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I Arctic Monkeys 9.20-10.50pm Sheffield's all-conquering guttersnipe punk poets get the weekend started in earnest. I Bloc Party 7.50-8.50pm
Angular London art rockers Bloc Party always make for a pretty fierce live proposition.
I The Coral 6.20-7.20pm Psychedelic beat pop is never as weird or wonderful as when it's in The Coral's hands.
I Lily Allen 5-5.50pm
Ball gown and trainers sperting ska—pop tearaway Allen is an artist fit to open any festival.
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I San Sebastian 9.45-10.15pm Shoga/ey soundscapes meet post rock gUitars and chunky disco beats from this Glasgow fOur piece.
I Kobai 8.55-9.15pm
Kobai specialise in fearsomely loud and fast onslaughts of molten hot electro rock. I The Ads 8.05-8.35pm
More fast. punchy dance rock with a pop edge and obligatory thick Scottish accents.
I The Draymin 6.25-6.55pm
West Fife indie drone rockers who take after Kasabian, Primal Scream and Oasis. among others.
I The Cider Spiders 5.35-6.05pm Unhinged howling Kings of Leon style mixed With heaw rhythms and percussive workouts.
I Edgar Prais 5.1H.45pm Freakish Aberdeen-based trio, miXing general shouty calamity With an alt rock guitar sound a la Modest MOuse.
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I The Killers 9.35-10.50pm
The Las Vegas showmen continue their masswe leap from 80s British indie copyists to stadium~sixed rockers.
I Razorlight 7.45-9pm Shrink—wrapped lothario Johnny Borrell brings his radio— friendly fare to T once agam.
I The Arcade Fire 6.15-7.1Spm Arguably the most eXCiting prospect of the weekend: Canada's finest rushing Baroque indie septuplet.
I James 4.45-5.45pm
TlTP Will have a collective sit down once again as Manchester baggy survivors James return.
I Lost Prophets 3.30—4.15pm They're Welsh. They've got nice hair. They're a wee bit emo. They're Lost Prophets.
I James Morrison 2.15-3pm Acoustic sOuI pop's newest torchbearer makes his T debut with tracks from 2 million -- selling LP Undiscovered.
I The Skids 1.15-1.45pm
U2 and Green Day's favourite Scots punks reunite for a one~off 30th anniversary spectaCtilar.
I The Saw Doctors
1 2.05-1 2.45pm
Irish folk—rockers The Saw Doctors are always reliable for a daft old Celtic knees- up.
RADIO I/NME STAGE
I The Kooks 9.40-10.50pm
Floppy haired Brighton indie pop—rock quartet The Kooks should inspire a pretty TOllSlng Sing—along.
I My Chemical Romance 8.20-9.10pm
The Black Parade hits Balado for one night only. CommerCial pop metal all the way from New Jersey.
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I Amy Winehouse 7.05—7.50pm Pop star du JOUT WinehOtise's reinvention as a Stax/Motown sOuI Siren has proved an Inspired move.
I Babyshambles 5.50-6.35pm Drugs and all that aside. Babyshambles aren't half bad. See if Pete can hold it together.
I CSS 4.4H.20pm
Sexy Bra/.ilian electro-pop from this achingly cool Sao Paulo girl boy six-piece. I Gogol Bordello 3.35-4.15pm Eastern European-inspired New York Gypsy folk—punk. As mental as that setinds and more.
I The Thrills 2.30-3.05pm Thoroughly affable lrish melodic indie rockers. who'll iniect plenty of iingle and iangle into proceedings.
I Little Man Tate 1.35-2.05pm Another Sheffield indie rock quartet's rise may have had a more than a slight knock on effect for this similarly literate bunch. I Dogs 12.40-1.10pm
Alsatians, cocker spaniels. poodles. beagles. Actually a post—punk band from London.
I Blood Red Shoes
11 .55—12.20pm
Uber—hip Brighton based boy/girl two—piece in the dance—punk'disco—hOuse mould.
KING TUT'S TENT
I The View 9.50—10.50pm
The Dundee urchins' meteoric rise continues unabated as they headline the King Tut's tent.
I Klaxons 8.40-9.20pm
Nu—rave. progressive space—rock. psychedelia: call 'em what you like — Klaxons are a hot ticket.
I Jamie T 7.20-8.10pm
Twangy bass-Wielding Wimbledon
ska punk steryteller. FanCies himself as a bit of 2lst century Billy Bragg.
I Satellite Party 6.05-6.50pm
The new band from Perry Farrell, ex—«frontman of Jane's Addiction, promising altrock numbers from new album U/t/‘aPay/oaded.
I Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 4.50-5.35pm
New Rock Revolutionuml survivors BRMC return With more dark. sludgy punk rock. I The Long Blondes 3.45-4.20pm Highly stylish glamour punk from the posh
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end of Sheffield. very much in the Pulp Style.
I Calvin Harris 2.40-3.15pm Dumfries-raised electro dance pop Craftsman. responsible for big—hitting single ’Acceptable in the 803'.
I Camera Obscura 1.45-2.15pm Fey Glasgow indiests Camera Obscura have hit a rich vein of form with their latest album Let's Get Out of This Country.
I The Cinematics 12.50-1.20pm Serious. anthemic indie rock a la Editors from this Glasgow-based widescreen four—piece.
I Jamie Scott and the Town
1 2.00-1 2.25pm
Up and coming acoustic funk pop Polydor Signee and his band of merry accomplices.
PET SOUNDS ARENA
I Brian Wilson 9.35-10.50pm
A more fitting headliner for Pet Sounds Surely couldn't be found: ex-Beach Boy Wilson is one of the greatest songwriters of his time.
I Rufus Wainwright 8.15-9.05pm High—camp and maximum mUSical histrionics will be order of the day as Wainwright takes the stage.
I Bright Eyes 7.05-7.45pm Omaha bOy wonder Conor Oberst's Bright Eyes returned with another outright triumph this year in the shape of album Cassadaga.
I Cold War Kids 5.55-8.35pm
Soulful California rock crooners with one of
the most distinctive sounds of the moment.
I Sinead O’Connor 4.45-6.25pm Multi—platinum selling muSical Changeling O'Connor's latest LP Theology is a surprisingly impresswe work.
I Albert Hammond Jr 3.40-4.15 One fifth of louche New York rockers The Strokes brings his similarly cool solo indie rock SOUndS to bear in Balado.
I Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars 2.40—3.15pm
Formed in an African refugee camp against a backdrop of ClVll war, this band's 10urney has been a truly remarkable one. I Mr Hudson and the Library
1 .45-2.15pm
Calypso tinged urban pop from London. Perfect stuff to accompany the Sun should it show itself.
Please note times and order is subject to change.
I Charlotte Hatherley 12.50-1.20pm
Ex-Ash guitarist Hatherley is out on her own. and enjoying it by the sound of recent album The Deep Blue.
I Ross Copperman 1200-12.25pm Brit rock inspired American power balladeer Copperman's track “As I Choke' was a record—breaking iTunes download in 2006.
SLAM TENT
I Green Velvet 9.30-1 1 pm Chicago‘s arch—mentalist and techno sage I Hot Chip (live) 8.40-9.30pm Wonky electronica from the folk that brought y0u ‘Over and Over'.
I Miss Kittin 7.10-8.40pm
The queen of icy cool electro.
I DJ Shadow 8: Cut Chemist 6.10-7.10pm
Cut and paste hip hop breaks and beats from two undisputed masters.
I Dizzee Rascal (live) 5.20-6.10pm Dispatches from the grime underground. I Soundstream/Soundhack 4.20—5.20pm
Live electronica.
I Alloy Mental (live) 3.45-4.20pm Punk electronica from techno man Phil Kieran and rock types Phil Corrigan and Danny Saul.
I Ame 2.20—3.45pm
Intelligent German techno.
I Adam Beyer 12.55-220pm Swedish techno to kick—start your Slam expenence.
I Steve Bug 1 1.30-12.55pm
Deep house from the co—founder of Poker Flat Records.
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I The Enemy 10.20-10.50pm
The latest great white hope for guitar rock. Powerful Stones—esque SOundS from Coventry.
I New Young Pony Club 9.20-9.50pm
New wave-inspired flashy London five- piece. Trendier than a bucket of Manolo Blahniks.
I The Sounds 8.20-8.509m Infuriatingly stylish Swedish Synth rockers. big at home and in the US but still to break here.
I The Blood Brothers 7.20-7.50pm Searing experimental post—hardcore/ screamo outfit from Seattle. Washingtonwith a twin vocal assault.
I The Hours 6.20-6.50pm Ex—Elastica/Black Grape/Mescaleros survivors Antony Gem and Martin Slattery's new outfit.
I Air Traffic 5.20-5.50pm Straight-up melodic rock from Bownemouth. broadly comparable to Supergrass and their ilk.
I Ghosts 4.20-4.50pm
Haunting (art) atmospheric alt rock with a pop sheen that's drawn comparisons to Keane.
I Reverend and the Makers 3.25-3.559m
Arctic Monkeys affiliated Sheffield indie electro sons. signed to the eclectic Wall of Seund imprint.
I Kate Nash 2.30-3.00pm London-based singer songwriter, heavily touted by Lily Allen among others.
I Remi Nicole 1.35-2.00pm
Pop rock starlet who marries an urban edge to conventional guitar-based tunesmithery. Oasis-style.
I Lost Alone 12.45-1.10pm Derbyshire erno rock trio who've Supported My Chemical Romance and Enter Shikari recently.
I Unklejam 1 1 .55—1 2.20pm Prince/Sly and the Family Stone/ Funkadelic-inspired electro soul trio, who have toured wrth Justin Timberlake.
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I Dance Lazarus Dance 10.00-10.30pm
Heavy, fast. danceable electro—rockness