Festival No. 0004370 · Est. 2006
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About the artists
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65daysofstatic formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2001. Plays electronic, electronic rock, electronica, experimental, experimental rock, idm, instrumental, instrumental rock. -
Action Plan formed in 2004, and split up in 2007, after 3 years.
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Angus & Julia Stone formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2006. Plays folk, indie pop.
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Ash Grunwald was born on 5 September 1976. Plays blues.
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Bat For Lashes was born on 25 October 1979. Plays alternative pop, ambient pop, art pop, dream pop, folktronica, indie rock, indietronica, pop.
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Battle formed in Canterbury, United Kingdom, in 2000, and split up in October 2007, after 7 years.
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Bernard Fanning was born in Brisbane, Australia, on 15 August 1969. Plays blues, indie pop, indie rock, rock.
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Bird was born in Kyoto, Japan, on 9 December 1975.
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Blue King Brown formed in Byron Bay, Australia, in 2003.
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Bob Evans was born in Perth, Australia, on 1 October 1976.
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British India formed in 2004. Plays garage rock, indie rock.
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British Sea Power formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays alternative rock, art rock, experimental rock, indie rock, post-punk.
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Buck 65 was born in Mount Uniacke, Canada, on 4 March 1972. Plays alternative hip hop, hip hop.
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Cap'tain formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up in 2009, after 4 years.
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Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set formed in Melbourne, Australia.
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Coda plays bit music, chiptune, electronic.
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Combat Wombat plays hip hop.
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Cornerstone Roots formed in Raglan, New Zealand, in 2001. Plays reggae.
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Daara J formed in Dakar, Senegal, in 1997.
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Dartz! formed in March 2005, and split up on 2 July 2009, after 4 years. Plays indie rock.
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Decoder Ring formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2001. Plays electronic rock, electronica, instrumental, post-rock, rock.
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Devil Sold His Soul formed in 2004.
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Donavon Frankenreiter was born in Downey, United States, on 10 December 1972. Plays soft rock, surf.
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Duels formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays indie pop.
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Eighteenth Day of May formed in London, United Kingdom, in May 2003, and split up in January 2007, after 3 years. Plays folk, neofolk, psychedelic folk.
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Endorphin plays electronic.
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Eskimo Joe formed in Perth, Australia, in 1997.
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Exit Ten formed on 30 November 2003. Plays alternative metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore.
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Expatriate formed in 2005. Plays indie rock.
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Femi Kuti was born in London, Nigeria, on 16 June 1962. Plays afrobeat, jazz, jùjú.
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Freeway was born in North Philadelphia, United States, on 6 August 1978. Plays east coast hip hop, hip hop.
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Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly was born in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, on 30 January 1986. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock.
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Gojira formed in Ondres, France, in 1996. Plays alternative metal, avant-garde metal, death metal, groove metal, melodic death metal, metal, post-metal, progressive metal.
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Guillemots formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in November 2004. Plays alternative rock, art pop, avant-garde pop, chamber pop, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock.
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Hawksley Workman was born in Huntsville, Canada, on 4 March 1975.
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Hermitude formed in City of Blue Mountains, Australia, in 2000. Plays electronic, hip hop, post-dubstep, trap, wonky.
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Holy Fuck formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2004. Plays electronic, electronic rock, instrumental, post-rock.
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Hot Club de Paris formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 2004, and split up in 2012, after 8 years. Plays indie rock.
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Howling Bells formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2004. Plays indie rock.
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Humanzi formed in 2005.
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Jeremy Warmsley was born in London, United Kingdom.
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Joel Plaskett was born in Lunenburg, Canada, on 18 April 1975. Plays folk rock, indie rock.
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Johnny Truant formed in 2002, and split up in 2008, after 6 years. Plays metal, metalcore, progressive metalcore.
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Josh Pyke was born in Sydney, Australia, on 18 December 1977. Plays indie folk.
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Josh Ritter was born in Moscow, United States, on 21 October 1976. Plays contemporary folk, folk, folk rock, singer-songwriter.
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Kid Harpoon was born on 20 April 1982.
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Klaxons formed in New Cross, United Kingdom, on 5 November 2005, and split up on 31 January 2015, after 9 years. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance-punk, electropop, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, new rave.
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Koolism formed in Canberra, Australia, in 1992. Plays hip hop.
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Kubb formed in 2005, and split up in 2006, after 1 year.
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Laakso formed in 2000.
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Ladyfuzz formed in London, United Kingdom, in March 2004, and split up on 5 April 2007, after 3 years. Plays indie rock.
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Lior (from Melbourne) was born in Rishon LeZion, Australia, in 1976.
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Lucie Thorne was born in Tasmania, Australia, in 1976.
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Martha Wainwright was born in Montreal, Canada, on 8 May 1976. Plays contemporary folk, folk pop, singer-songwriter.
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Metric formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1998. Plays electronic, indie rock, new wave, pop, soft rock.
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Mia Dyson was born in Daylesford, Australia, in 1981.
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Midlake formed in Denton, United States, in 1999. Plays folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, progressive rock, psychedelic, rock.
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Mystery Jets formed in Twickenham, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays indie rock, pop, post-punk revival, rock.
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Old Man River was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1979.
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Ollo formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1998. Plays downtempo, electronic, minimal synth.
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Paolo Nutini was born in Paisley, United Kingdom, on 9 January 1987. Plays alternative rock, blues, folk rock, indie rock, pop, rock.
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Paul Greene was born in Sydney, Australia, on 9 December 1972.
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Perry Keyes was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1966.
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Ralfe Band formed in Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Richard Hawley was born in Sheffield, United Kingdom, on 17 January 1967. Plays rock, singer-songwriter.
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Rodrigo y Gabriela formed in Mexico City, Mexico, in 2000. Plays acoustic rock, flamenco, folk rock, jazz fusion, latin, nuevo flamenco.
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Scissors for Lefty formed in San Luis Obispo, United States, in 2000.
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Serena-Maneesh formed in 1999.
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Shitdisco formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2003, and split up in 2009, after 6 years.
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Shy Child formed in New York, United States, in 2000, and split up in 2010, after 10 years.
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Sigur Rós formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 4 January 1994. Plays ambient, ambient pop, art pop, art rock, dance, dream pop, electronic, electronica.
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Silverchair formed in Newcastle, Australia, in 1992, and split up on 25 May 2011, after 19 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, baroque pop, experimental, grunge, hard rock, post-grunge.
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Slightly Stoopid formed in San Diego, United States, in 1995. Plays dub, funk, hip hop, psychedelic rock, punk rock, reggae, reggae rock.
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Something for Kate formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, rock.
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Stephen Cummings was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 13 September 1954. Plays new wave, rock, rockabilly, western swing.
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Still Remains formed in Grand Rapids, United States, in 2002. Plays melodic death metal, metal, metalcore.
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Tapes 'n Tapes formed in Minneapolis, United States, in 2003. Plays indie rock.
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The Academy Is... formed in Chicago, United States, in 2003, and split up on 8 October 2011, after 8 years. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, pop punk, post-punk revival, power pop.
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The Answer formed in Downpatrick, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays hard rock, rock.
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The Audreys formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 2003. Plays blues.
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The Beautiful Girls formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2001. Plays pop.
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The Black Keys formed in Akron, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, blues, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, rock.
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The Blackout formed in Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom, in 2003, and split up on 28 March 2015, after 12 years. Plays metal, punk, rock.
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The Cooper Temple Clause formed in 1998, and split up on 24 April 2007, after 9 years. Plays alternative rock.
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The Cribs formed in Wakefield, United Kingdom, in 2001. Plays garage rock, indie rock.
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The Departure formed in 2004, and split up on 30 January 2008, after 4 years. Plays post-punk.
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The Devoted Few formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2001. Plays indie rock.
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The Electric Soft Parade formed in Brighton, United Kingdom.
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The Feeling formed in Horsham, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays rock.
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The Fratellis formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop, post-punk revival, rock.
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The Fumes formed in Spokane, United States, in 1989. Plays punk.
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The Futureheads formed in Sunderland, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, new wave, post-punk, post-punk revival.
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The Herd formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1965, and split up in 1969, after 4 years. Plays freakbeat, pop rock, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
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The High Dials formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2003.
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The Hush Sound formed in Chicago, United States, in 2004. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop.
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The Kooks formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock.
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The Like formed in 2001, and split up in 2011, after 10 years. Plays indie rock.
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The Maccabees formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2004, and split up in 2017, after 13 years. Plays indie rock.
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The Mountain Goats formed in Claremont, United States, in 1991. Plays folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, lo-fi, rock, singer-songwriter.
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The Neville Staple Band was born in Christiana, United Kingdom, on 11 April 1955. Plays 2 tone, reggae, ska.
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The Paper Scissors formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2005, and split up in 2012, after 7 years. Plays rock.
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The Pigeon Detectives formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays indie rock.
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The Pipettes formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2003, and split up in 2011, after 8 years. Plays indie pop.
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The Red Eyes (UK) formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Plays punk.
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The Red Paintings formed in 1998.
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The Rumble Strips formed in Tavistock, United Kingdom, in 2004, and split up in 2009, after 5 years. Plays blue-eyed soul, indie pop, northern soul.
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The Seal Cub Clubbing Club formed in 2003.
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The Spinto Band formed in 1996.
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The Upper Room formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2004, and split up in 2006, after 2 years.
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The Vasco Era formed in 2004.
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This Et Al formed in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, in November 2002, and split up in June 2008, after 5 years.
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True Live formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2003. Plays jazz, pop, rock, soul.
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TZU formed in 1999, and split up in 2013, after 14 years. Plays hip hop.
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Uncle Ho formed in 1994, and split up in 2004, after 10 years.
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Van was born in Bonn, Germany, on 17 December 1770, and died on 26 March 1827, aged 56. Plays art song, classical, classical period, concerto, mass, opera, orchestral, romantic classical.
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Watussi plays reggaeton.
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Wolf And Cub formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 2002.
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Xavier Rudd was born in Victoria, Australia, on 29 May 1978. Plays blues, folk, folk rock, indie folk, reggae, singer-songwriter.
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You Say Party! formed in Abbotsford, Canada, in November 2003. Plays new wave, punk.
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Young Knives formed in Ashby-de-la-zouch, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays art punk, art rock, electronic, experimental rock, indie rock, industrial rock, neo-psychedelia, noise rock.
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Zombie Ghost Train formed in 2002, and split up in 2009, after 7 years. Plays horror punk, psychobilly, rockabilly.