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Friday, October 2, 2009

The Hugs Play In The City




10:46 | Friday October 2, 2009

By Ben Cardew

Organisers have revealed the 32 bands who will play this year’s In the City Unsigned showcases.

Among the acts appearing are recent NME Radar act Egyptian Hip Hop and former Pipette Rose Elinor Dougall.

In The City co-founder and director Yvette Livesey says that the chosen acts faced strong competition to win their places.

“‘In The City Unsigned is one of the most important showcase platforms for new artists anywhere in the world and has been for many years,” she says.

“We are very proud of our record of choosing artists who then go on to achieve real success in the industry. We had thousands of entries for In the City Unsigned 2009 and it was very tough to narrow it down to just 32 artists but we now have a seriously strong line-up this year.”

The full list of the 32 bands chosen to take part in In The City Unsigned 2009 is as follows:


I Am Blackbird

Dry the River

Milk White White Teeth

Onlookers

Sophie Madeleine

Engine-Earz Experiment

Nadine Shah

She Is Danger

Life In Film

MAY68

Jesca Hoop

Gallops

Olfar

Egyptian Hip Hop

The Liberty Vessels

Dutch Uncles

The Crookes

Paul Thomas Saunders

Copy Haho

Crystal Fighters

Sweet Baboo

Rose Elinor Dougall

Silver Gospel Runners

Hook and the Twin

Save Your Breath

Lost Knives

Beatbox Fozzy

Unicorn Kid

The Hugs

Mount Kimbie

Language

Woodenbox with A Fistful Of Fivers

Full details of when and where all the bands listed above are performing during In The City 2009 will be available at www.inthecity.co.uk shortly.