Electric Picnic 2012

ghostdancer

LostinKildare wrote: »

Good luck, Furious Red

When do they announce the line up for EP's Body and Soul stages?

last year it was 2 and a half weeks before the festival.
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2011/08/16/electric-picnic-body-soul-line-up/

flyswatter

keith_d99 wrote: »

Just heard Chic on radio mentioning their electric picnic gig a couple of years ago .... and how much they loved it. The electric arena was going nuts by the end of it - atmosphere was amazing.

Strange that they have not been booked since.

What show and station was that on?

keith_d99

flyswatter wrote: »

What show and station was that on?

Ray Darcy

Varied

Don't think I'll bother with the picnic this year. Honestly the only ones I would go to see would be Orbital. Booked three days in Amsterdam instead . Enjoy!

ghostdancer

EP just started following Rustie and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs on twitter, and both have holding pages on the EP site so expect them to be announced at some stage.

http://electricpicnic.ie/totallyenormousextinctdinosaurs
http://electricpicnic.ie/rustie

red face dave

Also
http://electricpicnic.ie/arcadia

Mountainlad

When do they give the timetable breakdown of what bands are playing at what times on what days?

ghostdancer

Mountainlad wrote: »

When do they give the timetable breakdown of what bands are playing at what times on what days?

usually 4 or 5 days before the festival.

sadie06

Just a couple of questions regarding the family campsite. Is it big? What time would you advise getting there on the Friday to get a good pitch? I was going to send my son in to school for a couple of hours, but would consider letting him take the day off if we would be at a disadvantage arriving in the afternoon.

Also, any general tips for those with young children are welcome. We are experienced festival goers (never the picnic though) without kids, and experienced campers with kids, but haven't combined the two before.


My son is 8 and we haven't told him we are going yet! I'm almost jealous of him!

cudsy1

for those that care, in terms of possible sunday acts and the buying of a sunday only day ticket, as mentioned before the cure have on their official site that they are playing saturday, and grandaddy seem to be playing the friday, definitely not the sunday anyways

http://grandaddymusic.com/its-all-true-new-grandaddy-tour-dates/

couldnt find anything relevant for the roots, roots manuva or squarepusher...

Thundercats Ho

cudsy1 wrote: »

for those that care, in terms of possible sunday acts and the buying of a sunday only day ticket, as mentioned before the cure have on their official site that they are playing saturday, and grandaddy seem to be playing the friday, definitely not the sunday anyways

http://grandaddymusic.com/its-all-true-new-grandaddy-tour-dates/

couldnt find anything relevant for the roots, roots manuva or squarepusher...

Taken from the EP forum
http://forum.electricpicnic.ie/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19946

Friday

Sigur Ros
The XX
The Horrors
The Maccabees
Grandaddy
Metronomy
Azealia Banks
Alabama Shakes
Roots Manuva
Christy Moore
The Jezabels

Saturday

Orbital
The Cure
Patti Smith
Cranes
Richard Hawley
Villagers
Michael Kiwanuka
In Tua Nua
Grimes
Bell X1

Sunday

The Killers
Elbow
Hot Chip
Bombay Bicycle Club
Bat For Lashes
Lanterns On The Lake
Crystal Castles
Dublin Gospel Choir

Edit:
Squarepusher playing Sunday
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/06/squarepusher_ad_1.html

The Nal

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Taken from the EP forum

Saturday is pretty sweet.

Thundercats Ho

The Nal wrote: »

Saturday is pretty sweet.

Sure is. Can't wait for Hawley

audreykerr

To add to that these have been confirmed for Pure Savage's take-over of the oxfam tent on the Sunday:

Axis Of
Bomb City 7
Fighting With Wire
LaFaro
Master and Dog
Mojo Fury
rams' pocket radio

Haven't listen to much of Bomb City 7, but the rest are great. All NI bands.

ghostdancer

Little Big Tent:

Little Big Tent additions are: James Murphy; The Juan MacLean; Pat Mahoney; Caribou VS. Four Tet (Official) (B2B Set); Rustie; Hudson Mohawke; Junior Boys; Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs; Bassnectar; John Talabot; catz n dogz; Amine Edge; DJ W!LD; MMoths; Le Galaxie; Not Squares; Ships; White Collar Boy; Subaltern; Orquesta; Lil Dave; T3 + Hidden Agenda DJs + more TBA

run_Forrest_run

good to see some electronic acts added, Junior Boys in particular.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

ghostdancer wrote: »

Little Big Tent:

So the Little Big Tent is dance so that'll all be DJ sets, correct??

So Junior Boys will most likely be just a fckuking DJ set. ffs. This is getting worse by the day.

Jello

georgiecasey wrote: »

So the Little Big Tent is dance so that'll all be DJ sets, correct??

So Junior Boys will most likely be just a fckuking DJ set. ffs. This is getting worse by the day.

Doesn't necessarily mean it'll be a DJ set, Laurent Garnier played in there with his full band along with other live acts I'm sure.

Have to say I'm quite underwhelmed with the Little Big Tent lineup. Really looking forward to Four Tet/Caribou/Jamie xx and I'll go see Hudson Mohawke and maybe John Talabot and Catz n Dogz, disappointed otherwise, was expecting way more house/techno.

ghostdancer

Jello wrote: »

Doesn't necessarily mean it'll be a DJ set, Laurent Garnier played in there with his full band along with other live acts I'm sure.

yep, several acts last year were live (even though the only one that explicitly says it here is Sh1t Robot):
http://www.state.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EP2011.pdf

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

georgiecasey wrote: »

So the Little Big Tent is dance so that'll all be DJ sets, correct??

So Junior Boys will most likely be just a fckuking DJ set. ffs. This is getting worse by the day.

Asked them on Twitter, it's live. Nice one.

http://twitter.com/Juniorboys/status/228149083238457345

red face dave

ghostdancer wrote: »

Little Big Tent:

Its okay of a line up. Looking forward to Caribou and some TEED.

Really looking forward to Le Galaxie one of the best live Irish act's I have seen in a long time.

Need to do some homework on some of them

sporina

keith_d99 wrote: »

Just heard Chic on radio mentioning their electric picnic gig a couple of years ago .... and how much they loved it. The electric arena was going nuts by the end of it - atmosphere was amazing.

Strange that they have not been booked since.

Chic are playing Lis Ard in West Cork on the August Bank Holiday weekend.

lc180

red face dave wrote: »

Its okay of a line up. Looking forward to Caribou and some TEED.

Really looking forward to Le Galaxie one of the best live Irish act's I have seen in a long time.

Need to do some homework on some of them

Le Galaxie announced on Twitter they are playing at 2am(no specific day mentioned).
At least at that time slot we don't have to worry about them clashing with any headliners!

Great band live

ghostdancer

lc180 wrote: »

Le Galaxie announced on Twitter they are playing at 2am(no specific day mentioned).
At least at that time slot we don't have to worry about them clashing with any headliners!

Great band live

i read somewhere else (can't remember where) that they're on directly after Caribou/FourTet/JamieXX, who are down to play on the Saturday:
http://www.pitchandsmith.com/artists#caribou

ghostdancer

red face dave wrote: »

Its okay of a line up. Looking forward to Caribou and some TEED.

Really looking forward to Le Galaxie one of the best live Irish act's I have seen in a long time.

Need to do some homework on some of them

not sure if you missed it, but it's not really Caribou playing, it will be Dan DJing with Four Tet and (supposedly) Jamie xx. might get a few Caribou/Daphni tunes thrown in, but most of it won't be.

Captain Darling

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Sure is. Can't wait for Hawley

Neither can i. It'll be my fifth time seeing him. He's playing in Galway again in December. Hitting that too.

He's amazing, i have to say.

Jello

ghostdancer wrote: »

..after Caribou/FourTet/JamieXX, who are down to play on the Saturday:
http://www.pitchandsmith.com/artists#caribou

Looks like Orbital and Four Tet/Caribou/Jamie xx could be clashing so

red face dave

ghostdancer wrote: »

not sure if you missed it, but it's not really Caribou playing, it will be Dan DJing with Four Tet and (supposedly) Jamie xx. might get a few Caribou/Daphni tunes thrown in, but most of it won't be.

I noticed it alright just was to lazy to type it all.:):). Hard to see Jamie xx playing surely he would have got a mention not unless he will be a surprise guest. Would be much better if he played a set on his own

audreykerr

Kimbra is down on her site as playing on the Saturday

grudgehugger

Anyone know if the line-up as currently announced includes acts for the Body and Soul area or are they all still to come in one big announcement a la the Little Big Tent?