Festival No. 0001366 · Est. 2008
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- De Montford Hall
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About the artists
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Alela Diane was born in Nevada City, United States, on 20 April 1983. Plays americana, indie folk, psychedelic folk, singer-songwriter.
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Benga was born in Croydon, United Kingdom, on 28 November 1986. Plays dubstep, future house, uk garage.
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Benin City formed on 26 September 2008. Plays jazz, poetry, pop, spoken word.
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Camera Obscura formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1996. Plays indie pop, pop, rock, twee pop.
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Celestial formed in Örebro, Sweden.
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Chris Helme was born on 22 July 1971.
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Cold War Kids formed in Fullerton, United States, in 2004. Plays blue-eyed soul, blues rock, indie rock, rock.
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Danny & the Champions of the World formed in 2007. Plays alternative country, folk rock, rock, soul.
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Dawn Landes was born in Louisville, United States, on 5 December 1980.
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Dirty Projectors formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2002. Plays avant-garde, post-rock.
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Dodgy formed in Hounslow, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays alternative rock, britpop.
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Efterklang formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, post-rock, rock.
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Emma Pollock was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Envy & Other Sins formed in 2004, and split up in 2009, after 5 years.
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Errors formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays electronic, indie pop.
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Fight Like Apes formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 2006, and split up in 2016, after 10 years.
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Foy Vance was born in Bangor, United Kingdom, in 1974.
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Frank Bretschneider was born in Chemnitz, Germany, in 1956.
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Frightened Rabbit formed in Selkirk, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays acoustic rock, chamber pop, folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock.
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Fuck Buttons formed in 2004, and split up in 2015, after 11 years. Plays drone, electronic, experimental electronic, noise, post-industrial, progressive electronic.
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Gary Go was born in 1985.
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Hamell on Trial was born in Syracuse, United States.
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Henry Rollins was born in Washington, D.C., United States, on 13 February 1961. Plays alternative metal, comedy, hardcore punk, spoken word.
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Howling Bells formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2004. Plays indie rock.
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Ictus formed in 2004. Plays crust punk, melodic metalcore.
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James Maddock was born in Leicester, United Kingdom, in 1961.
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Jeffrey Lewis was born in New York, United States, on 20 November 1975. Plays anti-folk, singer-songwriter.
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Joan As Police Woman was born in Biddeford, United States, on 26 July 1970. Plays singer-songwriter.
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John Power was born in Liverpool, United Kingdom, on 14 September 1967. Plays rock, singer-songwriter.
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José González was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 31 July 1978. Plays folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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King Creosote was born in Anstruther, United Kingdom, in 1967. Plays folk.
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Kyte plays electronic, indie rock, post-rock.
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Lightspeed Champion was born on 23 December 1985.
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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.
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Macy Gray was born on 6 September 1967. Plays contemporary r&b, neo soul, pop soul, soul.
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Maybeshewill formed in Leicester, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays electronic, experimental, instrumental, math rock, post-rock.
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New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack split up in 2011.
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Nina Nastasia was born in Hollywood, United States, on 13 May 1966. Plays chamber folk, folk, indie folk, 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.
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Our Broken Garden plays avant-garde, electronic.
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Phaeleh was born in Marlborough, United Kingdom. Plays ambient, electronic, electronica.
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Philip Jeck was born in 1952, and died on 25 March 2022, aged 70. Plays eai, electronic, experimental, experimental electronic, free improvisation, turntablism.
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Powerplant plays punk.
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Róisín Murphy was born in Arklow, Ireland, on 5 July 1973. Plays dance-pop, electronic, electropop, pop.
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Supergrass formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 1993, and split up in 2010, after 17 years. Plays alternative rock, britpop, glam rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop punk, post-britpop, power pop.
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The Coral formed in Hoylake, United Kingdom, in 1996. Plays folk rock, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, rock.
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The Heavy formed in Bath, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays blues, funk, rock, soul.
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The Mae Shi formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2002, and split up in 2010, after 8 years. Plays experimental rock, noise pop.
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The Whitest Boy Alive formed in Berlin, Germany, in 2003, and split up in June 2014, after 11 years. Plays indie pop, indietronica.
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Those Dancing Days formed in Nacka, Sweden, in 2006, and split up on 31 August 2011, after 5 years.
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Tom Baxter was born in Ipswich, United Kingdom, on 29 October 1973.
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Uncle Frank formed on 3 June 2004.
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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.
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Youthmovies formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2002, and split up in 2010, after 8 years.
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Zombie Zombie formed in 2006. Plays electropop.