All Together Now 2024

Very sorry for your loss. I was heading myself but caught whooping cough the week before. My sister passed away last year and was a huge fan of the national and gorgon city and sent me a lot of their songs in the months before she passed. I can imagine you had some moments. Very happy you went and enjoyed.

I'd take Slayer!!

Folks, a question. Anyone know Beach Fossils? So, I'd checked them out beforehand. They sounded ok - slightly jangly, guitar-pop. Nearly didn't go see them, but so glad I did! I wondered was I listening to the same band! They were severely 'rocked up' live! There were 3 guitars. They made a helluva lot of good noise. It is almost as if their album stuff is very sanitised. Live was awesome! Might of course also have been fuelled by Guinness (they played at Lovely Days stage, & the black stuff seemed to flow freely for the artists!) as well as sleep deprivation (they'd had a tough journey to get there, they said).

So, I'm listening back to them again, now, and still wondering if it is the same band! For example, there's a 2017 album called Somersault, with a song called Saint Ivy. There's a darned flute playing, for God's sake!

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In fact, they sound a bit like Pond!!

Same band. I've never seen them live simply because they were too lightweight, poppy and jangly for me on record. Nowt wrong with flutes btw; Spiritualized, Bardo Pond, early Mercury Rev, Ozric Tentacles and a plethora of Funk all utilise the ol' flute to fine effect!

Was a bloody brilliant weekend, so happy I went with this and dropped EP this year. Hak Baker was my absolute highlight closely followed by a toddler in his dad's shoulders giving it absolute socks to Kabin Krew. Also there was a girl in Hidden sounds on Friday night that sang The parting glass in Irish, mesmeric.

Met loads of sound people and didn't see 1 bit of trouble, only gripe was the security around entrance was a bit lax, could have just bought a campervan ticket and still make it into the main area on Friday, bit better on Saturday.

here wishing it was this time last week

Can’t ask for much more from a festival.

They were at Carl Cox in Kildare looking at Carls instagram so they might of wanted to finish early to see his set

yep this is it completely ! There’s no harm in having them on in the afternoon! We’re not asking for them as headliners!

Jaysus, Fanirish. The notion that ATN is too good for tribute acts. What a load of cobblers. God knows EP has got a lot wrong over the last few years but as Rfrip and Optogirl have said, those sunny mornings at Trailerpark in front of the Beach Boys guys or Harvest Moon, the mass singalongs at the Salty Dog for the Roadhouse Doors or TCM are among my absolute happiest festival memories. Tacky my hole.

Yes ravers are more acceptable than you crusty f*ckers.

(Yeeeeooo :D)