This week's mixtape is a Spotify playlist for the Live at Leeds festival.
Pretty much every major city in the UK now has its own 'urban festival' and Leeds is no exception. With some of this year's biggest new names (James Blake, Anna Calvi, Trophy Wife), some DiS favourites (Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, Pulled Apart by Horses, Futureheads) and a shit-tonne of local talent (Bear Mask, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Honour Before Glory), as well as some brand new acts that DiS is nodding knowingly at their inclusion on the line-up (Star Slinger, Let's Buy Happiness, Lanterns on the Lake, Still Corners, Catherine A.D.), this year's Live at Leeds is more than a bit good.
The festival takes place from Friday 29th April 'til Sunday 1st of May, and this Spotify playlist is our attempt to give you a bit of a guide as to who's playing, and you can decide who you want to see on the ruddy great line-up via the handy planner over on liveatleeds.com.
James Blake 'The Wilhelm Scream'
Trophy Wife 'The Quiet Earth'
Aloe Blacc 'I Need A Dollar'
Star Slinger 'Longtime'
Alpines 'Drive'
Catherine A.D. 'Carry Your Heart'
Let's Buy Happiness 'Devil Show (Acoustic)'
Frightened Rabbit 'Old Old Fashioned'
Lanterns on the Lake 'Giants'
The Twilight Sad 'That Summer At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy'
The Duke Spirit 'Cuts Across The Land'
Anna Calvi 'Jezebel'
Fight Like Apes 'Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues'
Pulled Apart By Horses 'Back To The Fuck Yeah'
Dinosaur Pile-Up 'My Rock 'n' Roll'
Young Legionnaire 'Iron Dream'
The Futureheads 'Struck Dumb'
The Chapman Family 'Anxiety'
Dutch Uncles 'Fragrant'
Slow Club 'It Doesn't Have To Be Beautiful, Unless Its Beautiful'
Cloud Control 'There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight'
Honour Before Glory 'Lions'
Bretón 'The Well'
The Whip 'Divebomb - Crystal Castles Remix'
Cocknbullkid 'Asthma Attack'
Alice Gold 'Orbiter'
Spark 'Revolving'
Swimming 'Sun In The Island'
Insect Guide 'Dark Days & Nights'
Just Handshakes (We're British) 'Hold Your Breath'
All The Young 'The First Time'
Stagecoach 'Hieroglyphics'
Tall Ships 'Words Are Pegs Upon Which We Hang Ideas'
Listen: Live at Leeds 2011 by DrownedinSound.com Next week, we'll have a similar playlist for Liverpool SoundCity and the week after our guide to Great Escape 2011, both of which feature three nights of DiS stages! Info about those up on http://facebook.com/DrownedinSound
DiScuss: Who you looking forward to seeing? What's this playlist missing? (although, please note there's a lot missing from Spotify as a lot of these bands haven't really released anything yet)