Such a varied array of releases make up our albums of the month for August, thats what makes Banquet life so fun. Recent visitors to Kingston; Spector, Polar Bear Club, Jessie Ware and Don Broco feature highly and from the punk-inspired Mixtapes and Everyone Everwhere to the reggae vibes of Easy Star All Stars to the veteran Brummies E.L.O. to the indie main stayers Bloc Party and Yeasayer, its been a great month for albums.

The highlight of the month has to be The Vaccines at New Slang. A band we love and on the eve of their new album they played what is now  atiny show for them.  Another 'tiny show' came from Every Time I Die selling out the The Fighting Cocks in sub 10 seconds, and we had Funeral For A Friend's first visit to Kingston, Spector playing a matinee album launch at The Fighting Cocks and we saw some great punk-based bands coming back to town like Saves The Day, Polar Bear Club, The Flatliners and Lemuria.