Festival No. 0004370 · Est. 2006
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About the artists
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Ben Ottewell was born in Matlock, United Kingdom, on 23 June 1976. Plays alternative rock, folk, folk rock, indie rock.
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Black Cherry formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007.
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Black Lips formed in Atlanta, United States, in 1999. Plays garage punk, garage rock.
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Black Mountain formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2004. Plays indie rock, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Bombay Bicycle Club formed in Crouch End, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, rock.
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Born Ruffians formed in Midland, Canada, in 2004. Plays garage rock, indie rock, lo-fi, pop punk, pop rock, power pop.
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Broken Records formed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in December 2006.
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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.
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Collapsing Cities formed in 2006.
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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.
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Dirty Projectors formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2002. Plays avant-garde, post-rock.
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Ebony Bones! was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1981. Plays post-punk.
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Elle s'appelle formed in 2007, and split up on 20 August 2008, after 1 year.
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Envelopes formed in 2005.
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Fujiya & Miyagi formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays electronic, indietronica, krautrock.
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Glasvegas formed in 2005. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock, shoegaze.
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Hatcham Social formed in New Cross, United Kingdom, in 2006.
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Ida Maria was born in Nesna, Norway, on 13 July 1984. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Ipso Facto formed in Minneapolis, United States.
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Iron & Wine was born in Chapin, United States, on 26 July 1974. Plays alternative rock, americana, contemporary folk, country, folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock.
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Jacobs Stories formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2003.
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Jay Jay Pistolet was born on 2 May 1987.
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Jeremy Warmsley was born in London, United Kingdom.
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Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up in 2010, after 3 years.
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Johnny Foreigner formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in December 2005. Plays indie rock.
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Kelley Stoltz was born in New York, United States, on 21 September 1971.
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Kid Harpoon was born on 20 April 1982.
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Krief was born on 24 September 1979.
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Late of the Pier formed in Castle Donington, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays dance-punk, electropunk, glam rock, indietronica, new rave.
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Let's Wrestle formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005.
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Lightspeed Champion was born on 23 December 1985.
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Look See Proof formed in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up in 2009, after 3 years.
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Lovvers formed in Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 7 May 2006.
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Lucero formed in 1998. Plays alternative country, alternative rock, blues rock, cowpunk, heartland rock, punk rock, rockabilly, southern rock.
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Luke Leighfield was born in 1987.
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Matt and Kim formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2004. Plays indie pop.
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Monobright formed in Sapporo, Japan, in June 2006, and split up in 2017, after 10 years.
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Mother Mother formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2005. Plays indie pop, indie rock, pop, pop rock, 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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New Rhodes formed in 2001.
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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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No Age formed in 2005. Plays experimental rock, lo-fi, noise, noise rock, post-punk.
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Okkervil River formed in Austin, United States, in 1998. Plays folk rock, indie rock.
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One Night Only formed in Helmsley, United Kingdom, in 2003.
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Operator Please formed in Gold Coast, Australia, in 2005, and split up in 2011, after 6 years. Plays indie rock.
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Pete and The Pirates formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up in 2012, after 6 years.
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Peter Von Poehl was born in Malmö, Sweden, on 31 March 1972.
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Plants and Animals formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2003. Plays indie rock.
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Pnau formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1999. Plays dance, disco, electro, electronic.
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Sam Sparro was born in Sydney, Australia, on 8 November 1982. Plays pop, soul.
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Santigold was born in Philadelphia, United States, on 25 September 1976. Plays electronic, hip hop, indie rock, new wave, pop.
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Saul Williams was born in Newburgh, United States, on 29 February 1972. Plays alternative hip hop, poetry, spoken word.
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Soko was born in Bordeaux, France, on 26 October 1985. Plays folk pop, indie pop, indietronica, new wave, pop.
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Stricken City formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up on 10 February 2011, after 4 years.
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Sunset Rubdown formed in Victoria, Canada, in 2005.
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Teenagers formed in 1965, and split up in 1970, after 5 years.
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The Automatic formed in Cowbridge, United Kingdom, in 2002.
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The Black Angels formed in Austin, United States, in May 2004. Plays psychedelic rock, stoner rock.
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The Boat People formed in 2000.
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The Boxer Rebellion formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays alternative rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock.
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The Dykeenies formed in 2005.
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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 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 Go! Team formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays dance, electronic, hip hop, indie pop, indie rock, sampledelia.
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The Hold Steady formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, heartland rock, indie rock, rock.
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The Pack A.D. formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2006. Plays blues rock, garage rock.
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The Satin Peaches formed in June 2004.
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The Shortwave Set formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003.
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The Strange Death of Liberal England formed in July 2005, and split up in January 2011, after 5 years.
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The Subways formed in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie rock.
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The Ting Tings formed in Salford, United Kingdom, in December 2007. Plays alternative rock, dance-punk, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, post-punk revival, rock.
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The Whip formed in 2006.
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The Wombats formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie pop.
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These New Puritans formed in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays avant-garde, experimental, experimental electronic, martial industrial, neoclassical dark wave, post-industrial, post-minimalism, post-punk.
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Thomas Tantrum formed in 2005.
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Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam formed on 28 November 2010.
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Times New Viking formed in Columbus, United States, in 2005. Plays lo-fi, noise pop, shitgaze.
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Torngat formed in 2001.
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Tunng formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays folk, folktronica, indie folk, indie pop.
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Ungdomskulen formed in Bergen, Norway, in 2000. Plays rock.
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Valgeir Sigurðsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1971.
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Vampire Weekend formed in New York, United States, on 6 February 2006. Plays afrobeat, alternative rock, baroque pop, chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield.
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Video Nasties plays black 'n' roll, black metal, death metal, heavy metal, metal, punk, sludge metal, thrash metal.
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We Are the Physics formed in 2005, and split up in May 2015, after 10 years. Plays new wave.
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We Are Wolves formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2000.
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White Lies formed in Ealing, United Kingdom, in February 2008. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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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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Wiley was born in Bow, United Kingdom, on 19 January 1979. Plays grime, hip hop.
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Wintersleep formed in Halifax, Canada, in 2001.
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XX Teens formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2004, and split up in 2008, after 4 years. Plays art punk, dance-punk, post-punk.
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Yeasayer formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2006, and split up on 19 December 2019, after 13 years. Plays alternative rock, electropop, experimental rock, indie rock, indietronica, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, post-rock.
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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.