Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:00am

Event | Summer Sundae 2006

The 3-day Summer Sundae festival has come and gone for another year and yet again it was an excellent weekend of live music, attraction and great food and booze (all washed down, of course, with the occasional downpour of rain).

Friday night saw the Bathysphere stage play host to a fine mix of electronic and acoustic music.

The headliner was Plaid, but for me the two outstanding artists were Psapp from Domino Records, whose upbeat poptronica tunes and love of cats made a positive impression on me, and A Hawk and a Hacksaw (pictured), playing as a duo of violinist and accordion/percussionist.

Any artists who can play accordion whist hitting a cymbal with a drumstick protruding from a jingle-bells hat deserves respect in my books. As for AHAAH's music, an avant guard folky sound appealing to my Balkan sensibilities is probably the best way to describe it.

Well done to Bathysphere for selecting some great music for the night. My contribution was visuals for SofaLofa and The Buoys who also appeared on the bill.

On Saturday I had the pleasure of seeing favourites of mine Calexico play on the main stage. A fine set and an appreciative audience.

I had fancied seeing José González (of Sony Bravia advert fame) on Sunday, but did quite make it. I'm sure I'll get to see him at some point in the future.

It's also worth noting that Pineapster hosted the official Summer Sunday warm-up gig this year at the Firebug.

I'm looking forward to next year already...

P.S. I've just found out that Calexico are going to be supported by A Hawk and a Hacksaw on part of their forthcoming UK tour. Unmissable!

Author: Sean Clark