I keep forgetting that people like The Script and Twin Atlantic (a) exist and (b) are huge. Only on ILM would anyone be surprised that Jessie Ware and Charli XCX are low on the bill.
― Minaj moron (Re-Make/Re-Model), Friday, 20 February 2015 11:38 (nine years ago) link
New Prodigy single is the worst thing you will hear at that festival or at least joint worst.
― nashwan, Friday, 20 February 2015 11:47 (nine years ago) link
it's very terrible, this is true.
― I, (dog latin), Friday, 20 February 2015 12:10 (nine years ago) link
My vote goes to T in the Park 2015 (10-12 July)
― kasabian david guetta sam smith (cajunsunday), Friday, 20 February 2015 12:29 (nine years ago) link
http://riseabovefest.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/MONDAY-RAF.png
Note Nonpoint (here sadly identified as Non Point) crossover, but the lineup's a million times worse than the Orlando festival HSB mentioned.
― contenderizer, Friday, 20 February 2015 13:53 (nine years ago) link
i take it that wasn't what rollins meant when he said he was going to rise above
― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Friday, 20 February 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
TITP turned into a shitter V festival
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 20 February 2015 18:40 (nine years ago) link
Godsmack as a headlining act!?!
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Friday, 20 February 2015 22:57 (nine years ago) link
maine, tbf
― describing a scene in which the Hulk gets a boner (contenderizer), Friday, 20 February 2015 23:13 (nine years ago) link
is there something particular about Maine?
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 20 February 2015 23:59 (nine years ago) link
maybe not the worst ever but i follow fred durst for whatever reason and he posted this and it made me thinkg of this thread
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-U9mjWCQAAZu_s.jpg
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 21 February 2015 00:27 (nine years ago) link
Hopsin's Wikipedia entry is depressing.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Saturday, 21 February 2015 00:52 (nine years ago) link
never heard of hopsin
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Saturday, 21 February 2015 00:57 (nine years ago) link
Imagine Odd Future, but even shittier.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Saturday, 21 February 2015 00:59 (nine years ago) link
'featuring everlast'
― bizarro gazzara, Saturday, 21 February 2015 13:34 (nine years ago) link
It's still 2002 in vast swathes of America it seems
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 21 February 2015 13:40 (nine years ago) link
The aptly-named Amnesia Rockfest is always good for a laugh. This year:
http://static.deathandtaxesmag.com/uploads/2015/02/amnesia-rockfest-2015-lineup.jpg
At least they're honest.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 21 February 2015 14:39 (nine years ago) link
that's the ideal festival for someone who's been in a coma for 15 years whose family want to take them to see live music but their doctors don't want them to know how long they were unconscious for just yet
― bizarro gazzara, Saturday, 21 February 2015 15:40 (nine years ago) link
that should say Michale Graves "formerly" of Misfits, dammit
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 21 February 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
I bet Snoop is in for a rapturous reception at that festival.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 21 February 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link
it'd be great if all he's doing is lecturing
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 21 February 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
The Pixies seem like an incongruous inclusion too.
― Birds in Hell, Sunday, 22 February 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
what's with all the bands having preplanned album sets. I mean I know this is a thing now and I've seen many shows like this and have no objection to the format, but the choices for the album are a bit weird. ie why aren't Deftones doing "White Pony", I know people like "Around the Fur" but it's pretty far removed from who they are as a band now. I realize "And Out Come the Wolves" was Rancid's commercial breakthrough but it isn't as if it sounds that different from their other albums, a mixed set would be more fun from them.
Offspring performing Americana? fucking terrible album! at least when they did Smash in its entirety last year it was fun to relive all of the songs that got me excited as a 13 year old.
Mostly tho this poster looks like it was pulled from 2003.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 22 February 2015 17:59 (nine years ago) link
http://www.rock-fest.com/lineup
I win
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 22 February 2015 18:00 (nine years ago) link
Redlight King, god they are so bad
re: Rise Above Fest, Butcher Babies are one of the worst bands I've ever fucking heard. There are plenty of phenomenal female-fronted metal/rock bands out there that are making great music. This one insults the audience by pretending these bands don't exist and presenting female-fronted metal as a novelty, solely playing off of the hotness of its two leads, while playing generic nu-metal that sounds fresh out of 2001.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 22 February 2015 18:16 (nine years ago) link
some decent (and once-decent) acts playing the amnesia fest. lost in time, but not complete garbage.
― describing a scene in which the Hulk gets a boner (contenderizer), Sunday, 22 February 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
I would go for Slayer, Bad Religion, Descendents, All, Buzzcocks, Flogging Molly, Coheed (fuck off), Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Melvins, Fear Factory, Down, and Propagandhi. not a bad lineup at all.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 22 February 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link
I've driven through rural northern Minnesota a bunch of times in the summer and always see signs for the
― joygoat, Sunday, 22 February 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
oops, the MOONDANCE JAM and the lineups are fascinating.
― joygoat, Sunday, 22 February 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
xp yeah, Amnesia Rockfest doesn't look that bad to me. Slayer, SOAD, Melvins, Refused, Ministry, Deftones playing Around the Fur, Pixies, Descendents. i usually consider festivals to be worth as much as their best few bands. even if half of the bands suck, it can get tough seeing more than 4 or 5 bands in one day. it's not like anyone's forcing us to watch every band on the lineup.
― billstevejim, Monday, 23 February 2015 03:18 (nine years ago) link
I was tempted to post the lineup for Woodstock '99 earlier, which I still consider the worst concert of all time, but the lineup had 5 or 6 bands I would be ok with seeing.
― billstevejim, Monday, 23 February 2015 03:21 (nine years ago) link
I really want to see Skinny Puppy someday.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 23 February 2015 03:26 (nine years ago) link
yeah, amnesia fest redeemed by SP alone (and melvins, slayer, refused, soad, deftones, descendents, etc). still, must feel weird for the better bands in such a lineup to find themselves in such tired company. "hey, at least it pays the bills."
― describing a scene in which the Hulk gets a boner (contenderizer), Monday, 23 February 2015 03:33 (nine years ago) link
I recall Carcass talking about being lined up with the nostalgia acts and in a way becoming one.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 23 February 2015 03:35 (nine years ago) link
saw the buzzcocks on their 1st reunion tour, circa 1999. they put on a great show, which i attended with several old friends and an (not my) anal masseuse. so yeah, them too.
― describing a scene in which the Hulk gets a boner (contenderizer), Monday, 23 February 2015 03:36 (nine years ago) link
would make sense were not surgical steel such a complete fucking triumph
― describing a scene in which the Hulk gets a boner (contenderizer), Monday, 23 February 2015 03:38 (nine years ago) link
For real
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 23 February 2015 04:11 (nine years ago) link
http://www.bigweekends.com/images/29-141554Shiiine%20Weekender%20Image.jpg
― piscesx, Monday, 23 February 2015 05:14 (nine years ago) link
still, must feel weird for the better bands in such a lineup to find themselves in such tired company
I think a lot of bands are basically in and out of festivals in half a day and I doubt the rest of the lineup even registers half the time. If you're doing 20 festivals in a row in as many countries, who cares who you shared a bill with in Portugal or Norway, somewhere deep in the middle of the run?
― Matt DC, Monday, 23 February 2015 09:46 (nine years ago) link
is Rancid doing a number of "Wolves" 20th ann'y shows this year? i can't seem to tell from their website.
i'd go see that if they played nearby. that album's so great, top to bottom.
― alpine static, Monday, 23 February 2015 10:05 (nine years ago) link
also, how huge is Twin Atlantic? what size venues do they play in Europe? i saw them several years ago in a small-town-America strip mall space that held about 75 people on what must've been their first tour in this country. their van had all kinds of logos and shit on it. weird scene.
to their credit, they didn't phone in the show. they could've.
― alpine static, Monday, 23 February 2015 10:08 (nine years ago) link
think Twin Atlantic are like university-sized venue level in the UK, as opposed to arena-sized, but I've never knowingly heard a song of theirs or met anyone who likes them so not best placed to gauge
― The Crucifixion Of Sean Bean (DJ Mencap), Monday, 23 February 2015 10:37 (nine years ago) link
Twin Atlantic seem absolutely huge amongst students and folk in their late teens/early 20s around here, but they are a local band so that makes sense. I have never knowingly heard anything by them.
Every year I feel bad that I've never been to a festival until I hear workmates talking about T and then I feel a sense of relief. This year's line-up makes me feel old, and at peace with that.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 23 February 2015 10:59 (nine years ago) link
who's in Lo-Fidelity Allstars these days? if that's a Wrekked Train reunion then pisces' one is worth going to a few times over
― oochie wally (clean version) (sic), Monday, 23 February 2015 11:14 (nine years ago) link
except the entire audience will be red-faced dads who haven't listened to music since their first year of full-time employment
― oochie wally (clean version) (sic), Monday, 23 February 2015 11:15 (nine years ago) link
Blur are heading back to Hyde Park with their first album in more than a decade.They'll headline the British Summer Time festival on 20 June.The band, who got back together for a pair of reunion shows in the park six years ago, join Taylor Swift, Kylie and The Who on the bill.
mmm, bit of a mixture, that.
― Mark G, Monday, 23 February 2015 13:00 (nine years ago) link
got a giggling fit after reading the words "Pat Nevin DJ Set", is this something he does very often?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 23 February 2015 13:24 (nine years ago) link
yeah he does the indie pop club night scene quite a bit
― cis-het shitlord (Merdeyeux), Monday, 23 February 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
his favourite band is the Cocteau Twins
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Monday, 23 February 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link
Paul Young might be alright too I suppose.
OK I just watched a bit of a recent live clip and I take this statement back, oof.
― I saw three hippies saving a whale (Matt #2), Saturday, 23 March 2024 17:38 (two months ago) link
Just checked a couple of videos out, had assumed you just meant that his voice was fucked, not that he was fucked.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 23 March 2024 17:50 (two months ago) link
Not saying this is bad, but lolz at Grand Funk Railroad popping up in the middle of this:
ACL FEST 2024 😎3-Day Tickets for both weekends go on sale today at 12pm CT!https://t.co/Lo072i7sFt pic.twitter.com/j3QwQ7XPOv— ACL Festival (@aclfestival) May 7, 2024
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 02:30 (two weeks ago) link
Vanilla Ice! Tiffany! Crystal Waters!
https://www.freestylefestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FREESTYLE-FESTIVAL-2024-2FLYER-1080x1350-1.jpg
― nickn, Saturday, 18 May 2024 04:09 (one week ago) link
Only $39, tbf.
― nickn, Saturday, 18 May 2024 04:12 (one week ago) link
Johnny O & Cynthia are the only act that has more than one hit to choose from
― StanM, Saturday, 18 May 2024 05:01 (one week ago) link
Holy god, that looks amazing tbh. Don't really care for vanilla ice and Tiffany but beyond them that bill is wild. Seriously!
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Saturday, 18 May 2024 05:22 (one week ago) link
Dude that Egyptian Lover/Newcleus/Gucci Crew/Freestyle/LA Dream Team/Planet Patrol section? If that’s all on one stage, catch me posted up there all day long
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 18 May 2024 05:43 (one week ago) link
yeah rong thread for sure
― bae (sic), Saturday, 18 May 2024 07:01 (one week ago) link
O.S. for life
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 18 May 2024 07:11 (one week ago) link
Blink 182 another sore thumb at Austin City Limits
― chap, Saturday, 18 May 2024 11:54 (one week ago) link
Guilfest 2024
SATURDAY: The Stranglers, Shaun Ryder's Black Grape, Nouvelle Vague, The Blockheads, The Skints, Elvana, Pogue Traders, Alex Party, JX, Eddie and the Hotrods, Voodoo Radio, Urban Cookie Collective, Spice Girls Experience
SUNDAY: Sam Ryder, Peter Hook and the Light, BEZ, From the Jam, BOYZLIFE, Dutty Moonshine Big Band, Bootleg Beatles, T REX (The music of Marc and Mickey), Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri, Lil Mix, The Devout (Depeche Mode Tribute), Gavin Thomas
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Saturday, 18 May 2024 13:15 (one week ago) link
Bez and Shaun Ryder on different days is like splitting the aces in a blackjack hand.
― enochroot, Saturday, 18 May 2024 13:49 (one week ago) link
Not really? Part of their formula is a headlining Rock act and/or a legacy one, and the Blink reunion tour did surprisingly well, so *BOOM* both boxes checked off by booking them.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 18 May 2024 16:16 (one week ago) link
Pogue Traders?
― bae (sic), Saturday, 18 May 2024 16:17 (one week ago) link
I will only be satisfied if this is a Rogue Traders cover band formed by members of the Pogues.
― bae (sic), Saturday, 18 May 2024 16:19 (one week ago) link
That said, a pleasant afternoon could be had surrounded by kids who are seeing Nouvelle Vague, the Blockheads, the Stranglers, a Black Grape tribute band with Shaun Ryder in it, and Rex The Dog apparently fulfilling the implication of his last single having a big JX-y synth patch and cod-diva vocal hook.
― bae (sic), Saturday, 18 May 2024 16:25 (one week ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/eWdhUSB.jpeg
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Monday, 20 May 2024 10:47 (five days ago) link
The Real People. That's a name I haven't thought about in 30 years
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Monday, 20 May 2024 22:53 (five days ago) link
Does Bez DJ, or just dance while someone else DJ's, or crash other people's sets?
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 May 2024 22:58 (five days ago) link
"From the Jam" is this someone from the Jam minus Weller?
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 20 May 2024 23:00 (five days ago) link
xp
He does an hour long maracas solo
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 20 May 2024 23:03 (five days ago) link
xposts, it's the bass player.https://www.fromthejamofficial.com/about-the-band
― StanM, Monday, 20 May 2024 23:10 (five days ago) link
What is Kingmaker 4AD? A set of Kingmaker songs filtered through a chorus pedal?
― Position Position, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 13:02 (four days ago) link
Having seen him recently in a Lewisham pub - essentially, he dances as his wife DJs. He also offers commentary, for instance general 'come on's and reminding people that Manchester is a good city. More hype man than MC.
He occasionally intervenes if he isn't feeling the music (Pacific State got cut short).
Seemed good-natured, lots of time for crowd members getting photos with him.
― woof, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 13:53 (four days ago) link
Oh and the selections were mostly 70s-90s indie/baggy/dance crossover nostalgia, though without any Mondays or Black Grape (which seemed to frustrate parts of the crowd).
― woof, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:01 (four days ago) link
Having seen him recently in a Lewisham pub - essentially, he dances as his wife DJs
Was it bez that was on Celebrity Bargain Hunt and he secretly got his wife to bid on his stuff in the auction at the end? Iconic duo if so
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:18 (four days ago) link
indeed it was bez...https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/28/stinking-thinking-bez-gets-happy-mondays-disqualified-from-bargain-hunt-special
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 14:30 (four days ago) link