Camden Crawl bears some similarities to the music portion of Austin’s South by Southwest festival, in that dozens of up-and-coming bands perform at multiple sites, all day long, in one concentrated area. And at the Crawl, as at SXSW, expect long lines for the bathroom, and lots of noise and beer. But also expect to see a lot of bands up close in small settings: NME, the British music magazine, called the festival “Camden’s annual chance to be even drunker and indier than normal.”

The full blog post, on the 2010 Camden Crawl music festival, is at the NEW YORK TIMES.