Supersonic Festival @ The Custard Factory, Birmingham 11-13/07/2008

Festivals are often strange and idiosyncratic beasts – each has their own quirks and staples, and there are also a few select things which festivals are often associated with. For Glastonbury, it’s mud. T In the Park? Lager. And Supersonic, curated by Birmingham promoters Capsule, is synonymous with metal, beards and a plentiful supply of black clothing.

Taking place at the city’s Custard Factory, this was the sixth annual Supersonic festival, which has become shorthand for the best in avant-garde music since its inception in 2003. Combining the best bits of All Tomorrow’s Parties and Sonar, but with a large twist of Capsule magic and transplanted to Birmingham’s city centre, this year’s event was bigger than ever before, expanded to three days.

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