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declanleo wrote: »

I always pitch my tent around 5 in joplin

room_149 wrote: »

I like the Chemical Brothers, have seen them at least 20 times live in their various guises (the Bust Brothers etc) since the early 90s but have never been impressed with their live PA.
Great tunes without a doubt, but the lazer/ Fancy graphics show and Tom & Ed standing po-faced behind the consoles is a bit samey, lifeless & stale compared to some of their 'Mainstage Heritage' UK Electronic contemporaries- ie Leftfield, Underworld, Orbital, and even the likes of Faithless, bloody Basement Jaxx & the Prodigy all have more presence live IMHO

Their DJ sets have always been excellent on the other hand- I've piles of their 90s mixtapes lying around my Ma's house somewhere that need uploading to Soundcloud or whatever its called.
Pity they never got a some of their colab vocalists or MC's involved in the live sets.

Have a read of this from their techie
http://www.soundonsound.com/people/matt-cox-midi-tech-chemical-brothers

(definitely upload those old mixtapes btw!)

Since people are putting up their recommendations and go-to acts, here's a few of mine aside from the immediately obvious ones (headliners) :

ROCK/INDIE/PUNK/ALTERNATIVE

The Shins
Broken Social Scene
Overhead, The Albratross
Savages
Fangclub
Bat For Lashes

ELECTRONIC & HIP HOP

Nas (obviously)
Rusangano Family
King Kong Company
John Talabot
Todd Terje
Mount Kimbie
Tobi Kaar

FOLK/ACOUSTIC

Lynched (a must see live!)
Saint Sister
Dr Strangely Strange
Phosphorescent
Kevin Morby
John Coneely Inc. (A plug for this local Galway hero. A big band of cracking musicians playing chilled out swing jazz, jazz blues and a great vocalist)

Prob plenty I've left out but there's a few I'll be trying to catch alongside LCD, SFA etc. Also that's a realistic breakdown of what I'll hopefully see. No point trying to catch EVERYONE you'd be interested as it never happens, haha!

leakyboots wrote: »

Have a read of this from their techie
http://www.soundonsound.com/people/matt-cox-midi-tech-chemical-brothers

what a brilliant article, and to think some people say they just turn up and press a button

edit: sorry, that should be 'push' the button shouldn't it?

My list so far, don't know many all that well but have been listening on spotify - i'm into more chart music than most here would seem. i always have a big list but end up in casa bacardi all fri night and spend a bit of time in heineken sound atlas too - chemical bros will prob change that on the fri this year.

Noel Gallagher
Chemical Bros
LCD Soundsystem
The 1975
Nas
Kano
Skepta
Gorgon City
Years & Years
Joey Bada$$
Little Simz
DJ EZ
Mother DJs
The Blizzards
The Strypes
A-Skillz
NAO
Mura Masa
Jack Garatt
Daft as Punk
Le Freak
Smash Hits

Just had a look at Accuweather...doesn't look like we'll need the sunglasses anyway :mad: I'm hoping it's too far out still to be right!:D

SmallBalls wrote: »

MIRMIR82 wrote: »

Just had a look at Accuweather...doesn't look like we'll need the sunglasses anyway :mad: I'm hoping it's too far out still to be right!:D

It's changed for the worse alright

Yeah changed from exactly the opposite when i checked this morning. Absolutely no point in checking that until Next Monday. And even at that.... pack prepared ;-)

as I've learned from the several hundred page Glastonbury weather thread on efestivals; accuweather don't have a clue, yr.no don't have a clue, basically none of the weather sites with animated graphics of sun/rain have a clue and constantly change and contradict each other, and trying to predict more than 3 days in advance is often a complete waste of time!

MIRMIR82 wrote: »

Just had a look at Accuweather...doesn't look like we'll need the sunglasses anyway :mad: I'm hoping it's too far out still to be right!:D

No point in torturing yourself.. we were supposed to have a heatwave for it last year, and while it was dry, it was pretty chilly! Monday will be the first accurate prediction.

Keep an eye on MT's forecasts in the Weather forum, probably the most realistic forecasts I've seen:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055579971&page=105

Here's the current forecast for the relevant timeframe:

A dry start to next week with a vigorous frontal passage expected mid-week, most likely Tuesday night in Ireland and Wednesday in Britain, gusty winds and thunderstorms possible. Highs Monday and Tuesday in the low 20s. A slight drop in temperature will accompany the front but it should warm up fairly fast again towards the end of the week.

By next Monday/Tuesday we'll have a much better idea of what the weather will be like.

There's also an EP Weather thread in that forum: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057632748

everlast75 wrote: »

any hints or tips on backpacks or trolleys?

need new ones of both this year. The trolley needs to have big ass wheels and smaller uns get stuck in the mud

maplin have foldable ones. check em online. I have their older model. the newer ones might not be as sturdy though

MadYaker wrote: »

I just saw EP replying to someone on Facebook saying that they'll be releasing times for the main stages from Monday onwards which is earlier than last year I think?

Yep, stage times released on Monday, nice one!