Rival Schools Top off A Fantastic Announcement

Zane Lowe is on in two minutes, who’s excited?

Phew he’s finally confirmed that he’s actually announcing the line up, wow, I had totally forgotten The Kooks existed, reminded me of being a student.

Pendulum sounded as lively as ever at Download, sure they satisfied their audience, if not my critical ear.

Here We Go…!

Friday

THE HORRORS

DIGITALISM

TOM VEK

WHITE DENIM

ANNA CALVI

THE ANTLERS

FOSTER THE PEOPLE

CEREBRAL BALLZY

DRY THE RIVER

ROYAL BANGS

THE COMPUTERS

ISLET

MINI MANSIONS

CHERRI BOMB

Saturday

THE MIDNIGHT BEAST

RIVAL SCHOOLS

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR

SMITH WESTERNS

CLOUD CONTROL

CULTS

MARIARCHI EL BRONX

GROUPLOVE

TRIBES

YOUNG THE GIANT

SHE KEEPS BEES

Sunday

PETER DOHERTY

BROTHER

ED SHEERAN

THE TWILIGHT SINGERS

COCKNBULLKID

TWIN ATLANTIC

FIGHT LIKE APES

BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH

LITTLE COMETS

DUTCH UNCLES

NIGHTBOX

FLATS

ROMANCE

Why can’t he speak at a reasonable pace, I’ll do my best to catch up, JJ should have the low down on the Facebook page.

The Killers are playing Scala too, incase you were wondering.

Strictly Our Opinion: What a fantastic announcement. Really something for everyone, some great hard edged acts like the Rival Schools and the always insane Cerebral Ballzy, the lovely 60s pop of Cults and Anna Calvi, the hugely popular underground sensations Cloud Control and Tribes, the horrible but hugely popular Slough natives Brother. This is full of big names and represents the cream of the current cop, including Ed Sheeran who we knew already.

Don’t think the art house fans have been left out, The Antlers have made this announcement extra special for the Pitchfork and Quietus obsessives out there, but am I the only one who thinks Cults are dangerously low?