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A few people have asked for my recommendations for this years festival so I’ll try and do a roundup of stuff I’m looking forward to and you can take from it what you will. As a caveat, every decent festival experience should contain elements of surprise, so y’know, take a few wrong turns here and [...]
..from Letterman last night. The choir is made up of a who’s who of US/Canadian indie rock: Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene, Carl A.C. Newman of the New Pornographers, Aaron Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Scott Devendorf of the National, Nicole Atkins, Grizzly Bear, and Mates of State.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDoIefGowZk
The song blows me away [...]
A series on Memphis music, where Don shares some love for music from his hometown.
While thinking about what to write for my next post, I read somewhere that Memphis is mentioned in more songs and song titles than any other city in the world. That’s kind of cool and I’d like to take the [...]
Sunday’s times have a few blanks in the Electric Arena according to what fell off the lorry. Anybody care to fill them in?
MAIN STAGE
10.45-12.00 Primal Scream
08.45-09.45 Iggy & The Stooges
07.00-08.00 Sonic Youth
05.15-06.15 Soul II Soul
03.30-04.30 Horace Andy
02.00-02.45 Aim
12.45-01.30 Luisito Quintero
12.00-12.30 Gospel Choir
Leaked onto Thumped from that same lorry. Of course, times are subject to change and all that but it should help you see who is clashing!
MAIN STAGE
12.00-02.00 Chemical Bros
10.00-11.15 The Jesus and Mary Chain
08.15-09.15 Polyphonic Spree
06.30-07.30 Magic Numbers
04.45-05.45 Easy Allstars Radiodread
03.00-04.00 Craig Armstrong
01.30-02.15 Marlena Shaw & Orchestra
12.30-01.00 The Company
* Updated from the Official as of Thursday. Main differences is Bjork has a longer set, and Simple Kid has been moved to Sunday along with Oppenheimer, JD Thompson and The Rumours added to Crawdaddy Stage instead of How I Became the Bomb
MAIN STAGE
10:30-12:00 LCD Soundsystem
08.15-09.45 Bjork
06.30-07.30 Hot Chip
05.00-05.45 Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain
I think this is the upbeat podcast I’ve been promising all summer. As the sun finally shone this weekend, it puts us in good stead for the next when we descend on Stradbally once again for the festival of the year. So to get you all pumped about the Electric Picnic which starts Friday, this [...]
Saw this on IQ Content’s blog
Ladies and Gentlemen, the i.Beat blaxx MP3 player.
Well done to the lads and Bodytonic for picking them for a slot!
Saturday 12 noon to 1pm, Bodytonic Tent.
Arooooooooo!
I seem to be covering less “lads with guitars playing indie-rock” type music here of late, probably because little has been grabbing me that way. Then I listened to Malajube’s Trompe-L’oeil and it swept me off my feet. It might have been the comparison to the Super Furry Animals that got me interested at first. [...]
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