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Get pumped for some self-aggrandizement! Bestival, a festival celebrating the joy of smashing two words together-- oh, and music of some sort-- will take place way the hell in the distance over the weekend of September 5-7 at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight.

And as a festival with the chutzpah to call itself the Best(ival) ought, it boasts a lineup that's nothing to cough at. It is, however, something to write about, and so we shall.

The reunited My Bloody Valentine will headline Friday night's proceedings, in what will be their only English festival date of 2008. Aphex Twin will also deliver his only English fest appearance of the year. Additionally, Bestival will welcome the Breeders, Jamie Lidell, Hot Chip, St. Vincent, CSS, Crystal Castles, Fuck Buttons, Foals, Fleet Foxes, Sebastien Tellier, These New Puritans, the Count & Sinden, Two Gallants, the Teenagers, George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, Baaba Mal, Underworld, Amy Winehouse, Black Kids, Chromeo, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Ida Maria, Lykke Li, Pete & the Pirates, the Duke Spirit, Micah P. Hinson, Gary Numan, Lee "Scratch" Perry, 808 State, Human League, Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, Santogold, the Wedding Present, the Sugarhill Gang, Metronomy, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong (so fun to type!), and many, many more.

There'll be DJ sets aplenty as well, from the likes of A-Trak, Kode 9 and Spaceape, Carl Craig, Idjut Boys, Vicarious Bliss, Coldcut, and Bestival curator Rob da Bank of BBC Radio 1.

And don't forget about Bestival's new little sister festival, Camp Bestival, happening July 18-20 at Dorset, England's Lulworth Castle, and featuring the Flaming Lips, Chuck Berry, Hercules and Love Affair, Black Kids, and more.