Ashton Court

FULL LINE UP FOR SUNDAY

MAIN STAGE

12.00 The Plan Frantic, passionate with a real sense of panic - this is break-neck rock & roll at its best! www.myspace.com/theplanuk
12.45 The Hit Ups A highly addictive fusion of hornfuelled funk rock, hip-hop and ska influences. www.myspace.com/thehitups
1.30 Kotki Dwa Electro-indie sugarpop trio with sweet teeth and bouncy tunes, perfect for the afternoon sun. www.kotkidwa.com
2.20 Brandon Steep Brandon Steep offer their own version of piano-led emotive rock, sometimes experimental, always accessible.
www.myspace.com/brandonsteep
3.10 The Remnants A sharp pop punk attack with hooky-as-hell tunes. Featuring ex-members of Grebo & Five Knuckle. www.myspace.com/ thebloodyremnants
4.00 Phantom Limb Uncompromising heavy soul music with flashes of deep desert rock & roll. Think Aretha Franklin meets Zeppelin.
www.phantomlimbmusic.com
4.50 Seagull Strange Full of catchy pop hooks, ethereal vocals, angular guitars with hints of electronica, folk and art rock.
www.seagullstrange.com
5.40 Laid Blak Good vibes street music with central influences coming from reggae, R & B, hip-hop, soul and jazz.
www.myspace.com/laidblak
6.30 Medallist Fusing a dirty electronic attitude with swagger and sleaze to boot, Medallist deliver sharp edged tunes with conviction.
www.medallistmusic.com
7.20 Bad:Science A heady mix of spacious dub, funk, ska, bumping grooves and lyrically conscious hip-hop. www.badscience.biz
8.10 The Nova Saints Blending spaced out rock & roll, psych-tinged pop, anthemic choruses and west coast harmonies.
www.myspace.com/novasaints
9.30 The Good, the Bad and the Queen Damon Albarn. Tony Allen. Paul Simonon. Simon Tong. Mix four incredibly creative and influential musicians and you get TGTB&TQ. For those that missed their hugely over-subscribed debut gig last winter, another chance to see them. Dub inflections, skittering Afrobeat drums and a dark, mysterious edge.

AMPHITHEATRE STAGE

12.00 Myownflag Dynamically brutal three-piece, with savage guitars and rasping vocals. Post-hardcore at its finest.
www.myspace.com/myownflag
12.45 Venus Bogardus Glastonbury's Peel Stage finalists; dark danceable postpunk. "Artrock epitomized... Suffocatingly intense...Bloody brilliant!" - Drowned in Sound www.venusbogardus.com
1.30 Thought Forms White-knuckled dynamics and mini-crescendos with jangle to distortion in a Hendrixian orgy of tattered elegance.
www.thought-forms.co.uk
2.15 The Exhibition Skyscraping apocalypse-pop, taking in four-part harmonies and choruses the size of the Suspension Bridge.
www.myspace.com/myexhibitionspace
3.00 Saturation Point Swaying effortlessly between Mogwai-style crescendos and Explosions In The Sky's heavy melodic inclinations and sense of space.
www.saturationpoint.net
3.45 Betamaxx Minimal LCD Soundsystem meets Liars vital punk disco from Bristol electro frontrunners. www.myspace.com/betamaxx
4.30 Countryside "laconic slacker rock come shoegaze dreaming from Bristol newcomers" - Lofi Hifi www.myspace.com/countrysideland
5.15 Shadow Law Power-metalcore played with uncompromising speed, melody and virtuosity. Certainly not for the faint hearted. www.myspace.com/shadowlawmafia
6.00 Beatnik Filmstars Lo-fi, indie-rock, psychedelia. Pavement/Fall/Barrett/Guided By Voices blended together into perfect two-minute pop tunes. www.myspace.com/beatnikfilmstars
6.45 Safetyword Shapeshifting, morphing up prog pop from south of the river. A tumbling brainwarp of a band. www.safetyword.com
7.35 Blackout One of the UK's strongest live drum & bass acts have opened the dance stage at Glastonbury. www.blackoutdnb.co.uk
8.25 Crippled Black Phoenix Born from a blizzard of horned cats, Crippled Black Phoenix bring you a twisted cinematic experience, handcrafted by a mercenary crew of musical outsiders, giving depth and gravity to regal songs about love, loss, tragedy and redemption. www.crippledblackphoenix.com
9.30 Enter Shikari Formed in St. Albans in 2003, post-hardcore Enter Shikari are the country's top unsigned band, selling out huge venues - and recently achieving a top 5 album - without the ‘benefit' of a major record company.

TOBACCO FACTORY ACOUSTIC

12.30 Jhassi Elliot Likened to Ani DiFranco, Jhassi Elliott is a singer/songwriter with heart-felt, upbeat and edgy songs.
www.myspace.com/jhassi
1.15 Jimmy Goodrich Montreal tunesmith Jimmy Goodrich is a purveyor of gorgeous melody and raw lyric. His voice has been described as a "balm".
www.myspace.com/jimmygoodrich
2.00 Roger Tarry Laid back, bittersweet, melancholic, a tad sardonic, Tarry plays bluesy folk like the consummate songwriter he has proved to be. www.myspace.com/rogertarry
2.45 Furlined Potent melodies and a large dose of irresistible wit lie at the heart of Furlined, an acoustic band formed in 2005 after a chance encounter at an ante-natal group. www.myspace.com/furlined
3.30 Slow Something to curl up and relax with, or maybe Zen folk for the post apocalyptic generation. www.myspace.com/slowspace
4.30 Phil King Sensitive, heart-on-sleeve songs. His best tunes create a suitably intimate and meloncholy mood, enhanced by laid-back acoustic picking and subtle swells of Hammond organ.
www.myspace.com/philmking
5.30 The Blessing With the rhythm section from Portishead (Jim Barr and Clive Deamer) and the horn section from heaven (Pete Judge and Jake McMurchie) right now they are simply awesome.
www.myspace.com/thisistheblessing
6.30 Jim Moray Jim has established himself as one of the leading lights of the new folk revival. His genre-leaping albums have reinvigorated English traditional song. www.jimmoray.co.uk
7.30 The Cedar Utilising an assortment of instruments from ukeleles to clarinets to glockenspiels, The Cedar are a quaint, intelligible group with a beautiful ear for melody. www.myspace.com/thecedar
8.30 Babel Some say indie. Some say country. Some say folk. Some say folkabilly. All cry "Bay-bull!" www.myspace.com/babelbristol

BIGGER TOP

1.10 Rogue Dolls All-female funky jazz band from Bristol featuring the appropriately named Ruth Hammond (on Hammond organ) and the multi-talented Bellatrix on bass and beatboxing...
2.10 Spinal Jazz A young band formed at Bristol's famous Basement Studio, seven piece Spinal Jazz play classic jazz-funk in the style of Herbie Hancock.
3.15 Subline Sleek, sexy vocals blended with electrifying bass lines, energetic drums and beautifully orchestrated strings. Created in the studio but now living and breathing as a six-piece live act, Subline play their first time at the festival.
4.25 Dub From Atlantis Fronted by singers/songwriters Guy Calhoun and Wilks, the DFA band is a fusion of classic reggae, jazz and soul with elements of modern dance music - and a natural progression from the long-running club night.
5.35 CCQ One of Bristol's finest live acts serves up a unique fusion of drum & bass, hip-hop and jazzinfluenced live breakbeat in an unbelievably tight, live force of sound and energy.
6.45 Horace Andy and the Dub Asante Band Horace Andy's distinctive falsetto singing style has been a favourite of reggae cognoscenti since his days recording for Coxsone Dodd at the Studio label in the late 60s - and more recently, of course, with Massive Attack.
8.00 Dubrovnik A cheeky charismatic electronica/dub-house mash-up with warped beats, vocals, horns, dub mixing and dancers "...a bit like a more sexually aroused, swaggering Groove Armada" - Venue
9.30 Smerins Anti Social Club Bristol favourites who combine ska, funk, reggae and drum & bass with showmanship, energy and taste. They're celebrating the release of their debut album this weekend too - so give them an extra cheer!

BLACKTHORN FRINGE MARQUEE

12.00 Wildfire A collective of hip-hop artists set to party with you. Check out some of the next big things to hit the hip-hop world.
12.30 A Few Good Men Fantastic band, bringing you a mix of styles that will surely please.
1.00 Wildfire Again?
1.30 Remix Remix have put together a collection of young fresh artists ranging across all styles. Oh it's going to be a blast.
2.30 Zeeks Straight out of Swindon, blesses us in Bristol with his conscious lyrics and energetic style of hip-hop.
3.00 Nicole Jackson no info...sorry!
3.30 Redd FM Amazing pop band that you will adore. Come and see what they have to offer.
4.00 Funk It Up Nokia Urban Music Festival finalists perform high-energy street dance combining hip-hop with martial arts.
4.30 Big Mouth Poetry presents: hip hop reggae Birmingham poetry superstar dreadlock alien, plus Bristol's very own motormouth Tim Gibbard, and the mighty word maestro Miles Chambers plus festie poetry from Rosemary Dun, Talkin Tekla The Narrata, Boydon Goodman Ash Mandrake, Peter Graham, Lord Biro, Gordon Graft, Tracy Wall. Music by zummerzet bonker boyz More Silage
6.30 Comedy For Your Pleasure a group of outstanding artists come together yet again in a bid to tickle your funny bone.
8.30 Paddy Miller no info
9.00 Chief Originally from the USA, now settled in England - this hip-hop outfit is kicking it in the UK.

F2 STAGE

12.30 Slim Kid
1.00 The Naturals An amazing young rock band, doing big things right now, have graced us with their musical delights.
1.30 Taffia
2.00 The Hot Totties Age has nothing to do with it, once this crew gets going. This will be their debut performance, worth a peek.
2.30 Novacain
3.00 De Jute Awesome material here, this small collective will be a delight to your eardrums.
3.30 Inspiration Music to unlock the creativity within. A band defying categorization. This entrancing outfit and their unusual delivery serve to inspire.
4.00 Jelly Bone This one is going to be fun ladies and gents. Women on stage pulling you in... enjoy.
5.00 Imayla/Tribe of Doris
6.00 The Asian Arts Agency Bringing you the best in Asian dance music, singing and much more.
7.00 Bhangra Fever DJs with a difference, playing some serious music to end a fab day with us.
8.00 Natural Mystics

COLSTON HALL GLOBAL MARQUEE

1.00 Zoox Serving up a cocktail of new melodies and traditional tunes with a delicate balance of strings, wind, percussion and infectious energy.
www.zoox.co.uk
2.00 Kooch An intimate, soulful and yet dynamic and powerful Persian fusion of strings and vocals - entrancing. www.myspace.com/koochuk
3.00 The Elise Project Sunny ska, loco latino and gypsy jungle with intelligent lyrics... guaranteed to get the sun shining and yourself smiling.
www.theeliseproject.com
4.00 Eastpole Orchestra Drawing upon a fiery brew of styles from the Middle East to Eastern Europe - a high energy, exhilarating experience.
www.eastpole.co.uk
5.00 Amazonas bring together electro-acoustic musical influences from across the globe in an infectious fusion of world music and live dance.
www.myspace.com/amazonasworld
6.00 Compadres Get up and dance to this potion of rumba, salsa and Bolivian rhythms mixed with a strong funk beat. www.compadreslatinos.com
7.30 El Pato Band Where deep root traditions of reggae, cumbia and txaranga salchicha meet the frenetic new sound of Afro-punk.
www.patoband.com
9.00 RSVP Bristol's No 1 "Danceadelic Bhangra" band uniquely mix classical Indian sounds with the very latest on the global music scene.
www.myspace.com/rsvpmusic

BLACKOUT

2.00 Artic Circle Unclassifiable art rock project with an OHP projectionist doing beautiful and humorous live hand drawn visuals.
www.myspace.com/arcticcircle
3.00 Sons Of Ovak The west end meets the avant-garde as these three musicians reform to soundtrack silent black and white shorts. Mesmerising musicianship and magical mini-movies.
3.45 Tom Bugs Vs Pete Judge King of the circuit-benders and knob-twiddlers goes head to head with The Blessing's trumpet maestro. A Blackout exclusive.
www.bugbrand.co.uk
4.30 The Ombudsman Beautifully sequencing films of natural phenomena into 21st century audiovisual mosaics. Ripples and waves, construction and technology.
5.15 Pinch With MC Jakes Representing the chest-rattling bass-weight sound of dubstep, armed only with fresh-cut acetates and burning flow from the legendary MC. www.myspace.com/tectonicrecordings
6.30 Team Brick Two sets. One gigantic solo set and one as 101+ (Krautrock ensemble): expect overblown post-noise showers and moments of pure visionary sound. www.myspace.com/teambrick
7.15 Downbeat Melody Soundsystem A warm, glowing, live testament to classic sound system culture. Reggae "how it was back in the day".
www.traxonwax.net/soundsystem.html
9.00 The Last Man On Earth Conclude your Ashton Court experience Blackout style, with B-movie operettas scored by The Master Chaynjis - an original 50s sci-fi homage by James Pounce and projections by Collett.
INTERSECTIONS: Intimate - INTIMATE, Minton Film / Indy-Media / No More Heroes 02