LILY ALLEN (UK)
Pop princess with a dirty mouth.

TONY ALLEN (NGA)
Grand old man of Afro-beat.

AMADOU & MARIAM (MAL)
African music's leading couple.

AMON AMARTH (S)
Viking metal wearing combat-ready armour.

BADDIES (UK)
Cool indie rock headed for the stars.

BLACK DICE (US)
Noisy dance music from 2090.

CANCER BATS (CAN)
Hardcore with taste of American South.

THE CHAP (UK)
Experimental electro pop.

COLDPLAY (UK)
Redeeming guitar rock from the premier league.

DARKANE (S)
Melodic thrash metal following the proud Swedish tradition.

DEICHKIND (DE)
Entertaining techno rap.

DEN SORTE SKOLE (DK)
Top-notch turntablists.

THE DODOS (US)
Primitive folk on acoustic guitar and drums.

DOWN (US)
Hard-hitting Southern metal.

DUNGEN (S)
Summer acid rock in Swedish.

FEVER RAY (S)
Eerie nightly electro.

FLEET FOXES (US)
Idyllic pop for acoustic guitar and multivoiced choir.

FRIENDLY FIRES (UK)
Funky dance rock.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT (UK)
Folk rock in authentic Scottish.

FUCKED UP (CAN)
Manic hardcore punk.

GET WELL SOON (DE)
Indie rock with a certain Balkan tinge.

HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM (S)
Festive power pop.

KATZENJAMMER (N)
Pirate folk with red lipstick.

KLOVNER I KAMP (N)
Hip hop heroes return.

LA COKA NOSTRA (US)
Tattooed, hardcore hip hop.

LIL WAYNE (US)
The eccentric hip hop prince from the American south.

MADNESS (UK)
Legendary ska-pop

THE MARS VOLTA (US)
Psychedelic rock symphonies.

NINE INCH NAILS (US)
The king of industrial dark rock.

OASIS (UK)
Stadium rock with tuneful evergreens.

RÖYKSOPP (N)
Icy electro pop.

SATYRICON (N)
Muscular black metal from the highest north.

SKAMBANKT (N)
Revolutionary Norwegian-language hard rock. 

SLIPKNOT (US)
Masked and pitch-black thrash metal.

SOCIAL DISTORTION (US)
Melodic punk'n'roll from the Californian coast.

THE SOFT PACK (US)
Charming, sloppy post-punk.

STEINSKI (US)
The pioneer of the mash-up genre.

MARNIE STERN (US)
The greatest guitar virtuoso in indie rock.

VOLBEAT (DK)
Popular Elvis metal.

YOGA FIRE (N)
Melodic guitar pop from popular hip hop stars.