Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival 2013

Just to prove great things come in small packages Doune The Rabbit Hole brings a psychedelic summer to Stirlingshire with a musical line up headlined by cult Liverpool band Clinic, Scottish folk-rock troubadour Alasdair Roberts & Friends and 60s psych heroes July. Glasgow indie legends The Pastels and punk-pop trio PAWS will also join them at Cardross Estate.

Also joining the festival at the new location of Cardross Estate, Port of Mentieth are Orkestra Del Sol who headline an extended Thursday evening bill with Machines In Heaven and Honey & The Herbs.

PAWS

Friday sees headliner Alasdair Roberts & Friends on the main stage, along with The John Langan Band, Meursault and Haight Ashbury.  The intimate Fruitstand stage welcomes Rick Redbeard, Steve Adey and Stanley Brinks and the Baino tent is headlined by PAWS as well as featuring Gallon Drunk, Arbouretum, Galoshins and The Cosmic Dead.  A guest stage will be curated by Ten Tracks and features bands including Buriers.

Panda Su

Saturday’s main stage bill features Clinic, The Pastels, The Monochrome Set, Washington Irving and Panda Su among others.  The Fruitstand line up includes Robyn Hitchcock, Rozi Plain and The Wellgreen.  The Baino welcomes Zun Zun Egui, Bomskare and Stealing Sheep.  A guest stage will be curated by Edinburgh’s poetry and music fusion collective Neu Reekie and will feature among others The Sexual Objects and Teen Canteen.

Rachel Sermanni

Sunday’s headliner is 60s psych-rock legends July, the main stage also welcomes The Horndog Brass Band, Hidden Masters and Randolph’s Leap among others. The Fruitstand has Rachel Sermanni, The Banana Sessions, Jo Mango and Siobhan Wilson, while The Baino’s line up includes Z’s, Bo Ningen and Three Dimensional Tanx.

Rebecca Vasmant

The popular Inspire Stage will run all weekend as well as the Low End Dance Stage – with guests including Rebecca Vasmant and The Line Of Best Fit DJs.  Expect a cinema tent, art trail and lots of workshops suitable for the whole family.

Cardross Estate

“We’re thrilled with our new location,” said Jamie Murray, festival director. “Cardross Estate is on the boundary of Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park. It’s a beautiful site which has experience of hosting outdoor events meaning we can make the production better than ever, suffice to say it's a lovely flat, oak and beech-filled pasture!”

Doune The Rabbit Hole

Doune The Rabbit Hole is a small-scale festival where music, art, spoken word performances, workshops and activities for a family audience are the focus.

Tickets for the festival, which takes place August 22-25 2013 are available now from Brown Paper Tickets via Dounetherabbithole.co.uk.  






Full adult weekend camping tickets cost £78, children under 12 go free and day tickets are available, (see http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/305937 for full details).

This year car sharing is being actively encouraged, with parking fees reduced for those with full vehicles, the car share service is provided by goCarShare, who can be joined via the festival website.

THURSDAY 22nd August 2013

Orkestra Del Sol

Machines In Heaven

The Fast Camels

Garden Of Elks

Honey & The Herbs

FRIDAY 23rd August 2013

Alasdair Roberts & Friends

The John Langan Band

PAWS

Rick Redbeard

Gallon Drunk

Arbouretum

Meursault

Haight Ashbury

Steve Adey

Stanley Brinks (ex Herman Dune)

The Cosmic Dead

Galoshins

We Are The Physics

Big Ned

No Island

Doug MacGregor

Lori McTear

The Skarsoles

Dave Mac

Kenda Nagasaki

Guest Stage by Ten Tracks

featuring:

Buriers

Atzi Lipsync

Ryan van Winkle & Reel Festivals

Numbers are Futile

Royal Edinburgh Music

Low End Dance Stage

featuring:

Rebecca Vasmant

The Line Of Best Fit DJs

Jazz Spastics

Argonaut Sounds                                 

GK Machine

Symbiosis   

Inspire Stage

Workshops

Walkabout Art Trail

Matchbox Cineclub Cinema

Spoken Word

SATURDAY 24th August

Clinic

The Pastels

Bombskare

Zun Zun Egui

Stealing Sheep

The Monochrome Set

Robyn Hitchcock

Washington Irving

Rozi Plain

Panda Su

Mother Ganga

The Wellgreen

Foxgang

Flamingods

Beerjacket

Shambles Miller

Freschard

Helicon

St Max & The Fanatics

Honey & The Herbs

Dead Temple

Tom Snowball

Dbass Collective

Edgar Guerreiro

Mhazz

adullboy  

Guest Stage: Neu Reekie

Featuring:

Jesus, Baby

The Sexual Objects

Teen Canteen

Low End Dance Tent  

Inspire Stage

Workshops

Spoken Word

Matchbox Cineclub Cinema

Walkabout Art Trail

SUNDAY 25th August

July

Zs

Rachel Sermanni

Bo Ningen

Horndog Brass Band

Hidden Masters

Jo Mango

Randolph's Leap

The Banana Sessions

Cineplexx

Siobhan Wilson

Three Dimensional Tanx

Giblets of Yesterday

Martyazz Ensemble

Dirty Diamond & The Gunslinger

Prog Corner DJs

Bottle of Steven

Ellen McAteer

Campfires In Winter

I can't believe that eight months have passed since I first blogged those lovely hirsute young men Campfires In Winter after hearing the melodious 'Twelve Thousand Drops'.  So it was with great joy and expectation when news of a proper debut single release on March 4th dropped into Ralph's inbox. 







Now don't get me wrong I loved 'Twelve Thousand Drops' but the release of 'White Lights' is a real revelation as they explore a heavier more rock oriented sound.  The initial intro lulls you into a false sense of security but it's not long before it's soaring guitars and thumping bass lead into punchy vocals and you wont want anyone to 'take the spiders away' and  the almost bagpipe-like guitar work is reminiscent of Stuart Adamson in his glory days.  Some might say it's a tad overlong for a single at six minutes (there's always the radio edit), but it's the kind of tune that you just don't want to stop. 

In contrast the b-side, 'Cardboard Ships' is an all together more melody infused, reflective and haunting track.  It's a real coming of age for Campfires In Winter as they achieve a greater level of maturity and professionalism in their music but with no loss of that authentic charm and Scottishness.   






The single was self-recorded by the band and mastered by Geoff Allan at CaVa Studios (Malcolm Middleton, Make Model), and an accompanying music video is currently being produced and directed by Oscar Sansom (The LaFontaines, Michael Cassidy and Arches) to be released the week before the single.

Since forming in 2010 the band has gone on to share the stage with the likes of RM Hubbert, Kid Canaveral, Mitchell Museum and So Many Animal Calls as well as sets in 2012 at both Wickerman and goNorth festivals. Kicking off 2013 with a sold-out King Tut’s show alongside Kitty the Lion and Sunshine Social, Campfires in Winter have earned themselves a reputation for delivering powerful, emotional and atmospheric live performances.




The single launch gig is in Nice 'n' Sleazy, Glasgow on March 7th and they'll be ably supported by Garden of Elks and Vasa.  Tickets are available now and there's even a discount if you get them at the same time as pre-ordering the single.


Campfires In Winter are.....

Robert Canavan – Lead vocals, lead guitar
Wullie Crainey – Bass guitar, vocals
Scott McArthur – Keyboard, vocals, guitar
Ewan Denny – Drums