Having announced the first wave of artists for this year’s
festival including the likes of chart toppers Clean Bandit, indie legend Albert
Hammond Jr and breakthrough band Wolf Alice as well as the special Leeds Town
Hall show featuring a reformed ¡Forward Russia! Live At Leeds Festival now
announce a further 50 bands to the 2014 lineup!
The additions to the lineup once again promise to showcase
everything from the best in up and coming UK songwriting talent to hotly tipped
groups from both sides of the pond!
With an emphasis on the up and coming, the festival will see
Manchester-based star in the making Bipolar Sunshine bring his sublime, upbeat
and original pop to the festival. 2013 saw him collaborate with the likes of
Rudimental and FTSE and this is bound to be a year of even further breakthrough
for the young musician. Also joining the lineup and in a similar camp of
luscious, soulful pop are the hotly tipped recent Kitsuné signees Years &
Years, the electro-pop trio’s recent Hype Machine topping single ‘Real’ caused
waves and points to what will surely be a successful year. The elegant, fragile
sounds of London via Kendal four-piece Woman’s Hour will also be bringing the
painful longing of their upcoming Secretly Canadian debut album to the festival
and are not to be missed whilst The Bug’s noise loving dancehall and hip-hop
influenced electronica is sure to get people moving. Having been longlisted for
the prestigious BBC Sound Of 2014 poll, Bristol singer songwriter George Ezra
will also be bringing the tender sounds of his single ‘Budapest’ to the fest
whilst fellow act to watch out for in 2014, Fat White Family will be peddling
their intense brand of sleazy and visceral rock n roll.
Festival attendees with a penchant for the heavier side of
things will also certainly have their tastes catered for. The Finnish
apocalyptic post-punk quartet Beastmilk favour huge riffs and equal sizeable
with a gothic and metallic twinge that is sure to appeal to fans of Savages and
Queens Of The Stone Age alike as showcased on last years Kurt Ballou produced
full length ‘Climax’. New York’s Big Ups will also be on hand to bring their
frantic, abrasive 90s influenced punk to the festival. Echoes of the Jesus
Lizard, Fugazi and Quicksand peppered this year’s debut full length ‘Eighteen
Hours of Static’ and with a live show even more energetic than their recorded
output, they are sure to be a highlight of the weekend.
Blurring the boundary between solo artist and band,
Nottingham’s 18 year old Saint Raymond has a knack for layering his distinctly
pop sensibilities with gritty, honest lyrics and a wisdom well beyond his years
that has seen him gain a level of attention that is sure to grow. With a
similar ear for a pop melody but with their feet more solidly in the indie/rock
camp, Californians The Neighbourhood last year revealed their debut album ‘I
Love You’ to much praise and having recently supported seemingly unstoppable
group The 1975 on their sold out tour are sure to make their presence known in
the UK this year. Joining these will be Leeds very own The Sunshine Underground
who with a new album due will be bringing their fusion of punk, indie and electronic
music to the festival!
These acts are just the tip of the iceberg and with over …
of the finest acts performing across over 20 stages, this year’s festival is
one of the strongest yet.
FULL LINEUP SO FAR: New artists in RED!
ALBERT HAMMOND JR | BIPOLAR SUNSHINE | BLOOD RED SHOES* |
CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN | CHLÖE HOWL | CIRCA WAVES | CLEAN BANDIT | COURTNEY
BARNETT | DRENGE | ELLA EYRE | FORWARD RUSSIA | FUCK BUTTONS | GEORGE EZRA |
HUDSON TAYLOR | iLiKETRAiNS | JOHNNY FLYNN | KING CHARLES | KODALINE* | LAUREN
AQUILINA | LIZZO | LOS CAMPESINOS! | NEUROSIS*| NINA NESBITT PULLED APART BY
HORSES | ROYAL BLOOD | SAY LOU LOU | SPECIAL GUESTS | TENNIS | THE BUG | THE
FAT WHITE FAMILY |THE HOLD STEADY | THE MIDNIGHT BEAST | THE NEIGHBOURHOOD |
THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND | WOLF ALICE | YUCK
A PLASTIC ROSE | AMBER RUN | ARC IRIS | ARTHUR BEATRICE |
AUTOBAHN | BARBAROSSA | BAT AND BALL BEASTMILK | BIG SIXES | BIG UPS | BLACK
MOTH | BLAENAVON | CHAMPS | CHARLIE HOLE | CHASING GRACE | CHEATAHS | COASTS |
CROCODILES* | CRYSTAL SEAGULLS | CYMBALS | D/C | DAN COOK | DANIEL JAMES |
DARLIA | DENAI MOORE | DIVE IN | DOLOMITE MINOR | DUM DUM GIRLS* | EAUX | EAVES
| ELIZA AND THE BEAR | EMPIRE DIVIDE | EVA STONE | EZRA FURMAN | EZRA VINE |
FAIR OHS | FICKLE FRIENDS | FLYTE | FRANK HAMILTON | FRED PAGE | FYFE | GALLERY
CIRCUS | GAMBLES GENGAHR | GEORGE BARNETT | GHOST BEACH | GRIZFOLK | HAPPYNESS
| HERO FISHER | HIBOU HIGHASAKITE | HOLY MOUNTAIN | HONEYBLOOD | INDIANA | JACK
GARRATT | JAKE ISAAC | JAMIE ISAAC JARBIRD | JAWS | JOEL BAKER | KHUSHI |
LANTERNS ON THE LAKE | LAURA WELSH | LESLIE MENDELSON
LIFE IN FILM | LITTLE MATADOR | LOLA COLT | LOVE ZOMBIES |
LYGER | LYLA FOY | MARIKA HACKMAN MATTHEW & THE ATLAS | MAUSI | MEANWHILE |
MENACE BEACH | MELT YOURSELF DOWN* | MT | NORMA JEAN MARTINE | ORLA GARTLAND |
PALACE | PARAKEET | PAWWS | PEARLS NEGRAS | PET MOON | PRIMITIVE PARTS | PUP |
RAE MORRIS | RAINER | RALEIGH RITCHIE | RHODES
ROSIE LOWE | SAINT RAYMOND | SAM AIREY | SAM FENDER | SAN
FERMIN | SHY NATURE | SIVU | SNARKY PUPPY* | SOLIDS | SOLOMON GREY | SOUTHERN |
SPRING KING | SUNDARA KARMA
SUPERFOOD | TELEMAN |
THE AMAZING SNAKEHEADS | THE BOHICAS | THE CREASES | THE SCENES | THE TEA
STREET BAND | THE WYTCHES | TOURIST | VUKOVI | WE THE WILD | WE WERE EVERGREEN
| WILD CUB | WOMANS HOUR | YEARS & YEARS | YOUNG KATO | YOUTH MAN
ALASKA | ALLUSONDRUGS | APOLLO JUNCTION | BEARFOOT BEWARE |
BETH MCCARTHY | BILLIE MARTEN | BLUE LAUREL CARNABELLS | CHARLIE STRAW | CITY
OF LIGHTS | DISRAELI GEARS | ENGINE | FANS | FAWN SPOTS | GLASS CAVES GLASSBODY
| GOODBYE CHANEL | HAPPY DAGGERS | HARRY RIDGWAY | IMP | JONNY QUITS |
MARSICANS | MODO STARE MUNICH | NARCS | NATALIE HOLMES | NOSE |
OTHERPEOPLESLIVES | PIP MOUNTJOY | QUENTINS BASEMENT | RUPERT STROUD | SAMUEL
S.PARKES | SUPER LUXURY | TABLOIDS | TAKE TURNS | THE COVELLES | THE MEXANINES
THE ORIELLES | THEN THICKENS | VENDETTAS | WE WERE FRONTIERS
| WEIRDS | WITCH HUNT | WHITE ROYAL
*THESE ARE SEPARATE TICKETED EVENTS, SATURDAY WRISTBAND’S
ARE NOT VALID
*FRIDAY 2nd MAY > THE COCKPIT > BLOOD RED SHOES
*FRIDAY 2nd MAY > BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB > MELT
YOURSELF DOWN (FULL A/V SHOW)
*FRIDAY 2nd MAY > THE WARDROBE > SNARKY PUPPY
*SUNDAY 4th MAY > O2 ACADEMY LEEDS > KODALINE
*SUNDAY 4th MAY > LEEDS MET > NEUROSIS
*SUNDAY 4th MAY > BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB > DUM DUM
GIRLS + CROCODILES + MORE TBC
ALL OTHER ARTISTS TO PERFORM SATURDAY 3rd MAY ACROSS VARIOUS
VENUES
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