The resplendent blue sky that greeted me this morning caused my mind to turn to summer. Oxegen have announced the first handful of bands for their festival this year, unfortunately there isn't any must-see acts in there for me. I'm sure the guys at Electric Picnic won't be far away from making their own announcement pretty shortly for their 3 day extravaganza. The rumour mill at the moment seems to be revolving around MF Doom, Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, Massive Attack and Art Brut.

By the way, for anyone who missed Broken Social Scene's spellbinding appearance at the Temple Bar Music Centre earlier this month, KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic has a rather lo-fi session with them from last November available here (Streaming Realplayer Video).

I did actually go to the bother of e-mailing Aitken Promotions after the gig to reassure myself they were trying to get Broken Social Scene for Electric Picnic. Sure enough they said they were doing everything they could to secure them.

Fingers Crossed.

Published by Paul.