The most ridiculous band names on the festival circuit: Sportsday Megaphone, The Trouser Trumpets are just the tip of the iceberg

Remember how stupid you felt when you tried to make your mates buy tickets to see a random teenager called Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly? Or when you raved about the unknown New Young Pony Club? Or you heard somebody snigger when you tried to tell them that the Victorian English Gentleman's Club is actually a group of teenagers?

Yes, they're ridiculous names, but I can now reveal that next year's successful-yet-stupidly-named band will feature the words tree or monkey and / or be called Dave. Honest.

So if you're off to a festival and you arrive early, I suggest you check out these bands or DJs. I've got no idea if they're any good, but it's worth a snidey snigger at their name now, and possibly a smug smile and getting to say "Oh yes, I saw them live last year. Keep up" when they make it big.

Posted by Issy Sampson on July 10, 2025 4:45 PM in Cardiff Calling| Festival Line-up News| Field Day| Get Loaded In The Park| Guilfest| Latitude| Leeds / Reading| Lounge On The Farm| Lovebox Weekender| Music News| South West Four| Up-And-Coming Acts
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Festivals round-up: Latitude's carbon-neutral DJ, Flaming Lips hit Indian Summer and Lounge On The Farm

Recovered from the weekend? Good, because there's a whole heap of good stuff happening at the end of this very week...

- You lucky Scots have another cracker coming up - the Indian Summer festival is taking place for the second year at Glasgow's Victoria Park, and tickets are still available here. Line-up info and MySpace shenanigans, meanwhile, can be found here and here. Wilco and The Flaming Lips headline an impressively eclectic bill

- The other biggie this weekend is Latitude, which prides itself on offering a broader range of attractions than most fests. Bill Bailey and The Hold Steady answer questions about the festival at Virtual Festivals, while DJ78 sounds like an interesting proposition; he claims to be carbon neutral and plays shellac records on antique 1930s gramophones

- Also on this weekend, and with tickets still available, is Lounge On The Farm in Kent. Super Furry Animals, The Bees and Alabama 3 are among the acts playing Merton Farm in Canterbury. The list of things you're not allowed to bring onto the site includes dogs, alcohol and guns. So if you own a gat-wielding boozed-up chihuahua, leave it at home, yeah?

Posted by Stuart Waterman on July 10, 2025 2:00 PM in Indian Summer| Latitude| Lounge On The Farm| Music News
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