Radio Free Alice
Hill Farm, , OX13 6AB Steventon Directions
Sun 26.07.2026 00:00
Truck Festival 2026
Performers
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Radio Free AliceRFA* Naarm/Melbourne MGMT: adrian@su-ku-ya.com
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The Wombats
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The VaccinesUK-based music group.
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Kaiser Chiefs
Discover more on Spotify: http://po.st/KCCompletePL
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The LibertinesThe Libertines are an indie rock band hailing from London, England who formed in 1997. They are one of the most acclaimed and influential acts in modern indie rock and have released two studio albums since their debut in 2002.
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Vanessa Carlton"Always building up, falling apart. Love is an art," sings Vanessa Carlton on the title track of her sixth album, Love Is An Art. Like the record itself, the song is a meditation on the eternal seesaw that is human connection: the push, the pull, the balance, the bottoming out. It's that constantly evolving nature of love, expectations and compassion that Carlton analyzes from all angles on Love Is An Art, from romantic, to parental, to the friends that hold us up and the leaders that repeatedly let us down. And on tracks like the album's opener, "I Can't Stay the Same," that also includes the relationship with the person staring back at us in the mirror, each and every morning.
"Love is the energy you put out into the world," says the Nashville-based Carlton, who was inspired in part by the 1956 book The Art of Loving by philosopher Erich Fromm, and by stories and struggles both in her interior world and the world around her. "And it can be so incredibly messy at times."
Produced by Dave Fridmann (MGMT, Flaming Lips), Love Is An Art finds Carlton reckoning with toxic relationships (the confessional "Miner's Canary"), eternal partnership ("Companion Star") and the children who fill the world with love and grace while politicians fill their pockets (the passionate "Die, Dinosaur," written after the shootings in Parkland, Florida). And true to Carlton’s skill as both a lyricist and an instrumentalist, the arrangements on Love Is An Art tell these tales as vibrantly as the words themselves: piano parts that speak of rage and tenderness, synths that burst and glow like dawn.
Love Is An Art doesn't just explore connections – it was also born of one. Carlton wrote the album with the acclaimed Nashville-based singer-songwriter Tristen, camped out and working while her daughter napped. "This record is about being out of my comfort zone," says Carlton. "What's going to happen when we do things that people assume are not naturally a match, like working with Dave Fridmann? I loved the idea of working with someone who’s known for a palette that isn’t associated with me, but it was a fit the second we started working together. Or what could happen when I sit with another writer, and just collaborate?"
The result is an extremely dynamic LP filled with sticky melodies and haunting phrases as well as experimental constructions: super high highs, super low lows, and song structures that break the mold from the expected. Unlike her previous, critically-acclaimed 2015 album Liberman, which Carlton describes as having a calming, almost meditative palette, Love Is An Art reads, and sounds, "red." Huge. Passionate. The color of a beating heart.
"I want to run, but I won’t get very far," Carlton sings on "The Only Way to Love," the album's first official single. "Cause I can’t fight the force of my young beating heart. Like a soldier's steady march, answering the call. It’s the only way to love." It's a song about loving with everything you've got – that love itself is precious and rare enough to commit to, above all. "When you believe in a relationship, in a connection, you are actually believing in yourself," she adds.
Carlton has constantly challenged that belief, in both herself and the expectations that surround her throughout her lengthy, accomplished career: she attended both the School of American Ballet and Columbia University, and was discovered as a singer-songwriter/pianist when a cassette tape demo was given to legendary music impresario Ahmet Ertegun. With her debut single "A Thousand Miles," Carlton soared to the top of the Billboard charts and garnered multiple Grammy nominations, though that song is only a small fraction of the body of work and artistic identity she's developed since then, ever evolving and growing as a performer and songwriter. In the summer of 2019, she pushed that even further, making her Broadway debut as Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
There's a striking image on the cover of Love Is An Art: it's a delicate hand grabbing a tiger by the tail, but it's not meant to conjure the familiar colloquialism. Instead, it captures something different. It’s a about going after something bigger than you, more powerful than you, something that you’ll never be able to really control: but you grab it anyway. Something like love. That's the spirit of Love Is An Art – connections aren’t easy to make, and sometimes we fail. But it's always worth trying. As Carlton sings on "Die, Dinosaur," the hope comes when there's nothing left to lose.
"Why not grab the wild animal?" Carlton asks. "
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Primal Scream
"Come Ahead" the new album by Primal Scream, released 8 November 2024.
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The MaccabeesSign up for pre-sale access at https://themaccabees.co.uk
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Friendly FiresFriendly Fires comprises singer Ed MacFarlane, drummer Jack Savidge, and guitarist Edd Gibson.
Formed out of the ashes of 'First Day Back', the St Albans hardcore band they formed while still at school, Friendly Fires make razor-sharp post-punk that burns through the memories of all the dismal, skinny jeaned ‘80s revivalists you’ve been hearing these past few years. Sounding brittle, knotty and urgent, Friendly Fires are the real deal. With no fat or padding on them at all, their songs possess an elegant sparseness. As guitarist Edd Gibson notes: “The hardest thing I think is to know what to leave out, to know when something is enough.” But amongst all the strpped-back twists, there are also moments full of deep, blessed-out melodies. “I love lush, massive, tingly chords; the My Bloody Valentine sound,” says bassist and singer Ed MacFarlane.
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Circa Waves
Circa Waves was formed in Liverpool in 2013 by guitarist and singer Kieran Shudall, who'd decided to "knuckle down" and commit fully after spending years in no-hope garage bands. After writing a batch of songs he recruited guitarist Joe Falconer, bassist Sam Rourke, and drummer Sian Plummer (replaced by Colin Jones in 2015), and the band toured the UK & EU.
The reception they received for their debut instilled them with a sense of confidence and vigor which created a heavier, beefier sophomore record, 2017's Different Creatures.
The band's third full-length, What's It Like Over There? arrived in 2019, a top ten album, embraced a more nuanced pop sophistication. In early 2020, they delivered Sad Happy. It was the group's highest-charting effort to date at number 4.
Returning in 2023 with their fifth album, Never Going Under. Informed by Shudall's experience becoming a father, worries over climate change and the state of the world. It features the singles Hell On Earth, Do You Wanna Talk & Carry You Home and reached number 1 in the independent chart. Written in the pandemic and produced by Shuddall, it is their most comprehensive album to date, both thematically and musically.
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Everything EverythingTranslating existentialist insights of postmodernism into songs by creating a completely indefinable musical style that is jazzed up into a pulsating, danceable, amorphous fusion – that’s something that Everything Everything have probably realised over the past 15 years more unflinchingly and disillusioned than any other band on the planet. Progressive indie rock goes shoulder to shoulder with alternative dance music, an almost mathematically achieved wave revival soars to bold heights on epic arrangements by four absurdly gifted multi-instrumentalists and flies to the peaks of contemporary art pop. With albums such as the globally acclaimed ‘Get To Heaven’ (2015) and the dystopian, thoroughly conceptualised ‘Mountainhead’ (2024), Everything Everything achieve what only very few projects manage these days: to create an entirely idiosyncratic style – unadapted, impenetrable, inimitable. Are you looking for a musical experience that divides your life into before and after? An auditory adventure without comparison? Then you have an appointment in Hamburg at the end of September.
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We Are Scientists
Pre-order our new album QUALIFYING MILES & get tour tickets: https://linktr.ee/wearescientists
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The Cribs
The Cribs (formed in 2001) is an English three-piece indie rock band, consisting of twin brothers Gary and Ryan Jarman, along with their younger brother Ross Jarman, hailing from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK.
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The Lottery Winners
The Lottery Winners are a mob of four twits from a working class town called Leigh, near Manchester.
The band have toured extensively throughout the UK and Europe, filling venues and raising roofs. If you don’t believe me, come to a gig and look around at everyone’s stupid smiling faces. They love it.
TOUR TICKET LINK HERE:
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Florence RoadFlo Ro / Wicklow / Ireland.
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The Royston Club
When The Royston Club released their debut album Shaking Hips And Crashing Cars
in the summer of 2023, the Wrexham band went full throttle, appropriately, as they
raced across the finish line to score their first UK top 20 album. Sold out shows across
the country soon followed, while their formidable live reputation allowed the group –
frontman Tom Faithfull, guitarist Ben Matthias, bass player Dave Tute and drummer
Sam Jones – to become one of the country’s most exciting new acts.
But a great debut album, as many artists have discovered, will only get you so far. It’s
what you do next that really counts.
For The Royston Club, the answer to that conundrum comes in the form of their superb
second album Songs For The Spine, which is the sound of a band taking their chance
to hit the next level, grabbing it with both hands and refusing to let go.
It’s a cohesive and fully formed record that builds on the sonic DNA of their debut, but
the steady hand of producer Rich Turvey effortlessly takes it to the next level. It’s
bigger, more experimental and more heartfelt too. The band say that the title reflects
the individual vignettes of places and people close to their hearts contained with each
song. They are powerful stories in their own right, but they combine on this album to
create an almighty and often beautiful backbone.
There is huge growth to be found too, which reflects just how much The Royston Club
have evolved since album one. Songs like the catchy ‘30/20’ skip along with a classic
Roystons groove that will be welcomed like an old friend by OG devotees, but ‘Shivers’
– the latest song to arrive from the album – feels positively gargantuan. It creeps along
with a slow and steady bassline, before exploding into something that feels destined to
ignite mosh pits across the land when the band hits the road again. Similarly, the slow-
burning epicness of late album highlight ‘Spinning’ – which offers a lyrical show of
solidarity for people going through tough times – feels like something from The Bends-
era Radiohead.
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Sweet William
Is Willie J Healey your favourite artists’ favourite artist? You better believe it. Alex Turner, Joe Talbot of IDLES, Jamie T, Florence Welch and Orlando Weeks are among those who believe, following the Neil Young-meets-The Beatles-meets Elvis Costello charms of his 2020 album ‘Twin Heavy’. Now Willie returns with a new sound as he shares the new single ‘Dreams’ ahead of the release of his new set ‘Bunny’ on 24th March 2023 via Yala! Records.
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KeoKeo is a 4 piece alt-rock band formed by the Keogh brothers. Based in London the band draw inspiration from artists like Nick Drake, John Martyn, Pearl Jam and Radiohead. Keo strives to create authentic music.
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DecoSaint Clair, a dynamic 4-piece alternative band from London, are taking on the UK's music scene with their undeniable charisma and fresh distinctive sounds.
Drawing inspiration from influences like The Strokes, Supergrass, and Catfish and the Bottlemen, Saint Clair bring a unique blend of energy, creativity, and raw authenticity to their music.
Saint Clair is already making moves on the road and has shared stages with acts such as Vega Rally, The Youth Play, Tooth, and the great leslie. -
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The LilacsLive enquiries: dougie@soloagency.com
Management: enquiries@upthelilacs.com
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Keyside
Liverpool four-piece KEYSIDE fuse classic Northern guitar-pop with sharp emotion and unfiltered storytelling. Frontman Dani-Lee Parker’s unmistakable Liverpudlian voice carries both grit and grace, driving songs rich in melody, feeling and lived experience.
Their lyrics explore isolation, addiction, hope and redemption, turning everyday struggle into widescreen anthems. Tracks like Angeline, Nikita and Runaway have marked them as natural songwriters, earning praise and support from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Radio X and Amazing Radio. Onstage, they’ve built a reputation for electrifying, heartfelt performances that connect deeply with audiences.
Fresh from sold-out headline shows, support slots with Red Rum Club and The Wombats, and major festivals including BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2025, On The Waterfront and Salt ’n’ Tar, KEYSIDE return with ‘Rock My Love’, a soaring story of heartbreak, healing and redemption, produced by Chris Taylor (The Coral, Blossoms). The single lands as the band hit the road for their biggest run yet: a 13-date UK headline tour this winter, selling out legendary venues up and down the country at a blistering pace.
KEYSIDE are:
Dani-Lee Parker (vocals, acoustic guitar), Ben Cassidy (lead guitar), Max Gibson (bass, backing vocals), Oisin McAvoy (drums)
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Madra SalachMadra Salach are a six piece contemporary folk band from Dublin. Originally playing in various local outfits, their shared love of the Irish traditional canon led them to form a bond playing impromptu sessions in pubs. Taking inspiration from the growing Irish experimental folk scene, Madra Salach focuses on original writing and composition, utilising electronic equipment. These songs, while modern thematically, are written with a voice that could have emerged at any point throughout the last century.
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SLAG
SLAG are making math rock sexy. SLAG formed in Brighton, late 2023. SLAGs guitar riffs are actually kind of crazy when you think about it. SLAG wear some really cool outfits on stage sometimes. SLAGs singer could be a man if you closed your eyes and listened closely, but she isn’t. SLAG have released two songs and everyone seems to really like them. SLAG released a workout video on YouTube. SLAGs live shows are awesome – lots of people have said so. SLAG have plans.
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Georgia SinclairSaint Clair, a dynamic 4-piece alternative band from London, are taking on the UK's music scene with their undeniable charisma and fresh distinctive sounds.
Drawing inspiration from influences like The Strokes, Supergrass, and Catfish and the Bottlemen, Saint Clair bring a unique blend of energy, creativity, and raw authenticity to their music.
Saint Clair is already making moves on the road and has shared stages with acts such as Vega Rally, The Youth Play, Tooth, and the great leslie.
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Two Door Cinema Club
We're Alex,Sam and Kevin, we were made in N.Ireland. We make music and tour the world. ffm.to/tdcc
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CMAT
International pop star. Writer of songs. Fearer of bugs. Girlboss of the Very Sexy CMAT Band. Once, twice, three times a loser at 2024’s BRITs, Mercury Music Prize and Ivors. Soon to release a new album, EURO-COUNTRY, which will rectify these errors.
