Madness
T IN THE PARK
The View Same jeans for four days, Kyle? That’s nothing to these crusty, hardened festival-goers. Skunk Anansie Anthemic, dynamic rock, coupled with Skin’s stunning vocals, are an impressive combo.
The Stranglers The legendary post-punk outfit get Sunday off to a great start.
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Madness The weekend’s resident old-school skankers show the young pups how it’s done. Groove Armada Long-time festival favourites with a feel- good, dubby vibe and an arsenal of dance-along crowd pleasers.
The Cribs The Jarmans and Marr remind us how good indie-rock can be. Babyshambles Mr Doherty’s other band soldier on ahead of August’s Libertines reunion.
Rise Against Noisy punk rock four-piece from Chicago.
RED BULL BEDROOM JAM FUTURES
Ash A tenner says Tim Wheeler comes on stage with a flaming guitar again. Bombay Bicycle Club Four-piece with a quirkier, melodic take on the guitar-driven indie rock sound.
The Drums NME darlings and American indie upstarts show us what they’ve got.
Yeasayer Oddball tropical-pop and quirky 80s balladry from Brooklyn. Don’t be in the Portaloo queue when they play highly danceable new songs, ‘Ambling Alp’, ‘O.N.E.’ or ‘Madder Red’. Two Door Cinema Club Chart friendly indie hooks from the up- and-comers.
Black Mountain Canadian psychedelic rock that rests on solid grooves. Hurts Immaculate 1980s-heavy electro pop from Manchester.
Detroit Social Club Actually from Newcastle, this dark and bluesy outfit have a Nick Cave-y flavour.
Airborne One of Australia’s finest exponents of hard, metal-edged rock ‘n’ roll. This Is Divine Extremely heavy hardcore from the north of England.
Billy Talent Shouty shouty punk rawk from Canada. Frank Turner The ex-Million Dead frontman whips out some of his solo acoustic material.
Delta Maid Solo female vocalist specialising in the rootsy, bluesy side of acoustic music.
Heights Pounding Welsh hardcore outfit with epic, grandiose sound. Three Blind Wolves Countried folk, occasionally wandering into gospel territory, from Glaswegian singer/songwriter Ross Clark and co.
No Mean City Accomplished grunge-metal from Derry, with odd funk/disco diversions. Washington Irving Instrumentally-layered folk-pop – think a bouncier Mumford & Sons.
Pan Pot Crisply minimal, coolly restrained techno mixed with hot and heavy house music. North Atlantic Oscillation A slightly poppier Aereogramme-style sound, with additional electro flourishes.
T BREAK STAGE
KING TUT’S WAH WAH TENT Make Sparks Much-touted indie kids from Glasgow.
David Guetta Supreme DJ and sometime Black Eyed Peas collaborator will have the crowd jumping. Goldfrapp Alison Goldfrapp’s rainbow-coloured wardrobe and sulky-sexy style returns, with fresh material from new synth-pop number, Head First.
Empire Of The Sun Flamboyant Australians desperate to avoid the ‘next MGMT’ label . . . who sound like MGMT. Gossip Please, Beth, more rocking out, less sniffing tights this year. Cheers!
Ellie Goulding The ‘Starry Eyed’ singer proves her live chops on King Tut’s hallowed stage. Corinne Bailey Rae Smooth-voiced soul-pop in the mid- afternoon – a perfect fit.
Kassidy Old-school Americana with a decidedly funky streak.
Lightguides Indie foursome with a knack for crowd- pleasing choruses.
Night Noise Team Edinburghian 80s-influenced indie- disco band with a French twist. Unicorn Kid Move over Calvin and Mylo, here’s everyone’s new favourite Scottish dance phenomenon.
Midnight Lion This Glaswegian duo used to be in Drive-By-Argument, and now do a very fine job of dramatic electropop, with Scottish accents.
Alex Gardner Steely-eyed, strong-voiced Euro- dance-pop from Edinburgh. Eliza Doolittle Soft-voiced odd-pop with an old school vibe.
Aaron Wright and The Aprils This young Edinburgh gent is seemingly cornering the country music market at T.
Darwin Deez New York indie-folkers from the Big Apple. A Band Called Quinn Accomplished electro-indie tunes, fronted by the alluring Louise Quinn.
Daisy Dares You Pop-rocking singer-songwriter behind the infectious Chipmunk-featuring ‘Number One Enemy.’ Ramona Brighton four-piece with a name (and sound) seemingly based on a Ramones typo.
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Fridge Magnets This swingin’ foursome sound like a French silent comedy soundtrack.
SLAM TENT
Plastikman (live) Dirty Detroit techno producer, Richie Hawtin brings new material, and a new live show — expect a wall of LED screens and an impressive light show to wrap up Sunday night. Slam The Glasgow dance duo do their residency bit once more.
Sven Väth A German giant, not necessarily in stature, but in terms of his contribution to trance music and ambient techno. Dubfire The former member of Deep Dish is set to cook up some dark house and techno.
Crookers Milanese dance titans playing some bouncy crowd pleasing house.
Tricky (live) Endlessly inventive and enigmatic former Massive Attack member with a dark trip hop sound. Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe Ex-Two Lone Swordsman member plus ex-Black Strobe member equals techno excellence.
Harvey McKay (live) Intoxicating house/minimalist/techno DJ from Glasgow. Gary Beck Globe-trotting techno producer from Glasgow comes home for summer.
BBC INTRODUCING STAGE Aerials Up Foals-y verses and massive choruses from the band formerly known as The Ads.
ARP Attack See this electro-pop trio purely for their impressive effects array. Blitz Kidz Ska/disco-infused spiky emo-pop-punk posse.
Silver Columns High energy, sophisticated techno-pop from Johnny Lynch and Adem.
Smiler Grimy rap artist with very heavy beats, from London. Profisee Remix-friendly dance-rapper known to collaborate with Cloak x Dagger.
Liam Bailey Easy-going blues and soul from this Percy Sledge sound-alike.
The Arcadian Kicks Brummie indie-rockers with hints of folk and country.
Jake Flowers No relation to Brandon, this is good honest indie-folk from the Midlands.
Fixers Spacey psychedelica with some Arcade Fire-esque touches.