Two of the following 14 unsigned bands will be playing at this year's V Festival. |
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The Brightlights Check out The Brightlights on 4unsigned. Listen to The Brightlights. Bo Pepper Choose Bo Pepper as your favourites here.  Sending a stuffed toy to do their dirty work, the mysterious Bo Pepper have already found support from international celebrity gossip Perez Hilton, who has featured the band twice on his notorious site. Sounding like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and influenced by international bands such as The Killers and The Strokes, Bo Pepper are not a band setting their sights low...Watch an exclusive performance by Bo Pepper here. Check out Bo Pepper on 4unsigned. Listen to Bo Pepper. The Guests Choose The Guests as your favourites here.  Leeds band The Guests have already tasted success having supported Editors, The View and The Departure in recent years. Will Road To V see Ben, Andy, James and James take the next step in challenging these bands for a place on the festival bill?Watch an exclusive performance by The Guests here. Check out The Guests on 4unsigned. Listen to The Guests. IndiaMill Choose IndiaMill as your favourites here.  A previous 4unsigned band of the week, IndiaMill are one of the noisiest finalists in this year's competition and are vying to start the festival with a bang - several probably. A retro grunge-influenced sound sets the band apart from the indie contenders as well a set of exceptionally large fingers - so we're told...Watch an exclusive performance by India Mill here. Check out IndiaMill on 4unsigned. Read our interview with IndiaMill as your favourites here. Listen to IndiaMill. Dylan James Choose Dylan James as your favourites here.  Dylan James is a one man indie-pop powerhouse who mixes the US surf sound of Raconteurs frontman Brendan Benson with a heavily accented British stamp, likening his music to former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and describing himself as an 'honest cynic'.Watch an exclusive performance by Dylan James here. Check out Dylan James on MySpace. Listen to Dylan James. Johnny Foreigner Choose Johnny Foreigner as your favourites here.  Just the one singer isn't enough for ultra fashionable trio Johnny Foreigner who mix male and female vocalists in their modern brand of ascerbic punk pop. They listen to loud and quiet music, play guitar with one hand, take too much time off work, write slogans on their T-shirts, and make up noisy pop songs about girls and gin and the gradual dehumanisation of the city centre... Lovely.Watch an exclusive performance by Johnny Foreigner here. Check out Johnny Foreigner on 4unsigned. Listen to Johnny Foreigner. The Jubilees Choose The Jubilees as your favourites here.  Already winners in a recent 'best demo' competition for Playmusic magazine, The Jubliees are a Lincolnshire-based quartet who specialise in uplifting indie pop. A band to watch in the future and heirs to the indie crown currently held by the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs and Maxïmo Park.Watch an exclusive performance by The Jubilees here. Check out The Jubilees on 4unsigned. Listen to The Jubilees. Kagura Choose Kagura as your favourites here.  Bringing some rock and roll folk music from Ireland, Belfast-based Kagura count Jeff Buckley, Biffy Clyro and Damien Rice among their diverse influences and mix traditional elements of folk music along with a modern grunge sound to create their distinct, dual vocal sound...Watch an exclusive performance by Kagura here. Check out Kagura on MySpace. Listen to Kagura. Maxfield Choose Maxfield as your favourites here.  Maxfield, a Female-fronted funk outfit from London, have been described as blending Red Hot Chili Peppers with Asian Dub Foundation. The indie hip-hop four piece are hoping to bring some attitude to this year's V Festival. The band boasts an ex-member of Groove Armada and have previously shared a stage with Guillemots, The Magic Number and Natalie Imbruglia...Watch an exclusive performance by Maxfield here. Check out Maxfield on 4unsigned. Listen to Maxfield. New Cassettes Choose New Cassettes as your favourites here.  New Cassettes have a great name, great hair and, like the rest of us, a box full of old tapes at the bottom of a cupboard somewhere. Probably. Already a Band of the Week on 4music, the band channel the energy of Kaiser Chiefs through the bodies of teenagers with just one thing in mind: to make people dance...Watch an exclusive performance by New Cassettes here. Check out New Cassettes on 4unsigned. Read our interview with New Cassettes as your favourites here. Listen to New Cassettes. Our Fold Choose Our Fold as your favourites here.  Small town boys Our Fold hail from Westhoughton and hope to put the tiny town on the music map with their own brand of relentless indie punk which mixes a sense of the epic with regional British charm and eccentricity. They have previously supported Boy Kill Boy, The Paddingtons and The Fratellis…Watch an exclusive performance by Our Fold here. Check out Our Fold on 4unsigned. Listen to Our Fold. The Outside Royalty Choose The Outside Royalty as your favourites here.  Psychedelic folk rock from London town, The Outside Royalty mix the grandiose sounds of Arcade Fire and the maudlin musings of Bright Eyes with a Patrick Wolf-esque quirkiness. A difficult combination to pull off, The Outside Royalty are one of the most distinct bands in the competition this year and already have a performance with Scissor Sisters to their credit...Watch an exclusive performance by Outisde Royalty here. Check out The Outside Royalty on MySpace. Listen to The Outside Royalty. Rosalita Choose Rosalita as your favourites here.  Mixing ska, punk and a bit of New Rave, Rosalita have been together for just two years but are already regulars on the live circuit with their punchy pop tunes winning listeners across the country. Clever, inventive songs set this East Anglia five-piece apart from their contemporaries and have steered Rosalita this far in the Road To V competition...Watch an exclusive performance by Rosalita here. Check out Rosalita on 4unsigned. Listen to Rosalita. Seven Heroes Choose Seven Heroes as your favourites here.  Tipped as one of the hottest new bands in the North East of the country, Seven Heroes have previously supported The Kooks, The Bluetones and Morning Runner and have sold out several gigs at Newcastle's Carling Academy thanks to a growing legion of fans who they no doubt hope will steer them to success in the Road To V competition.Watch an exclusive performance by Seven Heroes here. Check out Seven Heroes on 4unsigned as your favourites here. Listen to Seven Heroes. Not enough for you? Click here to review the bands and win VIP tickets to this year's V Festival plus Song Ericsson W880i phones and the chance to meet the winning bands backstage... |
Teenage Grimbsy fourpiece The Brightlights are already keeping good company, having worked with Robbie Williams' former producer Steve Power on their debut single, set for release later in the year. The band sound not dissimilar to the 
