Arctic Monkeys
Royksopp, Lily Allen, Wilco, Rise Against, Basement Jaxx, Wolfmother, Andrew Bird, Nas, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Echo and the Bunnymen, My Bloody Valentine, Beirut, Patrick Wolf, Antony And The Johnsons, Calexico, Robyn, Grizzly Bear, Final Fantasy, Bon Iver, Neko Case, Ladyhawke, Deerhunter, Vetiver, Glasvegas, Dead Prez, El Perro del Mar, Fever Ray, Amadou & Miriam, Blitzen Trapper, Gang Gang Dance, The Bronx, Florence and The Machine, Laakso, Chairlift, Jenny Wilson, Crookers, TeddyBears, Asher Roth, Peter Broderick, Adolescents, Vivian Girls, Jay Reatard, Florence Valentin, Timo Raisanen, Erol Alkan, Crystal Antlers, Magnetic Man, Woodpigeon, Deportees, First Aid Kit, The Big Pink, Jessica Lee Mayfield, Olle Ljungström, Monotonix, Hajen, [ingenting], Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80, and The Irrepressibles
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- Hajen »
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- Olle Ljungström »
- Jessica Lee Mayfield »
- The Big Pink »
- First Aid Kit »
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- Erol Alkan »
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- Amadou & Miriam »
- Beirut »
- My Bloody Valentine »
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- Nas »
- Andrew Bird »
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- Royksopp »
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- Antony And The Johnsons »
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- El Perro del Mar »
- Dead Prez »
- Glasvegas »
- Vetiver »
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- Ladyhawke »
- Neko Case »
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- Venue:
- Slottsskogen, Göteborg »
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About the artists
Arctic Monkeys
Alex Turner: guitar/vocals
Jamie Cook: guitar
Andy Nicholson: bass (left 2006)
Matt Helders: drums
Nick O'Malley: bass
Formed back in 2002 and hailing from the High Green area of Sheffield, Arctic Monkeys were the success story of 2006. Their first two singles, 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' and 'When The Sun Goes Down' reached number one, and their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not also climbed to the top of the albums chart in its first week. It's the fastest-selling debut album in British history (as of February 2007). NME has named it the fifth-greatest UK album of all time.
The name? Says Helders: "Jamie just always wanted to be in a band called Arctic Monkeys. Which is a cool name." (Prefix Magazine).
The fame? They don't like it, still. Before they were signed, the band banned talent scouts from their shows. Like peers Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys have never seemed wholly at home in front of camera lenses and when a journalist comes a-snooping.
The band's MySpace site - "[When we went number one in England] we were on the news and radio about how MySpace has helped us. But that's just the perfect example of someone who doesn’t know what the fuck they’re talking about. We actually had no idea what it was" (Prefix Magazine)- is here. Tellingly (?), its headline reads 'Don't believe the hype'.
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Lily Allen
Singing and songwriting daughter of actor Keith Allen, Lily Allen hit the headlines in the summer of 2006 when her debut single, 'Smile', raced to number one. Her first long-player, Alright, Still, reached number two in the album chart.
Regularly outspoken and often amusing, Allen's remarks regarding celebrity culture and her alleged pop peers are always worthy of attentions.
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Basement Jaxx
- Felix Buxton - keyboards/vocals
- Simon Ratcliffe - keyboards
Wolfmother
Austraian retro-rocking trio. Like AC/DC and Led Zep? Then listen to them, as these guys are a waste of time...
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Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird is a classically trained violinist who cut his teeth playing for swing revivalists The Squirrel Nut Zippers, before releasing three wildly varied albums with Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire.
With the release of 2004's Weather Systems however, Bird began his solo career. With a voice like a matinee idol and a looping pedal, he creates vast and incomparable music, aglow and haunting. He met with huge critical acclaim with Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs in 2005 and when not guesting on a variety of releases (including My Morning Jacket's Z and Dosh's The Lost Take) is currently working on Armchair Apocrypha, due Spring 2007.»
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend is:
Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Christopher Tomson, Chris Baio
In their words:
We are specialists in the following styles: "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", "Upper West Side Soweto", "Campus", and "Oxford Comma Riddim".
Band of Horses
Band of Horses was formed by Ben Bridwell (guitar, vocals) and Mat Brooke (guitar) in 2004 after the break-up of their previous band, the legendary Carissa's Wierd. The group initially gained attention from Sub Pop records after opening for Iron & Wine at his shows in the Seattle area. The band released their reverb-soaked debut full-length album, Everything All the Time recorded in 2005 with producer Phil Ek on March 21, 2006. The album recieved critical-acclaim upon release and sold well. The band often draw comparisons to My Morning Jacket (largely due to the vocal similarities between Bridwell and My Morning Jacket lead singer Jim James) as well as Built To Spill.
On July 25, 2006, Mat Brooke left Band of Horses to focus on his other band, Grand Archives (who have since also signed to Sub Pop), leaving Bridwell as the sole songwriting force. 2007 saw the band visit the UK for the first time, taking in a set at ATP versus The Fans as well as a handful of dates across the country.
The band's second album, Cease to Begin, was released October 2007.
Members:
Ben Bridwell (Vocals/Guitar)
Rob Hampton (Guitar)
Creighton Barrett (Drums)
Ryan Monroe (Keys/BV's)
Tyler Ramsey (Guitar)
Bill Reynolds (Bass)
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Echo and the Bunnymen
- Ian McCulloch - vocals, guitar
- Will Sergeant - guitar
- Leon De Sylva - bass
- Tony McGuigan - drums
- Noel Burke - vocals (left 1992)
- Jack Brockman - keyboards (left 1992)
- Pete De Frietas - drums (left 1988)
- Damon Reece - drums (left 1992)
My Bloody Valentine
Kevin Shields-led outfit of the '80s/'90s, who released two albums via Creation - Isn't Anything and Loveless - and as good as invented shoegaze in the process, influencing thousands more bands.
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Beirut
So what would you do if you were an 18-year-old A-student in Albuquerque, New Mexico? That's the question that faced Beirut's Zach Condon a few years back and, luckily for the human race, he chose to bugger off across Europe and fill his head with Eastern European harmonies which on his return he melded with his pop upbringing to form Gulag Orkestar, possibly 2006's standout album.
A sojourn in France inspired follow-up album The Flying Club Cup, while EP March of the Zapotec took influence from Mexican music. Condon is now considering which culture to rip off next.
Beirut Official Site
Beirut on Myspace
Patrick Wolf
Having been born in County Cork, grown up in London and travelled across Europe in an orchestra, eleven-year-old Patrick Wolf was something of an eccentric, escaping from school troubles on a stolen four-track with viola in hand.
After running from home as a young'un to reside in a run-down lodging on the Richmond riverside, he soon garnered the attentions of Fat Cat Records, who provided Wolf with given an Atari and mixing desk to start recording songs 'properly'.
He found the writings of Angela Carter and the music of Joni Mitchell to be a great inspiration - the way that Mitchell brought the folk narrative and intimacy into pop electricity and the way Carter took fairytales and brought out all the symbols of wolves and ghosts to express her own emotions.
These influences can take Wolf's music in bizarre musical directions, as he fuses dark and haunting tracks alongside childlike rhythmic verse.
Following the critical acclaim that came with Wind In The Wires and debut release Lycanthropy, The Magic Position follows a similarly twisted pop sensibility.»
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear are four handsome New York gents making world-weary and wailing folk rock with healthy dashes of psychedelia, rock and motown. »
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy is the moniker of Toronto's Owen Pallett, formerly a member of The Hidden Cameras, Les Mouches, and Arcade Fire. A self sampling violinist with a video game obsession, Pallett released his debut album Has A Good Home in 2005 followed by two EPs and a second album titled He Poos Clouds in 2006. »
Neko Case
Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter but lived so long in Canada than even Americans think she's Canadian.
She started her musical career in a punk-pop band called Maow but soon became one of the most-loved alt-country figures.
She frequently collaborates with Canadian musicians, including The New Pornographers, The Sadies and Carolyn Mark.
She has released :
Deerhunter
- Bradford Cox
- Moses Archuleta
- Josh Fauver
- Colin Mee (left briefly in 2007)
- Lockett Pundt
Deerhunter began in 2001 as the brainchild of Bradford Cox and Moses Archuleta, with the ambition of fusing the lulling hypnotic states induced by ambient and minimalist music with the klang and propulsion of garage rock. Due to shifting line up changes and uncertainty about what musical direction to undertake, Deerhunter shows during this time period were very interesting. One never knew quite what to expect with each show being completely different from the previous show. After definitively adding Josh Fauver and Colin Mee, Deerhunter recorded their self-titled first album, often known as Turn it up, Faggot (2005, Stickfigure) after what had been yelled at them at numerous gigs.
Cryptograms is their second full-length, and their first for Kranky. The album took almost two years to finish and was the product of emotional, physical, and financial strain on the group. The first half of the album was recorded first unsuccessfully and the band considered giving up. The idea arose to give it one last shot and they returned to the small studio where they recorded their first studio and plugged in. The session resulted in the first half of the record which was recorded in one day. The second half of the record was also recorded in one day, in November 2005.
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Crookers
Crookers are DJ Phra and Bot, two DJs/producers who met in 2003 and soon got to work together as they had the same tastes and a similar musical background.
Both have been producing and DJing on their own before creating the Crookers team: Bot was introduced to music learning to play instruments like piano and guitar and then moved to synths, turntables and sequencers while Phra started djing at the early age of 11 and then was introduced to the Italian hip-hop scene as an MC.
All these influences are mixed up in their sets with the special add of their sounds done with the legendary MPC sampler.
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Vivian Girls
Brooklyn lo-fi trio on In The Red.»
Jay Reatard
Born Jay Lindsey in either 1980 or 1981, Memphis based Reatard is a prolific purveyor of fine Sonic crafts, garage-rocking popster on the make with Matador; looking for singles, commitment and almost definitely more.
For fans of - Redd Kross, Urinals, Ramones, Wipers.
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The Irrepressibles
Incredible skyscraping vocals. Unabashed theatrically moving songs. The Irrepressibles are a revelation.»
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