Bluedot 2022: Friday Diary
There's more to Bluedot than music. Mark Roland explores the lesser-travelled nooks of the space telescope's weirder environs
Bluedot 2022: Friday, Orbit Stage
It’s Friday, and Bluedot feels like it’s ramping up for the weekend. People are packed into the Orbit tent like sardines, expectant and ready for action.
Bluedot 2022: Friday, Lovell and Nebula Stages
As the morning rain subsides, which alchemised my espresso into an Ice-Americano, the sun finally emerges, just as Tim Burgess’ blonde bowl cut appears on the main Lovell stage.
Bluedot 2022: Thursday, Lovell Stage
Under the shadow of the magnificent Lovell telescope, as night begins to fall, Hannah Peel and Paraorchestra take to the stage, and Bluedot is officially up and running.
Working Men’s Club ‘Fear Fear’ (Heavenly)
Let’s play Working Men’s Club review bingo. The Golden Lion in Todmorden! Syd Minsky-Sargeant’s “SOCIALISM” T-shirt! They were indie, now they’re synthpop!
Kelly Lee Owens: ‘LP.8’ (Smalltown Supersound)
Recorded in a wintery Oslo amid the ongoing disruption of Covid, this is the “eighth album” from Kelly……
LoneLady ‘Former Things’ (Warp)
As LoneLady, Julie Campbell’s 2010 debut ‘Nerve Up’ was a paean to the long-demolished Factory Records – tower-block……
Working Men’s Club ‘Working Men’s Club’ (Heavenly)
New kids on block hit nail on head Let’s get this straight for starters. The Working Men’s Club……
Ultramarine ‘Folk’ (Foam On A Wave)
Reissue for genre-defining masterwork Long before Bibio, Tuung or Minotaur Shock came on the scene, or the term…
Andy Bell ‘The View From Halfway Down ‘ (Sonic Cathedral)
Psychedelic synth/six-string dust-up