My Mildly Mad, Maybe Mundane, Monday Music... Review

M⁷R - YNot Festival

M⁷R is a bit different this week because instead of an album review, i will be (attempting) to review music from a festival. Now obviously M⁷R is all about less well known bands and so to reflect that i will be picking from the smaller bands i stumbled upon during my time in the mud. 

Honestly though i didn't get round to listening to too many bands though, more time was spent making the most of the slithers of sun that shined upon the fields in between the sporadic showers. So this will be a short (possibly very short) post, as i'm not in the mood to attempt any stretching out or waffling. Actually i'm going straight to the top three songs, and will give a quick description of each band along the way and mention any left out...

Top Three Songs

Noteworthy: Freeze The Atlantic; Bastille; Boat to Row

3) By The Rivers - Don't Say You Love Me Video not available, so this will have to do...

These guys i just happened to walk into the tent having heard the ska sounds coming out of the tent as i wandered by, and since i quite like ska music i entered and enjoyed it greatly. What made it better was the fact that they had got the whole tent dancing but then again once you've listened to them you'll understand how hard it would be not to. To put them simply, refreshing ska with no twists or tricks; just dance-inducing ska music.

2) Little Comets - One Night In October 

To my disappointment these guys weren't quite as good live as i had expected, having listened to them before going to YNot. However they still deserve number 2 on this list just because of their lively, bit chaotic (pans and tambourines suspended on the stage) but simply brilliant music. I might add that i was planning on doing a review on their album before and hopefully at some stage i will get round to it.

1) King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys - Puerto Rico

Nothing can beat a bit of good old fashioned jazz, and these guys are the prime example of this. Walking into a tent to be greeted by everyone dancing, laughing and being just generally joyful, whilst the double bass is swung about on stage and sax's blast out joyous melody, is a sight to behold. What's more they were one of the only bands i saw to get an encore and then another (although they didn't reply to the second), people just couldn't get enough and neither could i. So please just check them out, but preferable in a room filled with people who are ready to dance to some amazing music.