Longitude 2015

Shedite27 · 19-07-2015 9:12am

gandalfio wrote: »

Rumours abound that the queue to get into the venue yesterday was monstrous. Any truth behind this and what time was that at?

Big queue about 3.30 anyway, probably 30mns to get through the pat downs

Gran Hermano · 19-07-2015 9:47am

Serious rain overnight in the area. Reckon it'll be more than a tad muddy today.

bodhrandude · 19-07-2015 10:35am

I see Thom Yorke came out and guested with Portishead at Latitude last night.

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Furious-Red · 19-07-2015 11:41am

Ed Sheeran showed up on the Other Voices stage at Lattitude with 2 of the lads from Snow Patrol

Muir · 19-07-2015 12:01pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

Ed Sheeran showed up on the Other Voices stage at Lattitude with 2 of the lads from Snow Patrol

That was last night, he also played in the iArena at it on Friday.

Sheeeeit · 19-07-2015 1:28pm

Heading into this later today. Looking forward to the Chemical Brothers tonight.
Anyone know the story with the shuttle bus coming home? Will there be loads waiting at the end?
Or would it be wise to leave a few mins early?

BullBlackNova · 19-07-2015 4:07pm

Hope everyone is having a good day. Was there yesterday afternoon myself, very mixed experience. Would take a really great line-up to tempt me back next year and even then...

Alt-J smashed it I thought. Really good and the crowd around me were reeeeally into it which was great.

But, the sound was dreadful for everyone else. The vocals for Caribou and Glass Animals were completely lost I thought. Jungle sounded fine, but have no one lead singer so maybe that helps, while Le Galaxie sounded fine but a lot of it was pre-recorded so wasn't reliant on the set up on the day. Was very disappointing in that regard.

Also, the crowd was fuuull of teenagers who had way too much to drink. One guy who insisted on trying to sit on the shoulders of anyone sitting in the grass, few others who couldn't even stand up - I get the variance in the make-up of the crowd and the drinking, etc. but there seemed to be no security presence in the arena area to stop people acting the dick.

**** me, though, Pieminister never fails to deliver. Mmmm. Could go back for another right now...

And, where do Heineken think they're going with their €6 pints of Heineken and €6.50 pints of Tiger!? Think next time I'll try smuggle in some cans, though I'd probably get them drank in the queue which took about 30 minutes!!

Enjoyed the day on the whole - weather was great until Alt-J and even then the rain was light so didn't bother me at all - but I wouldn't rush back. Im not a Chemical Brothers fan so no ticket for today, but if yday had gone really well I might've been tempted for a few hours in the afternoon but I didn't fancy €60 to not hear Everything Everything or James Blake properly!!

Easy Rod · 19-07-2015 4:20pm

Pretty enjoyable day all round yesterday. Only act that I couldn't get into was Gengahr, the album didn't seem to translate to a live setting for me. I only caught the last song from slaves which I'm annoyed at, a mate was on the speakeasy followed by a brass band so I got distracted!

Agree on the scutty Young wans falling about the place, they seemed to congregate around the rbma stage though so I managed to give them a wide berth. Looked grim over there!

cian68 · 19-07-2015 4:25pm

I had a lovely time at the rbma stage.

Shedite27 · 19-07-2015 7:58pm

It's a very young gig unfortunately. Has potential to be a lovely festival where ya get to see up and coming bands, but being in South County Dublin it's too easy to be bigly out for drinkers. Let to a very strange crowd.

I enjoyed it regardless. Went Friday and Saturday. Highlights from what I saw were Catfish and the Battlement, Benjamin Booker and Jungle. Didn't really get Caribou/Alt-J myself, seemed a strange one for headliners.

The setup was lovely, the Heineken Sound Atlas was a lovely spot, and the Bacardi Bar was a nice spot between acts (although far too long to get drinks).

bodhrandude · 19-07-2015 8:42pm

I reckon its too late to jump on a Galway - Dublin bus to catch the Chemical Brothers set now I'd say.

bodhrandude · 20-07-2015 12:28am

So whats the reports was it dry in Dublin as opposed to pouring in Galway, how was the Chemical Brothers.

BadTurtle · 20-07-2015 3:15am

Best I've ever seen them/him brilliant fun. Sound was spot on, excellent visuals and the new stuff was great. Setting Sun out of control was excellent, mostly they went for the normal versions of songs though and it worked for them. Best act ot the weekend I thought, though Jose Gonzalez was magical earlier on.

Reggie noble · 20-07-2015 3:29am

Chemical brothers were brilliant , danny brown was excellent too , another great day , blessed with weather , I'm in my 30s n didn't mind all the Young heads there, they wer very well bereaved from what I saw

Sofiztikated · 20-07-2015 7:56am

Was a last minute attendance for me, only decided Saturday night I was going.

Red Bull stage was well packed with sand, no mud to be seen. Wasn't really feeling the music though, and a LOT on young youngins there. Weather yesterday was grand, a lot better than I was expecting.

An awful lot of session moths about though. But I suppose that is to be expected.

Chemical Brothers though. Man, that was something else. Well worth the cash just to see them.

Hopefully the guy that had a seizure in the middle of the crowd is ok, was tough trying to get word out to security that it was going on.

Healium · 20-07-2015 8:50am

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Was a last minute attendance for me, only decided Saturday night I was going.

Red Bull stage was well packed with sand, no mud to be seen. Wasn't really feeling the music though, and a LOT on young youngins there. Weather yesterday was grand, a lot better than I was expecting.

An awful lot of session moths about though. But I suppose that is to be expected.

Chemical Brothers though. Man, that was something else. Well worth the cash just to see them.

Hopefully the guy that had a seizure in the middle of the crowd is ok, was tough trying to get word out to security that it was going on.

He came out if it and was standing when security took him out

cson · 20-07-2015 9:16am

The main thing I took from Longitude on Saturday; genuinely have not seen that much collective arse hanging out in my life ever. :eek:

seamey beag84 · 20-07-2015 9:35am

Jose Gonzalez was perfect for that hour of the day and got to sit in the Sun right in front of the stage. Beautiful. But my God, the chem bros were something else. A lot better than what I expected. The new edit of Galvanize blew me away! Great day all in all. Leaving at 11 is the only killer.

Fitz* · 20-07-2015 10:09am

Brilliant day on Saturday. For me the line up was not the best beforehand but came out of the park as a fan of some new acts.

Weather was surprisingly nice and ideal really. Spent most of the day between the main stage & the red bull arena. red bull arena was great actually in general. Didn't find the queues bad at all at any point, except for the security check but that was to be expected and even then I had no bag with me so flew through it in comparison to others.

Would have loved to stay for the Sunday for the acts - Wolf Alice, Jose Gonzalez, Everything Everything, Chem Bros but work constricted me.

First Longitude, won't be the last.

Reggie noble · 20-07-2015 10:43am

Anyone know who danny Browns dj is ?

DayvFit · 20-07-2015 10:49am

cson wrote: »

The main thing I took from Longitude on Saturday; genuinely have not seen that much collective arse hanging out in my life ever. :eek:

I really should've went but mates wouldn't go

Hopefully I can make up for it by finding EP tickets

leakyboots · 20-07-2015 10:58am

cson wrote: »

The main thing I took from Longitude on Saturday; genuinely have not seen that much collective arse hanging out in my life ever. :eek:

haha I was at it last year and thought the same. The gf saw not one, not two, but THREE vaginas.

Birneybau · 20-07-2015 12:00pm

God, was listening to 'Exit Planet Dust' on the way into work earlier, got into the lift and was doing a bit of a dance in the mirror. Unbeknownst to me, an old boss walked right in behind me. The flithy look she gave me, don't know what she thinks I was doing.

monkey9 · 20-07-2015 12:35pm

I got a ticket for just the Sunday, only decided last week to get one as i hadn't anything planned for yesterday and it's been a while since i went to a festival. Living in Dublin makes it handier to get to rather than journeying to the festivals down the country.

I have to say, i had a really class day, really enjoyed it. I knew the Heineken would be six euro, it's a joke of a price but it's to be expected unfortunately. Bought a few cans in the Centra across the road and drank them before going in.

I've had less hassle going through airport security than i did yesterday. Everything out of your pockets onto the table, a pat down and then scanned with a detector. This caused a bit of a hold up, but it wasn't too bad.

The weather was grand and the ground was good, i just had runners and it was fine. Plenty of bars so there were no queues as such, straight in and served and lots of toilets too. A lot of food stalls as well, overall the facilities were very good.

I mainly spent the day in the Whelans tent as i'm not a fan of Wild Beasts and Everything Everything. I did see the first few minutes off both acts, but they're not for me.

Spies were very good, but The Districts were brilliant and highlight of my day. I'd never heard of them before, but i'll definitely be getting their album.

The main band i went for was Wolf Alice but i actually only saw the first few minutes. I was walking by the circus tent earlier and saw on the blackboard outside that there was an act called The Piano Has Been Drinking scheduled for 8pm. That's a Tom Waits song so i asked inside and it turns out it was a Tom Waits tribute act. I love Tom Waits so i watched them instead. I'm sure i'll see Wolf Alice again.

The tribute act was very good. Beautiful looking piano and the songs were interspersed with clips of Waits interviews on a tv and a narrator (dressed as Tom Waits from the 1970's) at the side of the stage giving a dramatic telling of the life and times, the main moments and quips and quotes from the great man himself.

Saw the first ten minutes or so of the Chemical Bros, but i'm not a fan so headed off. It was grand as there was a number 16 bus outside with lots of empty seats upstairs so even my journey out from Marley Park back into town was swift. It's usually a nightmare, but obviously leaving earlier before the main act was done helped with that.

As i said at the beginning, i had a really great day. My first time at Longitude and i'll definitely be getting a weekend pass next year.

Dial Hard · 20-07-2015 2:00pm

I didn't enjoy it as much as last year, I have to say. Poorer line-up and a much younger crowd. I didn't bother going on Friday but a friend of mine who was working in the Bacardi tent said that had the youngest crowd by far, so if they were even younger than the kids going around on Saturday then I'm glad I missed it!

Yesterday was a bit more chilled, though. Tove Lo was excellent and the Chemical Brothers were amazing.

Definitely some issues with sound this year which may have been caused by the stage orientation, which was changed. Loos were waaaay better than last year. Even by yesterday they were still grand. We left at around 10.30 and there was a line of taxis the whole length of the Grange Road.

ghostdancer · 20-07-2015 2:09pm

Reggie noble wrote: »

Anyone know who danny Browns dj is ?

this guy:
https://twitter.com/xskywlkr
was hoping he'd keep on playing in the time before Kaytranada came on as he was so much fun.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 20-07-2015 3:12pm

Did anyone catch James Blake? thoughts?

Mahogany · 20-07-2015 3:42pm

Only went in for The Chem Bro's, they were amazing but the sound was too low!

Toulouse · 20-07-2015 4:57pm

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Did anyone catch James Blake? thoughts?

Really enjoyed his set, would definitely go and see him again.

whatever76 · 20-07-2015 6:23pm

Did anyone see Leon Bridges ?
He playing in Whelans in Sept so thinking of getting tickets.

JohnDaniels · 20-07-2015 7:42pm

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Did anyone catch James Blake? thoughts?

Good but kinda subdued at the start due to a small crowd which he even commented on. I think his music gets lost on a big outdoor stage. I've seen him in a tent and he blew the balls off the crowd. I still enjoyed him but the music doesn't have the same impact in that kind of venue. I would give anything to see him in somewhere like the Olympia.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 20-07-2015 7:49pm

Really? I seen him in Barcelona in June with about 20k people outside and it was fantastic, it was quite loud so that worked well with his sound.

frantic190 · 20-07-2015 8:38pm

Had an excellent weekend! Glass Animals, Josef Salvat, Girl Band, Alt-J, Everything Everything, Chemcal Bros all excellent!

This is despite some lad randomly trying to start a fight with my girlfriend and then subsequently me in the crowd for Chemical Brothers? Bizarre.

Was it just me though that there was a lot of sound and technical issues? There seemed to be an awful lot of issues with bands monitors and a lot of distortion on vocals on all of the stages. Lot of vocalists seemed to just give up and take their monitors out half the time.

BullBlackNova · 21-07-2015 8:21am

frantic190 wrote: »

Had an excellent weekend! Glass Animals, Josef Salvat, Girl Band, Alt-J, Everything Everything, Chemcal Bros all excellent!

This is despite some lad randomly trying to start a fight with my girlfriend and then subsequently me in the crowd for Chemical Brothers? Bizarre.

Was it just me though that there was a lot of sound and technical issues? There seemed to be an awful lot of issues with bands monitors and a lot of distortion on vocals on all of the stages. Lot of vocalists seemed to just give up and take their monitors out half the time.

I was only there on Saturday but 3 of the 5 bands I watched had dire sound. Vocals were being lost in the middle of the rest of the sound. Very disappointing.

miller82 · 21-07-2015 9:05am

The sound for Caribou was awful. i was right up the front and it was so low.
Seemed to improve for Sunday though

.ak · 21-07-2015 9:51am

Well it was a good giggle! I was only there on Saturday but have to say the sound was awfully low. Couldn't really enjoy anything on the main stage. The tent was much better but the best places were the mini-bars like the Barcardi bar, the tx:fm tent and the RBMA area.

Synode · 21-07-2015 10:01am

Sound was fine for the Chemical Brothers

Slim1996 · 21-07-2015 12:55pm

Reggie noble wrote: »

Anyone know who danny Browns dj is ?

Whoever he was he was so ****ing hype the energy was crazy

Slim1996 · 21-07-2015 12:57pm

Danny Brown was crazy like the energy him and his DJ brought was crazy but could barely hear his mic

Kaytrayanada was life changing waited months to see him he caught my chain on stage and even returned it to me halfway through his set and got a photo and all at the end with him such a legend

miller82 · 21-07-2015 1:36pm

i lasted about ten mins at Danny Brown - couldnt hack it. just one of those sounds i cant get in to.

Reggie noble · 21-07-2015 1:52pm

Slim1996 wrote: »

Danny Brown was crazy like the energy him and his DJ brought was crazy but could barely hear his mic

Kaytrayanada was life changing waited months to see him he caught my chain on stage and even returned it to me halfway through his set and got a photo and all at the end with him such a legend

Danny brown was one off the best all weekend , his dj had savage beats at the start and end when he was on his own . Anyone go to Hudson Mohawke or cashmere cat ?

Captain Flaps · 21-07-2015 2:33pm

Went Friday and Sat. Todd Terje, Le Galaxie and Caribou were highlights for me. Disappointed to miss Chemical Bros and Jose Gonzales but was sharing corporate tickets with a co-worker! First time at the festival and while I enjoyed the acts for the most part they weren't headliners and the sound at main stage especially was rubbish.

Libadour · 21-07-2015 2:56pm

BullBlackNova wrote: »

I was only there on Saturday but 3 of the 5 bands I watched had dire sound. Vocals were being lost in the middle of the rest of the sound. Very disappointing.

Sound was poor on Friday as well. Went primarily for Catfish and the Bottlemen and Van was going mental about the sound. Pity because you could see they were giving it their all.

.ak · 21-07-2015 3:11pm

Reggie noble wrote: »

Danny brown was one off the best all weekend , his dj had savage beats at the start and end when he was on his own . Anyone go to Hudson Mohawke or cashmere cat ?

Went to see Hudson Mohawke. Was banging, really good tunes... Went a little bit OTT towards the end tho! Ended up leaving actually, finished up messing about in the tx:fm tent!

PrettyBoy · 21-07-2015 4:11pm

I thought Todd Terje was great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsiJVGtBrL0

byrneg28 · 22-07-2015 9:41am

Went the weekend.

Carl Craig - started off pretty banging, C2s remix of caribou, some great tunes in there and then just gotta bit boring. seemed like a cocky prick too haha.

Todd Terje - Was really excited for this, was okay I thought, think I would have loved the live band. His song selection was a bit weird. Started off really good w/hot chip remix, spiral etc. then he slowed it down and brought it back up.

SBTRKT - a surprise. absolutely brilliant, didn't think their sound would resonate well live. but were fantastic highlight of the friday.

Saturday -

Was mainly at main stage -

Le Galaxie - Were fantastic, nice chilled atmosphere they brought, good presence

Jungle - good. but sound was terrible

Caribou - I thought were absolute pants. and I really like Caribou. but I just couldn't get into it. the sound was also terrible.

Hudson Mohawke - Incredible. Really really good. even when he went a tad spin disco with his Darren Styles tracks.

Sunday -

Danny Brown - as everyone said above amazing stage presence, DJ was incredible. the energy in general was insane. crowd + performer.

Chemical Brothers - exceeded all my expectations and more. they put on some show. I think I spent more time looking at the lazers on the trees.

byrneg28 · 22-07-2015 9:43am

Slim1996 wrote: »

Danny Brown was crazy like the energy him and his DJ brought was crazy but could barely hear his mic

Kaytrayanada was life changing waited months to see him he caught my chain on stage and even returned it to me halfway through his set and got a photo and all at the end with him such a legend

how busy was Kaytranada?

Mcbumhole · 22-07-2015 10:14pm

Was at this all weekend and had a ball.
Friday:
Carl Craig - was pretty good, got in just as he played his remix of Caribou and it was a nice way to ease into the weekend, he took it up a few notches though and was playing some really good house/techno. Best track he played was the new Chemical Brothers one. Wouldnt have killed him to smile once in a while though
Todd Terje - was really good but the sound wasnt great, I was to the right of the stage and a good bit back. Could only really hear the bass and not really the synths, Inspector Norse was great though
Hozier - watched the first half of the show, saw him last year and he was brilliant but thats coz he was on at 3 in the day. Dont think he's headline material. He brought out some bird and they started singing ballads, might have been good in Vicar St or the Olympia but not mainstage at a festival.
SBTRKT - headed into see these instead of the end of Hozier and really enjoyed them

Saturday:
Jungle: thought they were really good. Will have a look for their album on the back of their performance
Caribou: was at the side of the stage for them over by the Desperados bar so couldnt really pass judgement but sounded pretty good.
Hudson Mohawke: Was really excited about seeing him and he didnt disappoint. Loved pretty much all of his set, love that trap/thizz stuff he does. Agree though that the hardstyle he dropped towards the end was sh!te

Sunday:
Mumdance: really enjoyed his set although when he was playing all that grime the youngsters who had been dancing since Friday afternoon to house didnt know what to make of it

Was great to hear some of his own stuff live
Caught the very end of Danny Brown, well just his dj. Thought he didnt show up or something but the 5/10 mins I saw of him was brilliant.
Chemical Brothers: Was waiting all weekend to see these, actually Ive been waiting about 6 years to see them and they lived up to the hype (the hype I had been dishing out to my girlfriend). The lightshow really takes your breath away, have seen them about 6/7 times and they get better each time. Highlight for me was the new edit of Elektrobank with that goblin looking guy on the phone. I just stood there open mouthed for the whole thing. Unreal. Galvanize was some way to end the show too, absolutely banging version of it. Amazing end to a great weekend.

Also I my girlfriend drove so I was in bed at half 11 :P

TheGoldenAges · 22-07-2015 11:01pm

Wolf Alice were awesome, best act of the weekend for me

.ak · 23-07-2015 9:08am

byrneg28 wrote: »

Went the weekend.

Carl Craig - started off pretty banging, C2s remix of caribou, some great tunes in there and then just gotta bit boring. seemed like a cocky prick too haha.

Todd Terje - Was really excited for this, was okay I thought, think I would have loved the live band. His song selection was a bit weird. Started off really good w/hot chip remix, spiral etc. then he slowed it down and brought it back up.

SBTRKT - a surprise. absolutely brilliant, didn't think their sound would resonate well live. but were fantastic highlight of the friday.

Saturday -

Was mainly at main stage -

Le Galaxie - Were fantastic, nice chilled atmosphere they brought, good presence

Jungle - good. but sound was terrible

Caribou - I thought were absolute pants. and I really like Caribou. but I just couldn't get into it. the sound was also terrible.

Hudson Mohawke - Incredible. Really really good. even when he went a tad spin disco with his Darren Styles tracks.

Sunday -

Danny Brown - as everyone said above amazing stage presence, DJ was incredible. the energy in general was insane. crowd + performer.

Chemical Brothers - exceeded all my expectations and more. they put on some show. I think I spent more time looking at the lazers on the trees.

In fairness, I don't think Caribou were terrible, but the sound was just awful. Their set is pretty micro-managed, it's not like they can be bad or good, it really boils down to the sound.

Longitude 2015

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