(studies I & II being here & here).

further to yesterday's electric-picnic-band-myspace-investigations, i've spent some time this evening compiling a list of links to the myspace pages of all the bands (thus far) on the 2008 electric picnic lineup. it's mostly for my own nerdish amusement (it's been ages since i attended a music festival and i'm intending to get the most out of this one) but if you're planning to go you should definitely use it to check out the 'new to you' bands on the lineup for a listen (which unless you're as musically in-the-loop as the likes of ms. rocks, mr. therecord or mr. nine, i'd imagine is (like me) quite a few)...

• sex pistols (couldn't find a myspace page for them but i'm guessing most people know what they sound like already?)
• sigur ros
• grinderman
• franz ferdinand
• george clinton & the p-funk allstars
• my bloody valentine
• goldfrapp
• christy moore
• wilco
• the gossip
• duffy
• underworld
• tinariwen
• foals
• css
• tindersticks
• new young pony club
• josh ritter
• lisa hannigan
• cathy davey
• that petrol emotion
• the breeders
• michael franti & spearhead
• sinead o’connor
• the waterboys
• the roots
• kila
• micah p hinson
• conor oberst (could only find a bright eyes page (his best known band))
• hayseed dixie
• candi staton
• juana molina
• turin brakes
• faust
• midnight juggernauts
• tartit
• hadouken!
• silver apples
• mark geary
• teitur
• blitzen trapper
• absentee
• balanescu quartet
• lou rhodes
• adrian crowley
• one day international
• the yard dogs
• tobias froberg
• boss volenti
• dawn landes
• constantines
• yacht
• lionheart brothers
• large mound
• emmy the great
• kormac & the bsq band
• jape
• the noisettes
• dublin gospel choir