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In an increasingly saturated festival market, the Camden-crossing Desertfest continues to thrive by taking the acolytes of the riff from the fringes and putting them front and centre for experiences fans just won’t find anywhere else. A decade since its first event, the 2022 line-up features a kaleidoscope of acts covering stoner, doom, psych and just about everything in between – with ribald afterparties to boot – to fully satiate even the most ardent devotee.
To whit, Japan’s flit back-andforth between fuzz-drenched grinding doom and adrenaline-laced punk at The Underworld. Drummer Chia clatters the kit so hard she breaks it. “She’s got too much power,”electrify with hardcore punk ferocity.
