Mars Volta-curated festival highlights for your delight.


The Thing.


Basic.


Battles, polyrhythmic perfection.


Dave's mate.


Rivers' whim buy bonus...Jai Alai Savant.


Bad shit


Jaga Jazzist, Norweigen 11-piece, so, so, good. Big tubas.


Lots of them.


Subtitle. Big dude. Think hip-hop Peter Crouch, but scores more.


Dalek. Mega riffs. RATM scat-grrr-militia.


Bad shit.


Scenesters.


The Locust. Amazing. Quite heavy. 8O


Diamanda Galas. Darkest.


Where did it all go wrong.


Whoa! Waking up at 22pm.


Blonde Redhead, you'd have to ask the others.


The Kills. Boogie like a bastard.


Ranting and raving.


Sean's pirate 'play' house. Not suitable for children.


Blurgh.


Bad shit.


Rivers didn't feel to grand.


You forgot to phone your agent...


400 Blows. Nah.


Kill Me Tomorrow. Yah! BITB-er's new band, betcha!


Rivers eats.


Mr Quintron - HE IS A BAD ASS, A MUTHA FUCKIN BADASS.


Miss Pussycat, maracas and cream. The sound of sex in a swamp. SLURPALICIOUS.


Merch and meet, greet, sweet.


Lydia Lunch, don't mess. Blood is memory without language.


Dave's alleyways.


High on Fire. Bat T-shirts!!!


Mastodon - Leviathon is on the Christmas list.


!!!!


Les Savy Fav. Cats the musical, with added sweat and bear costumes.


Mars Volta. A


A 'Prince' moment.


DANCE YA BASTARDS!


Dave '4 Shandies' Abel. Nutterrock.


Arcade Fire.


Cinematic Orchestra. aceness, another on the list.


Gris Gris. A Rivers fave.


Sean's bust boots.


Hella. Loons.


Bad shit.


Michael Rother. Neu! Wow! Spiritualised-outness.


Damo Suzuki & Jelly Planet. Can-out with added Omar of the Volta. Wip Jap Wonga.


Dungen. Led Zeppelin with Flutes.


Antony and the Johnsons. Magical with Fish N Chips improv.


Full English through the eyes of a zombie.


Nightswimming.


Out like a light.

You people stateside should consider yourselves lucky to have such a wealth of talent on your doorsteps.

Of course I aint saying we don't over here, but there was a mere ONE band from these shores this weekend, and it highlighted the strength of young guns and avant neu-sters out on your playground.

Everyone on here should download a track by each of the above and dig their own hole.

BOSH!