The Upcoming
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Cinema & Tv
      • Movie reviews
      • Film festivals
      • Shows
    • Food & Drinks
      • News & Features
      • Restaurant & bar reviews
      • Interviews & Recipes
    • Literature
    • Music
      • Live music
    • Theatre
  • Fashion & Lifestyle
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • News & Features
    • Shopping & Trends
    • Tips & How-tos
    • Fashion weeks
  • What’s On
    • Art exhibitions
    • Theatre shows
  • Tickets
  • Join us
    • Editorial unit
    • Our writers
    • Join the team
    • Join the mailing list
    • Support us
    • Contact us
  • Interviews
  • Competitions
  • Special events
    • Film festivals
      • Berlin
      • Tribeca
      • Sundance London
      • Cannes
      • Locarno
      • Venice
      • London
      • Toronto
    • Fashion weeks
      • London Fashion Week
      • New York Fashion Week
      • Milan Fashion Week
      • Paris Fashion Week
      • Haute Couture
      • London Fashion Week Men’s
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • YouTube

  • RSS

CultureMusicLive music

Camden Rocks 2016: My Deadly Secret, IV, Evil Scarecrow, Sisteray and Billy Bragg kick off festival season

Camden Rocks 2016: My Deadly Secret, IV, Evil Scarecrow, Sisteray and Billy Bragg kick off festival season
5 June 2016
Helen Fortescue
Avatar
Shot by Erol Birsen
Avatar
Helen Fortescue Shot by Erol Birsen
5 June 2016

Music review

Helen Fortescue

Camden Rocks 2016

Links

Twitter Facebook Website

Returning for the fifth year on Saturday 4th June, Camden Rocks heralds the coming of the festival season. Packing in over two hundred bands across 20 of Camden’s most prestigious music venues, the day guaranteed vigour and carnage. The party kicked off at 12pm at the infamous World’s End, which was already steadily filling up, and the atmosphere was electric.

My Deadly Secret at Underworld

Thanks to the plethora of venues, Camden’s music fans diverged where their passions pulled them, and some of them first congregated in Underworld, where My Deadly Secret were opening the day. The crowds gathered somewhat tentatively, but when the ominous reverberating chords descended rapidly into a cacophony of pummelling guitar rifts and wailing heavy rock vocals, they soon began to show their appreciation.

IV at The Monarch

Shortly after, further down the road at the Monarch, another band started up. IV’s completely different style was indicative of the diversity of talent on display; the vocals swirled in anguish above the deafening feedback loop of the guitars. They committed to their experimental, shoegaze vibe when the guitarist scratched out a few notes with the help of a glass bottle.

Evil Scarecrow at Electric Ballroom

Later on, the Electric Ballroom was graced by the carnival-esque theatrics of Evil Scarecrow. This slightly tongue-in-cheek metal band attracted the biggest crowd thus far, with an undeniably charismatic frontman who requested ballroom dancing to the original heavy metal waltz of Dance of the Cyclops – and his audience happily obliged.

Sisteray at The Hawley Arms

Thanks to a well established enthusiastic following, the Hawley Arms literally shook at the hands of the confrontational, generational vitriol of Sisteray, whose brash indie rock was supplemented by heated, politically charged interjections: they didn’t hesitate to take a jab at Michael Gove, and Gentrification directly attacked the controversial process. Cold in Berlin had a more gothic edge, their frontwoman howling and clawing at the air like a banshee over riotous drums and screeching guitars.

Billy Bragg at Proud Camden

At just past 5pm in Proud, legendary songwriter Billy Bragg ascended to the stage for an hour that was part interview, part musical set. Whilst some of the crowd were frustrated with the lack of songs, those he did perform roused a nostalgic sing-along, Greetings to the New Brunette being a notable example; the interview itself confirmed that Bragg’s keen philosophical and political edge has not been blunted by the years.

Helen Fortescue
Photos: Erol Birsen

For further information about Camden Rocks 2016 visit here.

Related Itemslive music

More in Live music

Maximo Park – Nature Always Wins

★★★★★
Jessica Wall
Read More

Laura Mvula – Under a Pink Moon

★★★★★
Sylvia Unerman
Read More

Tom Grennan live in concert – online

★★★★★
Georgie Cowan-Turner
Read More

The Cinematic Orchestra at the Southbank Centre

★★★★★
Dan Meier
Read More

Vienna New Year’s Day Concert at the Musikverein

★★★★★
Michael Higgs
Read More

Rufus, Martha and Lucy Wainwright Present: A Not So Silent Night “Virtually Together”

★★★★★
Francis Nash
Read More

Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra: Ibiza Classics – O Come All Ye Ravers at the O2 Arena Online

★★★★★
Dan Meier
Read More

Courtney Barnett live from the Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne

★★★★★
Georgie Cowan-Turner
Read More

Gorillaz: Song Machine Live

★★★★★
Sylvia Unerman
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap

Music review

Helen Fortescue

Camden Rocks 2016

Links

Twitter Facebook Website

  • Popular

  • Latest

  • TOP PICKS

  • Creation Stories
    ★★★★★
    Film festivals
  • Detroit Stories – Alice Cooper
    ★★★★★
    Album review
  • Judas and the Black Messiah
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Gatsby at Cadogan Hall: An interview with Jodie Steele and Ross William Wild
    Theatre
  • Laura Mvula – Under a Pink Moon
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • The Swordsman
    ★★★★★
    Film festivals
  • Handsome
    ★★★★★
    Film festivals
  • Spotlight: Lauren Everet and Soup Kitchen London, striving for food security and social equality
    Food & Drinks
  • Black Bear
    ★★★★★
    Film festivals
  • Jumbo
    ★★★★★
    Film festivals
  • Spotlight: Lauren Everet and Soup Kitchen London, striving for food security and social equality
    Food & Drinks
  • Da Capo
    ★★★★★
    Film festivals
  • My Favourite War
    ★★★★★
    Film festivals
  • Typical at Soho Theatre
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Detroit Stories – Alice Cooper
    ★★★★★
    Album review
The Upcoming
Pages
  • Contact us
  • Join mailing list
  • Join us
  • Our London food map
  • Our writers
  • Support us
  • What, when, why

Copyright © 2011-2020 FL Media

Camden Rocks 2016: The Cribs, Carl Barat and Young Guns fire up the evening bill
The Sleep Show at the Roundhouse | Theatre review