Big Top welcomes raucous Play End Of The Road winners Sweaty Palms
31 August 2019, 13:04
| Written by
Laurence Day
Glaswegian garage-punk outfit Sweaty Palms - one of this year's Play End Of The Road winners - kicked off proceedings at the Big Top.
Filling the tent with propulsive, ramshackle riffs and 10 tonnes of snarling disdain, the group rolled out plenty for the sizeable crowd to chew over - this was a sharp shock of noise that banished any hangover blues lingering on those in attendance.
The ensuing fracas sat in the same arena as IDLES' grittiest fare, Fontaines DC, Lice, and(/or) The Murder Capital. Dark, brooding, and exhillarating.
End Of The Road festival continues today (31 August) with sets from Low, Courtney Barnett, Kate Tempest, and more.
Latest
- Bruce Springsteen shares "Sunday Love" from lost album, Twilight Hours
- Stones Throw to reissue Haruomi Hosono's 1975 album, Tropical Dandy
- Picture Parlour share "Cielo Drive" and announce independent venue tour
- DEBBY FRIDAY shares new single, "Lipsync"
- anaiis begins a new chapter with "Deus Deus"
- Zara Larsson presents album title track, "Midnight Sun"
- Leon Bridges presents "Hold On" taken from debut album sessions
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Read next
Listen
Fabrizio Cammarata offers a sacred soundscape in “Asanta”
Verve-signed Aron! releases debut EP Cozy you (and other nice songs)
Gracie and Rachel deliver folk-pop for the future on "WTF"
Hot Stamp unleash irrepressible pop-rock on debut single, “Josephine”
St. Catherine’s Child explores the duality of life in the transcendent “The Other Side Of 25”
Naughties hype is back (and justified) as RIP Magic finally drop a glorious deuce
Reviews
Patrick Wolf
Crying The Neck
11 Jun 2025
Little Simz
Lotus
06 Jun 2025
