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Festival Preview : Franklin Fest, Edinburgh

 

Finally the long wait occasioned by its successful first edition is over as the hottest (& coolest) garage 'n' roll event of the Scottish summer has announced the initial bands in its 2016 line-up.

Legends of the scene The Embrooks and Thee Jezebels will be joined by The Mind Readers, "Hastings' premier nuclear age garage surf instrumental combo" The Sine Waves, the ludicrously energetic & upbeat Oh! Gunquit & the current kings of the French scene Les Grys Grys (both returning after knockout shows at the Franklin Rock 'N' Roll Club in 2015).

Tickets (£35 + £3 booking fee for the whole weekend) for the event can be obtained here. Don't hang about as they won't, given the international reputation of the weekender. We'll be sure to bring you further additions to the already top class bill once we have them. Keep an eye out too for interviews with a number of the acts.

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Hipsville Announce Full 2015 Line-Up

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With barely four months left until the Hipsville Horror-A-Go!Go! weekender lays waste to Bisley & the surrounding area the fiendish folks behind the event have unleashed their full line-up upon an unsuspecting & unprepared public.

Make no mistake - this is a terrifyingly good and original gathering together of international garage punk & other Sixties madness which will set your bones a jangling (whether there's any flesh on them or not). Be afraid, very afraid.

Doing their level best to either give you a good time or scare you into an early grave will be the culprits listed below:-

Main Stage

GIUDA (italy)

“Stompin’ glam punk‘n’roll”  video/info

THE NEUMANS (usa)

“The hottest youngest authentic US garage punk act on the scene”  video/info

 KINOCO HOTEL (japan)

“All girl 1960s ‘group-sounds’ inspired, garage rock 4-piece”   video/info

 THE ANOMALYS (netherlands)

“Psychotic, unpredictable and primitive rock’n’roll trio”   video/info

 THE AUTORAMAS (brazil)

“An explosive mix of 80’s power pop and 60’s surf delivered with heavy fuzzed out bass”  video/info

 SPECIAL GUESTS? (france)

“Fearsome French 60’s R’n’B crazy assed wild men”

 THE SCREAMING LORD SUTCH tribute (monsterville)

“The monstrous sound of rock’n’horror rises from the grave! ” video/info

 THE NINE TON PEANUT SMUGGLERS (uk)

“Sir Baldy’s all-star combo playing authentic, swinging, ska and shufflin’ rhythm’n’blues”  video

Tikiville Tiki Bar Stage

THE ERROR TEAM (belgium)

“Instrumental film exotica music with a jazzy twist”   info

THE DEADLY STABS!

“HIPSVILLE’s favourite band returns, even we don’t know what they have in store for us this year!”

THEE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MEN (belgium)

“Fifty Foot Combo side project playing Las Vegas grind style monstrous rock’n’roll”

THEE JEZEBELS (uk)

“Three ladies making fuzzed-up, freaked-out, wild rock’n’roll!”   info

THE SEX ORGANS (uranus)

“The Sex Organs from outer space! Intergalactic sex’n’roll!”  video/info

OH! GUNQUIT (uk)

“Trashy, rumble, surf, bop, blitz”  video/info

THE TiKi HEADS (who knows?)

“The world’s foremost enigmatic and exotic surf group extraordinaire”  video/info

Ticket information, directions, accommodation options etc. can all be found on the event site here 

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