There is a fine array of artists on offer between these two stages!
Festival Republic Stage:
- 12:25pm – Sunday (1994)
- 1:15pm – Rifle
- 2:05pm – Mouth Culture
- 2:55pm – Origami Angel
- 3:45pm – Oversize
- 4:35pm – Vlure
- 5:25pm – Ecca Vandal
- 6:15pm – Balming Tiger
- 7:20pm – Bilmuri
- 9:10pm – Snow Strippers
- 12am – UPRAWR (Festival Republic After Hours)
BBC Introducing Stage
- 12:00pm – Mudi Sama
- 12:55pm – Keo
- 1:50pm – EVILLE
- 2:45pm – Finn Forster
- 4:35pm – V.I.C
- 5:30pm – Lleo
- 6:25pm – The Pill
- 7:20 – unpeople
- 8:15pm – Nxdia
Sunday (1994)
Dream pop (a subgenre of alt rock/neo-psychedelia) band with a mix of American and English members based in Los Angeles. Several of the band wrote music for other artists and adverts before starting to put their own material together during the pandemic. There are two very high quality EPs so far, the first nearly album length thanks to a special addition version with a few additions.
Rifle
Not to be confused with The Rifles. London based punk band. There a couple of EPs. If you like your music noisy and ramshackle then you are likely to be very happy.
Mouth Culture
Polished alt-rock trio who have the tunes for moshing and dancing. You Me At Six are fans and Max Heyler has been producing their recent work.
Origami Angel
Duo from Washington DC who cover a range of genres in their work. Indie-rock, emo, punk-pop and more go into their sonic palette. They cite Weezer and Barenaked Ladies as influences.
Oversize
UK band from Salisbury merging shoegaze and alt-metal into an atmospheric blend. Their debut album Vital Signs came out back in February.
Vlure
Glasgow based band mixing post-punk with dance music. Their debut album is out September 26th but there is a chunk of material out already, including remixes of their work by Utah Saints and others.
Ecca Vandal
South African-born Australian singer-songwriter and rapper. Plenty of attitude and an interesting mix of influences.
Balming Tiger
Excellent indie/k-pop hybrid band from South Korea. The first k-pop band to appear at the festival? Somewhat shortchanged by being shoved into the stage clash from hell that House of Protection dropped out from (against Enter Shikari, Wunderhorse and The Pill).
Bilmuri
Heavy rock/metal/pop-punk hybrid solo project for Johnny Franck, formerly of Attack Attack! His strong live reputation proceeds him.
Snow Strippers
There are various EPs and mixtapes released by this eclectic and chaotic electronic duo veering anywhere between EDM to indie-sleaze.
Mudi Sama
Genuinely exciting artist that brings to mind Master Peace and Ekkstacy. British born, but spent his childhood between Nigeria and England. Bloc Party have been a big influence. Just put out his first 7 track EP a couple of weeks ago.
Keo
London based rock band. Will appeal to fans of Wunderhorse and Fontaines DC.
EVILLE
Lively brat-metal band from Brighton. They have a VERY modern approach to rock and metal.
Finn Forster
A rising star of the North East scene who makes indie guitar music with a hint of country and folk.
V.I.C
Britisher rapper from Southampton. He has a great flow and is best known for his track ‘A Teen’ which featured on FIFA 22.
Lleo
Quality guitar driven pop-music. Descibes their music as ‘bi-polar pop’ as it contains a wide array of highs and lows.
The Pill
We caught this utterly fantastic band from the Isle of Wight earlier on this year supporting Hotwax. If they were not involved in the worst line-up clash of the festival we would have absolutely been there to see them.
unpeople
British alt-rock band. The name comes from a group of people considered to be politically unimportant or of no value. As they see it, many of us in the world are currently unpeople. Some big riffage and they have picked up praise from Kerrang!
Nxdia
Pronounced Nadia. Fantastic alt-pop musician. Her debut album came out in June and we really ought to have reviewed it properly (still might!). It covers a range of moods and styles.
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