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[cortezuk]

new album to promote, committed in US till end of July - perhaps a European trip after that? Would be fantastic headliner?

[stephenm]

Please, no! It's all totally subjective, of course, but I'd say the very last thing this fest needs is another thudding great slab of alt-c grungy rawk churned out by a plaid-clad blokes band..dusty highways, whisky and hard times, yadda yadda. (Rule of thumb: if Uncut loves 'em, run for the hills.)

If anything, music that's a bit lighter on its feet, that's whats called for...
http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/index.p...howtopic=139930

Jenny Lewis or She&Him would be good leaveners at the DBT sort of level (ie just below headliner status) .. and, heck, I could even go for that other (distinctly less celebrated) cute actress/husky singer-songwriter partnership:

Edited by stephenm, 06 March 2010 - 03:25 PM.

[DragKnuckles]

stephenm, on Mar 6 2010, 02:45 PM, said:

...yadda yadda. (Rule of thumb: if Uncut loves 'em, run for the hills.)

I'm pretty sure that Uncut loves She & Him