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Favourite albums in the last year:
Xiu Xiu - Always
QOTSA - Like Clockwork
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
NIN - Hesitation Marks
Nick Cave - Push The Sky Away
QOTSA aside though, not much would mesh with your most listened to stuff on last fm. If you do get on well with those albums, then there's plenty more stuff I can recommend, but most of the stuff I'm into post-95 is pretentious indie rock from across the pond, Scandanavian power metal, or electronic bands that sound like they endlessly sample old video games.
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There's pop-punk in your recent plays.
I can't see there being any helping you. (I'm sure others will, but I'm probably too pretentious to recommend aptly).
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A note about the poster:
Dear friends, until this year past I was a regular viewer and contributor to these forums. It was a wonderful distraction from my university studies. Alas, my masters year arrived, my finances vanished, and going to festivals was an impossibility, let alone wasting away the hours blindly speculating about bands that may or may not appear. So complete has been my isolation, that I essentially lost all contact with the direction of music in the modern world. I told myself it was fine, I was a grown up now, silly rock music and dancing around was a teenager's game.
That being said, fuck that shit.
With that sentiment in mind, please, help me locate awesome musics that I will have missed since my last Reading in 2012. Any and all recommendations appreciated, for an indication of my current tastes (if you sympathise with my plight enough for tailored recommendations), please see my lastfm profile: http://www.last.fm/user/richieparf
Much obliged,
RichieParf.
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they said that last year, and it didn't.
I said it would get cancelled and the likes of you said i didn't know what I was talking about.
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This is why nobody above 15 should read Kerrang!
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Paramore get 4 and black keys only 3... Strange times.
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I decided to stick to years that I had attended. Went for 2010 on the strength of AF and Blink. Close call though.
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If any of you people like Daft Punk I declare you hypocrites.
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Phil Collins - The Tarzan Soundtrack...
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I do think that's hilarious and surely for most people who were there this makes NME look bad. What's even more amazing is there is not one act on the list from BBC or Lock Up or even Dance Tent (okay pushing it a bit there) - but then it's a volume vote not a quality of performance vote.
The top 10 was :
1. Enter Shikari, Main Stage
2. Foo Fighters, Main Stage
3. Kasabian, Main Stage
4. The Cure, Main Stage
5. The Black Keys, Main Stage
6. Green Day, NME/Radio 1 Stage
7. Kaiser Chiefs, Main Stage
8. Maccabees, NME/Radio 1 Stage
9. Paramore, Main Stage
10. The Hives, NME/Radio 1 Stage
I thought the Black Keys struggled and yet they're above Green Day! I'd say this is more closely matched by numbers watching them than by how good they were. Although even then Foo's would win by a country mile.
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The girls getting their tits out are less grating than the chorus of boos that accompanies a girl on the big screen who doesn't get them out. Not to mention the 'get your tits out for the lads' that comes with any female musician appearing on stage.
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The bright colours fascinate me.
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I have one gripe with the Foo's.....WHY NO BIG ME!? That's twice I've seen them now and have left without seeing it.
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Suburban Rhythm..
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Friday:
Funeral Suits - 6.5 (solid opening to the weekend)
Marsica - 7 (very enjoyable, look forward to seeing them on a bigger stage in years to come)
Deaf Havana - 7 (good fun, good banter)
Cancer Bats - 6 (bit dull, not very memorable)
Coheed and Cambria - 6 (as above, greatest entertainment came from singer's fascinating hair)
Angels and Airwaves - 7 (much improved on their previous appearance)
The Hives - 9.5 (one of the highlights of the weekend, summed up why I love live music)
Crystal Castles - 5 (only saw a few songs, but I'm afraid I don't see the appeal)
You Me at Six - 4 (generously awarded, only because without them we couldn't have had the text to the big screen saying 'they're taking You Me At Six to Isengard!')
Bombay Bicycle Club - 5 (no energy, felt very disinterested)
Paramore - 5 (insincere at times, and little that made it different or better than 2010)
The Cure - 8.5 (excellent performance by some talented musicians, though maybe a little too long as a set)
Saturday:
Green Day - 9.5 (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay-oooooooooooooh - lots of fun and one of my favourite bands)
Post-War Glamour Girls - 6 (solid but not exciting)
Pure Love - 7 (shows an impressive level of variation in Carter's voice and writing compared to the all out assault that is/was Gallows)
Twin Atlantic - 7 (catchy tunes compensating for lack of artistic value)
Dry the River - 9 (love this band, saw them on FR last year, great live performance - I hope they continue to go from strength to strength)
The Shins - 4 (not particularly memorable)
Max Raptor - 6 (only saw two songs, but were solid enough)
Dog is Dead - 7 (got the crowd going and look like a band that will get bigger)
The Vaccines - 8 (future headliner based on the quality and popularity of their performance)
Young Guns - 5 (crowd loved it, but I didn't)
Feeder - 8 (chiseled live act, good tunes and great fun)
Kasabian - 7 (much better than I expected, the older hits were the highlight)
Sunday;
L.A. - 6.5 (not that memorable, but a pleasant start to the day)
Pulled Apart by Horses - 7 (love their energy levels, hope they keep getting bigger and better)
Band of Skulls - 5 (not awful, but couldn't help but wish I'd gone somewhere else)
Mongol Horde - 6 (different, but think FT is better sticking with the acoustic)
Gaslight Anthem - 7.5 (seemed to be much more into it than previous appearance)
All Time Low - 5 (only real highlight was the Blink cover)
Bullet For My Valentine - 7 (injected some much needed energy)
Kaiser Chiefs - 8 (lots of hits, lots of fun, and love that Pinball Wizard cover)
The Black Keys - 9 (cannot say enough good things about this band)
Foo Fighters - 9.5 (would have liked longer, but loved every second)
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I was surprised - maybe they've had to move the curfew earlier for Sunday cos of transport stuff with all the crap they're doing at Reading station?
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Fuck me that was amazing. Love how they basically had to get dragged off stage! Surely they have to headline sometime soon now?
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great weekend, the headliners were awesome. Agree with the others who said the organisation was excellent. Especially for the Green Day thing, if they didn't think that through it could have been horrible. Lowest number of arrests they've had in years as well from what I hear. Yay for peace and love.
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I think Leeds and Reading are both wonderful places. Let us unite, my brothers, against the common enemies of Chelmsford and Staffordshire!
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Lol, so FR would book Green Day to play a fest that barely sold out its w/e tickets but not tell anyone?
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I'm glad it's sold out, the more packed it is the better the atmosphere is for me
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Well... that's one big pile of cheesy manure.
Hate it when people use the word 'tonight' too much as specially as a lyric filler.
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Bloc Party or Editors would seem logical enough.
If they were really pushed I couldn't see them harm in them rush booking a musical based comedian either. A Bill Bailey or a Tim Minchin or something. Something that could easily fill the slot, wouldn't be overly expensive, wouldn't seem out of place and probably wouldn't piss too many people off. Could be wrong though.
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I think something as simple as a wider arena entrance/exit would help just to get people out quicker, always takes ages to get out after the final act.
Dearest Reading goers, your help is desired...
in Reading & Leeds Festivals
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thanks one and all, I'm working my way through these various gems as we speak.. and then I'll go over to the Glasto forums and troll them about reading being better...
just like old times.