Interstellar Food Drive, The Dockyard Club, Southsea, Portsmouth, 26th October 2024
Entry: donation of non-perishable food or toiletries
With the continued rise of food bank usage, after a decade-plus of heady-austerity and the continued rising costs of goods, the collective of Crocodile Nightmares, Mark Kellett, Strong Island Recordings, Velvet Candy and Vol respectively have decided to join forces once again for another edition of the Interstellar Food Drive sponsored by Casemates, taking place at The Dockyard Club, Southsea in Portsmouth on the 26th October.
Having launched the first food drive back in 2014 at The Eastney Cellars, the usage of food banks has continuously risen, with The Trussell Trust noting that there has been a staggering 94% increase of food bank usage in the past five years, and that the end-of-year statistics between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 show that 3.1 million emergency parcels (1.1 million being disturbed to children) were distributed – the most parcels to have been distributed as well by the network.
The Interstellar Food Drive, birthed out of previous food bank drive events from over the years, forming first in 2014 at The Eastney Cellars has seen various iterations, from live events in Portsmouth, London and being live streamed globally, where the likes of Drug Store Romeos, Hotel Lux, Pregoblin, Lime Garden, Rosie Alena, TV Priest, Lynks, Jessica Winter, Ugly, Thyla, Maripool, Breathe Panel, Public Body, along with international acts including BADGERS, Sunfruits, Dear Doonan and Tropa Magica having played the food drive events.
This year’s event features some of the most promising acts from the south-coast, including the maniacal math-rock frenzy cowboyy, Fuzz Club Records (Jesus and Mary Chain / The Black Angels) psychedelic shoegazers Dead Rabbits, hardcore-grindcore punk outfit SCAB, London-based, Gosport-natives being Charlie Keen’s Silver Birch, who can also be found in the Brighton noisemakers KEG, the post-rock outfit Making Eyes, psychedelic-shoegaze-noise pop duo Jalou, who delve between the sounds of Jacco Gardner and Pavement, the electronic-post-punk synth-charged Noise Factory United, Lurker, who channels the sounds of Nick Cave’s more stripped back sounds, along with Leonard Cohen, plus special guests to be announced and also, LongDistanceDan deejaying through the day, spinning psychedelia.
The event will also feature a raffle, including prizes such as two tickets to Los Bitchos at The 1865, 29 October and two tickets to ugly ozo at The Edge of the Wedge 12th November.
This year’s line-up features:
COWBOYY // DEAD RABBITS // SCAB // MAKING EYES // JALOU // LURKER // CHARLIE KEEN’S SILVER BIRCH // NOISE FACTORY UNITED // LONGDISTANCEDAN (DJ)
Suggested items to donate:
UHT milk
Tinned meat (hotdogs, meatballs etc.)
Tinned fish
Tinned fruit
Sponge/rice puddings
Coffee (small jars)
Long-life juice
Pasta sauce
Tinned veg (potatoes, carrots, green beans, tomatoes)
Tinned meals (spaghetti, chicken or veg curries, chilli)
Tinned soup
Jam and spreads
Pet food
Shower gel
Shampoo/conditioner
Deodorant
Toilet rolls
Washing up liquid
Laundry detergent pods
Published 9th September 2024
Breaking Glass Magazine 