Another Wadstock has eclectically rocked suitably anoraked
Wadhamites and their lucky guests. The College’s annual
music festival took place on the evening of May Day. Spontaneous
crowdsurfing, an accumulating carpet of empty beer bottles, and
(possibly related) raucous dancing were interrupted by unique
diversions such as competitive tequila croquet. Oxford’s resident non-cheese embracing community was
treated to a schizophrenic musical extravaganza. The uniformly
blondtipped, indie blandness of boyband rockers The Trend was
sandwiched between bizarre ambient sounds and exciting laptop
electronica from a lab-coated duo. As darkness and, for many, new levels of drunkenness,
descended, the musical talent emerged. Experimental collective
Confidential filled the dance floor with their funky breakbeats
and the stunning vocals of lead singer Simone. The Shimones kept
the party mood going with their covers of Franz Ferdinand’s
‘Take me out’, and the obscenely popular Busted classic
‘Year 3000’. However, Kilroy’s divaesque singer Autumn and the
band’s diverse fusion of funk, soul, jazz and samba pushed
the upbeat atmosphere up a gear; leaving the audience in
impatient expectation of next year’s offerings.ARCHIVE: 1st week TT 2004
Surfing and rock at Wadstock
