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Oxegen 09 - The Mighty Stef

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ATL|15:03 UK time, Saturday, 11 July 2009

IMRO New Sounds Tent, Friday 10th July, 00.25am

Describe in a Tweet: Rabble rousing gin-soaked rock'n'roll wins through.

What happened: Having pleased ATL playlist makers in the past, expectations are already high, but hitting the ground running with 'Down at the Radiotron', Stef and his shaggy workmates are instantly in some kind of irresistible dirty blues rock groove. It's confrontational but inclusive, the crowd urged to join the crusade of noble dissipation. Another possible victim of the Blur juggernaut, but all stragglers walking past the tent are instantly caught in the net and press-ganged to take the Queen's shilling.

This is a high:'Poisonous Love' is indebted to the Bad Seeds for sure, but a finer shanty you're unlikely to hear this side of the Cape of Good Hope. Harrrrr!

This is a low: Shortness of the sets means that momentum can easily be lost. 'Death Threats' threatens to derail proceedings, but not for long.

Oxegen rating: 8/10

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