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Indietracks lineup takes shape

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Video: Indietracks 2009 in 7 Minutes by LastNightFromGlasgow

The Indietracks lineup seems to be pretty much complete now (though a few more bands are still to come) with Everybody Was In The French Resistance… Now and Slow Club both being added to the bill.  Perhaps more excitingly though, the day by day breakdowns have now been announced, giving us a festival that looks something like this:

Friday

Everybody Was In The French Resistance…Now, Allo Darlin’, Veronica Falls

Saturday

The Primitives, , , , , White Town, , Boy Genius, Cineplexx, The Smittens, The Just Joans, Burning Hearts, , The Callas, Betty and the Werewolves, , Linda Guilala, The Give It Ups, The Felt Tips, , The Hillfields, Urbantramper, , , Jam On Bread,

Sunday

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, , Pale Sunday, Slow Club, Springfactory, Stars of Aviation, Shrag, , , The Cannanes, , The Sunny Street, Printed Circuit, , The Millipedes, , Onward Chariots, , Standard Fare, MJ Hibbett and the Validators, Be Like Pablo, , Mexican Kids at Home, The Middle Ones, ,

Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.  On a personal level, the lineup is quite nice for me with a decent split across the days of the bands that I like, though it looks like Sunday has the possibility of being clash central.  Not that it matters too much at Indietracks though.  I had great fun last year watching bands I hadn’t even heard of even if I didn’t get to see all of the ones I would have liked to.

Indietracks takes place between 23-25 July at the Midland Railway Centre in Swanwick, located a little way off of the M1 north of Nottingham.  Bands play across four stages, one of which is located in a moving steam train.  Various workshops and discos happen around the site, and it’s quite simply the nicest place you’ll ever go.  Tickets cost £60 for all three days or £32.50 per day, and can be purchased here.

First band announcements for Indietracks 2010

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Indietracks 2009

Now that London Popfest is out of the way, it’s time to turn our attention to this year’s Indietracks festival, which will take place 23-25 July at the lovely Midland Railway Centre in Derbyshire.  Last year we covered the event quite extensively, and this year will be no different.  Previews of the bands in the run up to the event, followed by reports and a shit ton of photos of the weekend itself.  I’m not exaggerating when I call Indietracks the highlight of my musical year.  Where else can you get a non-stop indiepop while surrounded by (and sometimes on!) steam trains?

Rather excitingly, the first band announcements are now out, giving us our first 24 bands that will be playing the festival:

Highlights for myself amongst that lot include Allo Darlin’, Ballboy and Standard Fare, but there’s a lot there already that I’m looking forward to.  A number that I’m not familiar with that I look forward to getting acquainted with too.  No word on any headliners just yet, but announcements seem to be coming thick and fast now, so hopefully we’ll have more soon.

Update: Of course, mere hours after I post this, 8 new additions have revealed: , , , The Hillfields, La La Love You, , , Urbantramper.

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3 Songs: Airport Girl, Operator Please, Pale Sunday

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MP3 Airport Girl – The Foolishness That We Create Through Love Is The Closest We Come To Greatness
With London Popfest coming up in just a few days, it seemed prudent to familiarise myself with some of the bands on the bill that I didn’t recognise. One of these was Rob Price, who is also the front man of , one of those bands that has been around for years yet I’ve never noticed. Thankfully that has been rectified now though, with the wonderfully awkwardly titled The Foolishness That We Create Through Love Is The Closest We Come To Greatness. It’s not just the title that’s long either. It’s a rare indiepop song that manages to run over six minutes and never outstay it’s welcome.
Myspace / Fortuna Pop!

MP3 Operator Please – Logic
I really enjoyed ’s single Get What You Want a few years ago. It was a fun, punchy little number that got straight to the pop. Logic doesn’t seem to work quite as well. There’s nothing really wrong with it, it’s just a little too plodding for my tastes. A lot of other people seem to be liking it though, so maybe it’s just me.
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MP3 Pale Sunday – Shooting Star
If I was asked to tell you what country came from, I’d probably get it wrong. I’d likely lean toward the US, the UK, or for an outside bet, somewhere like Sweden. Somewhere like Brazil wouldn’t even cross my mind. I’ve never really considered South America as somewhere indiepop would come out of, but are seemingly doing their best to change that. Jangly guitars and harmonies are the order of the day here. If you’re familiar with other bands from the Matinée stable (Northern Portrait, Cats on Fire etc.), you know exactly what you’re getting here.
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