Electric Picnic 2017 **Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales**

Poorside

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Salty Dog is definitely my favourite thing in the woods. Girl Band there a few years ago was incredible.

Other Voices is a nice idea but it's usually too packed to see anything 'cos it's tiny. Booka Brass Band there a few years back was good but there was more people outside the church than in it.

Trenchtown is a cool vibe but not my kind of music at all so I don't usually spend much time there.

Those Charming men were brilliant at the Salty Dog last year, great start to the weekend.
Got very lucky and saw Hozier in OV.

Stillill42

Poorside wrote: »

Those Charming men were brilliant at the Salty Dog last year, great start to the weekend.
Got very lucky and saw Hozier in OV.

Yep, These Charming Men were the ideal first act. Saw them again at the weekend in the Opium Rooms, fantastic stuff. They should be regulars in Stradbally. I had my first look at Other Voices last year, Julia Jacklin and Margaret Glaspy, both brilliant. I'll definitely be having a look at what this latest batch have to offer.

Seathrun66

team_actimel wrote: »

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Trenchtown couldn't have been more chilled, few marleys and cocktails sitting by the beach in the sun after a hard days night.
Trailer park found very good...always seemed to be some kind of messing going on....New Years Eve party and the like..

Trenchtown and Salty Dog are great areas with good music and an interesting crowd.

Not bothered with Other Voices and the lineup just went over my head.

Karl Blau was excellent there last year, nice venue also. Missed Julia Jacklin but she may be back in the main arena this year as she's playing End of the Road. Only hassle was the delay getting through security on the way back in so not ideal unless you're heading there for a couple of acts or to Salty/Trenchtown/Hazel Wood also.

I also have to confess to drawing a blank on the OVs acts this year.

Stillill42

Jafari and Soulé both look great at first glance. Hare Squead last year, things looking good for young Irish hip-hop. Not really my usual thing but EP brings out the experimentalist in me.

Furious-Red

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Smash hits playing electric Ireland tent...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yo-gWJBXbY

Have they been announced for this year?

showpony1

Does anyone know if pink moon put more tents on sale nearer the time? I went there last 3 years and couldn't go to the festival in normal camping again. Alternatively if anyone here is trying to sell a 2 man pink moon tent/tipi please let me know

scruff monkey

showpony1 wrote: »

Does anyone know if pink moon put more tents on sale nearer the time? I went there last 3 years and couldn't go to the festival in normal camping again. Alternatively if anyone here is trying to sell a 2 man pink moon tent/tipi please let me know

I really don't think so, they've got a limited space and it's not worth their while fcuking about like that. Keep checking their site though as there could be cancellations and defo in the run up there'll be people who put down deposits and never paid off the balance.

drunkmonkey

Furious-Red wrote: »

Have they been announced for this year?

No I just wanted an excuse to play freed from desire.

bodhrandude

Furious-Red wrote: »

Have they been announced for this year?

They played the Throwback Electric Ireland tent last year they opened for their idols SNAP, I wasn't there just heard, was probably at main stage or EA, one of these places.

bodhrandude

So who do you think is gonna get announced next, maybe not Aphex Twin but maybe The Tuss, Polygon Window, Pac Man or Bradley Strider will get announced :D:D

Poorside

bodhrandude wrote: »

So who do you think is gonna get announced next, maybe not Aphex Twin but maybe The Tuss, Polygon Window, Pac Man or Bradley Strider will get announced :D:D

I'm holding out for Bowie and the Clash, anything else will be a disaster.

Ferris_Bueller

bodhrandude wrote: »

So who do you think is gonna get announced next, maybe not Aphex Twin but maybe The Tuss, Polygon Window, Pac Man or Bradley Strider will get announced :D:D

Very hard to predict, was full of guesses for the first announcement and got most of them completely wrong so who knows! We will hopefully get a few EA headliners and late evening main stage acts.

This is who we got for the last two years, if we got similar standard announcements I think most would be happy:

2016
Noel Gallaghers HFB The 1975 Nas
The Shins Bat for Lashes Catfish & Bottlemen Local Narives Joey Badass
Editors John Talabot Toots & the Maytals DJ EZ Mura Masa
Kano Kevin Morby **** Robot Jessy Lanza Little Simz
Whitney Frankie Cosmos Lemaitre Pumarosa

2015
Blur Sam Smith Grace Jones
FKA Twigs Interpol Despacio Paul Kalkbrenner Yasiin Bey Mac Demarco
Printer Clips MK Julio Bashmore Gavin James Riptide Movement The 2 Bears
Benjamin Clemantine Dawes Soak Viet Cong
Fat White Family Honne Fickle Friends Kwamie Liv

Seathrun66

bodhrandude wrote: »

So who do you think is gonna get announced next, maybe not Aphex Twin but maybe The Tuss, Polygon Window, Pac Man or Bradley Strider will get announced :D:D

Confirmation of Phoenix and a few strong possibilities - Two Door Cinema Club, Mary Chain, PJ Harvey, Libertines, Slowdive, Moonlandingz, Lemon Twigs, Mac DeMarco, Let's Eat Grandma, Beak>, Buzzcocks, Sunflower Bean and Ash. Could still be a surprise top tier act but I'd not wager on it.

Fatfrog

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Smash hits playing electric Ireland tent...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yo-gWJBXbY

Fark Smash hits naff!! You'll have slightly closer to the real deal with Pete Tong and the Orchestra!! Blow Jenny Greene out of the water!!

Fatfrog

New material from LCD,


http://www.newstalk.com/LCD-Soundsystem-releasing-new-music-at-midnight

MadYaker

Yeah it's on Spotify now.

drunkmonkey

Seen as there's some UK grime already, what's the chance of Dizzee Rascal..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISy0Hl0SBfg

PabloAndRoy

Totally off topic, but I heard a smashing track form a band I had not heard of before on Marc Riley's show t'other night.

Snapped Ankles - I Want my Minutes Back

Apparently bizarrely brilliant live also. http://quaysnews.net/index.php/2017/05/02/review-sftoc17-snapped-ankles/

This would make a great Little Big Tent Act I reckon.

Rfrip

Ah ffs... bonobo added to body and soul. Gutted!!

Poorside

London Grammar and Future Islands on Jools Holland tonight.
And a highlight of EP for me from a few year back, Benjamin Booker is on Later live next Tuesday.

scruff monkey

Poorside wrote: »

And a highlight of EP for me from a few year back, Benjamin Booker is on Later live next Tuesday.

He was ****ing excellent in 2014, i'd only heard of him through an article on another festival which listed him at the time as one of the must see acts.

Was up front at the railing for it, crackin set, album was bought on the Monday morning.

PabloAndRoy

Poorside wrote: »

London Grammar and Future Islands on Jools Holland tonight.
And a highlight of EP for me from a few year back, Benjamin Booker is on Later live next Tuesday.

Outstanding stuff from London Grammar.

The two guys sax and drums (Binker and Moses) were also amazing, what a drummer. Blondie were not so good IMO. Still a great episode.

Furious-Red

Poorside wrote: »

London Grammar and Future Islands on Jools Holland tonight.
And a highlight of EP for me from a few year back, Benjamin Booker is on Later live next Tuesday.

I remember someone on this recommended Benjamin Booker and i was glad i seen him so much energy and great set

room_149

I'd love to see Black Grape added in June
New album out in the summer.

Slobberdawn

Furious-Red wrote: »

I remember someone on this recommended Benjamin Booker and i was glad i seen him so much energy and great set

And let's not forget his jumping into the crowd, out the side of the tent, over the barrier and back onto the stage. Rock and ****ing roll.

Charlie

Would it be outragous to suggest that Francis & The Lights is one of the bigger names that appear in the next announcement?

Rfrip

Charlie wrote: »

Would it be outragous to suggest that Francis & The Lights is one of the bigger names that appear in the next announcement?

I was waiting for him to be announced for the Monday of forbidden fruit but doesn't seem likely at this late stage.Would love to see him!

Charlie

Rfrip wrote: »

I was waiting for him to be announced for the Monday of forbidden fruit but doesn't seem likely at this late stage.Would love to see him!

With it being Bon Iver curated, I was certain he would be added to FF. His absence on that lineup is one of the (small) things that has me speculating (hoping) that he's Picnic bound.

Walter E GO

room_149 wrote: »

I'd love to see Black Grape added in June
New album out in the summer.

First release off it, is a wee funky belter.
NSFW.

Rfrip

Really liking perfume genius. Didn't like him on the first few listens but he's really grown on me