Sweden's Hultsfred music festival - in pictures

Ian Brown from the Stone Roses who headlined the first day of the Hultsfred festival in Sweden. "Brown stalks the stage, wielding his shakers like someone divining for Es," says music critic Jude Rogers Photograph: Emma Svensson/Rockfoto

Guitarist John Squire. His "legendary guitar ... sounds clunky and heavy" on I Wanna Be Adored but the sound improves – on Fools Gold he "even adds in a bar of The Beatles' Day Tripper" Photograph: Emma Svensson/Rockfoto

The crowd at the first day of the Hultsfred festival, "deep in Swedish birch-and-elm country. The site is gorgeous, on a lake, with four stages tightly packed together." While the crowd are "mainly Swedish teenagers ... not Hacienda casualties" Photograph: Emma Svensson/Rockfoto

Bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield. "As soon as he finds Fools Gold's fabulous, lolloping groove, they get better" Photograph: Emma Svensson/Rockfoto

"As She Bangs The Drums sparkles, you remember that friendships dating back decades breathe in this band. You also remember how difficult it was to bring them back" Photograph: Emma Svensson/Rockfoto

"This is no resurrection quite yet. But the Stone Roses are alive" Photograph: Emma Svensson/Rockfoto

Other acts playing the first day of the festival included London-based electronic music producers Chase and Status Photograph: Petter Hellman/Rockfoto

The crowd for Chase and Status Photograph: Petter Hellman/Rockfoto

"New Zealander Willy Moon rocks up in a white suit like the lovechild of David Byrne and Jerry Lee Lewis" Photograph: Adrian Pehrson/Rockfoto

Willy Moon and his female drummer, "playing rockabilly twisted with woozy, processed beats" Photograph: Adrian Pehrson/Rockfoto

"Some particular peppy pleasures come mid-afternoon, like Seattle hip hop-duo THEESatisfaction's snappy wordplay and dance-moves." Photograph: Adrian Pehrson/Rockfoto

Stasia Irons of THEESatisfaction at Hultsfred festival Photograph: Adrian Pehrson/Rockfoto

Irons (right) and Catherine Harris-White of THEESatisfaction Photograph: Adrian Pehrson/Rockfoto

Miles Kane, whose "songs feel oddly burdened by the north's indie past – as does his haircut" Photograph: Emma Svensson/Rockfoto

Miles Kane performs at Hultsfred festival Photograph: Emma Svensson/Rockfoto

The crowd for Miles Kane at Hultsfred Photograph: Emma Svensson/Rockfoto