Here we are again, the week before Electric Picnic. I’ve been listening to lots of EP music and here is my spotify playlist of who I will be catching at this years festival… Battles, Fat White Family, Girl Band, Low, Interpol, Ride…
Some super gigs over the last few months and over the next 2 months..
Highly recommend all of these…
The Undertones, Girl Band, Afghan Whigs, Interpol, Royal Blood, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Iceage, Viet Cong, Fucked Up, Swans, The Bronx, Patti Smith, Spiritualized, Television, Antemasque
15 Songs from The Undertones, Girl Band, Afghan Whigs, Interpol, Royal Blood, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Iceage, Viet Cong, Fucked Up, Swans, The Bronx, Patti Smith, Spiritualized, Television, and Antemasque
My thoughts on Electric Picnic 2014
Friday: THE STRYPES, BLONDIE, FOALS, GIRL BAND, PET SHOP BOYS
Saturday: THE STRANGLERS, BENJAMIN BOOKER, THE ORWELLS, TEMPLES, MELTYBRAINS?, METRONOMY, THE BLADES, OMAR SOULEYMAN, PORTISHEAD, CHIC FEAT NILE RODGERS
Sunday: THE WHEREABOUTS, THE DISTRICTS, SINEAD O’CONNOR, STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, SIMPLE MINDS, ST.VINCENT, BECK, THE HORRORS, MOGWAI, SLOWDIVE, WHITE DENIM, NENEH CHERRY, DRENGE, WOLF ALICE, VAULTS
I like this festival. Only been there twice, but it has enough music to keep me interested…
Here are my highlights..
John Grant, Gary Numan, Buraka Som Sistema, Tom Vek, Jape, September Girls, Ballet School, Caribou
Love Supreme 04 – 06 July 2014 The lineup included Earth, Wind & Fire, De La Soul, Incognito, Laura Mvula, Imelda May, Courtney Pine, Gregory Porter, Curtis Stigers, Alice Russell, Snarky Puppy and many more. It’s definitely an older audience, and more relaxed than most festivals I’ve been at. It’s good to check out different …
I’ve managed to finish my Top 50 Albums of 2014 list. That was a lot of albums to check out. And to be fair, it was difficult to give each one a fair spin. So it is possible I missed a few.. So, these are the top 5 albums 1. Protomartyr – Under Color of …
A selection of impressive new bands I’ve just discovered.. Le Rug – LoFi Strange Pop Weirdness. Dead Stars – Country Indie Fuzzy 90s Rock The Coathangers – Combative Punk Rock Girls Post Child – Uptempo Indie Noise Rock Check out the latest NerveMixes from the bands listed above
I came across some more bands that are worth checking out. Protomartyr – Melodic Intense Unrelenting Verma – Fuzzy Psych Krautrock White Reaper – Punk Rock and Raw Bane – Full Blooded Hardcore Check out the latest NerveMixes from the bands listed above
These are some bands I’m checking out now… Fuzzy guitars sound great… VLMA – Garage Punk Grunge 100% analog from a basement studio [Ellicot City, Maryland, USA] Bluffing – Fuzzy Noisy Jangly Guitar Pop [Brooklyn, New York] Happy Diving – Brash Fuzzy Noisy Slacker Rock direct from the garage Purling Hiss – Lo-fi underground rock …
