Low Island are instinctive shape-shifters, darting between uplifting electronica and intimate ballads. It was a step that was both deliberate and natural: ‘there was a euphoria we didn’t always get from indie gigs, but a connection to songs and musicians we felt was missing from club nights. This is a 16+ event.

Katie Gregson-MacLeods unique blend of deeply personal lyricism and folk-influenced sound have earned her a dedicated global audience.

Based in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, and London, the Irish intersectional feminist four-piece M(h)aol have gained a reputation for their engaging and invigorating live shows.

Stick in the Wheel are a multi-award winning young five-piece folk band from London.

Food house is a 2-person frenetic internet supergroup composed of Fraxiom and Gupi. The pair bonded while both living in (and despising) Fraxiom's home state of Massachusetts, one the many topics of 'Thos Moser', their first collaboration and smash hit first release on Dylan Brady's Dog Show Records. Their self-titled album is crammed full of pop culture references and obscure inside jokes but resonates much deeper than its surface-level silliness through Gupi's expansive, addictive instrumentals and Fraxiom's earnest and unapologetic lyrical perspective.

Pushing the boundaries of modern music with relentless energy and a distinctive sound, combining raw intensity with rich, playful soundscapes, Deki Alem seamlessly blends elements of drum and bass, dance, trip-hop, and rap into a genre uniquely their own.

The Rions are an Australian four-piece indie rock band from the Northern Beaches, New South Wales.

Few bands use their voice and platform quite as powerfully as Divide and Dissolve. Mirroring the brash, bone-crushing potency of their dynamic Drone music, the formidable Takiaya Reed (saxophone, guitar, live effects) and Sylvie Nehill (drums, live effects) carry their fight and ancestors fight forward each and every day, using the power of their performances to draw attention to the ongoing battle against systemic oppression.

Sitting somewhere between 00’s indie and 80’s hardcore, Bruise Control have carved themselves an unlikely name in DIY punk, thanks to their catalogue of self-produced releases and a notoriety for chaotic live shows. Guitarist Niall Griffin, bassist Ru Gilfillan and drummer Tommy Victor Morris focus on creating hook-filled, razor-sharp indie punk, grounded by lead singer Jim Taylor’s down to earth lyricism and ferocious delivery.

Kassie Krut’s approach is deceptively simple. With a constrained palette and a penchant for repetition, they find a world of opposing textures and timbres: electric and acoustic, synthetic and organic, terrestrial and celestial. Their scratch-made sounds melodize the hard-edged noise of daily life - car alarms, notification chimes, dial tones, feedback- against stutter-step high hats, pots-and-pans percussion, and tensile bass tones that thrash around like a rubber ball.

Slater, an experimental alternative electronic and indie hip-hop artist from Orange County, California, has become a star of the new wave of alternative pop/hip-hop since his debut in 2013. Drawing inspiration from the laid-back, sunburnt vibe of his hometown and the raw energy of '90s and early 2000s rap and rock, Slater has crafted a sound that is both distinctly SoCal and refreshingly boundary-pushing. From seductive club bangers to therapeutic night-time cruising tunes, his music captivates listeners with smooth, groovy beats and infectious melodies that feel as nostalgic as they are innovative.

Bilk are three musicians creating a unique angsty blend of indie, rap and punk from the suburbs of Essex. The brainchild of frontman Sol Abrahams, completed by bassist Luke Hare and drummer Harry Gray, their honest social commentary is as real as it gets, reflecting on the highs and lows of British youth culture today.

Vlure is a Glasgow-based band known for their genre-bending sound, blending post-punk, techno, and other influences into a unique, high-energy experience. They are recognized for their intense live performances, which combine elements of live electronics, modern production techniques, and the raw energy of their post-punk contemporaries.

In the cobbled streets of Antwerp, where shadows play and the wind whistles through ancient walls, Milan W. (aka Milan Warmoeskerken) has become a cornerstone of the Flemish experimental scene. Whether as a member of semi-cult bands like Flying Horseman and Condor Gruppe, as an electronic composer on the late Ekster and JJ Funhouse labels, making synthpop with Mittland och Leo, and wading through playful Schlager with Gerard Herman. Under the Milan W. moniker, he crafts music that is intimate yet expansive. Traditionally electronic-oriented, his latest work meanders through guitars, saxophones, and heartbroken crooning. Milan W. is a testament to an artist who ceaselessly ventures beyond the horizon, pushing musical boundaries with a wink, a nod, and the quiet laughter of the uncharted.

Tom Aspaul is a singer/songwriter, DJ and producer, originally from Wolverhampton.

Acopia invites listeners to open their hearts and sink into their feelings, ushering them into a hazy dreamworld of sultry vocals, pensive synthesis, and smouldering basslines. The trio have crafted a collection of slow-burn anthems that rest in a fever dream between trip-hop, shoegaze, dream pop, and downtempo.

With members hailing from all over Ireland, the group channel their lived experiences from a range of different backgrounds into their music – the result: A cultural melting pot of neo-soul infused hits. Despite only forming as a lockdown project in 2020, the group have received major radio and media support, and have enjoyed festival performances at Great Escape Festival and Primavera.

Nightbus have a distinct sound of their own. It's one that captures the eerie late-night space between leaving the dancefloor and returning home.

Copenhagen's snuggle and Sweden's Horse Vision are both at the forefront of the Northern European guitar music scenes. In the gaps between sound design, early emo, rock and pop, the two have honed their own sounds, familiar on one hand yet deeply exciting on the other. This is an 18+ event.

We're beyond excited to welcome Slapfunk co-founder, The Bass Barron, The King of Swing and Sir Slap-a-lot himself, Samuel Deep for a night packed with club weaponry and dancefloor demolition! Also joining us is Wax Material, known not only for her mobile record store stocked with some of the finest records around, but also for her unmatched selections behind the decks. When Wax Materials on the 1s and 2s, its heads down, hands up, guaranteed! On support, we've got Takeovers heavy hitters King Arthur and BKSM setting the tone before handing over to the best in the scene.

Duvet - For One Last Time Support from Bleech + daschund Presented by JOY.. This is an 18+ event

Pop Mutations & Freakender present: Party Dozen (Sub Pop / Temporary Residence Ltd) + support Saturday 14th May. Flying Duck Party Dozen are a duo from Sydney made up of Kirsty Tickle (saxophone) and Jonathan Boulet (percussion and sampler). Since forming in 2017, they have become renowned in Australia for their incendiary live shows, touring and playing with acts such as LIARS, Tropical Fuck Storm, and Viagra Boys. Exactly what Party Dozen are is completely up to the listener. Doom. Jazz. Hardcore. Psychedelic. No-wave. Industrial. Although largely instrumental, their sets are punctuated by Kirsty’s unique “singing” style, screaming into the bell of her saxophone which itself goes through a bevy of effects pedals. Intensely independent in everything they do, the duo write, perform and record everything themselves. 2022 will see the return of Party Dozen, first in April with the 7” release, Fat Hans Gone Mad, for the Sub Pop Singles Club, and then in July with their third album, The Real Work, with a new label partner in New York’s Temporary Residence Ltd. The Real Work succeeds in exploring new directions but also features some familiar Party Dozen touches. Perhaps most notable is the first-ever appearance of a guest other than Kirsty or Jonathan on a Party Dozen track, with Nick Cave ad-libbing a very memorable contribution to the album’s second track, “Macca The Mutt.”

Manchester independent label Dark Red Records return to SOUP for another session of deep, dark and experimental Jungle and Drum & Bass