Live Review: Slam Dunk Festival North - Leeds University - 30.5.2010
Posted on AlterThePress.com in June 2010.
After the apparent poor organizing of Slam Dunk South the day before, the festival returned to its natural home on Sunday, as the Slam Dunk Festival once again to proved to be one of the best up and coming festivals in the UK. Before you read any further I must warn you that I spent most of my time going in between stages and therefore didn’t see many full sets.
Nevertheless Save Your Breath opened the Atticus/Jagermeister stage with their brand of pop-punk that set the tone perfectly for the rest of the day; a set filled wall to wall with upbeat numbers such as ‘Sink and Swim’ and with guest appearances by Sean Smith from The Blackout and Soupy from The Wonder Years, Save Your Breath left a very good impression on the SD crowd.
Next a quick walk over the Relentless stage to see All or Nothing’, whose set didn’t quite manage to get the audience going but my brief viewing was pleasing enough and was enough to fill my need for edgy, fiery pop-punk that the band have honed so well. Back in the Atticus/Jagermeister area, Canada’s Moneen was as energetic as ever with ‘Don’t Ever Tell Locke What He Can’t Do’ being the standard opener. Admittedly I didn’t see all of their set, but Kenny Bridges post-set injured shoulder, gives the impression the band gave it their all.
