Guest post: Sam's second day at Jersey Live

In the second part of BBC Jersey's Blast reporter Sam Falle's Jersey Live review he looks at the second day of the event including Magic Numbers, Lizard Channel and the headliners.

This is his report.

Darwin Deez played the festival twice

Sunday

My day begins at the main-stage with London scenesters Chapel Club who have been making waves in London over the last six months.

Their brooding and atmospheric tunes would likely be better suited to a slot after sundown rather than the middle of the afternoon. Their sound feels like the Cure's darker moments sped up with Ian Curtis on vocals.

For the most part it works, for the rest it is either self-indulgent or inspired depending on who you ask. Regardless, these nu-gloom poster boys hold their own upon this stage.

I then catch melody masters The Magic Numbers give the mainstage audience a lesson in singing and song craft.

Their Americana indie-rock is very much the sound of five years ago, but these songs are resilient and their later material shows a maturity, darker and more complex.

We enjoy a relaxed and professional set from an extremely accomplished band. Anthems such as 'Love Me Like You', "Love's a game' go down a storm and classic 'Forever Lost' provokes the strongest crowd reaction of the day so far.

Tease and MAGIC

Back at the Wild West Tease stage, local ska-punk collective Lizard Channel is causing chaos. These guys are hot in Jersey by virtue of their talent for creating a party atmosphere.

Yes, the music is all a bit 1994, but this does not stop the audience from getting a thrill out of awesome trumpet and trombone playing over fast punk rock.

Now on at the Les Inrock stage is Animal Collective-a-likes, Django Django.

Though briefly quite entertaining, the band's abject refusal to Create a drop, a moment where the music really 'kicks in' means that their set becomes wearing and the abortive ending does little to inspire the throng.

They produce interesting loops and noise and it is always good to see lots of people beating up the drum kit. Nevertheless it is hard to stay engaged with Django Django.

I head over to the Wild West Tease to see local punk rockers Hold Your Fire! Having just texted their way to victory at Surface Unsigned West, I am keen to see how these guys are getting on.

The crowd isn't great at this stage of the day in the tent, however, Hold Your Fire! Put on a solid and fast show.

Elements of Strung Out, Bad Religion and A Wilhelm Scream punctuate their punk rock and some nicely choreographed jumping moments keep up the momentum of their set. Entertaining.

"dance around like mentalists"

I now wonder into the hospitality area to catch Darwin Deez. It is strange that this band dance around like mentalists to such lightweight music.

I suppose this I part of their vibe but it runs of the risk of becoming intensely annoying, particularly the androgynous guitarist who insists on thrashing around to the most low key moments.

Still Darwin Deez creates open-minded dreamy pop songs: fun, if a little fickle.

The Bloody Battle is on now in the Wild West Tease. Assembled from the ashes of The Author and The Black Stats, tonight, The Bloody Battle sound like Queens Of The Stone Age battering Kasabian to a pulp. It's loud and dark and angry and they win a lot of new fans.

Few would envy Brave Yesterday for having a slot, which clashes with main stage headliner Paul Weller.

This clash does reduce their crowd, but those watching have a great show. Brave Yesterday have come along way over the last year and this is particularly true musically as their new material showcases their growing knack for writing epic rock anthems.

Sonically somewhere between Moneen and Biffy Clyro, Brave Yesterday blast through their songs 'We Own The Night', 'Paper Tigers and 'The Truth Is'.

Brave Yesterday round off my festival experience with an encore of Biffy Clyro's 'Who's Got A Match?' which has the tent moving.