Which were the hottest new bands that could have been discovered during the Great Escape festival in Brighton, that took place on the 13th, 14th and 15th of may 2010 ?
Of course the headlines, such as Delphic, Groove Armada or Broken Social Scene will have attracted the most audience, but the main interest for us is to discover the newcoming bands.
This year, I had the pleasure to be impressed, not only by UK or American bands, but mainly by a french selection which was surprisingly stunning.
Among those, I had been highly recommended Jamaica, who were opening for Darwin Deez, so I was especially eager to see them, and had a really good time! It was also the occasion for me to discover Coming Soon, who have been playing already in a lot of festivals, especially in Brittany. Finally, the electro sound of Chateau Marmont kept me up and high for a great while.
But to me, the revelation of this festival was the performance of Fortune at the hype club Audio. They recently released their first album in France, and are already invading England with their very catchy electro-rock tunes. The concert there was quite short, which is the main drawback of this festival, but it is one band that has definitely to be followed! For the story, this all started with the electro-abstract-hiphop band Abstrackt Keal Agram from Brittany.
Apart from these, a really nice set from The Joy Formidable, which were stunning, finally I could get to catch a glimpse of their really powerful songs. I had good fun watching the Naive New Beaters again, a more relaxed time enjoying the sound of Surfer Blood, Summer Camp and The Dodos, and a lot of other cool acts !
Of course the headlines, such as Delphic, Groove Armada or Broken Social Scene will have attracted the most audience, but the main interest for us is to discover the newcoming bands.
This year, I had the pleasure to be impressed, not only by UK or American bands, but mainly by a french selection which was surprisingly stunning.
Among those, I had been highly recommended Jamaica, who were opening for Darwin Deez, so I was especially eager to see them, and had a really good time! It was also the occasion for me to discover Coming Soon, who have been playing already in a lot of festivals, especially in Brittany. Finally, the electro sound of Chateau Marmont kept me up and high for a great while.
But to me, the revelation of this festival was the performance of Fortune at the hype club Audio. They recently released their first album in France, and are already invading England with their very catchy electro-rock tunes. The concert there was quite short, which is the main drawback of this festival, but it is one band that has definitely to be followed! For the story, this all started with the electro-abstract-hiphop band Abstrackt Keal Agram from Brittany.
Apart from these, a really nice set from The Joy Formidable, which were stunning, finally I could get to catch a glimpse of their really powerful songs. I had good fun watching the Naive New Beaters again, a more relaxed time enjoying the sound of Surfer Blood, Summer Camp and The Dodos, and a lot of other cool acts !









Gwenno joue toujours avec les pipettes. Mais ça fait déjà un petit moment qu'elle fait aussi ses propres chansons, qui sont vraiment adorables ;-)