Latitude: Camera Obscura, Passion Pit

Reports on an indie-pop institution and the hottest band in blogland, fresh from Suffolk's dusty fields...

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Anyway, I arrange to meet a friend down at the Obelisk stage to catch Broken Music, who she’s recently seen playing to about four people in Manchester but thinks will be worth having another look at.

Latitude: Doves and White Lies

I remarked yesterday of the rather neat symmetry that took me to Fever Ray and Bat For Lashes. Well, something similar has happened again this evening. This time, it’s White Lies and Doves, who followed each other at the Obelisk Arena and who both, in admittedly different ways, are exponents on a similar style of music.

Latitude: Broken Records, DM Stith, The XX, The Airborne Toxic Event

There's less of the pushchairs and families at this year’s Latitude, but the site seems busier than ever - enough people to give Broken Records a pretty large crowd on the main Obelisk Arena stage.

Vivienne Westwood’s Active Resistance

Waves of blinding camera flashes and unbridled shrieks of worship greet the grand dame as she emerges from behind a curtain, in a scene straight from an old time Hollywood movie premiere. But this is not Rita Hayworth or Lauren Bacall, but national treasure Vivienne Westwood, who has come to Latitude's literary tent to read from her "cultural manifesto".

Latitude photo blog; Saturday’s Latitude views

So, day two at Latitude Festival, and a chance to wander around the site ensconced in full on sunshine - there are many little nooks all over the site. Come see...

Latitude: Random stuff!

Here's some random lists of things we've seen while out and about on site, assembled by the UNCUT Latitude work team. That's us.
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