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T in the Park has more than its fair share of superstars, but some of the less familiar names on the bill are just as likely to blow your tiny mind. Camilla Pia and Mark Robertson pick out some of this year's finest up-and-comers
Tomorrowpeoe
What Psychedelic synth-pop duo - from Brooklyn
Unique Selling Point They sound wonderfully woozy on record but the MGMT live experience reveals a harder. darker and much more edgy side to the band. Imagine full-on swampy rock colliding with soaring melodies and Synth stabs. played by a pair of eccentric. fun-loving New Yorkers who like to knock back a tipple or two — simply unmissable. Where Pet Sounds Arena. Sat 12 Jul.
Liqhtspeed Champion What Sumptuous. lovelorn country from music's most adorable nerd Unique Selling Point There aren‘t many young singer-songwriters who can switch between writing comic books, noisepunk anthems. hip-hop tracks and big-hearted acoustic sing- a-longs with ease. but Dev Hynes is one of them and it makes him something rather special. Recently he's been adding a whole range of indie hit and film soundtrack covers to his live set. so what he'll dish up next is anyone's guess.
Where Pet Sounds Arena, Sat 12 Jul.
Unique Selling Point Being too ‘ racket.
young to have taken the talent Unique Selling Point Johnny school/talent show route to pop Whitney's raspy falsetto may have infamy. Cilmi has developed as a settled down a little since his old band singer-songwriterly talent without the split but it still makes for one of the
precociousness. Although barely out ; strangest and most distinctive sounds of high school she's already shifting around. Mix this with unabashedly units. Soundtracking a Dove poppy tendencies and. whisper it, deodorant ad might not be the normal Jaguar Love might turn out to be more route to recognition, but this successful than the two acts that diminutive hybrid of Macy Gray and . spawned them put together.
and if there's any act that can get your Jamie Cullum has turned many heads Where King Tut's Tent. Sat 12 Jul.
tear-ducts working overtime it's this with the lustrous sheen of “Sweet 1
West London trio. They specialise in About Me’ and support slots with the
intense. Echo and the Bunnymen- likes of Rufus Wainwright. Sugababes { Haunts esque guitar anthems that tug on the and Nouvelle Vague. What Magnificently dark and spiky . heartstrings so hard you won't know Where Futures Stage. Sat 12 Jul. indie rock what's hit you. Bring tissues. Tons of i
Unique Selling Point This London- them. based foursome may look like your Where Futures Stage. Sat 12 Jul. 3 average scenesters in their all-black attire and skin-tight jeans but as Gabrleua cum. performers they are ploughing a totally What An Aussie teenage pop distinctive furrow. Sick of your typical, sensation who isn't rubbish.
run-of-the-mill guitar gigs. they take inspiration from Prince when it comes to their own live appearances making for rather spectacular viewing. Where Relentless Energy Drink Stage, Fri 11 Jul.
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Vampire Weekend
What Bookish indie pop from NYC
l Unique Selling Point Who else can ‘ "' you rely on to bring an ‘Upper West
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What Brooding indie with a big
emotional pull l . What Ex-members of the Blood I New York foursome deal in African Unique Selling Point Everyone 1 Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves popular music and Western classical- needs a good sob every now and then ‘ ‘ bash out a joyously catchy art-punk influenced guitar offerings and. as
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