Grizzly Bear: Hyde Park, London
Ian Gittins, Guardian, The, 29 June 2010
NOW IN ITS SECOND YEAR, the Serpentine Sessions festival is the absolute obverse of Glastonbury's sprawling eclecticism. With audience numbers capped firmly at 3,000, this three-day boutique event in central London strives to assemble bills of musically complementary artists.
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