Festival No. 0002615 · Est. 1996
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- London, UK
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For the record
About the artists
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Acoustic Ladyland formed in 2004. Plays avant-garde jazz, experimental rock, jazz, jazz blues. -
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Blackhole formed in 2007. -
Bombay Bicycle Club formed in Crouch End, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, rock. -
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Cage the Elephant formed in Bowling Green, United States, in 2006. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop. -
Circulus formed in 1999. Plays folk rock, progressive rock, psychedelic folk. -
City formed in 1972, and split up on 30 December 2022, after 50 years. Plays hard rock, pop rock, progressive rock, rock. -
Crystal Castles formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006, and split up in October 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative dance, bitpop, dance, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop. -
Cutting Pink With Knives formed in 2004, and split up in 2008, after 4 years. -
Does It Offend You, Yeah? formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up on 25 April 2012, after 6 years. Plays dance-punk. -
Duels formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays indie pop. -
Elle s'appelle formed in 2007, and split up on 20 August 2008, after 1 year. -
Eugene McGuinness was born in Leytonstone, United Kingdom, on 11 August 1985. -
Fanfarlo formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2006. Plays indie pop. -
Florence + The Machine formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, art pop, baroque pop, indie pop, indie rock, pop, pop rock, pop soul. -
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Future of the Left formed in Cardiff, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, noise rock, post-hardcore. -
Hatcham Social formed in New Cross, United Kingdom, in 2006. -
Haunts formed in 2007. -
Ida Maria was born in Nesna, Norway, on 13 July 1984. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter. -
In Case of Fire formed in Portadown, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up on 1 October 2012, after 7 years. -
Innerpartysystem formed in 2006. -
Invasion formed in 2007. -
Ipso Facto formed in Minneapolis, United States. -
Jay Jay Pistolet was born on 2 May 1987. -
JME was born in Tottenham, United Kingdom, on 4 May 1985. Plays grime. -
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up in 2010, after 3 years. -
Johnny Flynn was born in Johannesburg, United Kingdom, on 14 March 1983. -
Johnny Foreigner formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in December 2005. Plays indie rock. -
Kode9 was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1973. Plays dubstep, uk garage. -
Ladyhawke was born in Masterton, New Zealand, on 13 July 1979. Plays alternative pop, electropop, pop rock, synth-pop. -
Let's Wrestle formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005. -
Lightspeed Champion was born on 23 December 1985. -
Los Campesinos! formed in 2006. Plays indie pop, indie rock, twee pop. -
Lovvers formed in Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 7 May 2006. -
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Lykke Li was born in Ystad, Sweden, on 18 March 1986. Plays alternative rock, art pop, dance-pop, dream pop, electropop, indie pop, pop, synth-pop. -
M83 formed in Antibes, France, in 2001. Plays ambient, ambient pop, dance, dream pop, electro, electronic, electronic rock, electronica. -
Make Model formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in October 2006, and split up in December 2008, after 2 years. -
Metronomy formed in Totnes, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays art pop, electronic, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, new rave, pop. -
My Passion formed in Hitchin, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays rock. -
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Noah & The Whale formed in Twickenham, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up on 1 April 2015, after 9 years. Plays alternative rock, folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter. -
Noisettes formed in Croydon, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie rock, pop soul, rock. -
One Night Only formed in Helmsley, United Kingdom, in 2003. -
Operator Please formed in Gold Coast, Australia, in 2005, and split up in 2011, after 6 years. Plays indie rock. -
Pete Molinari was born in Chatham, United Kingdom. Plays blues, jazz. -
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Post War Years formed in Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, in 2007. -
Pull Tiger Tail formed in London, United Kingdom, on 2 February 2006, and split up in 2009, after 2 years. -
Reuben formed in Camberley, United Kingdom, in 1998, and split up on 4 June 2008, after 10 years. -
Robyn was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 12 June 1979. Plays alternative dance, club, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, disco, edm, electronica. -
Rolo Tomassi formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays experimental, experimental rock, grindcore, mathcore, metal, noisecore, post-hardcore, progressive rock. -
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Sam Sparro was born in Sydney, Australia, on 8 November 1982. Plays pop, soul. -
Sergeant formed in Glenrothes, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up in November 2010, after 5 years. Plays indie rock. -
Shut Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up in May 2008, after 3 years. -
Simone White was born in Hawaii, United States, on 7 February 1970. -
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Skepta was born in Tottenham, United Kingdom, on 19 September 1982. Plays grime, hip hop, house. -
Sky Larkin formed in 2005. -
Slagsmålsklubben formed in 2002. -
Slow Club formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up in 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock. -
Soko was born in Bordeaux, France, on 26 October 1985. Plays folk pop, indie pop, indietronica, new wave, pop. -
Stricken City formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up on 10 February 2011, after 4 years. -
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Tellison formed in 2003. Plays indie rock. -
The Answering Machine formed in 2005. -
The Brute Chorus formed in Whitechapel, United Kingdom, in 2008. -
The Feeling formed in Horsham, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays rock. -
The Fratellis formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop, post-punk revival, rock. -
The Ghost Frequency formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up in 2009, after 4 years. -
The Indelicates formed in 2005. Plays dark cabaret, folk, indie pop, indie rock, rock. -
The King Blues formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2004. -
The Rushes formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000, and split up in 2009, after 9 years. -
The Wombats formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie pop. -
This City formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2006. -
We Are the Physics formed in 2005, and split up in May 2015, after 10 years. Plays new wave. -
White Lies formed in Ealing, United Kingdom, in February 2008. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk revival, synth-pop. -
Wild Beasts formed in Kendal, United Kingdom, in 2002, and split up in 2018, after 16 years. Plays art pop, cabaret, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, progressive pop, synth-pop. -
will.i.am was born in Boyle Heights, United States, on 15 March 1975. Plays hip hop, pop rap. -
Yoav was born in Tel Aviv, South Africa, on 15 October 1979. -
Youthmovies formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2002, and split up in 2010, after 8 years.





















































