Garbage - New Video - ‘Magnetized’

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Garbage have released the video for their second single “Magnetized” off their critically acclaimed album ‘Strange Little Birds’ which you can watch below:
 
Shirley Manson said; "We made the video for Magnetized at Pancake Mountain Headquarters in Los Angeles with an incredibly gifted team under the madcap direction of my next door neighbour Scott Stuckey. We wanted to create an ode to the magic of science and the mysteries of love.“
 
Scott Stuckey added "'Magnetized' is one of my favorite songs on the album - anytime you get to send 300,000 volts of electricity through an 8-year-old Shirley Manson doppelgänger and the real Shirley, then YES, sign me up!”
 
Garbage’s sixth studio album Strange Little Birds is available in stores and at all digital retailers. The album was recorded and produced by the band (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson and Butch Vig) in Los Angeles and released via their own STUNVOLUME Records. 

Southsea Fest 2016

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This weekend Southsea Fest returns after a year off bigger and better than ever. With over 100 acts across 20 stages there is so much great music to choose from ... here are our top five acts not to miss! 

Here's Shit Present's Iona & Thom with an acoustic version of 'Anxious Type', their highly anticipated album 'Misery & Disaster' is set for release November 11th:

Doe's debut album 'Some Things Last Longer Than You' came out this month, check out their video for 'Sincere' here:

Listing all the good reasons to form a band Bear Trade describe themselves as a band “with a love of the punk and the rock and the beers and the gigs and the just having fun”:

Misgivings were founded in 2013 after a drunken chat at a squat show in hamburg, combining a love of melodic punk, drinking beers and travelling. With influences as broad as Hüsker Du,  The Replacements, Alkaline Trio Fugazi and Brian Wilson you can check out these fast rising pizza punx here with their earworm Century kicking off their debut album Delete History (released on Charlie's Big Ray Gun Records):

Bad Breeding's eponymous debut album is out now, here's 'No Progress':

Here's the full line-up ... get planning guys!

Ordinary World - featurung Billie Joe Armstrong in his first lead acting role

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Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong leads an all-star cast in candid and heart-warming comedy, ORDINARY WORLD released on DVD and Digital Download on 17 October via Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Former punk rocker Perry (Armstrong) is ten years into his band’s “indefinite hiatus” and struggling with life in the real world. When Perry’s attorney wife Karen (Selma Blair, Anger Management, Cruel Intentions)and his precocious young daughter forget his 40th birthday, Perry’s brother takes pity on him and gives him the money to throw a rock star blowout party at a swanky New York hotel. At the party, Perry’s punk past clashes hilariously with his grown-up reality as he encounters crazy former bandmates, including best pal Gary (Fred Armisen, Saturday Night Live, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy), and an old-flame-turned-manager (Judy Greer, Jurassic World, Ant-Man).

ORDINARY WORLD premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year to widespread praise and features four original new songs written by Billie Joe Armstrong; ‘The Devil’s Kind’, ‘Body Bag’, ‘Fever Blister’ and ‘Ordinary World’, the latter of which is on Green Day’s new album Revolution Radio out via Warner Bros on 7 October.

Kings of Leon - New Album

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Multi-platinum selling rock band KINGS OF LEON officially announce the release of their hugely anticipated seventh studio album WALLS on October 14th through Columbia Records. The Grammy Award winning group decided to return to their recording roots in Los Angeles and worked with famed producer Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Coldplay,Florence + the Machine).

The album, which comes three years after their Grammy Nominated album Mechanical Bull, has been teased the past several days in a series of cryptic social media posts. In a teaser from the band, Caleb Followill shares a glimpse of what’s to come and gives a mysterious foreshadowing of the album with a voiceover saying, “…the walls come down.” Lyrically, the album will touch on band members’ personal stories, which Q Magazine calls “goosebump inducing” and “worth holding your breath for.”

 

Photo: Jimmy Marble

Victorious 2016 - Gallery - Izzy Bizu

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Next up on the Castle Stage was breakthrough star Izzy Bizu the highlight of her set was the deliciously catchy 'White Tiger'. This upbeat gem stood out in her set full of nostalgic summery funk-and-soul elements intertwined with her mesmerising voice. Izzy's debut album 'A Moment Of Madness' and the single 'White Tiger' are due to be released on 2nd September.

Victorious Festival 2016 - Gallery - Teleman

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A short walk to the Castle Stage was next for Teleman. In constant pursuit of the perfect hook, Teleman gave us a great performance of 'Dusseldorf' which delivers a perfectly crafted pure pop tune whilst combining their melodic indie leanings with Tommy's distinctively vunerable vocals. 'Tangerine' their new single went down well, this live favourite and also taken from their critically acclaimed second album, 'Brilliant Sanity'. 

Victorious Festival 2016 - Gallery - Boomtown Rats

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Kicking off the weekend's live music for us were The Boomtown Rats on the Common Stage. With the 80's new wave classic 'I Don't Like Mondays' singer Bob Geldof was on top form!

Suede - 'Coming Up' 20th Anniversary

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Released on 30th September, this special 20th anniversay edition on 4CD plus DVD and media book containing the album, B-sides, unreleased demos and a previously unreleaswed Amsterdam concert. The album will also be reissued on 180g yellow coloured vinyl, along with a bonus LP of b-side tracks. 

First released in 1996 ‘Coming Up’ was Suede’s 3rd album and the first with the new line up. The band’s most successful release to date, it entered the charts at number 1 and spawned five Top 10 singles – Trash, Beautiful Ones, Saturday Night, Lazy and Filmstar. The 20th anniversary edition includes a DVD of nine contemporary TV performances plus an hour-long film of the band with producer Ed Buller discussing the writing and recording of the album, all issued for the first time. 
 
Also included is a new note by Brett Anderson about the creation of the cover image, along with the lyrics, hand-written lyric drafts, tape boxes and photos from the band’s collections.  A special limited edition version is available exclusively from the Suede website. Limited to 750 copies it includes a three-track 10” single, featuring “Asda Town”, “Together” and “Bentswood Boys” – Richard Oakes’ first recordings with the band, originally issued as b-sides to singles on “Dog Man Star”.

We recommend checking them out live at Rockaway Beach, a great boutique festival 7-9th October in Bognor Regis where there will be a screening of 'Night Thoughts' followed by a Q&A session with director Roger Sargent, a 'fan favourites' set curated by Rockaway DJs, and the opportunity to win rarities and prizes from across the band's discography... all ahead of their headline performance at our intimate main stage venue on Saturday night!

www.rockawaybeach.co.uk

www.suede.co.uk

 

Various Artists – Rough Trade Shops present: HEROES VOL. 1

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Rough Trade are releasing a 2CD compilation of 40 tracks, on 2nd September.

 

Rough Trade Shops celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and this is the second compilation to mark the occasion. Following our recent cover version selection COVERS VOL.1 (RTCOV1), this double CD is a set of our favourite songs about other musicians, all of which were released in the 40 years since we first opened our front door in 1976.

40 Years. 40 Heroes ... Songs about Prince, Debby Harry, David Bowie, Morrissey, Wu Tang Clan, Frank Sinatra, R.E.M., Tammy Wynette, Stevie Nicks, Nick Drake, Will Oldham, Elvis Presley, Joey Ramone, Dennis Brown, G.G. Allin, Wham!, Johnny Cash and more, all performed across musical styles as varied as you would expect from Rough Trade, especially so with the added caveat of a four decade timeline.

Of course there are tracks from the post punk era that Rough Trade is most often associated with, this time in the form of The (ubiquitous) Fall’s gothic eulogy to Can’s Damo Suzuki, the unique creativity of Psychic TV’s offering to Brain Jones and the pioneering Cabaret Voltaire pay indie-electro respect to James Brown. Elsewhere you will hear psychobilly-noise from the incendiary Butthole Surfers, radio-friendly alt-rock from They Might Be Giants and classic indie hits from Rough Trade alumni Cornershop and Le Tigre. There is a slice of lo-fi funk from Sexual Harassment and expansive melancholic rock from Radiohead alongside heartfelt tributes to The Beatles and Jello Biafra from the much–loved Daniel Johnston and Wesley Willisrespectively. There are beautifully written and performed arrangements from Songs Ohia, Joan as Police Woman, Robyn Hitchcock, Mountain Goats, Calexico andSun Kil Moon, tweeness and indiepop from Camera Obscura, Stereo Total and Helen Love and brooding post rock from Mogwai, while Fat White Family apply their signature psychedelic slo-motion baggy treatment to honour Thy Lord Indie God Mark E. Smith. Add in rockers from Pavement and Brakes, electronica jams from Colourboxand Matmos, we even have the iconic Sparks’ honouring Morrissey, and here you have yet another sparkling selection dreamed up by the Rough Trade brain trust.

Each of these songs is a window to a room in the minds of artists, a room reserved for contemplating the art of others, be they influences, obsessions, contemporaries or fantasies, lovers, haters, emetics, madmen, villains or heroes.” Ed Zed, Rough Trade New York.

Various Artists – Rough Trade Shops HEROES VOL. 1 (RTHER1)

Disc 1
1. 1980 FAMILY FODDER Debbie Harry
2. 1980 THE MAGGOTS (Let's Get, Let's Get) Tammy Wynette
3. 1982 PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES Elvis Is Dead
4. 1983 DANIEL JOHNSTON The Beatles
5. 1984 CABARET VOLTAIRE James Brown
6. 1984 SEXUAL HARASSMENT We Want Prince
7. 1985 THE FALL I Am Damo Suzuki
8. 1985 PSYCHIC TV Godstar (Brian Jones)
9. 1986 COLOURBOX Phillip Glass
10. 1988 BUTTHOLE SURFERS Julio Iglesias
11. 1991 HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT Prag Vec at The Melkweg
12. 1991 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS We're The Replacements
13. 1992 RADIOHEAD Anyone Can Play Guitar (Jim Morrison)
14. 1994 NOISE ADDICT I Wish I Was Him (Evan Dando)
15. 1996 WESLEY WILLIS Jello Biafra
16. 1996 THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE (David Bowie I Love You)Since I Was Six
17. 1997 CORNERSHOP Brimful of Asha (Asha Bhosle)
18. 1998 NEIL HAMBURGER Snoop Doggy Dogg
19. 1998 LE TIGRE Hot Topic (The Slits, Joan Jett and more)
20. 1999 THE DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The Night G.G. Allin Came To Town
21. 1999 STEREO TOTAL Ringo, I Love You
22. 2000 ROBYN HITCHCOCK I Saw Nick Drake
23. 2001 MISS KITTIN AND THE HACKER Frank Sinatra

Disc 2
1. 2002 SONGS OHIA Steve Albini’s Blues
2. 2003 CALEXICO Not Even Stevie Nicks…
3. 2004 SONS AND DAUGHTERS Johnny Cash
4. 2004 PAVEMENT Unseen Power of The Picket Fence (R.E.M.)
5. 2005 BRAKES Heard About Your Band
6. 2005 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Song for Dennis Brown
7. 2005 JEFFREY AND JACK LEWIS Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror
8. 2006 MATMOS Solo Buttons for Joe Meek
9. 2006 CAMERA OBSCURA Dory Previn
10. 2007 JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN We Don't Own It (Elliott Smith)
11. 2007 HELEN LOVE Debbie Loves Joey (Debbie Harry and Joey Ramone)
12. 2008 SPARKS Lighten Up, Morrissey
13. 2008 MOGWAI I’m Jim Morrison, I'm Dead
14. 2010 THE BOY LEAST LIKELY TO George and Andrew (Wham!)
15. 2011 ALLO, DARLIN’ Wu Tang Clan
16. 2014 SUN KIL MOON Ben’s My Friend (Ben Gibbard)
17. 2014 FAT WHITE FAMILY I Am Mark E. Smith


Preorder here! http://www.roughtrade.com/albums/105673

Southsea Fest - 2nd Wave Announcement

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With a slew of top-20 singles and top-10 albums, new additions to the bill include The Pigeon Detectives, joined by Lonely The Brave, Honeyblood, The Amazons, Smoke Fairies, and many more.

For the first time the Pyramids venue will be programmed during the one day event, which includes 19 live music spaces, all accessed with one wristband - while a brand new shuttle bus service will ferry people across the town. 

Tickets are on sale now for the October 1st event priced at just £20 from http://bit.ly/SSF16

THE PIGEON DETECTIVES / LONELY THE BRAVE / HONEYBLOOD / THE AMAZONS / SMOKE FAIRIES / BLACK FOXXES / KAGOULE / NGOD / DREAM WIFE / TIGERCUB / HAPPY ACCIDENTS / HANNAH LOU CLARK / CROWS / ARROWS OF LOVE / EMPTiFISH / BABA NAGA / BEL ESPIRIT / CHRISSY BARNACLE / KELLY KEMP / NOYO MATHIS / NEW ARCHITECTS / TEENAGE CAVEMEN / TANGERINES / CASSAVA / MIMRA / NIGHT OWLS / OHBOY! / SAINT AGNES / WYLDEST / HUNCK / FOREVER CULT / HUSKY LOOPS / LOA LOA / BRAHMA-LOKA / INDIGO CHILD / BULLYBONES / DRY LUNCH CLUB / ZEGEMA BEACH / MINT GUN CLUB / FUGITIVE ORCHESTRA / GANG / PHANTOM RUNNERS / MELT DUNES / CLASSICALLY HANDSOME BRUTES / STERT / LEWIS SMITH / THE KRAKEN / JACK FRANCIS

Join the previously announced…

MYSTERY JETS / COASTS / LUCY ROSE / LITTLE COMETS / EAGULLS / BLACK HONEY / KASSASSIN STREET / THE BIG MOON / TELLISON / INHEAVEN / GET INUIT / FIZZY BLOOD / SHOWHAWK DUO / TIBET / GLASS / LUCY KITCHEN / SHIT PRESENT / BEAR TRADE / JOHN / DEAD RABBITS / BATTERY HENS / KAMIKAZE GIRLS / STRANGE CAGES / MINIQUE / ISLA / WAX MACHINE / BEAR AND THE WOODS / AVIV AND THE EUNUCH HORN / THE BOY I USED TO BE / SACHA / SPAFF TITS / ME AND THE MOON / PADDY TAYLOR / JANOU / ELETRAVOX / DEVIN-JADE / JESS WYLDES AND THE STALLIONS / YOU’RE ALL SMILING NOW BUT WE’LL ALL TURN INTO DEMONS

L7 - UK Tour Dates Announcement

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The fierce and fantastically talented L7 are back in the UK later this year after reforming in 2015.

Playing three dates in September ... Manchester O2 Ritz on the 10th, Glasgow O2 ABC 11th and London’s O2 Forum on September 13th you can experience these intelligent, strong women, doing what they clearly love to do.

We're glad to see you back ladies!

Check out our interview from last year's epic Download performance here ...

Victorious announces more acts!

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Victorious Festival announced even more acts for 2016! Loads of talented up and coming, unsigned and new artists are set to appear at this year’s festival across multiple stages both Victorious and Loudnoisesmag pride ourselves on our Portsmouth Roots, a whole host of these incredible acts are from the local area.

Hailing from Manchester, The Slow Readers Club are a four piece who specialise in dark and brooding indie electro, drawing comparisons with Interpol, The Killers and The National.  Their last three singles have enjoyed airplay on BBC 6 Music and XFM with the latest single Forever In Your Debt also featured in the top 5 singles of the week. Their live shows have received rave reviews from critics and fans alike. 

Portsmouth born and bred band Kassassin Street (pictured below) offer their own brand of dance infused psychadelia they have a fervent following with sell out shows in Portsmouth and Southampton. Their debut song ‘The Royal Handkerchief Ballet’ received recognition from the NME and support soon followed from BBC Introducing, Tom Robinson on 6Music. 

Home-grown in Hampshire, The Beautiful Secret consist of up and coming singer/songwriters Rachael Hawnt and Ash Cutler. Their melodically driven music is powerfully emotive and exciting, from big dramatic ballads to full on guitar led rock. Their Debut album is due for release this summer and their music is set to feature in a big motion picture that is due out next year.

Local party starters Rhythm of the 90’s have become notorious for exciting a crowd while they perform live covers of 90’s dance music hit after hit. Bringing back all that is brilliant about the 90’s and fresh from playing at Isle of Wight Festival they are not to be missed!

Also confirmed are local acts; Foxer, Novellas, LST, Me and the Moon, Paddy Taylor, Sophie Darling, Skin For A Canvas, Strumpet Town (pictured below)

Southsea Fest 2016 announcement

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After a one year hiatus, the Autumn’s leading new music event Southsea Fest is back and bigger than ever before with Mystery Jets, Lucy Rose, Little Comets, The Big Moon, Black Honey, Eagulls, Tellison, and over 20 other acts now confirmed to appear over 20 venues – including for the first time ever – the Pyramids venue.

With over 100 live acts due to appear in total, tickets are on sale now for the October 1st event priced at just £20 from southseafest.com

Here is the first rundown of artists confirmed ...

SOUTHSEA FEST @ PYRAMIDS: Mystery Jets + Little Comets + Eagulls + Kassassin Street + The Big Moon + Fizzy Blood

SOUTHSEA FEST @ THE WEDGEWOOD ROOMS: Coasts + Lucy Rose (pictured below) + Black Honey (pictured below) + Me And The Moon

101 REYKJAVIK @ FAT FOX: Glass + Aviv & The Eunuch Horn + Lucy Kitchen + Jalou

SOUTHSEA DIY @ ONE EYED DOG: Shit Present + Kamikaze Girls + Petrol Girls + Bear Trade

ALCOPOP! & TILL DEAF US DO PARTY @ EDGE OF THE WEDGE: Tellison + Get Inuit + Tibet + John

BEATS & SWING @ EQ: Bear & The Woods + Showhawk Duo + Minque

NEVADA & PSYCHEDELIA @ LITTLE JOHNNY RUSSELL’S: INHEAVEN

PORTS PSYCH X ACID BOX @ 5TH HANTS ACID BOX: Dead Rabbits + Strange Cages + Wax Machine + WTVR

AL BURRITO @ QUAY WEST: Damn Beats + Isla

PIE & VINYL @ THE WINE VAULTS SIDE BAR: SACHA + The Boy I Used To Be + Spaff Tits

CHAMPAGNE JUSTICE @ METHODIST CHURCH: YSNBWATTD + Battery Hens + Jesse Wyldes & The Stallions

MARINER RECORDS @ IRISH CLUB: Paddy Taylor (pictured below)

Paddy Taylor

SOUTHSEA FEST @ PORTERS: Devin-Jade

+ MORE TBA ACROSS ALL VENUES.

Night Owls - New Single

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Leeds Duo NIGHT OWLS Reveal Video For New Single ‘Call Me Out’

Following a triumphant slot at Goldsounds Festival alongside Yuck, VANT, Night Beats and more, Leeds grunge-pop duo NIGHT OWLS have just revealed the video for their latest single ‘Call Me Out’.
 

Directed by Hornburn Media, the video itself is a tongue-in-cheek, trippy and eye-popping visual for the track which matches their oddball take on grunged-up slacker-pop perfectly, as band members Will and Liam let their...unique...personalities shine in front of an acidic background.

The track is the latest to be taken from their debut EP ‘Informaldehyde’ set for release on London independent label Till Deaf Do Us Party on 10th June 2016. The band have a handful of UK live performances coming up including an EP release show on 9th June at the Brudenell in Leeds.

“Call Me Out is about the damage that toxic relationships can do” say the band about the new single “It’s about putting up with the same old shit every day from someone you lost feelings for a long time ago and being called out on every mistake you make. It’s a song for someone you can’t stand to be around anymore.”

Another fuzz-drenched slab of burnt out slacker-influenced grunge pop, the new material is sure to build on the early attention they’ve drawn.

‘Informaldehyde’ is released 10thJune via Till Deaf Do Us Party

2016 UK Live Dates:

9th June - Brudenell – Leeds (EP launch)
10th June - BIRTHDAYS - London

6th August - The Windmill – Brixton

Bleeker Debut EP

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New York City Independent record label Five Seven Music are pleased to announce the self-titled debut EP of Toronto alt-rock outfit Bleeker – featuring five tracks of mammoth riffs and catchy choruses it serves as a fine introduction for an act who are clearly destined for bigger things.

From the opening salvo of lead single,‘Highway’, to the bluesy, excitable riffs of ‘Free’, the EP starts with an aural assault of up-tempo, octane-fuelled, garage-pop. ‘Erase You’then sees the band deliver a Soundgarden meets Black Crows-esque anthem, with ‘I’m Not Laughing Now’showcasing the band’s insatiable ability to devise tracks of a more delicate nature. Finally, the EP ends with the straight up falsetto-led ‘Where’s Your Money’.


What sets Bleeker apart is an ever-so-subtle current of loose cannon danger that courses through every riff, note, and melody of their music. Comprised of Taylor Perkins (vocals), Cole Perkins (guitar), Dan Steinke (guitar), and Mike Van Dyk (bass), the band have been steadily building a loyal legion of fans by touring their native Canada, and are now ready to share their ultra catchy, hook-heavy sound worldwide.

The band recently embarked on a US tour as support to UK rock sensations The Struts and will join The Summer Tour, opening for Sublime with Rome and label-mates, Dirty Heads, across the States in July.

‘Bleeker’ EP Track Listing:
1) Highway
2) Free
3) Erase You
4) I’m Not Laughing Now
5) Where’s Your Money


Their self-titled debut EP is now available across all digital retail and streaming platforms via Five Seven Music.

Victorious Announce More Acts!

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- JUST ADDED -

 

ANNIE MAC / PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING / WRETCH 32

DMAs / TELEMAN / ELIZA & THE BEAR / OSCAR / LUKE SITAL-SINGH

ORLA GARTLAND / ALL TVVINS / NGOD / LUSTS / GEORGIE

ADAM FRENCH / RHYS LEWIS / BABA NAGA / ROBYN SHERWELL

 

- ALREADY ANNOUNCED -

NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS/ MANIC STREET PREACHERS/MARK RONSON DJ

WILL YOUNG/ THE CORAL/ LEVELLERS/ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN/ ASH/ JACK SAVORETTI

THE SELECTER/ SPACE/EMMY THE GREAT

Victorious Festival has just announced another wave of acts ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend.  Appearing on Castle Stage is Radio 1’s prime time broadcaster, champion of new music and international DJ Annie Mac. As one of the UK’s most famous DJ’s, she has played everywhere from your own home to stadiums and super clubs across the world and now she will add Victorious Festival to the list.

Victorious Festival favourites, Public Service Broadcasting, the corduroy-clad brainchild of band member J. Willgoose Esq are also added today. Their debut album Inform-Educate-Entertain received widespread critical acclaim from The Guardian, The Independent and many more reviewers for their spell-binding blend of old public information film samples mixed with live new beats from drums, guitar, banjo and electronics. Soak up their unique sounds on Sunday at Victorious Festival.

Wretch 32 will delight crowds at Victorious Festival with his clever combination of Hip Hop and Grime making him difficult not to dance too. Wretch 32 rose to the height of success in 2011 with his album Black and White featuring collaborations with Ed Sheeran, Etta Bond and Example. Lead single Traktor was selected by Reggie Yates as weekend Anthem before going on to debut at number five on the UK Singles Chart and Don’t Go reaching number one. Since then he has been championed by Adidas and Coca Cola as one of the main faces of the London Olympics.

Other exciting additions to the lineup include newcomers DMA’s, Eliza & The Bear and Luke Sital-Singh. All the way from Australia, three-piece band DMA’s will be bringing Britpop back through their effervescent charm with their echoing of bands like Stone Roses. Ones to watch are London Indie Rocker’s Eliza & The Bear who will be delivering their guitar-driven indie-folk hooks and uplifting vocals at Victorious Festival and Singer-songwriter Luke Sital-Singh who was picked up by The Guardian and featured as their ‘New Band of The Day’ for his crooning melodies.