Liverpool Sound City adds 170 more acts

170 more acts have been confirmed for Liverpool Sound City which returns for three days and nights from Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th May 2013 and is held at multiple venues and spaces in Liverpool's cultural quarter.

Added to the line-up are breakthrough artists including 16 Hole Boots, Abandon Silence DJs, Acrobat, Aeroplane Flies High, Alex Hulme, Ali Ingle, Allie Bradley, Alpha Male Tea Party, Anna Corcoran, Apollo 18, Astroid Boys, Bad Guys, Bad Meds, Baltic Fleet, Bantam Lions, Best Friends, Black Moth, Blacklisters, Blank Maps, Bleech, Blizzard, Boats, Brave Young Red, Broken Twin, Brown Bear & The Bandits, Brown Brogues, Candidate23, Cats Park, Chloe Howl, Christine and the Queens, Clang Boom Steam, Clock Work Of The Moon, CantMixWontMixShdntMixDontMix, Cold Shoulder, Collectors Club, Common Tongues, Cub Scouts, Cut, D'lyfa Reilly, Dead Rabbit, DJ DKHT, Dominoes, Echo, Ed Black, Eden Royals, Eliza and The Bear, Eric Fuentes, Fire Beneath The Sea, Fist City, Franco & His Dreadnaught, French Films, Galaxy Express, Gate Flowers, Gatsby's Green Light, Ghostchant, GlassCaves, Goonamguayeoridingstella, Hands, HighFields, Ilona, and Iron Witch.

Other acts announced are Iyes, Jazzhands, Jethro Fox, Johnnie Selfish and The Worried Man, Johnny Sands, Kamp!, Karpia, Kepla, Killaflaw, KOF, Korda Marshall, Last Days of 1984, Laura J Martin, Leanne Robinson, Lewis Berry, The Liberty Vessels, Lolito, Lunar Modular, Mara and the Inner Strangeness, Mark Magil, Matzka, Memory Men, Mercury 13, Mickey 9's, Mise en Scene, Miss Stylie, Mitzi, Moats, Moulettes, Muto Leo, Nadine Carina, Natalie McCool, Natasha Haws, Nately's Whores Kid Sister, Ninetail, Noble Thiefs.

Also newly named are Ofeliadorme, Owls, The Oxygen Thieves, Palm Reader, Persian Pelican, Police Squad, Popstrangers, Rachael Wright & the Good Sons, Red House Glory, Redolent, Richard Walters, Rob Vincent, Ruby Ann Patterson, Sankofa, Sansa, Say Yes Dog, Sea Of Keys, Secret Rivals, Serious Sam Barrett, Sheepy, Sienna, Skubas, Sonny Green, Splintered Ukes, Spring Offensive, Springtime Anchorage, Stafraenn Hakon, Stereo Virgins, Sugarmen, Sun Glitters, Sunfields, Sweet Jane, Swimming Lessons, Taylor Fowlis, TearTalk, The Bazaars, The Balconies, The Boy Royal, The Chapman Family, Cheap Thrills, The City Walls, Cold One Hundred, The Dirty Rivers, The Excitements, Flaming Mamies, The Formby Band, The Kill Van Kulls, The Lines, and Mono LPs.

The festival will also host The Not Amused, The Oreoh!s, The Penelopes, The Ramona Flowers, The Red Suns, The Science of the Lamps, The Thespians, The Tom Waitresses, The Tribute Band, The Troubadours, The Trouble With Templeton, The Wild Eyes, These Monsters, These Reigning Days, Tibi & Her Cello, Tizzy Bac, Towns, Tripwires, Two Hours Traffic, Tying Tiffany, Vasco Da Gamma, Voo, Whales In Cubicles, and Witch Hunt.

On each of the three nights of Sound City there will be a very special show at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral and confirmed to headline are Noah and the Whale, Dexys and The Walkmen.

Already confirmed are acts including Bastille, Reverend And The Makers, Toy, Enter Shikari, Everything Everything, Darwin Deez, Delphic, Melodys Echo Chamber, Oneohtrix Point Never, Dutch Uncles, Stealing Sheep, Drenge, PINS, Savages, Wave Machines, Alessi's Ark, Jetta, Bipolar Sunshine, Loom, Deep Sea Arcade, Blackeye, Skaters, The Wolf People, Splashh, Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs, Lulu James, Arcane Roots, Still Corners, LULS, Hands, Wild Smiles, Ian Prowse & Amsterdam, Mikill Pane, Bebe Black, Jacob Banks, Bo Ningen, Big Deal, Night Engine, Mind Enterprise, Golden Fable, Likely Lads, Thee Oh Sees, Mount Kimbie, Future Of The Left, AlunaGeorge, King Krule, Darkstar, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Outfit, Solely, Theme Park, Amateur Best, Marmozets, Hacktivist, Egyptian Hip Hop, Murkage, Chapel Club, Fossil Collective, 1975, Hawk Eyes, Swim Deep, The Family Rain, Mind Enterprises, Dan Croll, Brolin, and a label showcase from Double Denim Records.

The first Q and A's and talks have also been announced and feature Andrew Loog Oldham, former PR man for The Beatles and manager of the Rolling Stones, Jon Morter talking social media, Marine Girls founder Tracey Thorn in-conversation with writer Dave Haslam, and The Wombats with lead singer and guitarist Murph and the bands manager Simon Bobbet who has been with them since the beginning.

For the line-up details as available please click here.

Alongside live performance Liverpool Sound City also hosts a 'Convention' each year which focus is on bringing together a vast array of creative and digital industries business professionals, artists, music, film and art fans to enjoy today's best new music and chart the future course of the music, digital and creative industries.

Sound City wristbands allow entry to ALL Liverpool Sound City 2013 branded gigs on a first come first served basis subject to the individual venues capacity. Please note some gigs will be either 14+ or 18+ only.

Festival wristbands are priced at £45, or £25 for a day pass.

To buy tickets, click here.

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