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Written by Niamh Christian
The very best way to enjoy your May bank holiday Sunday is at Nottingham's Dot to Dot festival. An all-day festival across all of Nottingham's best venues, with not only some of Nottingham's very best local artists but also some bigger names, it brings the very best Nottingham has to offer to the music scene all into one jam-packed day.
THE MOCKING JAYS
SUNFLOWER THIEVES
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Over at Albert's was acoustic duo Sunflower Thieves playing a relaxing set that had people sat on the floor watching. Both singers sang with beautiful vocals and placed with innovative guitar, their determined lyrics had the audience all leaning in and opening their hearts to the magic that these two brought.
KING NO ONE
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If you didn't catch King No One's set on Rock City Main Stage, you missed out! Their incredible live performance got the whole crowd jumping, sweating and losing their minds. A key element for putting on a show is an interactive frontman and very few do it better than Zach Lount, his brilliance making it impossible for anyone to not be completely drawn in. People flock to Rock City to party and nobody brought the party quite like King No One did.
THE HONEYMOON SUITE
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Honeymoon Suite always bring their satisfyingly thick, chunky bass and playful slides to every performance bringing a genuine warm sense of enjoyment for those watching. The indie dream four-piece from Derby are known for the energy they bring through their funky riffs and catchy chorus and they brought nothing short of this to their Dot to Dot set, having to make do with the tightly packed out venue Suede didn't prevent them for putting on a show-stopping performance.
MOON
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Bodega may have a brilliant stage upstairs but their downstairs bar area isn't the most roomy, however, Moon managed to make the most of the stage...and the stairs. They brought a calming mystical atmosphere with their Jazzy riffs propelling us into a sumptuous meditation as we watched. There's no denying their songs are well crafted and delivered it in a melodically explorative style.
LEFT HAND LANE
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Over at the Angel Microbrewery, Left Hand Lane brought a storm! Bringing raucous energy and sending the rowdy crowd nuts with their latest single 'Skank'. Blowing off a lot of sweat and steam, it's hard to tell who went wilder; the band or the crowd. The interactivity shows nothing less than that their sharp and enraged agenda resonates deeply into their performances as well as their musical ability.
DISTANT BLUE
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Headlining 31K's stage this year was none other than Distant Blue. Despite having a much smaller stage than they still brought a hell-raising show to finish the day with. Playing new songs such as their latest single 'Lucid Liar', they brought the roof down with phenomenal energy that had the crowd eating out the palm of their hand. What they may have lacked due to the size of the stage they definitely made up for in charisma and determination. Embracing the small venue, frontman Ed made his way into the crowd, with the crowd forming a circle around him, made a true statement out of their political anthem "Come and Join the Party" which is yet to be released. It's an insanely strong show from a young band who exude enough confidence and energy for a stage twice as big, there's no better way to tire yourself out at the end of the day than coming to see these guys riotously closing the stage.
