Originally written by Dom Gourlay · 22 May 2009
This weekend sees the Dot To Dot Festival hit Bristol (Saturday 23rd) and Nottingham (Sunday 24th). DiS is rather excited as this year's line-up is arguably the best one yet, so with a little help from MySpace and YouTube, we've compiled a mega mixtape of the best of this year's artists.
1.Maps - 'Don't Fear' (MySpace) 2.Hjaltalin - 'Suitcase Man' (MySpace) 3.Teitur - 'We Still Drink The Same Water' (MySpace) 4.Marina & The Diamonds - 'Mowgli's Road' (MySpace) 5.Little Boots - 'Stuck On Repeat' (MySpace) 6.The Soft Pack - 'Bright Side' (MySpace) 7.Baddies - 'Battleships' (MySpace) 8.Future Of The Left - 'Manchasm' (MySpace) 9.The Computers - 'Teenage Tourettes Camp' (MySpace) 10.Vivian Girls - 'Wild Eyes' (MySpace)
Video: Vivian Girls 'Wild Eyes'
11.Titus Andronicus - 'Landscape With Icarus' (MySpace) 12.Telegraphs - 'We Dance In Slow Motion' (MySpace) 13.The xx - 'Teardrops' (MySpace) 14.Patrick Wolf - 'The Bachelor' (MySpace) 15.Abe Vigoda - 'Dead City Waste Wilderness' (MySpace) 16.Cursive - 'The Recluse' (MySpace) 17.The Temper Trap - 'Science Of Fear' (MySpace) 18.Flashguns - 'Locarno' (MySpace) 19.Mint Ive - 'To No Avail' (MySpace) 20.My Vitriol - 'Always Your Way' (MySpace)
21.The Hold Steady - 'Chips Ahoy!' (MySpace) 22.Dinosaur Pile-Up - 'Traynor' (MySpace) 23.Fight Like Apes - 'Jake Summers' (MySpace) 24.I Heart Hiroshima - 'Captain To Captain' (MySpace) 25.The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - 'Come Saturday' (MySpace) 26.Fists - 'Cockatoo' (MySpace) 27.Ulterior - 'Weapons' (MySpace) 28.The Wave Machines - 'Wave If You're Really There' (MySpace) 29.Shapeshifter - 'When I Return' (MySpace) 30.Ladyhawke - 'Dusk Till Dawn' (MySpace) 31.65daysofstatic - 'Retreat Retreat' (MySpace)
32.Pulled Apart By Horses - 'Meat Balloon' (MySpace) 33.AC Newman - 'Submarines Of Stockholm' (MySpace) 34.Crystal Stilts - 'Crystal Stilts' (MySpace) 35.The Joy Formidable - 'Austere' (MySpace) 36.Wintersleep - 'Oblivion' (MySpace) 37.House Of Brothers - 'The Twilight Of Idols' (MySpace) 38.Crystal Antlers - 'Owl' (MySpace) 39.Alessi's Ark - 'Over The Hill' (MySpace) 40.Friendly Fires - 'Jump In The Pool' (MySpace)
For more information on this weekend's festivities, including the full proposed stage times for both cities, visit the Dot To Dot Facebook Group.