'Oh the Mirth' - 23rd March 09 Latitude Special

If you didn't manage to catch the show, you missed a Latitude Countdown special! Looking back at highlights from the festival last summer, rumours for the festival coming to us on July the 16th-19th, and counting down the seconds until tickets were on sale and headliners were announced!

So now tickets are on sale, and headliners have been announced. I will be creating a poll, get voting and I will read out results next show in a fortnight!

Band of the Fortnight

Passion Pit
An American electro band
Formed in 2007
Latest EP: Chunk of Change
Sounds like:  Postal Service, Hot chip
Find out more: http://frenchkissrecords.com/

Top 5 Predictions

Bon Iver

Bon Iver is the name of indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon's current band
Currently the band also consists of Mike Noyce and Sean Carey.  Vernon independently released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago in 2007, the majority of which was recorded while spending four months in a remote cabin in Wisconsin, USA.

Peter Bjorn and John

Peter Bjorn and John were formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1999.The band is influenced by the sounds of classic '60s baroque pop, power pop, and new wave.The band gained lots of critical recognition in Great Britain and USA during 2006 and 2007 due to the single "Young Folks", whilst staying virtually unknown in their homeland, Sweden.

Animal Collective

Animal Collective is a New York City/Washington, D.C/Lisbon based music collective of avant-garde musicians from Baltimore, Maryland.

Beirut

Zach Condon, with a big band on the main stage would be amazing. New EP, March of the Zapotec is great.

TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio is a Brooklyn, New York, USA-based band that was formed in 2001. The band is accompanied by additional members when performing live.
 

However this is more like a wish list for me! We will have to see when the whole programme is announced....

Blast from the Past

Blondie
Harry entered the Guinness World Book of Records in 1999 as the "Oldest Female Singer to Reach No. 1 in the UK Chart" when Blondie went to number one with "Maria" on February 13, 1999 at the age of 53 years and 227 days.

Last years Highlights

Lykke Li
Joanna Newsom
Amadou and Mariam
Patrick Watson
Soko
Sigur Ros
Jonquil.....

so many good people played at latitude last year!

Thank you for the many many message I got in on the show and all the requests. I would do track listing but as I was doing requests, some may not be precise. However I will put what I planned to play. Get on it and check out any songs you don't know from the list, they will be worth your while!

Track Listings

 Asobi seksu - Lions and tigers                   
Jonquil - lions                      
Lykke li - Let it fall           
Passion Pit - Smile upon Me                
Peter Bjorn and John - Nothing to Worry About              
Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate like a promethean curse               
Animal Collective - My Girls                      
Beirut - Scenic World                   
Blondie - Call Me                     
Joanna Newsom - cosmia
Tv on the Radio - Wolf Like Me             
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead      

Let me know if your going to the festival this year, and what you think of the headliners by doing my poll!

Peace out, see you in a fortnight with loads more new music and fun!