![New Order: If you need proof that iconic bands can produce some of their best material more than 30 years into their career, look no further than New Order. Last year saw the release of their tenth studio album, Music Complete, and it was a target for which the new generation of synth-pop bands should aim.]()
New Order: If you need proof that iconic bands can produce some of their best material more than 30 years into their career, look no further than New Order. Last year saw the release of their tenth studio album, Music Complete, and it was a target for which the new generation of synth-pop bands should aim.
![Christine & The Queens: It would be worth seeing Christine & The Queens - and her vibrant electro-pop, which straddles an invisible line between melancholia and euphoria - even if she just stood fixed to the spot as she sang. As it happens though, the French musician injects her performances with carefully choreographed dance moves.]()
Christine & The Queens: It would be worth seeing Christine & The Queens - and her vibrant electro-pop, which straddles an invisible line between melancholia and euphoria - even if she just stood fixed to the spot as she sang. As it happens though, the French musician injects her performances with carefully choreographed dance moves.
![Courtney Barnett: The Australian musician's ramshackle, stream-of-consciousness style music translates to a live setting beautifully. We're surprised she's not having a summer off, given how relentlessly she toured her debut album Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, but we're not about to complain about her prolific touring schedule.]()
Courtney Barnett: The Australian musician's ramshackle, stream-of-consciousness style music translates to a live setting beautifully. We're surprised she's not having a summer off, given how relentlessly she toured her debut album Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, but we're not about to complain about her prolific touring schedule.
![Father John Misty: If you do go and see Father John Misty at Latitude this year - and we strongly suggest you do - don't spend the whole set filming him. He might repeat what he did at a gig recently, and stop mid-song to indirectly berate you by insisting he gives you the perfect take.]()
Father John Misty: If you do go and see Father John Misty at Latitude this year - and we strongly suggest you do - don't spend the whole set filming him. He might repeat what he did at a gig recently, and stop mid-song to indirectly berate you by insisting he gives you the perfect take.
![Grimes: Claire Boucher has been a cult favourite in the experimental art pop world for a good few years, but it's with her fourth album, Art Angels, that Grimes has forced her way into the mainstream - or, perhaps more accurately, she's forced the mainstream to come to her.]()
Grimes: Claire Boucher has been a cult favourite in the experimental art pop world for a good few years, but it's with her fourth album, Art Angels, that Grimes has forced her way into the mainstream - or, perhaps more accurately, she's forced the mainstream to come to her.
![Frightened Rabbit: Gigwise favourites F'Rabbits return this summer with their dark and towering fifth album, the triumphant Painting Of A Panic Attack. With the majesty to match the misery, these Scots are truly one of the finest bands of their generation - and now about to achieve the greatness they've always threatened. Their slot on the 6 Music Stage is not to be missed.]()
Frightened Rabbit: Gigwise favourites F'Rabbits return this summer with their dark and towering fifth album, the triumphant Painting Of A Panic Attack. With the majesty to match the misery, these Scots are truly one of the finest bands of their generation - and now about to achieve the greatness they've always threatened. Their slot on the 6 Music Stage is not to be missed.
![MO: MO had one of the most phenomenally successful singles of 2015 with her Major Lazer collaboration 'Lean On' - and it's not even her best song. Combine the insistent catchiness of 'Don't Wanna Dance' and 'Pilgrim' with the musician's frenetic stage presence, and you've got a match made in festival heaven.]()
MO: MO had one of the most phenomenally successful singles of 2015 with her Major Lazer collaboration 'Lean On' - and it's not even her best song. Combine the insistent catchiness of 'Don't Wanna Dance' and 'Pilgrim' with the musician's frenetic stage presence, and you've got a match made in festival heaven.
![Perfume Genius: With every note he utters on his early material, Perfume Genius sounds as though he's poised on the edge of shattering - so fragile and haunting is his voice. With his latest material though, particularly the bold, powerful 'Queen', he's found the power in this vulnerability.]()
Perfume Genius: With every note he utters on his early material, Perfume Genius sounds as though he's poised on the edge of shattering - so fragile and haunting is his voice. With his latest material though, particularly the bold, powerful 'Queen', he's found the power in this vulnerability.
![Chvrches: 'Leave A Trace', from the band's second album Every Open Eye, was Gigwise's Song of 2015. The chance to see that song - and the likes of 'The Mother We Share' and 'Clearest Blue' - at one of the best festivals of the summer, is one not to be passed up.]()
Chvrches: 'Leave A Trace', from the band's second album Every Open Eye, was Gigwise's Song of 2015. The chance to see that song - and the likes of 'The Mother We Share' and 'Clearest Blue' - at one of the best festivals of the summer, is one not to be passed up.
![Aurora: The Norwegian singer's eccentric physicality - her hands and arms jerk, as if involuntarily, as she sings - renders her an immensely watchable and intriguing on-stage presence. She sings as if every line has just come to her, and her electro-pop injects itself into your bloodstream.]()
Aurora: The Norwegian singer's eccentric physicality - her hands and arms jerk, as if involuntarily, as she sings - renders her an immensely watchable and intriguing on-stage presence. She sings as if every line has just come to her, and her electro-pop injects itself into your bloodstream.
![Polica: Shulamith was a near-perfect album - which makes it an even more impressive feat that its follow-up, United Crushers, just about trumps it. Polica are an intense band, both on record and on-stage, and the 6 Music tent is their perfect home.]()
Polica: Shulamith was a near-perfect album - which makes it an even more impressive feat that its follow-up, United Crushers, just about trumps it. Polica are an intense band, both on record and on-stage, and the 6 Music tent is their perfect home.
![The National: We'd try and explain to you why you should see The National live, but at this point, their two decade-long career surely speaks for itself.]()
The National: We'd try and explain to you why you should see The National live, but at this point, their two decade-long career surely speaks for itself.
![Daughter: There's a greater depth and rawness - both lyrically and musically - to Daughter's new music, particularly the profoundly moving 'Doing The Right Thing'. Six years into their career, they're not the]()
Daughter: There's a greater depth and rawness - both lyrically and musically - to Daughter's new music, particularly the profoundly moving 'Doing The Right Thing'. Six years into their career, they're not the "reckless, wild youth" of their earlier material, but a mature, cohesive and deeply affecting outfit.
