Electric Picnic lineup...what do you think?

Sajan

Smuid I would be looking at Digitalism and Booka Shade. A mate of mine swears by the presets as well.. The bodytonic 'village' area this year will be the way forward.

chris d

any chance Roxette will play? no?

im going. up guitars. up wilco.

smuid

Cheers Sajan, I didn't realise Booka Shade was on the line up, where'd you see that?


presets i have heard a couple of songs and have also a mate who swears by them.

all the stars

I see that NY is going to be there.... i would love to see her ..................... If only it wasn't so expensive

Aspiration

But's it's Electric Picnic!

Yes, it's expensive but definitely worth it - the weekend is gonna be unreal!! EP is just a great weekend, whatever the lineup.

lordgoat

chris d wrote: »

any chance Roxette will play? no?

im going. up guitars. up wilco.

up chris!

all the stars

Aspiration wrote: »

But's it's Electric Picnic!

Yes, it's expensive but definitely worth it - the weekend is gonna be unreal!! EP is just a great weekend, whatever the lineup.

i know, ive been 2/3 times before... just skint this year! the whole, bathroom thing is what makes it so much harder...:(
its frikkin horrible!

Mushy

Hey, does anyone know how much of a crossover exsts between EP and Hydro-Connect in Scotland?

http://www.connectmusicfestival.com/content/default.asp?page=s2_4

Theres obviously a few big ones crossing there, but I'm just wondering what are the chances of the Gutter Twins doing EP? If I was to go(which I am, will be a small bit before I get the ticket), this would be the icing on the cake pretty much, as I'd finally see Mark Lanegan. So heres hoping.

Also, Flaming Lips are touring around then...any chances of them playing?

Aspiration

all_the_stars, i definitely agree with you. the toilets are manky. last year i puked after walking in on about 5 blocked toilets on the sunday morning. the smell was absolutely putrid! ...so i went down to body and soul for a few hours and chilled til the toilets were cleaned and i knew they were safe enough to use again. i hope they do something about them this year!!

So far, i'm looking forward to Sigur Ros, Underworld, Goldfrapp and CSS!

Mushy

Well, just scouting the Gutter Twins website, and they down for EP in the middle of their UK tour:D:D. Finally get to see Lanegan in the flesh, its gonna be cracking now. I like to say it was an inspired decision for me to choose here this year!

mru

Really looking forward to Sigur Ros as well - saw their movie a while back in the IFI and it blew me away. 3rd year going, and the Picnic is always a quality weekend.

Evenescent

Foals are going to be excellent!!!!!

Wilco, Kila , The Gossip, Lisa Hannigan ,The Jimmy Cake (have to be get a plug in - my uncle's group).


But yea the line up for the festivels this year aint fantastic
(roll on the muse gig)

For me I had to choose between Picnic and Oxygen. At Oxygen BATTLES and KOL were really the only groups I was interested in seeing.

..so Picnic it is :cool:

quarryman

just comparing the EP against the other big festival this year and EP really is piss poor.

thinking of selling my ticket

EP:

• My Bloody Valentine
• Grinderman
• The Sex Pistols
• George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
• The Breeders
• Franz Ferdinand
• The Gossip
• Duffy
• Jape
• Sinéad O'Connor
• Tindersticks
• Boss Volenti
• Kíla
• Tartit
• Micah P. Hinson
• Juana Molina
• Large Mound
• One Day International
• Josh Ritter

• Sigur Ros
• Wilco
• The Roots
• Conor Oberst
• New Young Pony Club
• Lisa Hannigan
• Turin Brakes
• Faust
• Tobais Froberg
• That Petrol Emotion
• Hayseed Dixie
• Mark Geary
• The Yard Dogs
• Blitzen Trapper
• The Midnight Juggernauts
• Emmy The Great
• Adrian Crowley
• Candi Station
• Kormac & BSQ Band

• Underworld
• Christy Moore
• Goldfrapp
• Cansei de Ser Sexy
• Tinariwen
• Henry Rollins
• The Noisettes
• Cathy Davey
• Michael Franti & Spearhead
• Foals
• Hadouken!
• The Waterboys
• The Lionheart Brothers
• Dawn Landes
• Lou Rhodes
• Constantines
• Absentee
• Balanescu Quartet
• Dublin Gospel Choir
• Carbon/Silicon [42]

TheBandit

faust and silver apples a good you should check them out. Faust are a precursor to my bloody valentine/sonic youth and the like. "kraut" rock is what the papers like to call them, i always get a smile out of this. They do experimental stuff with guitars. Silver apples are a late 60's fun with oscillators electronic band. Check them out is what i say. Instead of bitchin' about the line-up discover the hidden jems

quarryman

tbh, for 250 euro I'd rather discover the "hidden gems" on my ipod.

With established bands I know what I'm going to get.

honru

I think it sucks how they have failed to build the momentum by not announcing more acts, which is quite odd considering the festival has failed to match last year's early sell out (which was late April, I recall).

Two months on since the first announcement and still no update.

quarryman

Do you not get the feeling that that's because there are no more big acts to announce?

I'm off to the official forums to see what the rumours are. (Is that an oxymoron?)

honru

quarryman wrote: »

Do you not get the feeling that that's because there are no more big acts to announce?

Could be... they did book Christy Moore after all.

quarryman

f®eak s©enery wrote: »

Could be... they did book Christy Moore after all.

Waxing the Gaza

If i remember correctly the chemical bros were announced very late last year, its gonna need another big act to boost the ticket sales ireckon, fingers crossed anyway....

Bazuki

TBH, if they don't get another big act such as Portishead or Flamming Lips they are fecked for this year.

I'm gonna reserve judgement until the final line-up comes out, but so far it's not worth the money I have spent on a ticket. Only around 10 acts so far I'm looking forward too, compared to the other festival which has 20 +

mattfender

Any idea when the tickets are being posted out?

gazzer

I have gone to EP every year since it began but I havnt bothered to get a ticket for this year yet. I know there is a great atmosphere there and there is so much more to do than just seeing the bands but I still cant justify spending all that money. Im going to hold off for another little while before I decide wheter to buy a ticket or not.

mru

Doyou know if they plan to release the detail of the additional acts on the official website or will it be broadcast in the papers first? Yeah - Ryan Adams would be class.

MikeHoncho

Bodytonic Line Up:

Diplo
Roni Size
Benga
Kerri Chandler
Modeselecktor
The Count and Sinden
Rob Hood
Steve G
Redshape
Fish Go Deep
Dj Spinna
Aron Jerome
Toddla T
Trus'me
Ass Quake Dj's
Lindstrom and Prins Thomas
Billy Scurry
Charles Webster
Christian Promer

Plus a few more.

Really excited about Modeselektor, Benga and Rob Hood. Redshape should be great too. Pretty impressive from the Bodytonic guys.

Rumours are still floating of a main line up announcement later.

spiderdan

I have to say yet again another major dissapointment with the Bodytonic Lineup- not a patch on last years- Yoda, Simian Mobile etc. I'm praying they get the finger out and announce some really quality additions, its badly needed- in comparrison to other Euro festivals of a similar prince range the EP lineup is a joke!

whiskeyman

Any more word on this?
Still waiting on a few more acts to really seal the deal.
Ryan Adams would be the icing on the cake for me.

quarryman

Ryan Adams is not going to be there, dream on guys.

Mushy

Santogold
Crystal Castles
Chromeo
Cut Copy
Digital Mystikz
Tiga
Hercules & Love Affair
Antibalas
Gomez
Gemma Hayes
Giveamanakick
Super Extra Bonus Party
The Black Lips
Carbon/Silicon
The Faint
The Presets
Digitalism
Antibalas
The Congos
The Herbaliser

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These were all added yesterday, that is all!

mru

Hercules & Love Affair
Good work picnic! :D

quarryman

Cut Copy and Gomez, cool!

Bacchus

Mushy wrote: »

Elbow
Hercules & Love Affair
Gomez
Giveamanakick
Digitalism
Cut Copy

Nice additions there in fairness. Not quite enough for me to part with my cash though. Is this the last of the additions or will there be more?

Can anyone recommend some other good bands from that list.

MikeHoncho

Bacchus wrote: »

Nice additions there in fairness. Not quite enough for me to part with my cash though. Is this the last of the additions or will there be more?

Can anyone recommend some other good bands from that list.

Yeah there will defo be more and there should be one more headline act to announce I think (im hoping for Weezer). Bands id recomend out of the additions that you didnt put down would be:

Santogold
Crystal Castles
Chromeo
Cut Copy
Digital Mystikz
Tiga
Super Extra Bonus Party
Carbon/Silicon
The Faint
The Presets
The Herbaliser

BurnsCarpenter

Pretty underwhelmed by those latest additions.
I think the Foggy Notions stage is going to be sorely missed this year.

Bacchus

MikeHoncho wrote: »

Bands id recomend out of the additions that you didnt put down would be:

Santogold
Crystal Castles
Chromeo
Cut Copy
Digital Mystikz
Tiga
Super Extra Bonus Party
Carbon/Silicon
The Faint
The Presets
The Herbaliser

You mean all of them?

Mushy

Haha, I'd seriously doubt Weezer will play, but be amazing if they did. The Gutter Twins have to be officially added to the list yet, and they'd be worth checking out(its Mark Lanegan, it wouldnt be anything less). From the latest additions, I'd say Digitalism could be very good, hopefully they are, do kinda like them.

super_furry

Think I'll try flog my tickets now, it's a shocking line-up and showing no signs of improving.

Crumble Froo

i dont know or care about 99% of the acts there... the important thing is... ELBOW ARE PLAYING AND MY MATE IS FLYING ME HOME FROM NZ SO I CAN SEE THEM LIVE.

how sweet is that... ****, can't wait. gonna be the greatest weekend ever.

silvine

+1 if you substitute Elbow for Grinderman

Crumble Froo

except **** grinderman cos elbow will be there...

only been to one festival before... rock am ring... and there, there's tents where you can meet the artists during certain times... anything like that at lectric picnic?

silvine

Yeah. The VIP tent. Good luck getting in.

Crumble Froo

even for elbow? c'mon, they're not even mentioned on the picnic lineup page!

and like i said... im flying from new zealand to ireland purely to see them live. i get a bit stubborn and determined on some issues... and elbow is one of those issues.

Toast

Elbow have their fair share of rabid fans in Ireland. You might get lucky and see them wandering around before or after their show. I saw Gary Numan watching The Frames from the back of the tent in 2006.

MikeHoncho

Crumble Froo wrote: »

except **** grinderman cos elbow will be there...

only been to one festival before... rock am ring... and there, there's tents where you can meet the artists during certain times... anything like that at lectric picnic?

Yeah Hotpress do a tent where you can go for Q&A's with certain bands at certain times and they generally do a bit of handshaking after.

Crumble Froo

muahahahaha... im getting so maniacally excited now just thinking about this as reality!

woo! but that tent does exist.. that's all i really needed to know (unless you have any more info as to how to spot these people... )..

Crumble Froo

MikeHoncho wrote: »

Yeah Hotpress do a tent where you can go for Q&A's with certain bands at certain times and they generally do a bit of handshaking after.

is there any way to actually find out about it, or do you just have to know? will it be advertised on a book you might get there going in, or anything like that, or will i really just have to have it all figured out before i get there... or just get lucky...?

kramerica

Oops, forgot about 'The One Whose Name Cannot Be Spoken' above there, forgive me...

MikeHoncho

Crumble Froo wrote: »

is there any way to actually find out about it, or do you just have to know? will it be advertised on a book you might get there going in, or anything like that, or will i really just have to have it all figured out before i get there... or just get lucky...?

Its treated like a stage. There is a timetable for it which will be online the day before the festival or if you buy an official timetable at the gig itself. Not every act does it though so dont blame me if Elbow are'nt doing it.

Crumble Froo

haha, cool. eep, the day before... not sure when im flying in exactly, but ill be morbidly jetlagged the day before.

mattfender

^^that name's familiar:pac:

Only thing i'm looking forward to in this festival is comfortable camping...

And sigor ros