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Today, a new feature. Besides bringing reviews of all the music festivals we attend this year, we will also be previewing them and selecting five acts for your perusal. First up - Camden Crawl 2010. Camden Crawl is now one of the many one-wristband-multi-venue-mult i-gig events that have sprung up on the UK music calendar. The first was way back in 1995. Back then Camden was an obscene but strangely alluring indie mecca where markets sold cheap jackets, vintage clothes and fashionable junk. Not much has changed in that respect, except the word [...]

So here we go, it's time for my tips for 2010 and what a belter we have to kick things off, none other than the mysterious beings known as Silver Columns. Haunting disco pop (now that's something I never thought I'd be blogging about!) but I'm completely hooked on this band. Imagine Jimmy Somerville being horse whipped by the Hot Chip boys and you're half way there. If that doesn't sound good to you then why not trust this lastfm comment " he sounds like the old pedo from family guy! omg. good music ". Then again you could just [...]

• Silver Columns - Brow Beaten