Rosie Carney: a polite thirty minutes of feathery folk music | Electric Picnic
It’s an altogether pleasant set for sore heads, but it’s difficult to tell the songs apart by the end.
Jape: not resting on laurels | Electric Picnic
Reimagined, fresh set for veteran’s eighth outing at Stradbally
Shamir: a gig too far? | Electric Picnic
While Shamir Bailey’s first outing is ebullient, on the Body & Soul stage he’s let down by muddy sound and over-crowding
Róisín Murphy: surging, sensuous and inspired by gynaecology | Electric Picnic
Murphy is revealed finally as an unapologetic hedonist. She wears it divinely.
Cry Monster Cry: a brotherly act on the wrong stage | Electric Picnic
A burlesque act prove this is not where Cry Monster Cry belong
Blur: Damon Albarn leaps off the stage and leads Saturday night | Electric Picnic
It was never Blur vs Oasis. It was always Blur vs Blur
Natalie Prass: warming vibes | Electric Picnic
Despite her inability to jump the barrier Natalie Prass takes us back to balmier times
Parquet Courts: a song dedicated to the people p***ing on the wall | Electric Picnic
Thee anti-festival, no-show-show band that can’t hide their inner glittery jacket
Hot Chip: a pivotal moment at a pivotal show | Electric Picnic
Much like their 15-year career, Hot Chip's self-assurance has come good
The War On Drugs: one of the moments of the weekend | Electric Picnic
Ladies and gentlemen, our first 5 star review from Electric Picnic 2015
Future Islands: the fascinating shapes of Samuel Herring | Electric Picnic
You’d need a DNA test to decide where one song ends and another begins
Kwamie Liv: not quite the new Lana del Ray | Electric Picnic
Kwamie delivers a set that’s minimalist in texture but smouldering in intent
Bitch Falcon: super furious animals | Electric Picnic
A set that is beefy, brilliant and unforgiving in its forcefulness
Underworld : dark and long | Electric Picnic
Arms out and chest up, frontman Karl Hyde still comes across as a muttering prophet, making mantras out of twisted material
Bry: youtube star on stage
This is probably the only gig this weekend that so many children will run so enthusiastically to
Ho99o9: Strafing Stradbally with sound and fury | Electric Picnic
You would like these New Jersey guys when they’re angry
The Redneck Manifesto: post-hardcore, groovy & trancey | Electric Picnic
It’s nice to see these six men hard at work on their musical machines
Belle and Sebastian: the stage becomes the dancefloor | Electric Picnic
The crowd loved it but it was all starting to sound a bit samey at the end
2Unlimited: there are limits | Electric Picnic
If there is one thing we have learnt from this gig it is that a total lack of limits is just irresponsible
Grace Jones: Get it girl | Electric Picnic
Even the most casual observer couldn’t help but realise why Grace Jones is an icon
The Coronas: complexity can wait | Electric Picnic
The Coronas follow a tried-and-tested formula for bright, sharp rock: stolid rhythms, lyrics lacquered in obvious emotion, guitars that crunch politely and jab when required.
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