Hoping for something loud and fun in far out during Kraftwerk and Michael. Would love parquet courts and I know it won't be them as they're not high enough on the lineup but ezra furman would smash it.
I've tried doing something similar but going with their top 10 most played songs in most recent year of touring. I hate getting into an artist when they're announced for a festival to find out they don't play the songs that got me into them.
I was already excited for beach house, ty segall, metronomy, parquet courts, ezra furman, Willie j healey and Alex g but after a quick listen the following sound like they'll be great:
Yves tumor
Dry cleaning
Katy j pearson
Pip blom.
I'd love the National but if they can't get Nick Cave I don't see them being able to get The National either, All Points East seems to rank those two artist at the same tier.
Assuming they don't have the biggest budget after covid and not every act is willing to play abroad yet I'm gonna go for a nice safe bet of Beach House, James Blake and some boring safe UK act that is playing everywhere else. I would die if it was Animal Collective though.
Really hoping they pull it out the bag this year with headliners, with it being the anniversary I was hoping something similar to the scale of End of the Road's anniversary a few years back (Tame Impala, Sufjan Stevens and War on Drugs). Not necessarily those acts, just acts of that size. Beach House would be great for me, hoping we get something that no one is predicting rather than someone always on the festival circuit like Idles. I like Idles but I've also seen them loads now and Green Man/Eotr should be about seeing bands you can't see at every other festival.