Xfm Gets Ready For Get Loaded!
We’ve got our own stage at this weekend’s Clapham Common extravaganza. Here’s what you can expect.
Get ready for the biggest festival weekender of the summer as Xfm heads off to Clapham Common for Get Loaded In The Park. On Bank Holiday Sunday (August 24), we’ll be hosting our very own stage at the event, featuring the following excellent acts…
KATE NASH
Currently applying her golden tonsils to the remix of The Mystery Jets’ ‘Half In Love With Elizabeth’, Ms Nash will dazzle us with selections from ‘Made Of Bricks’ and may even preview of some new material.
www.katenash.co.uk
REVEREND AND THE MAKERS
The Reverend himself, Jon McClure, has been saying he’s going to quit the music biz after his next album. Don’t do it! Expect some classy indie-dance delivered in a dour Yorkshire accent.
www.iamreverend.com
THE MACCABEES
Clapham Common? It’s a hometown gig for the Maccas, currently working on the follow-up to last year’s debut album, ‘Colour It In’.
www.themaccabees.co.uk
WILEY
The grime pioneer and sometime member of the Roll Deep crew brings a Grime Wave to Get Loaded!
www.wiley.com
IPSO FACTO
All-girl foursome who purvey “monochrome psychedelia”. Having toured with the Klaxons, they’re destined for big things…
www.myspace.com/ipsofactomyspace
THE VIOLENT PLAYGROUND
Up and coming Scousers who play a funky blend of shoegazey dream pop.
www.myspace.com/theviolentplayground
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
Cool-as-a-very-cool-thing Aussie trio and mates of Cut Copy. Dancy beats and a shedload of bass.
www.midnightjuggernauts.com