Glastonbury buzz bands rated

By Kev Geoghegan
Radio 1 music reporter

Measuring about two miles from end to end and with more than twenty stages, Glastonbury is just too big to be able to see everything.

With most of the attention focused on artists like Jay-Z and Amy Winehouse, Newsbeat has been taking a look at five very different performances you may not have read about.

The Teenagers, 27 June, 1.30pm John Peel Stage

The Teenagers bring their filthy pop to Glastonbury

The best term to define their music is filthy pop.

The uber-cool Parisians perform a set filled with catchy hooks and dirty choruses which centre on, well, sex.

During the show, charismatic frontman Quentin Delafon, climbs into the audience during a spirited rendition of Love No.

Later on, he dedicates French Kiss to the crowd sheltering from the early afternoon sunshine.

The band's signature track, Homecoming, which sees Delafon pull in a dozen eager female fans from the audience, is sung from two opposing viewpoints of a sexual liaison.

Dressed in the indie uniform of skinny jeans and a long sleeved T-shirt, the over-enthusiastic ladies try to pull his top off.

Delafon manages to evade their attention and closes the set with Streets of Paris.

Dirty, sexy and fun. A great set.

Donae'o, 27 June, 2.30pm, BBC Introducing Stage

London artist and producer Donae'o likes to mix in a little bit of everything in his set.

As a producer, Donae'o, aka Steve Bredren, has worked with the likes of Wiley and Lady Sovereign.

Grime, rock and R&B overlap each other so regularly during his short set on Saturday afternoon that it is difficult to figure out exactly what kind of artist he is.

At times, Donae'o verges dangerously close to Craig David territory and occasionally wanders into sounding like R Kelly on the obligatory slushy track, Over You.

His opening track in which he sings that he is proud to be a "black London boy" is a belter, mixing rock riffs in with his rapid fire delivery.

Throughout his performance, he constantly urges his fans to dance to the point where he even tells them that he's not into "people standing still and staring".

Not one of the greatest sets of the weekend but definitely worth a look.

Oh, and the word Donae'o means "gift from God".

Yeasayer, 28 June, 2pm, John Peel Stage

Yeasayer share quite a lot in common with Vampire Weekend

From the sleigh bell intro to the first track of their set, it's clear this band like to do things a little differently.

Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Yeasayer share quite a lot in common with their fellow New Yorkers, Vampire Weekend.

Both bands use afro-inspired beats but Yeasayer are a little less preppy in their take on it.

The hipster band were a massive hit at the SXSW festival in Texas in 2007, which explains the huge crowd they attract to the John Peel stage.

They have since toured with another New York band, MGMT and released their debut album, All Hour Cymbals last year.

The result is a much rawer sound which the band apparently describe as "Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel".

They close with a track called Sunrise that gets most of the crowd dancing in unison.

Midnight Juggernauts, 29 June, 3.30pm, Dance West

The Midnight Juggernauts are a three piece from Melbourne, Australia.

They are a cross between Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and German techno pioneers Kraftwerk with a few scuzzy guitars thrown in for good measure.

As producers, they have remixed tracks by !!!, Cut Copy and Electric Six.

Starting with a tune that sounds like a cross between serious industrial techno and rock, the crowd's almost instant response shows how popular they are becoming in the dance scene.

The band describe their sound to Newsbeat as "kaleidoscopic".

Frontman Vincent Vendetta, said: "You know when you eat lots of different types of food and then throw it up and it's all mixed up and different colours, that's what our sound is like."

It's a brave band who can equate their music with vomit and Glasto could push them over towards mainstream success

Their debut album Dystopia, was released in May.

Laura Marling, 29 June, 3.30pm, Park Stage

Laura Marling's voice could be compared with 60s folk hero Joni Mitchell

It's a long hike up to the Park Stage high on the hill overlooking the site, not least when it is Sunday and your feet are on their last legs.

But the voice of 18-year-old Laura Marling makes it more than worthwhile.

Earlier the Mystery Jets battled a chilly wind and dark clouds that threatened rain but by the time Marling gets on stage, the sun has broken through again.

She actually joined the boys for guest vocals on their song Young Love.

Before the gig, Marling told Newsbeat: "I'm playing on the same stage again. It rained so much last year, I kept apologising to the crowd because they were getting so wet."

She opens her set with Ghosts, the opening track from her debut album, Alas, I Cannot Swim.

Her voice could de compared with 60s folk hero Joni Mitchell and her songs about lost love are hauntingly beautiful.

One to keep an eye on in the future.

Watch the full headline sets from Glastonbury