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bodhrandude

grudgehugger wrote: »

FACT: Most of the bigger names still to be announced for EP are likely electronic music acts

FACT: Aphex Twin has new material coming out

THEREFORE: Mr. James will be the other headline news in the upcoming Radiohead announcement

Man I'd sh1t :eek: my pants if that happened

scruff monkey

Well, that's a rather sticky, warm, possibly moist and pungent image that none of us need.

Fatfrog

Really liking Wolf Alice at the moment, their 90's indie-rock sound really appeals to my inner teenager!!

Seen their set from Glastonbury last year thought they were just ok at the time, but really starting to grow on me.


https://youtu.be/8UAQN61YhV4

Fatfrog

If I remember correctly, the boards meet up didn't really happen last year due to (what felt like) the entire EP trying to see BBB in other voices. I've never seen the forest paths so jammed.


Edit:speaking of BBB where is Mince pie these days??

bodhrandude

Theres yer next headliner for the Picnic, Primal Scream, they had to pull out of Sea Sessions as Gillespie fell off the stage at a gig in Switzerland and injured himself. They cancelled all the rest of their gigs for June and won't start touring again till mid-August. :pac:

Fatfrog

bennyineire wrote: »

Haven't been at EP for 4 years, up until then I was a regular.
In the meantime I've become a craft beer wanker, was there any craft beer on sale there last year, I think I already know the answer

Errrr ya go.....

-=al=-

Fatfrog wrote: »

Errrr ya go.....

Heineken's finest! :pac:

At least they're trying...

Although, shaving off 16 ml of the mystery brew... Those monsters.

team_actimel

12 weeks to go! Hoping Aphex Twin will be added to the line-up

scruff monkey

bodhrandude wrote: »

they had to pull out of Sea Sessions as Gillespie fell off the stage at a gig in Switzerland and injured himself.

I assume that his rocks fell off?

scruff monkey

team_actimel wrote: »

12 weeks to go! Hoping Aphex Twin will be added to the line-up

84 sleeps.

Arne_Saknussem

Eco Campsite Loyalty Registration emails have been sent out for anyone that's been before and is looking to register in advance of the rush.

Forms need to be returned by this coming Tuesday.

threein99

Fatfrog wrote: »

Really liking Wolf Alice at the moment, their 90's indie-rock sound really appeals to my inner teenager!!

Seen their set from Glastonbury last year thought they were just ok at the time, but really starting to grow on me.


https://youtu.be/8UAQN61YhV4

Really good band

Seathrun66

Yet more grim reading. And plenty of rain predicted for Glasto. However, can we all just make a deal and agree that Stradbally will have an Indian Summer?

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/16/160610f.shtml

bodhrandude

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Yet more grim reading. And plenty of rain predicted for Glasto. However, can we all just make a deal and agree that Stradbally will have an Indian Summer?

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/16/160610f.shtml

Feck sake EP is over two months after that, yes there is some rain in the summer and autumn, but EP has a fairly good record of pretty decent weather although it can get cold at night.

Seathrun66

bodhrandude wrote: »

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Yet more grim reading. And plenty of rain predicted for Glasto. However, can we all just make a deal and agree that Stradbally will have an Indian Summer?

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/16/160610f.shtml

Feck sake EP is over two months after that, yes there is some rain in the summer and autumn, but EP has a fairly good record of pretty decent weather although it can get cold at night.

Wasn't that my point?

bodhrandude

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Wasn't that my point?

Yeah just realised now doh!

OhHiMark

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Wasn't that my point?

What was the point in saying it at all?

Seathrun66

OhHiMark wrote: »

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Wasn't that my point?

What was the point in saying it at all?

Spreading optimism and good vibes man. Other fests may struggle, but we'll be ok at EP.

bodhrandude

I don't think Aphex Twin will be in this line up, he hasn't toured since 2012 and there seems to be no rumblings from Warp, Rephlex or any of the Aphex Twin forums about him playing a set of gigs although he has released an album and three eps.. Around the time Syro was released he did express an interest in playing live proper with his synthesizers and Weirdcore on the visuals, he was interested in doing an installation show where he would be in a booth at the back or the middle of the venue. I think it was the Oor interview from 2014 he mentioned this.

bodhrandude

I was tickling the Electric Picnic thread there with my cursor, did anyone feel it. :D:D

Mince Pie

Fatfrog wrote: »

If I remember correctly, the boards meet up didn't really happen last year due to (what felt like) the entire EP trying to see BBB in other voices. I've never seen the forest paths so jammed.


Edit:speaking of BBB where is Mince pie these days??

Hello! Still lurking but not posting as much cos cant doss in work like I used to with new position and all. Also plenty of Glastobating at the moment. Once thats over I will be in full EP mode.

I think we should try again for the meet up but wait for line up for the Friday so we're not massively clashing with something like BBB.

bodhrandude

Mince Pie wrote: »

Hello! Still lurking but not posting as much cos cant doss in work like I used to with new position and all. Also plenty of Glastobating at the moment. Once thats over I will be in full EP mode.

I think we should try again for the meet up but wait for line up for the Friday so we're not massively clashing with something like BBB.

Maybe some of us should pm some mobile numbers this time, I've Pablo's number as I was texting him the tent colours in the arena when I was working pre festival so he could put the arena map together. That way we are guaranteed to be able to keep in touch. Have met a few boardsies before, Ferris being one.

Mince Pie

Fatfrog wrote: »

If I remember correctly, the boards meet up didn't really happen last year due to (what felt like) the entire EP trying to see BBB in other voices. I've never seen the forest paths so jammed.


Edit:speaking of BBB where is Mince pie these days??

bodhrandude wrote: »

Maybe some of us should pm some mobile numbers this time, I've Pablo's number as I was texting him the tent colours in the arena when I was working pre festival so he could put the arena map together. That way we are guaranteed to be able to keep in touch. Have met a few boardsies before, Ferris being one.

Whatsapp group??

bodhrandude

Mince Pie wrote: »

Whatsapp group??

Thats an idea now.

Seathrun66

For the last main announcement let's hope we're spared The Avalanches. Caught them at Field Day at the weekend and they utterly butchered their legacy. Just the two guys (or their cousins? or neighbours) pressing the play button on what seemed to be their second rate world music collection. Bits of salsa, bits of East African drumming, some NuYorican soul and clips of the first album. The mixing was indescribably poor. I'd heard bad reports from Primavera but didn't expect this to be my 2016 lowpoint. No stage show to speak off. Is that too much to expect from guys who effectively twiddle their thumbs for an hour? Jon Hopkins truly set the bar high last year.
They cut Frontier Psychiatrist off halfway through and didn't really seem to know what they were doing. Kinda like a piggy-handed version of your local pub DJ. If you live in Leitrim. One to avoid.


Blossoms on the other hand killed it.

MJohnston

Yeah heard many bad reports of their Field Day show. They need to bring back Dexter.

Tago Mago

Seathrun66 wrote: »

For the last main announcement let's hope we're spared The Avalanches. Caught them at Field Day at the weekend and they utterly butchered their legacy. Just the two guys (or their cousins? or neighbours) pressing the play button on what seemed to be their second rate world music collection. Bits of salsa, bits of East African drumming, some NuYorican soul and clips of the first album. The mixing was indescribably poor. I'd heard bad reports from Primavera but didn't expect this to be my 2016 lowpoint. No stage show to speak off. Is that too much to expect from guys who effectively twiddle their thumbs for an hour? Jon Hopkins truly set the bar high last year.
They cut Frontier Psychiatrist off halfway through and didn't really seem to know what they were doing. Kinda like a piggy-handed version of your local pub DJ. If you live in Leitrim. One to avoid.


Blossoms on the other hand are worth a look in Stradbally.

Crushed :-/

Seathrun66

Tago Mago wrote: »

Seathrun66 wrote: »

For the last main announcement let's hope we're spared The Avalanches. Caught them at Field Day at the weekend and they utterly butchered their legacy. Just the two guys (or their cousins? or neighbours) pressing the play button on what seemed to be their second rate world music collection. Bits of salsa, bits of East African drumming, some NuYorican soul and clips of the first album. The mixing was indescribably poor. I'd heard bad reports from Primavera but didn't expect this to be my 2016 lowpoint. No stage show to speak off. Is that too much to expect from guys who effectively twiddle their thumbs for an hour? Jon Hopkins truly set the bar high last year.
They cut Frontier Psychiatrist off halfway through and didn't really seem to know what they were doing. Kinda like a piggy-handed version of your local pub DJ. If you live in Leitrim. One to avoid.


Blossoms on the other hand are worth a look in Stradbally.

Crushed :-/

If they turn up in Stradbally and you have twelve pints in you it may be the set of your life. All about perspective. And sobriety.

Tago Mago

Seathrun66 wrote: »

If they turn up in Stradbally and you have twelve pints in you it may be the set of your life. All about perspective. And sobriety.

I'll aim to be suitably debauched should it come to pass....

Thundercats Ho

So, today's the day Radiohead are announced?