Kate Goodacre, 22, Hulme Occupation: …al health hazard. Band/artist of the day: Ooh, tough. The Beep Seals or The Whip, I can’t decide. Best identifying paraphernalia: The gentleman in a grey top hat, which had a big red feather in it. Any soundclash this year?: Not as much as last year, but the sound on [...]

17.33: Nomad Jones has recruited two English rose cover girls to play violin and cello on his beautiful, sweeping acoustica. The strings work on an aural basis as well as a visual one, however, so my mind is quickly focussed on the truly great melodies that Jones has written. Slow Down is the Damien Rice [...]

11.37: Wandering around Castlefield, The Motel asks people in yellow jackets if they know where we pay our three pounds and where the Kenworthy (High Voltage) Stage is. We are advised to seek people in blue t-shirts. Said blue t-shirted folk point me at a fast food van, and say “all the music is that [...]