Music Monday: Camden Crawl - who I saw.

This post is a little late in the day - it almost didn't even make Monday - but I was determined not to miss my music Monday post this week, as I was at Camden Crawl, and thought i'd sum up a few of the bands I caught in a blog post!
warning: this is a very lengthy post. BUT I promise that you will discover some amazing new music in the process, so bare with me!

Firstly, I want to say a HUGE thank you to Myspace, who kindly gifted me my weekend tickets as a competition prize. One of the best prizes i've won in a little while! (I'm a bit of a competition geek - don't judge!)

So in no particular order - you'll find absolutely no favouritism on this blog ;) - here's the low down of who I saw this weekend. Actually I may well do this in chronological order, because that's the kinda girl I am!

The first band I caught were called Peace, and to be quite honest I had never heard of them before. I recognised a lot of indie influences in their music, some of their stuff reminded me of the Arctic Monkeys in their 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' era.
Here's their song BBlood...

I then checked out Benny Banks on a very cool stage under the railway arches, in Camden Gardens. Benny Banks is one of those names I've heard of here and there, as he has collaborated with quite a few industry names. I'll be honest, typically it's not my type of music. However, there are certain types of rapping that I can tolerate/absolutely love - usually this is because the lyrics are really clever, or because they rap in a funny accent - Nicki Minaj i'm looking at you.
Benny Banks falls into the clever lyrics category. He also has the cool ability to freestyle. Check out this video of him 'warming up' on SB.TV...

Next, and onto something completely different, we wandered down to the Roundhouse where they had a very folky/acoustic vibe going on. It was literally so nice and chilled out, I could have almost fallen asleep - and I mean this in only a good way!
I managed to see This is the Kit, who sound like the sort of band who could easily be featured on a Juno, or 500 Days of Summer soundtrack. So if you're into that kind of thing, you're definitely going to enjoy this little treat... what's also lovely about this video, is the fact it's filmed by taping a camcorder onto the back of a bike whilst cycling through Paris - how much more perfect could that get?!

Next on were The Magic Lantern, who were of a very similar style of music. That cute-sy folk genre that I'm personally a bit partial to from time to time, with song lyrics that make you want to 'awwww' outloud for an embarrassing amount of time.
Here they are singing in a shed. Yes, a shed.

The next new band I discovered were BIGkids. Remember Mr Hudson?

Supernova? Yes? Well, this is his new band. I kind of can't categorise them at all or tell you who they remind me of because, in many respects, they're very unique. They have quite a retro sound though. Oh, and they like to wear Burger King crowns. I'd say they were one of the most memorable bands I caught at the weekend, and definitely one to watch. Check out their song Superhero...

The band I saw who probably had THE best stage presence at Camden Crawl has to be Clement Marfo & the Frontline. For one, the band has a hell of a lot of members - especially for the size of the tiny stage in the Jazz Cafe. Their set included them crowd surfing, and spraying water all over the audience. So maybe not a band for you if you're a bit protective over your hair? But all the same, there's just something about them. I can't quite put my finger on it, but they're pretty awesome.

Things from here onwards get pretty amazing, and I'd say that you've probablydefinitelymaybe heard of at least two out of three of the last few bands.
On after CM&TF were Admiral Fallow. I had a niggling voice in the back of my head saying 'stay and watch these Louise, they're really good' - but I didn't know why! Then as they sung the last song of their set, I realised I'd heard this song many times on Radio1 & fallen a bit in love with it. Upon Youtube-ing them for the very purpose of this post, the little purple coloured link reminded me I'd in fact already gone in search of this song a couple of weeks back!
Admiral Fallow are slightly alike Mumford & Sons - but if they hired Amy MacDonald as a vocalist..

Then I was lucky enough to see The Big Pink - who i'm sure you all know due to their infamous hit Dominos. But have you heard Hit the Ground (Superman)' No? Oh. Well enjoy, and thank me later...

Lastly I saw the Futureheads, who again I'm pretty sure most people have heard of. They started their set with some amazing acapella stuff, which is just too good not to share! This is probably my favourite song of theirs, and in acapella it's just even more amazing...

Well done if you managed to get to the end of this extremely lengthy post! I hope it hasn't been too boring, and that maybe you've even discovered some new music that you love. Let me know below what you think of the bands I've featured - if you've seen them before maybe, or if you have plans to catch them at a festival this summer!