whale's Charlie Fink and Mumford and Sons' Marcus Mumford.
Languid and dreamy, his voice soared over a powerful set of acoustic rock likened in the programme to Bon Iver, but sounding more like he'd given the For Emma, Forever Ago crooner a well needed wake-up call.
After a listless performance from Clock Opera, Uncle Frank lit the blue touch paper on the main stage, bringing his unmistakeable brand of funk to the gathering masses.
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Introduced by a scantily clad troupe of 10 lab coat wearing lovelies the Fun Lovin' Criminals drummer's alter ego took the stage with a backing band decked out in Kill Bill-style yellow track suits and helped ramp up the festival vibe.
Elsewhere, Francois and the Atlas Mountains signed off a mix of electronic beats and African rhythms with a cover of Jamelia's Superstar before Willy Mason performed a beautiful set, including hits Oxygen and Save Myself.
Back on the main stage, Asian Dub Foundation had the crowd dancing into the dark and shunning the gathering rain clouds with their mix of Asian and British beats.
Curtain closer Katy B rounded off a night of foot stomping with her own hits and a medley of crowd pleasers, including House of Pain, Missy Elliot, and Cypress Hill.
By the time she finished her set Lights On and Katy on a Mission the whole crowd was bouncing to the Brit schooler's infectious pop beats.
Comments
by Grewgious
Monday, August 20 2012, 10:28PM
“To be fair, Clock Opera were unexpectedly missing a keyboard player and had to improvise!”