EXPLORING BOOMTOWN

Like many who buy tickets for a festival, the first thing you do is research the line up. You check out all your favourite bands, remembering the lyrics you used to sing along to and the tunes you used to hum. But you also check out the musicians you don't know - just incase you have a slot free during the festival to fill, yano' you might check them out (if they're lucky psht). Well I plan on going to Boomtown Festival at the beginning of August, like many of you,  so have checked out the line up and thought I would share with you who I think would be good to see. ( remember this is just from pre festival research and these acts are ones I've personally never heard of, so take this post lightly) 

BANDS

CoCo and The Butterfields - I would not be exaggerating if I said this band were very weird. Imagine an even more old school Mumford and Sons dressed in warrior outfits and that's what - believe it or not - this band reminds me of. Personally this type of music isn't my cup of tea but from the reviews I've read, they seem to own the stage and kick ass live and their cover of 'Way I are' By Timberland is actually very impressive, this band clearly have some serious talent, they're just very bizarre. I'm thinking this might be a good one to see if you're a little wavey and a DJ just wasn't doing it for you.. Heres a link to their Facebook if you want to check the band out : https://www.facebook.com/CoCoandtheButterfields

Irie Maffia - Reggae meets soul meets jazz meets DJ mixes meets rap meets trap, this mash up of genres is exactly what Irie Maffia are giving us on a plate. Their sound is bizarre, so I will admit it takes some getting used too but once your head gets over the shock, you'll love it. In their song 'Badest' they even whack in another language…actually all their songs include different languages, just to throw us off a bit more. In the Boomtown environment, sun shining down, your more than certain to get some good festival vibes off this lot. 

Lumberjack Cowboy Heartbreak Trucking Company- With a name like that, there was no way I wasn't going to research into this band, I just had to find out what they did. Well, what they do is american folk indie rock, again another band who produce a mash up of genres and successfully pull it off. When their song 'Pony' came on my thoughts automatically went to Kasabian with a mix of Kings of Leon - a weirdly good mix to have. 


MORE TO COME, I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.