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.
