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Indietracks lineup takes shape
01 year ago
in Indietracks, Videos
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, Love is All, David Tattersall, Ballboy, Stars in Coma, White Town, The Orchids, Boy Genius, Cineplexx, The Smittens, The Just Joans, Burning Hearts, La La Love You, The Callas, Betty and the Werewolves, This Many Boyfriends, Linda Guilala, The Give It Ups, The Felt Tips, Foxes!, The Hillfields, Urbantramper, Paisley and Charlie, Micktravis, Jam On Bread, Lime Chalks
Sunday
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Pooh Sticks, Pale Sunday, Slow Club, Springfactory, Stars of Aviation, Shrag, Secret Shine, Sarandon, The Cannanes, Internet Forever, The Sunny Street, Printed Circuit, The Blanche Hudson Weekend, The Millipedes, The Loves, Onward Chariots, Winston Echo, Standard Fare, MJ Hibbett and the Validators, Be Like Pablo, The Specific Heats, Mexican Kids at Home, The Middle Ones, Yokoko, Clint Play People
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
01 year ago
in Indietracks
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:
- Allo Darlin’
- Ballboy
- Be Like Pablo
- Betty and The Werewolves
- Boy Genius
- The Cannanes
- Cineplexx
- Fanfarlo
- The Felt Tips
- Foxes!
- The Give It Ups
- The Just Joans
- The Loves
- MJ Hibbett & the Validators
- Onward Chariots
- Sarandon
- Shrag
- The Smittens
- Standard Fare
- Stars of Aviation
- The Sunny Street
- This Many Boyfriends
- White Town
- Winston Echo
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: Internet Forever, Pale Sunday, Burning Hearts, The Hillfields, La La Love You, Stars in Coma, Springfactory, Urbantramper.
