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Thursday 14 to Saturday 16 May 2009

The Great Escape 2009 (Brighton)

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Location: Brighton, UK

See an alphabetical list. Which artists did you see?
  1. Kasabian
  2. Peter Bjorn And John
  3. Metric
  4. CSS
  5. Noah & The Whale
  6. British Sea Power
  7. Ben Kweller
  8. Little Boots
  9. Mystery Jets
  10. The Charlatans
  11. The Maccabees
  12. Citizen Cope
  13. The xx
  14. Gang Of Four
  15. Black Lips
  16. Idlewild
  17. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
  18. Patrick Wolf
  19. Datarock
  20. Metronomy
  21. Just Jack
  22. Chairlift
  23. Cursive
  24. Cage The Elephant
  25. School of Seven Bells
  26. Holy Fuck
  27. Lightspeed Champion
  28. Enter Shikari
  29. The Pipettes
  30. The Temper Trap
  31. The Teenagers
  32. White Denim
  33. Big Pink
  34. The Twilight Sad
  35. The Vivian Girls
  36. Bell X1
  37. Girls
  38. Emmy The Great
  39. The Rumble Strips
  40. Fanfarlo
  41. Maps
  42. Bombay Bicycle Club
  43. Fink
  44. Mumford & Sons
  45. Blind Pilot
  46. The Veils
  47. Dananananaykroyd
  48. Wavves
  49. Slow Club
  50. Heartless Bastards
  51. Telepathe
  52. Hockey
  53. Brakes
  54. The Boxer Rebellion
  55. Marnie Stern
  56. The Mae Shi
  57. Johnny Foreigner
  58. Times New Viking
  59. The Low Anthem
  60. Frankmusik
  61. The Acorn
  62. Johnny Flynn
  63. Sky Larkin
  64. James Yuill
  65. Liam Finn
  66. Evil Nine
  67. Future Of The Left
  68. Crystal Antlers
  69. Teitur
  70. Wintersleep
  71. Titus Andronicus
  72. The Handsome Family
  73. Evan Dando
  74. The Joy Formidable
  75. Marina and the Diamonds
  76. We Were Promised Jetpacks
  77. Abe Vigoda
  78. Dan Auerbach
  79. Polly Scattergood
  80. Leona Naess
  81. Golden Silvers
  82. Ane Brun
  83. Fight Like Apes
  84. Esser
  85. William Fitzsimmons
  86. My Latest Novel
  87. We Have Band
  88. iLiKETRAiNS
  89. Amazing Baby
  90. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
  91. Freeland
  92. Broken Records
  93. The Leisure Society
  94. Dan Black
  95. Jesca Hoop
  96. Mr Hudson
  97. Hanne Hukkelberg
  98. The Invisible
  99. The King Blues
  100. Lets Wrestle
  101. The Lights
  102. Neil Halstead
  103. VV Brown
  104. Bearsuit
  105. Phantom Band
  106. Filthy Dukes
  107. Chew Lips
  108. Speech Debelle
  109. Woodpigeon
  110. DM Stith
  111. Beast
  112. Grammatics
  113. Mika Miko
  114. Iain Archer
  115. Kissy Sell Out
  116. Gay Blades
  117. Hatcham Social
  118. The Week That Was
  119. We Are Wolves
  120. Crystal Fighters
  121. Blue Roses
  122. Solid Gold
  123. Rainbow Arabia
  124. This Town Needs Guns
  125. Thomas Tantrum
  126. Cocoon
  127. The Miserable Rich
  128. Ohbijou
  129. Answering Machine
  130. It Hugs Back
  131. Micachu and the Shapes
  132. The Soft Pack
  133. Kap Bambino
  134. Thomas Dybdahl
  135. Soap&Skin
  136. Futurecop!
  137. Duchess Says
  138. Pure Reason Revolution
  139. Lay Low
  140. Ipso Facto
  141. Die! Die! Die!
  142. Shining
  143. Banjo or Freakout
  144. Juliette Lewis
  145. Dan Mangan
  146. Fan Death
  147. Baddies
  148. Gran Ronde
  149. Kid British
  150. 80kidz
  151. Heartbreak
  152. The Voluntary Butler Scheme
  153. Peggy Sue
  154. And So I Watch You From Afar
  155. The Post War Years
  156. The Official Secrets Act
  157. British India
  158. Mike Bones
  159. Luke Doucet
  160. We Are The Ocean
  161. The Ghost Of A Thousand
  162. My Sad Captains
  163. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool
  164. Zzz
  165. Hey Rosetta!
  166. Arkells.
  167. Pulled Apart By Horses
  168. Bashy
  169. Casiokids
  170. BANG! BANG! ECHE!
  171. Moriarty
  172. Lovelikefire
  173. Yves Klein Blue
  174. Sad Day For Puppets
  175. The Apples
  176. Master Shortie
  177. Dinosaur Pile-Up
  178. Naive New Beaters
  179. Your Twenties
  180. Ocelot
  181. Racoon
  182. Little Comets
  183. Melissa Mcclelland
  184. I Heart Hiroshima
  185. I Was A King
  186. Colourmusic
  187. Thecocknbullkid
  188. The Ex-lovers
  189. Three Trapped Tigers
  190. Phantom
  191. Möngrel
  192. hjaltalín
  193. magic magic.
  194. Joe Gideon & The Shark
  195. Found
  196. Flashguns
  197. Trip
  198. Blakfish
  199. My Tiger My Timing
  200. Mirrors
  201. KASMs
  202. Tonight Is Goodbye
  203. S.C.U.M
  204. Miranda Lee Richards
  205. Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man
  206. Wolf Gang
  207. Screaming Tea Party
  208. Sj Esau
  209. General Fiasco
  210. Slaves To Gravity
  211. Everything Everything
  212. Rosie & The Goldbug
  213. Gentle, Friendly
  214. Calories
  215. Zach Hill
  216. Mechanical Bride
  217. Hot Leg
  218. The Chapman Family
  219. Christopher Rees
  220. The Rogues
  221. The Black Box Revelation
  222. Artefacts for Space Travel
  223. Smoke Fairies
  224. Swanton Bombs
  225. Soft Toy Emergency
  226. The Brute Chorus
  227. Yes Giantess
  228. Threatmantics
  229. To the Bones
  230. Beth Jeans Houghton
  231. The Deer Tracks
  232. Phantom Limb
  233. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
  234. Trailer Trash Tracys
  235. Riz Mc
  236. Rebekah Higgs
  237. The Sharks
  238. The New Wine
  239. ADAM HELDRING
  240. Sophie Hunger
  241. Shapes
  242. Come On Gang
  243. Gold Teeth
  244. Dinosaur Pile Up
  245. The Moi Non Plus
  246. The Video Nasties
  247. THE RIVER PHOENIX
  248. Mpho
  249. Kaputt
  250. ROSES KINGS CASTLES
  251. Elizabeth
  252. Dag för Dag
  253. Ultimate Power Duo
  254. 4 Or 5 Magicians
  255. Me My Head
  256. An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
  257. Medusa
  258. I Blame Coco
  259. Planet Earth
  260. ex lovers
  261. Thomas Truax
  262. The Hundred in the Hands
  263. Django Django
  264. The Mark Inside
  265. De Staat
  266. Sweethead
  267. Turbowolf
  268. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
  269. MANEL
  270. Catherine A.D.
  271. Absent Elk
  272. Karkwa
  273. Charlie Ash
  274. Giantess
  275. Koko Von Napoo
  276. Jaakko & Jay
  277. Televised Crimewave
  278. Throats
  279. Alan Pownall
  280. Invasion
  281. Aziz
  282. The She Creatures
  283. Kids Love Lies
  284. This City
  285. Kurran and the Wolfnotes
  286. Telegraphs
  287. A Grave With No Name
  288. Mutiny on the Bounty
  289. Ulterior
  290. GaBLé
  291. Brian Borcherdt
  292. Crave
  293. Natccu
  294. Alexandria Quartet
  295. The Hospital Bombers
  296. The Computers
  297. Betty and the Werewolves
  298. The Balky Mule
  299. Tom Allalone & the 78s
  300. Mothlite
  301. Friendship
  302. Lawrence Arabia
  303. Birdengine
  304. Perfect People
  305. The Locarnos
  306. Youves
  307. V V Brown
  308. London Blackmarket
  309. Harrys Gym
  310. Rory McVicar
  311. cloud control
  312. Hot Silk Pockets
  313. Arthur Delaney
  314. The John Steel Singers
  315. Rgbs
  316. De De Mouse
  317. Asaf Avidan & the Mojos
  318. Dan Smith
  319. Race Horses
  320. Connan Mockasin
  321. ANGEL PIER
  322. Hexes
  323. Triggerfinger
  324. Gloria Cycles
  325. PUNCH & THE APOSTLES
  326. Panama Kings
  327. The Great Shakes
  328. The Citadels
  329. Barringtone
  330. Electric City
  331. Cuchillo
  332. tin can telephone
  333. You Animals
  334. Grasscut
  335. Villagers
  336. Lion Club
  337. Juliette and the New Romantiques
  338. tv off
  339. Bonne Aparte
  340. Little Lost David
  341. The Hoodlums
  342. Ruby Jean & the Thoughtful Bees
  343. Snish
  344. Swarathma
  345. Baby Venom
  346. The Lyrebirds
  347. dirty stop out
  348. Lightsgoblue.
  349. Hanne Hukkleberg
  350. Our Fold
  351. Spires
  352. Nathan FLutebox Lee
  353. Lonely Ghosts
  354. Advaita
  355. The Bewitched Hands on the Top of Our Heads
  356. Charlie Calleja
  357. Tommy Tokyo & Starving for My Gravy
  358. Kate Rogers Band
  359. Rodney Fisher
  360. Dimbleby & Capper.
  361. Ezra Bang & Hot Machine
  362. THE MALES
  363. Gurrumul
  364. Luke Doucet & Melissa Mcclelland
  365. Indigo Children
  366. Tucker
  367. Meme Love
  368. Betty Steeles
  369. The Dj Bootsie Quartet
  370. valerie francis
  371. Riot Lights
  372. Butcherd Beats
  373. The Shiny Brights
  374. DJ Pdex
  375. Last Mango in Paris
  376. The Kilimanjaro Dark Jazz Ensemble
  377. The Boy Who Trapped the Sun
  378. Pocket Lips
  379. Fanzine
  380. Skint & Demoralized
  381. i!AMYOU
  382. Joe Rose
  383. This Tawdry Affair
  384. Elle Bandita
  385. ROCK i.D.
  386. Fever fever
  387. An Experiment on the Bird in the Air Pump
  388. Jake Jon & Bisa
  389. Emily Baker
  390. Astro Firs
  391. Superfuzz
  392. The Train Chronicles
  393. The Electric Flowers
  394. Battletorn
  395. Cubrik
  396. Cassie & The Cassettes
  397. HUNTING THE MINOTAUR
  398. Conan Mockasin
  399. Northernxposure
  400. Mean Poppa Lean
  401. Riddim Saunter
  402. Geometri
  403. The Last Republic
  404. Girl in a Thunderbolt
  405. Nullifier
  406. Engine-earz
  407. The Rouges
  408. Dark Horses

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  1. inutero (4 months ago)

    The Phantom Band were my highlight - absolutely stunning set - closely followed by Crystal Antlers, Vivien Girls & Django Django.

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  2. 20090610-204827-652240dmgarland (5 months ago)

    Some promising new music, great voices and interesting talks. There was even some nice weather on Sunday. I wrote about the Great Escape on my blog http://dangarland.me.uk

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