Name: Florence and the Machine
Based in: South London
Members: Florence Welch and friends
Introduced by: Radio 1's Steve Lamacq.
Sounds like: "A choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong", to use her own words. An explosive performer, Flo's music covers the full spectrum from soulful, spectral folk to raucous punked-up indie.
Performances for BBC Introducing: South by South West (March 2008), Maida Vale session (September 2008), acoustic performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend (May 2009).