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Headliners The Rakes haven’t really
made much of an impact since the
moderately successful “Capture/
Release” album in 2005, especially
after their recent embarrassing display
of non-musicianship at Glastonbury.
This live show was no exception,
blundering their way through
a handful of songs that sounded
exactly the same and proving the
“worthy headliners” statement in the
program to be fictitious. Most people
were desperate to see Chrome
Hoof in the Second stage though,
especially after the abundance of
shocking East London bands like
Kasms, Factory Floor and S.C.U.M all
raped Ian Curtis’s grave while calling
themselves post-punk even though
they’re nothing more than a bunch
of talentless, unfocused, piss-poor,
style-conscious degenerates.
We all know East London is a bit of a
dive, but if this had been a showcase
of some of the more diverse World
music found in the area, it could
have been so much more successful.
By the end of the festival, most
people were doing karaoke in the
VIP area singing along to Elton John
rather than watching the bands, and
to be honest, I don’t blame them.
Poor organisation, terrible sound
problems across all the stages,
and the lack of enough quality acts
ensured that this year’s 1234 was
a glorious, monumental failure. The
only saving grace for the whole
charade was the electronic stage, or
rather, the glorified gazebo, full to the
brim with pilled up sex-pots dancing
their way to some top quality DJ
sets from Joe & Will Ask?, The Lovely
Jonjo and Krazy Baldhead. Quite a
few pretty people walking around as
well but ultimately classified as idiots
if they had a good time.
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