Wow…thank you so much to everyone who made Offset so special once again. Photos from the event are now up at http://photos.offsetfestival.co.uk.

The first few reviews are coming in – lovely words (and photos!) from The Guardian – “packed with every new band you need to know about it until at least 2014, Offset festival basically rules” to NME – “one of the best ‘feel-good’ line ups of the summer”, Muso’s Guide – “Offset Festival is THE festival to go to – if you’re going to choose just one, make it Offset”, Spoonfed – “one of the best weekenders I’ve been to in a long, long time.”…watch this space for more as they come in!

Thank you once again for being such an amazing crowd. x

It looks as though it’s sunglasses and sunblock for this weekend’s festival, and we’re getting pretty damn excited.

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2 weeks until Offset and we can hardly contain our excitement. We’ve asked 8 of our favourite bands and DJs to soundtrack our next fortnight with a selection of tracks they love. Guests include Tim Burgess, Fiction, Princess Julia, Flats, Clout, Death in Plains, Neil Lion and John Linger – enjoy!

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Offset is very nearly upon us and in the spirit of celebration, we’re proud to announce our final lineup for 2010, in all its exciting, esoteric, glory.

On an electronic tip, two of the most acclaimed, innovative acts around right now – Caribou and Mount Kimbie, are set to play live, showcasing tracks from their critically lauded albums, “Swim” and “Crooks and Lovers” respectively. Over on the main stage, the much beloved Art Brut are set to storm the day with their very distinctive strain of barbed, singularly British pop, while Pulled Apart By Horses will burn a hole in your cranium with their mind meltingly demented take on rock.

We are also excited to announce that White Heat, for the first time ever, will be hosting their very own stage at Offset, and for their debut outing they have collated a brilliantly eclectic lineup, ranging from Connan Mockasins’ fantastically twisted pop to Esben and the Witch’s spellbinding twilight gloom, to Banjo and Freakout’s gorgeous, layered, electronic-tinged soundscapes and Anna Calvi’s entrancing, guitar-led tales of love and loss.

And there’s more. Joining an already incredible lineup:

Anna Calvi
Banjo or Freakout
Bitches
Blurt
Bunny Come
Calories
Caribou
Castrovalva
Cold In Berlin
Cold Pumas
Colours
Connan Mockasin
Esben and the Witch
Ghost of a Thousand
Gramme
Holy State
Horse and Condor
Hyrst
Koudlam
La La Vasquez
Meddicine
Mount Kimbie
Not Cool
Novella
Oh! Gunquit
Paper Crows
Peepholes
Please
Proxy Music
Pulled Apart By Horses
Sauna Youth
Screaming Tea Party
Slapper
Special Recreation Wish Club
Team Ghost
Teeth of the Sea
The Bridport Dagger
The Eyes In The Heat
The Neat
The Receeders
The Rifle Volunteer
Thomas Tantrum
Visions Of Trees
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A more radical and galvanising festival lineup you’re unlikely to find anywhere else – with 7 stages, around 200 artists and a huge vintage clothing fair, Victorian fun fair, village fete, psychedelic sports day, nature treks, performance art area, craft workshops, delicious food stalls, fifties hairdressing salon and even a rare breeds farm, Offset 2010 promises to be an absolutely unmissable experience.

It’s time.

We’re getting ready to rip the festival season right open with the announcement of our hardcore stage, spearheaded by some of the most vital names in the scene in 2010.

By now, everyone should be well acquainted with Rolo Tomassi – the incendiary Sheffield band who first set the world alight with their riproaring debut “Hysterics” in 2008, before returning this year with the highly acclaimed sophomore album “Cosmology”, co-produced by Diplo. Californian powerhouses in the making Trash Talk will also be playing songs from their brand new album “Eyes and Nines”, while their Belgian compatriots Rise and Fall will also undoubtedly prove to be a potent live act, as they hurtle through their oeuvre of earthshaking metalcore. Devil Sold His Soul will return to the fold after ripping apart the festival in 2009.

Dead Swans will pummel audiences into submission with their incredible hardcore live show, while the UK five piece Your Demise take some time out from recording their new album to slay crowds once more. Add to that the white hot likes of Throats, Hang the Bastard, Chickenhawk, Pay No Respect, Brontide and many more and you have a hardcore lineup quite unlike anything else in any other festival.

The full lineup:

Rise and Fall
Rolo Tomassi
Trash Talk
Devil Sold His Soul
Dead Swans
Ghost of a Thousand
Throats
Hang the Bastard
Lavotchkin
Pay No Respect
Brutality Will Prevail
Brontide
Chickenhawk
Last Witness
Hammers
Our Time Down Here
Lone Wolves
Pariso
Antares
Ergon Carousel
Jackals
Dead in the Woods
Diet Pills

More bands join These New Puritans, Liquid Liquid, Mystery Jets, Comanechi, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster and more for this year’s festival on September 4-5 2010.

If you thought Offset’s 2010 line up thus far – a radical mix of cutting edge pioneers (Liquid Liquid, Cluster, Charles de Goal), critically lauded acts (Mystery Jets, These New Puritans, 80’s Matchbox B-Line Disaster) and brand new, hotly tipped, emergent bands (Flats, Factory Floor, Male Bonding, Comanechi) was outstanding enough as it is, brace yourself, because it is only getting better.

Among the acts being announced for Offset 2010 are the likes of Atari Teenage Riot, Chrome Hoof, Egyptian Hip Hop, Good Shoes and much more, all of whom will play over the weekend of September 4-5, deep in the lush environs of Hainault Country Park, but a 30 minute ride away from London.

The mighty Atari Teenage Riot are the headliners for Sunday, and a more apt way to close out this wildly revolutionary and groundbreaking festival cannot be imagined. Responsible for coining the phrase “digital hardcore” and virtually creating a whole new genre of incendiary, punk-driven electro, this rare live appearance is sure to leave an indelible impression. As will the live theatrics of the strange, and strangely compelling, Chrome Hoof, the London band whose “experimental orchestra” encompasses metal, electro, funk, disco and chamber music in their sound; not to mention a startling visual punch.

Meanwhile, Egyptian Hip Hop will lead the indie charge with their gloriously mutating brand of doss pop, where anything can and often does happen. Good Shoes will also be present and correct, playing short, sharp, bursts of indie brilliance from their new album “No Hope, No Future”, while French duo John and Jehn will have people swooning with their meltingly beautiful love songs.
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