I’m even a little bit tanned! The weather was surprisingly nice for a festival. I drank cider, dozed in the sun, had a massage, borrowed a book from the ‘library’, saw Robin Ince at midnight, and even listened to some music.

I had this idea where I’d maybe review some of it, but I’m just not good at talking about music so you mainly get a bunch of links to people I saw and enjoyed 🙂 It turns out I have three primary reactions to music: “I jigged around a bit”, “It nearly made me cry”, and “well that made me think”.

Emmy the Great – jigged around

The Secret Sisters – jigged around

Tinariwen – jigged around, made me think (Sarahan protest songs)

Beirut – jigged around

Laura Marling –  jigged around

Joanna Newsom – made me think (storytelling with a harp, held 3000 people in rapt attention on a cold dark night)

Midlake – jigged around

The Unthanks – nearly made me cry (jigged around)

Allo Darlin – jigged around (nearly made me cry)

White Denim – jigged around

Beth Jeans Houghton – jigged around (“it looks like cum and smells like flowers, I use shampoo in the shower”)

tUnE-YarDs – made me think (though in a slightly different way to some of the others!)

Caitlin Rose – jigged around

My absolute favourites were Allo Darlin, The Unthanks, and Beth Jeans Houghton. I’m buying Midlake for my sister, Tinariwen for mum and the Unthanks for my stepdad. I’ve got signed CDs from the Secret Sisters, Emmy the Great and Allo Darlin (and an Allo Darlin t-shirt!)

I also took photos of a peahen and her chicks underneath the stage at one point, while Phosphorescent were performing.

See? I have a better photo, but it’s on my camera (rather than my phone) but that’s a level of post-holiday organisation I have yet to attain.

Guardian review here.