Fri 10 Oct – Foals, Wild Beasts, Dananananaykroyd

Foals = Good.

Support = Bad.

Well, it's almost that time of year again. Ashton Court festival is upon us. Is anyone else going? It's quite small I suppose, so many of you might not have heard of it. This year, i'll be looking forward to Dreadzone, The Go! Team, and I forget who else. Last year I saw Lemon Jelly, and Roni Size amongts some other small artists. Loved it.

Anyway, might see you there!

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I, Velkro Smaak have released some new tracks on my website, www.velkrosmaak.co.nr and on my labels Website; www.ladies24.co.uk.

New tracks include Royal Violet, Roach End, Creepy Crawlies, and a remix of The Orb's song, Toxygene. These are all available for download on the above websites, or on MySpace.com/velsm

I look forward to hearing your feedback!

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