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Get in the mood for the festival season with our free downloadable album, featuring tracks from UNKLE, Neon Neon, Foals, Crystal Castles, Ethiopiques, CSS, White Denim and more!
It's all to kick off our coverage of the Glastonbury festival which you can follow on our special report all weekend. Enjoy!
theguardian.com/music presents the 2008 Festival Playlist
Neon Neon - Belfast Neon Neon are the electro creation of Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys and producer Boom Bip. They play the Other Stage on Saturday
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White Denim - Darksided Computer Mouth There's a buzz about these inventive Austin garage-rockers. They play the Queens Head Stage on Saturday
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Mulatu Astatqé (Ethiopiques) - Yékèrmo Sew Hypnotic jazz, soul and funk from the celebrated Ethiopiques artists headlining the JazzWorld stage on Saturday
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The Shortwave Set - White Lie Dangermouse-approved London indie pop - catch the Shortwave Set at the Dance Village Lounge Stage midday on Sunday
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CSS - Rat Is Dead Sao Paolo's smuttiest art-popsters headline the Park Stage on Saturday
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Operator Please - Zero Zero These Aussie power-poppers are great live. They play the Park Stage on Friday
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Crystal Castles - Air War Crystal Castles make the sound of your Sega Megadrive crashing sound tuneful. They forward-thinking 8-bit sound terrorists play the John Peel Stage on Saturday
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The Brute Chorus - The Cuckoo and the Stolen Heart Country-tinged guitar pop from East London, The Brute Chorus play the BBC Introducing Stage on Friday
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Metronomy - Let's Have A Party Sonic visionary and remixer extraordinaire, Metronomy plays the Dance Village on Saturday
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XX Teens - The Way We Were XX Teens' artful guitar noise can be heard in the Dance Tent on Satuday
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Foals - Red Sock Pugie Guardian/music favourites Foals bring their exotic math-pop to the Other Stage on Friday
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Glasvegas - Be My Baby Set for their first chart hit over Glastonbury weekend with Geraldine, this Spector cover was an early b-side for the Glaswegians. The band play the John Peel stage on Friday
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Micachu - Curly Teeth Existing somewhere between grime and classical, catch this hotly tipped Londoner at the Vice/Lock Tavern Tent on Friday
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Yeasayer - Sunrise The psychedelic Brooklynites twist Eastern and African sounds into strange new shapes. They play the John Peel Stage on Sunday
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UNKLE - Heaven (featuring Gavin Clark) UNKLE bring their moody avant-pop to the Dance East on Saturday
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