Well, actually it was my first time at Truck but that’s not how the song goes.

Unbelievably busy with preparations of a secret nature (announcements very soon, promise), so here’s just a list-based rundown of what Roseanna and I liked at Truck 13:

• Something Beginning With L
• Thomas Truax
• Bats
• Chapel Club
• Fonda 500
• Fists (my Truck discovery)

Roseanna’s favourite (and her Truck discovery): Bellowhead

Anna’s favourites: Islet and Pulled Apart By Horses

(no surprises there, although I did manage to be right at the front for all of them and not rip my dress!)

We managed to catch a tiny bit of Blood Red Shoes before our departure and I was properly gutted to miss Unicorn Kid, Piney Gir, Mercury Rev, 65 Days of Static, Fucked Up and Zinc (due to stupid queuing system).

We saw loads of other stuff but my Mum told me if you don’t have anything nice to say, you shouldn’t say anything at all.

Anyone at The 1234 or High Voltage, both of which clashed and I was gutted to miss, please feel free to leave comments about good stuff to make me jealous!

My chronology is out as I still need to post the blog about my trip to Wales. For now, here’s some other stuff I’ve done recently…

Went to see Pulled Apart By Horses on Friday night at Barfly in Camden. They were playing support for The View (we managed to escape before they came on – yay!). It was a really storming set by PABH.

Having half-seen them at Swn last year but not quite managed to experience the whole thing, it was a joy to be at a smaller venue (Barfly) at the front of the crowd.

This band rip it up live. They have massive amounts of energy and don’t take themselves too seriously. It’s funny and mayhem all at once. I loved it.

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Happy Birthday to Rifa! The weekend was dedicated to her and we had a great time drinking way too much neat rum and shopping in the sunshine. We also went to some of my favourite Sunday hangover spots including Columbia Road Flower Market and S & M for breakfast.

Everyone should turn off their computer and go for a long walk. Spring is finally here and it’s lovely outside!

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