Dour Festival

Franz Ferdinand, Squarepusher, Nero, Caribou (Thur); Battles, Dinosaur Jr, Roots Manuva, araabMUZIK, Speech Debelle (Fri); Bon Iver, Cerebral Ballzy, Flux Pavilion, Doctor P, Mosca, (Sat); The Flaming Lips, The Rapture (Sun). A tasteful line-up of emerging artists fill the stages at this Belgium festival, which takes place in the village of Dour. Psychedelic dance-pop electronicist Caribou and the groovesome math-metal-cum-funk of Battles keep things alt.indie, with exciting electronicism from dubsteppers Flux Pavilion, Doctor P and the brains behind garage revival hit 'Bax': Mosca. Golden oldies- cum from lo-fi, psych-poppers, The Flaming Lips and proto-grungers Dino Jr. Expect a wide-ranging audience.