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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: StaedlerMars on 25 Feb 2008, 08:31
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So there are lots of threads about single festivals that people are going to, but that's really boring, because we don't all get to go to those.
What festivals are worth going to? do you go to festivals? if not, why not?
I usually just go to about one a year, usually rock werchter in belgium. This year they've got a pretty sweet line-up so far.
If prices aren't too ridiculous this is what I might end up seeing (not complete yet by far):
justice, radiohead, chemical brothers, beirut, sigur ros, band of horses, and the kooks.
http://rockwerchter.be/RW2008/site/index.asp
If that doesn't work out - maybe T in the Park in scotland.
I wish I could go to ATP.
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W.G.T. (http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/bands.php) (Leipzig DE)
Amphi (http://www.amphi-festival.de/) (Koln DE)
M'era Luna (http://www.meraluna.de) (Hildesheim DE)
Infest (http://www.infestuk.com) (Bradford UK - don't think there's any bands announced for this yet)
Gordon Brown is going to be raping my wallet so hard for plane taxes this summer. Worth it though.
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I'd sell a part of my body to go to Roadburn but I have finals right around that time and I can't afford to go across the Atlantic.
I've already got my Burning Man ticket but that hardly counts.
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Infest (http://www.infestuk.com) (Bradford UK - don't think there's any bands announced for this yet)
That looks interesting, I'll have to keep an eye on it to see who they confirm since it's so close to me.
Chinchillafest 6 (http://www.chinchillaweb.co.uk/chinchillafest6) in May is the only festival I know I'm definitely going to.
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That looks interesting, I'll have to keep an eye on it to see who they confirm since it's so close to me.
Last year's line-up was immense. Band announcements starting in March, apparently, so do stay tuned. Already got our tickets :)
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Waaaaaaaarped Tour for the third year straight.
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Laneway Festival is this saturday and it promises an extreme assortment of deliciousness
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just one day of Coachella for me. Saturday, with Kraftwerk headlining.
Recent Serbia drama over Bjork saying "KOSOVO!" in Declare Independence during the asian leg of her massive, seemingly endless world tour.
http://blog.bjork.com/2008/02/23/are-they-burning-bjork-cds-in-serbia/
you should see the serbian-fan reactions on her myspace. pretty much what you'd expect from assholes....
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The only festival around here is Monolith at Red Rocks. Last year was their inaugural year, and it was mostly local bands with acts you'd see at any and every other festival headlining. I think the Flaming Lips were the biggest band there.
Hopefully this year's (if there is one) won't be so bland.
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I went to Austin City Limits last year. Mostly just for Bjork.
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Roadburn looks pretty good, but Electric Wizard and Om cancelled. I'm glad now that I didn't know they were going to play.
That being said, I'm in a festival mood this year. No plans, yet, though.
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In the past few years there has been a prolifration of smallish corporate funded indie festivals here in Mex City!
This year i am going to the following so far
MX Beat (Marlboro) with MIA, Jarvis Cocker, Digitalism, The Cribs, Cold War Kids and a bunch of rather rad local bands
Indie-o-fest (DKNY [what] (such a lame name)) with Broken Social Scene and Apostle of Hustle and The National and a band i hate but that i've somehow seen live 5 times
There is another thing on the same day as above with Justice and Diplo and others but i've already seen Justice so i didn't even consider it.
Zero Fest (corporate sponsor unknown atm but i'm sure there is one) with the smashing pumpkins and My Chemical Romance and the Mars Volta (hat trick of suck) but also The Faint and Bright Eyes and My Morning Jacket and a bunch of good local bands including one in which my ex classmate is in.
There is also a festival of experimental music with Wolf Eyes and Melt Banana and ohmygod my ears are going to die
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In the past few years there has been a prolifration of smallish corporate funded indie festivals
Anyone go to the Siren Festival in NYC?
was last year's really the last one?
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I will probably be checking out the P-fork Music Festival when it comes around, but nothing on that's been announced yet. I'm not sure if Intonation is totally dead, but depending on the line-up, if it gets rez'd I might hit that. Oh, and the Chicago Blues Festival. Always.
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I'll probably try to go to Sasquatch (http://sasquatchfestival.com/2008/) again this year because the line up looks pretty awesome. I saw The Pixies and Modest Mouse headline it three or four years ago or so and it was a damn good time besides the inferno heat of the desert.
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Roadburn would be so darn sweet. One of my friends is going..
I'm attending Roskilde, Cry Me A River and Obscene Extreme this year
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Should hopefully be going off to amphi this summer sporting a blue mohawk (just because it's the last time I'm going to have a chance to because Uni won't let me :cry:), should be some good times in Germany for me :lol:
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Roadburn would be so darn sweet. One of my friends is going..
I'm attending Roskilde, Cry Me A River and Obscene Extreme this year
Make sure you see Battle Of Wolf 359 at CMAR, they are ridiculously good. Probably the best hardcore band in the UK now Army of Flying Robots are on hiatus and might well never come back. I'm also very jealous that you'll get to see Flagitious Idiosyncracy In The Dilapidation at OE, I'd love to see them live.
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Maximum Black Festival, tomorrow night.
Final Fantasy, Frog Eyes, Dirty Projectors, Six Organs of Admittance, etc.
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Roadburn would be so darn sweet. One of my friends is going..
I'm attending Roskilde, Cry Me A River and Obscene Extreme this year
Make sure you see Battle Of Wolf 359 at CMAR, they are ridiculously good. Probably the best hardcore band in the UK now Army of Flying Robots are on hiatus and might well never come back. I'm also very jealous that you'll get to see Flagitious Idiosyncracy In The Dilapidation at OE, I'd love to see them live.
Yes I love Battle of Wolf 359!! It took me a while to get into their sound but it's all good now.. You been to CMAR before? I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to 3 days of crusty ear terror. I missed it last year but now is my time. A shame all of the french bands that came last year isn't coming again. And I missed Destructive Explosion of Anal Garland too..
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Connect music festival. I'll probably be working at it again but 250 quid for the weekend ain't bad. Hopefully be going to belladrum (tartan heart) as well and definitely dunstaffnage music festival.
Belladrum was amazing last year. I only went for one day but the atmosphere was amazing, you could just wander about talking to randoms and drink with them and stuff it was ace. Connect was a bit shit cause i was all tired from working and didn't get to see many bands and it rained pretty much the whole time. It should be good though if it doesn't piss it down this year. Dunstaffnage is a new festival thats just been set up near where i live, to be honest the line up was shit last year but it was a good laugh anyway.
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Maximum Black Festival, tomorrow night.
Final Fantasy, Frog Eyes, Dirty Projectors, Six Organs of Admittance, etc.
I'm really looking forward to this one. My flatmate has heard that Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))) is going to be there, but I have no idea how true that is. If it, is, it will be fucking weird.
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Yes I love Battle of Wolf 359!! It took me a while to get into their sound but it's all good now.. You been to CMAR before? I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to 3 days of crusty ear terror. I missed it last year but now is my time. A shame all of the french bands that came last year isn't coming again. And I missed Destructive Explosion of Anal Garland too..
Sadly I've never made it to CMAR. I'd love to but I doubt I'll be able to persuade people into a road trip this year. I did make it over to Summer Slam a few years back but that's the only mainland fest I've ever made it to. I really need to work on that, I've never made it to Trashfest in the Netherlands either and that always looks great. I'm not sure I could handle OE though, days of non-stop grind would be overkill for me. Probably would have been worth it for Yacoepsae last year though, and I think Narcosis really pissed a lot of people off too which would have been funny.
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I'm really kinda pissed the lineup for [url = http://www.apwfestival.com/] All Points West[/url] sucks so much. But there is a pretty good chance I'll get to go to Chicago again for the Pitchfork festival! Last year was fun!
I'll look at colleges too, because Northwestern seems really cool (in 2 ways, since its quite cold up there).
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I'm going to be headed to Rothbury this summer, I think. Granted, there are more than a few artists playing whom I'd rather asphixiate myself than listen to, but there are also some really good ones. It's only about a two hour drive for me, too.
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Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O)))
Thank god this was true! Man is fuckin' great!
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In the past few years there has been a prolifration of smallish corporate funded indie festivals here in Mex City!
Zero Fest (corporate sponsor unknown atm but i'm sure there is one) with the smashing pumpkins and My Chemical Romance and the Mars Volta (hat trick of suck) but also The Faint and Bright Eyes and My Morning Jacket and a bunch of good local bands including one in which my ex classmate is in.
Corporate sponsor: Coca Cola
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Guys.
(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2774/aphextwinyn6.jpg)
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Serves all those motherfuckers out there for doubting Goldenvoice's ability to snatch up rare and unique acts.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go flog myself repeatedly for thinking they'd sell out and make APW the better festival.
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I need me a fake ID,
http://www.huliq.com/51621/sydney-opera-presents-russian-roulette
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I think I might have to get to Supersonic in Birmingham this year. The line-up is frankly ridiculous:
Battles, Harvey Milk, Harmonia, Oxbow, Efterklang, Noxagt, Earth, Wooden Shjips, Thrones, Justice Yeldham, Dalek, Orthodox, Black Sun, Max Tundra, Einstellung, Guapo, The Owl Service, PCM, Fuck Buttons, Osaka Invasion ft. DJ Scotch Egg, Magnetophone... and cake stalls!
http://www.capsule.org.uk/
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Despite the fact that the Baltimore version of the Virgin Fest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Festival) isn't that far from me, I've managed to miss it both years. Maybe this year I'll be able to go.
The first Lollapalooza was so damn close to my house that we charged people money to park in our lawn. I had tickets (hooray for employment) but some of my roommates watched the show from our roof... and probably could see better than I could.
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P4k is looking pretty cool so far. Public Enemy, Animal Collective, !!!, Vampire Weekend, Dizzee Rascal, No Age, Atlas Sound, Fleet Foxes, Spiritualized, M. Ward, Boris, Extra Golden, El Guincho.
Most excited about: Boris, Public Enemy, Spiritualized, !!!
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I'm seeing freakin' Bonnie. Prince. Billy at this years Roskilde..
I am so damn happy it hurts
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FUUUUCCKKK, the Coachella line-up is SO GOOD this year and I can't go! I hate being broke.
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i'm totally hitting lollapalooza this year, even though coachella is closer. radiohead, yo!
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Bumbershoot used to be pretty cool, but the past few years I have enjoyed the much smaller Capitol HIll Block party more. The wife and I discussed going to Sasquatch for one day but I am going to be insanely busy with work then :(
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big day out FYEAH
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V FEST Y
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V Fest on Toronto Island. I went on the Saturday last year, and it was pretty darn good. Arctic Monkeys, k-os, MIA, Kid Koala, The Most Serene Republic, Bjork, and then there were the bands that I didn't like at the time, like Explosions in the Sky. And my friend and I met a weird kid on the ferry. Good way to cap off a day.
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I am a little weary of going to Pitchfork this year, it doesn't seem to be quite as good as it could be or has been. Does anyone know of any quality festivals around the Midwest area that don't include the word Bonnaroo?
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Part of me is really excited about the Great Escape festival in Brighton, given that it's on my doorstep and has bands like Operator Please, Black Lips, This City, XX Teens, These New Puritans and lots of other exciting bands...but then, I know that the venues they'll play at will fill up too early, and being disabled, I won't be able to get between venues in time to catch the people I want to see and will end up having to put up with crap like Joe Lean and The Jollocks if I want to be in the right place to catch something decent. They may improve the line up each year, but it's possibly the most poorly organised festival I've ever seen...
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brighton bay
you have my sympathy
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Latitude Festival!
I prebooked my ticket before they released the line-up and then was severely disgusted to hear them announce Franz Ferdinand.
Then they announced Interpol, Sigur Ros and Death Cab For Cutie and everything was right in the world. Also, Tim Minchin in the comedy tent :D
http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk/home/ (http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk/home/)
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I'm getting a free badge for this year's CMJ (think an East coast SXSW) through the radio station I work at. It's 5 days of music. Lots and lots and lots of music.
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I'm getting a free badge for this year's CMJ (think an East coast SXSW) through the radio station I work at. It's 5 days of music. Lots and lots and lots of music.
I'm right now filling out an application to be front stage security for the late night shift at rock werchter and werchter classic (the stooges, the police, and the scabs).
I am pretty excited, and I did security last year, so chances are good. Than I heard of another festival with Dinosaur Jr. and the B-52s. Cactus festival in Bruge. Which is ridicoulously cheap as far as festivals go.
And also the Sex Pistols.
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I'll start looking into festivals soon, last year I was at Green Man and End of the Road, this year I might try and go to Green Man again because it was awesome. I want to get a couple of tickets for the friday music at Ladyfest because they have Slow Club playing and it's the only feasible time for me to see them.
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Part of me is really excited about the Great Escape festival in Brighton, given that it's on my doorstep and has bands like Operator Please, Black Lips, This City, XX Teens, These New Puritans and lots of other exciting bands...
Fuck yes, they finally got the hell out of Australia.
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Finally a decent Leeds/Reading festival line-up.
Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Serj Tankian, Tenacious D and others.
Cue crying about St. Anger, Napster, RATM/Serj hypocrisy yadda. I'm excited, I don't care.
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Infest (http://www.infestuk.com) (Bradford UK - don't think there's any bands announced for this yet)
ok since I posted this holy fuck Front 242.
(and some other guys)
infest is gonna be sick.
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Lollapalooza lineup is out tomorrow. :)
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Living as close to T-Burg as I do I'd be retarded not to go to Grassroots (which rocks by the way).
If you're going to be anywhere near Central New York in July you really should check it out. Other than that I may end up at Musefest at the end of August. I don't know though. Last year it overlapped the start of college (though it was just orientation on those days which was boring and not really informative... hmm... choices) so we'll have to see on that one still.
But yeah grassroots rocks, where else are you going to play frisbee, shirtless, in the rain, in the mud, with no shoes, with an old hippy, your sister and a few of your friends?
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There is a festival in San Francisco in August this year called Outside Lands (http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/). Once they get single-day passes out I think I will try and get one of those to go see Radiohead again.
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130 new names on Roskilde this wednesday. Shit am I excited.
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I'm really kinda pissed the lineup for All Points West (http://www.apwfestival.com/) sucks so much. But there is a pretty good chance I'll get to go to Chicago again for the Pitchfork festival! Last year was fun!
I'll look at colleges too, because Northwestern seems really cool (in 2 ways, since its quite cold up there).
Going with him, as well as Pecoae and a bunch of other people.
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I'm probably just going to volunteer at Hillside Festival in Guelph this year.
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Yeah, All Points West is awful this year. Too bad. It's so close to me but there's no way I'm paying a lot for a lineup like that. Since most other festivals are too far/expensive for me to make I'm just waiting for the Siren line-up. To be honest, I'm not a big festival fan anyway so I'll probably stick to a bunch of smaller shows (already have Efterklang, Silver Mt. Zion, Islands and Battles lined up before the end of May plus any other bands that happen to be playing at my school i.e. The Death Set, Cex, No Age and No Age plus a bunch more). I'm happier in much smaller settings anyway.
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I'm going to Pitchfork just to see Animal Collective
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http://www.80-35.com/
Not expensive in the least, but a pretty good line-up just the same. I'm only familiar with a couple of the acts playing but I'm a fan of the ones I know. Can anyone vouch for some of the artists on the list?
And it's in Iowa! Who would've guessed that..
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um... the Flaming Lips?
But I'm sure you were aware of them.
awesome. They're touring again? I'm gonna go see whether their playing anywhere near me.
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I'm going to the Saturday of P4K mostly for The Hold Steady.
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Yeah, I know the Flaming Lips. I was wondering about the rest of them. I know Andrew Bird, The Roots, The Flaming Lips, Jakob Dylan, Girl Talk, and Poison Control Center. It's the rest I'm curious about.
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I'm ignoring the Great Escape Festival, because apparently it's all about Vampire Shitting Weekend and The Fratellis (and I'm working while it's on anyway) and now saving all my excitement for End Of The Road festival in Dorset in September...
The line up:
British Sea Power/Calexico/Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin/Mountain Goats/Darren & Jack(hefner)/Two Gallants/Laura Marling/Conor Oberst/Low/Mercury Rev and a whole heap of awesome. Plus, it's a non-sponsorship based festival, things like food and beer are decent quality and reasonably priced, and it's in the woods. I actually can't wait.
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I'll probably end up going to Siren and most likely All Points West, but I'm not totally sure about either yet.
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Nearly a month, does this count as a necro?
Anyway, I'm going up to Rockness (http://www.rockness.co.uk) music festival this weekend. I was wondering, just on the off chance if anyone else is going to it?
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I am a big fan of the Music Festivals, though the ones I go to are more the hippie / Jam Band fests rather than Lolapalooza or Bonnaroo.
This year, I went to Summercamp in Chillicothe Illinois - the lineup included Moe, Flaming Lips, Umphrey's McGee, George Clinton, Avett Brothers, Clutch, Madahoochi, Hot Buttered Rum, Cornmeal... and many, many more.
I'll also be going to Wakarusa which starts tomorrow, Lawrence Kansas. Lineup (http://www.wakarusa.com/2008/lineup.asp) can be found here, I'm really excited to see Zappa Plays Zappa again, and Cake for the first time.
July 4th I am likely going to Rothbury, in Michigan, which has about the most awesom lineup I've ever seen, as it includes several of the "Jam Band" favorites - Trey Anastasio, Phil Lesh, Primus, STS9, Keller Williams, Yonder Mountain String Band - plus some mainstream artists like Modest Mouse, Snoop Dogg, DMB, 311, etc.
I am also a big fan of some of the local midwest festivals, from the Schwagstocks to Bela Sol and Black Diamond Music Festival and the events at Bearcats Amphitheatre in Lesterville, MO.
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I'll probably end up going to Siren and most likely All Points West, but I'm not totally sure about either yet.
I'm pretty glad for the necro cause now I get to ask you, do you live in New York?
(also I'm definitely going to APW and probably Siren if it's free so..)
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I'm off to the Roskilde Festival in a week or so, Never been to a Festival before so should be interesting.
Although I'm possibly thinking the 1000+ mile road trip just to get there might not have been a wise idea, but oh well :-P
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If I can get off work, I'll probably go to way out west, they have some nice bands.
Although I'm not sure it's worth the money (travelling + ticket + lost working hours)
http://www.wayoutwest.se/klara-artister
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I am thinking about hitting up Lollapalooza, probably. I could totally do this festival thing. Hell, it worked out pretty well for SXSW.
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i don't know if this counts as a festival since it's held in a parking lot ffs, but regardless, i plan to be here
(http://media.street-scene.com/lineup061808.gif)
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WHERE IS THAT?
Gr! Damn you people and your festivals! I hate New England!
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it's in california. decent to good lineup, and it's "only" 75 dollars for the 2 day pass
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Decent to good? The only bands I don't like/love on there are the ones I've never heard of!
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HOLY FUCK. I should try and make it to that.
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PARK
LIFE
HOLY
SHIT
GOLDFRAPP
2MANYDJs
PLUMP DJs
XXXCHANGE
METRO AREA
YUKSEK
BOY 8-BIT
VAN SHE TECH
SOULWAX
DIZZEE RASCAL
DIPLO
DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH?
ELEKTRONS
VAN SHE
BAG RAIDERS (live)
GRAFTON PRIMARY
PEACHES
MARTIN SOLVEIG
JESSE ROSE
BLACKALICIOUS
DRAGONETTE
SLYDE
AJAX
HAWNAY TROOF
HUAGLBLBGLGL
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Ok lollapalooza isn't happening. Instead of spending 300 bucks that weekend I will be earning $200 for house-sitting for my parents. I forgot that I agreed to do it a while ago, and my parents are trying to make it better by paying me.
Bah.
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I sadly almost finished my festival season already for 2008.
So far I went to Rock am Ring - fuck yeah RATM (and also a few other bands which mostly pale in comparison to RATM). Justice was sweet and so was Fall of Troy. Also Metallica and The Prodigy.
And 2 weeks later I went to a festival called Hurricane. Didn't see as many bands as usually but got more campsite action in return. In the end I saw Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Digitalism, The Weakerthans, Flogging Molly and a few others who I always remember when looking at the line-up but I won't inflate this post just for namedropping.
Up next is a free 1-day festival called Rheinkultur (Anti-Flag, Ben Folds, Blackmail, Futureheads, couple others).
These three used to be the staples of my festival season but since Rock am Ring is just crumbling under 100k+ visitors, I'll probably cut it from the calendar for 2009. Hurricane and Rheinkultur are absolute musts, though.
EDIT: Anyone ever been to the Free Funk Festival? It's on the 5th and 6th of July in Venlo, Netherlands. Could be nice to check out.
And it's on my list of things to do in life to go to Burning Man and Glastonbury once.