Hull Local Music Reviews - Monday 2nd May 05 - Sweet n Sour All Day Indie Fest Featuring Top Local Bands By Michelle Dee Photo Gallery by Darren Rogers

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Monday 2nd May 05 - Sweet n Sour All Day Indie Fest Featuring Top Local Bands (1/3)
By Michelle Dee
Photo Gallery by Darren Rogers

(1/3), (2/3), (3/3)

On Bank Holiday Monday Silhouette hosted a twelve-band extravaganza organized by James Applewhite featuring one of the best local line-ups since some small scale gathering of Hulls finest in January. There were also various festival stalls, with clothes and accessories from NSO and politically motivated campaign stalls from the Green Party and the Legalize Cannabis Campaign. Also there was food being sold from inside the club; I am told that the sandwiches were particularly tasty.

On a hot day there was always a good possibility that the general public would avoid clubbing during the day in favour of sunning themselves in the parks.

Would the lure of twelve bands for six quid prove tempting enough? Thankfully through extensive promoting and an ingenious flyer system, a steady stream of people entered the venue right up until the early hours of the morning.

At half past one in the afternoon, up and coming three-piece, The Vels opened with a promising though all too short set. Watch out for these boys I hear they have acquired a drummer and are steadily making waves with their intelligent lyrics and catchy tunes. Having started playing at the open mic night at Adelphi they have quickly progressed to playing venues such as Music Man and Piper Club.

Second on the bill were The Johnsons, the lively four-piece made a lot of new fans that day. I lost count of the people I heard congratulating them on their efforts.

Let's hope all this adulation results in maximum gig attendance. Next was a rare early slot, for one of the most accomplished bands on the local circuit. The Fifty- Nine Violets played early on because they had to drive to Rotherham for another gig that day.

After all the hard work and many gigs it'll be a cold day in Adelphi when you don't see the best from the Barton lads. The album Prime Numbers released earlier this year is packed full of fantastic songs.

Today they treated the growing crowd to a great rendition of almost the whole album. Stand out tracks are still Fields, Silver Sea and Dirty Water but the final flourishes of Yeah Yeah Yeah were awesome.

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