Firestations play HUNGAMUNGA festival

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HUNGA MUNGA is also a song by a treasured but largely defunct band I've seen many many times over the years. Jesse, the singer and lyrical wizard is now playing with Rat Scabies in the Sinclairs and the Neville Staple Band. Hungamunga also hosted many times over the years another treasured band Misty's Big Adventure, their singer-songcrafter Grandmaster Gareth 

sadly died to suicide in 2022; John Peel once said Gareth was "the new god" and now he's with all the gods. This is all to say, although I'm not a massive crafter, Hungamunga has been an important part of my musical journey, Mike and Laura always help out at their stage at End of the Road festival so it's lovely to be asked to play it, and we'll be introducing some brand-new-off-the-new-album songs to the set too. Get on it!  

 

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Blind Yeo at The Ivy House

 

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Cornwall’s premier cosmic-folk collective, Blind Yeo, bring their psychedelic carnival to South London’s Ivy House on May 31st. Fresh from a blistering KEXP session and heavy 6 Music rotation, this shifting motorik beast is part Neu!-esque propulsion, part off-grid ritual. Expect jagged synth-runs, West African ngoni vibrations, and a live experience that Lauren Laverne rightly swoons over. It’s restless, it’s transcendental, and it’s happening. Do not blink.

With support from Brighton's genre-bending jazz-psych band Thimble.

BAD FRIDAY 2026

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Forget the heritage acts and the overpriced stadium lager. Bad Friday returns: Eight bands. One ticket. Food included. An all-dayer built on high-velocity, DIY ethics…and the smell of charcoal.

YAANG are Manchester’s premier pop-art provocateurs. They aren't "post-punk"—they’re fully carbonated, caffeinated, and non-genre compliant. Expect motorik synths, drum machines, and chaotic energy that moves from gliding 80s power ballads to airport barfights in a single heartbeat.

COWBOYY: South Coast art-pop architects. Part math-rock, part jazz, entirely confusing to those who like their music predictable.

PIGEON DOG: North London grunge. Gritty, filthy, and bursting with spiky riffs that tackle gender dysphoria and dissociation with a sneer.

NATIONAL PLAYBOYS: Edinburgh’s post-punk 5-piece. High-impact energy meeting synth-driven hooks.

ASBESTOS SALESMAN: Southend’s "post-slop" duo. Recorded in a shed, sounding like Squid meeting Blur in a trough of toxic positivity.

NAOMI IN BLUE: British-Chilean Americana. A striking blend of folk-soul and heavy-synth power, anchored by a voice that stops rooms.

JUST KIDS: An indie-pop duo where Springsteen meets Fugazi. Emotional, relatable, and dripping in second-hand smoke.

SASHES: South London’s 17-foot-tall (combined) three-piece. Scuzzy riffs, domestic rebellion, and a live presence that leaves you exhilarated and uneasy.

It’s an adventure in angular pop and beautiful noise. Eat the food. Hear the future. See you at the front.