Hinterland 2010 @ Various Venues (Glasgow), 3 April

It may only be heading in to its sophomore year, however Glasgow’s one-day, multi-venue Hinterland festival has already made its mark on Scotland’s musical map with an ambitious opening year.

Taking in landmark venues such as The Arches and the Sub Club, as well as lesser known nooks such as the cavernous Pivo Pivo and old-school boozer The Admiral, this urban festival is shot through with ever-changing character. Staying true to its original manifesto, a significant slice of the bands on show for 2010 hail from Scottish shores, with Fife’s new, great, folk hope, Panda Su and psychedelic spectres Ambulances providing two undoubted highlights.

Further up the food chain, we find NYC’s anti-folk hero Jeffrey Lewis, multi-layered indie-rockers British Sea Power and DJ sets from British indie-dance poster-bands Hot Chip and Friendly Fires. With further acts confirmed, including Mystery Jets and Johnny Foreigner, not to mention the fact these all-day tickets are on sale for a recession-friendly £15, there can surely be no better way to spend your day come the third.