Syd for Solen keeps its lineup close and sharp for no clashes and zero fomo

Lead photo of Iceage by Alvin Sauerberg Thorsen It really has been a year of impeccably put-together lineups across the world's best festivals. From Primavera Sound and All Things Go through to All Points East, End of the Road and Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields, we are in a golden age of live music curation that ticks almost every conceivable box. Syd for Solen – an event most music fans outside of Denmark were probably unfamiliar with until recently – spread its train of feathers this year with a disarmingly confident bill: just 36 artists over three days on three stages in a Copenhagen park. Headed up by Turnstile, Lorde, Geese, The XX, Wilco, Blood Orange and Dijon on the top end, with Fcukers, Dove Ellis, Ninajirachi and Bleech 9:3 on the undercard, this is a lineup that screams business. Throw in Fine, Alba Akvama, Brimheim, eee gee and Iceage – repping the quality leftfield in Danish music – and my interest is more than piqued. Photo by Joakim Züger The people guiding Syd for Solen have pointed to the very open dialogue they've had with their audience to inform the shape and feel of this year's event. And while consultation exercises may not be so rock and roll, this is ...