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23 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:
Just checking that Green Man can usually be banked upon to fall on the weekend before the Bank holiday weekend?
Yeah I think that’s right. That’s a shame!
Will probably be First Aid Kit’s year in 2020!
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1 hour ago, xxialac said:
I’m not the biggest Idles fan but their performance was a 10/10 when I saw them last night.
Great to hear. I went a bit lukewarm on them recently but their glasto performance just looked so good and has got me excited again.
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Amadou & Mariam are playing at a free festival this weekend in Walthamstow for those who are interested!
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12 hours ago, PresentlyTense said:
Do we reckon it will definitely be a clash between IDLES and Nilufer Yanya?
Judging by previous years, yes. You could always tweet them and ask!
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4 minutes ago, hughes18 said:
As a first-timer, what's the distance like between stages? Looking particularly at the rush to get from SVE on the Mountain Stage to Idles on Far Out on Sunday.
No more than a couple of mins if you were near the back of Sharon. More like 5-10 if you were right at the front.
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3 hours ago, Andeeroo said:
Really starting to look forward to this now. What are the food options like? Can't find a list of stalls anywhere.
Very good food options imo.
Ghandi’s Flip Flop (to the right of the Far Out tent last year)
Goan Fish Curry (if you walk out of the walled garden and take a left before the hill up towards Far Out)
There was a Thai place in the walled garden last year that I really enjoyed - think it was called Mommi or something like that.
Brownie stall near Babbling Tongues was amazing.
There was a place at the top of the Mountain Stage that did massive onion bhajis - would recommend.
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17 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:
Only just learned about and listened to Julia Jacklin's first album Don't Let The Kids Win this morning. Fuck me that album is sensational. She's incredible, I can't wait to see what she's like live.
Yeah Motherland is incredible! She’ll be a real highlight! Hopefully no overlap with The Beths.
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On 7/7/2019 at 10:45 PM, Chawk said:
Chelou is pretty good, played GM a few times now starting on the Rising stage.
Thanks! Did actually listen to a few of his songs thought they were pretty good - he’s got a huge amount of views on a lot of them? Is he quite famous in a particular place or something?
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So I've been going through some of the new additions to the line up:
Snapped Ankles and Say Sue Me I knew pretty well already. Snapped Ankles will almost certainly be a highlight in the same slot as last year. Would definitely recommend going to see them. Really like Say Sue Me (check out "Good for Some Reason" and "Old Town" for starters) - very chilled, dream/indie pop - for fans of Alvvays, Hatchie, Jay Som etc.
Pretty sure I saw Villagers years ago - don't really do much for me.
As for the bands/artists I wasn't familiar with:
Lamb: wow! I've never head of them before but they sound incredible. "Gabriel" and "Gorecki" are some of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. Sound quite a lot like Portishead. Will definitely be checking them out more. Saturday night is just as good as Sunday night for sure. Stereolab, Car Seat Headrest, Jesca Hoop, Scalping, Four Tet, Lamb, The Comet is Coming - don't know how I'm going to decide between all of that.
Self Esteem: heard lots of positive stuff about her but not listened before. Sounds great! Loving "The Best" a lot - that is a seriously good tune. Will be great come Sunday morning i reckon.
These New Puritans: i remember when "We Want War" came out and I really didn't like it so I've never bothered to listen to them. Not totally convinced on the vocals but I definitely think i need to explore them in more detail. Really like "Organ Eternal" and "Fragment Two" so far. The new(ish) album also sounds good on first listen.
Squirrel Flower: really like "Conditions" and "Not Your Prey" (how much does this song sound like Mitski!?) but I'm slightly worried how this will go down on the Mountain Stage...think I may stick with TVAM tbh who i'm really enjoying.
The Intergalactic Republic of Kongo: they don't have much music out by the looks of it. There are a few live recordings on youtube which look like a lot of fun!
None of the others have really jumped out at me yet and could probably do with not finding any more people I want to see at this point!
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39 minutes ago, OddRon said:
I've got some big boy gaps here and there but I've never been to green man so excited to just wander really, for the main weekend I've got three solid acts each day really
It’s such a beautiful site I’m sure you’ll love it.
Do you know about Pete Brown’s thing in the Talking Shop (literature tent)? He picks some of his favourite songs from the bands playing and then pairs those songs with beers that you can buy on site. So he plays the song and then beers are all passed around to everyone - it’s good fun and he’s an interesting guy!
Apparently the music quiz is pretty good as well but I’ve not been.
There’s also a Rough Trade tent where some of the bands do more intimate sets (e.g. Courtney Marie Andrews last year) and you can have a chat. I got Lindsey Jordan to sign my Snail Mail CD last year!
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It’s actually unreal. I just went through the clashfinder and I don’t have a single gap. I’m going to be so exhausted.
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12 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:
Yeah Ive seen Car Seat Headrest twice before and Four Tet never, so it would be a straight shot for Four Tet were it not for the fact that CSH headrest are one of only two bands on the lineup that Her Indoors actually likes. Just going to pray it's not a straight clash and there's perhaps a decent half an hour or so of Four Tet I can sneak in either side of Weird Will & The Lads.
Fair enough! Last year I saw King Gizzard and most of Mount Kimbie and also saw all of Teenage Fanclub and only missed the first two songs of Fleet Foxes' set so I am sure you'll manage!
9 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:everyone's sleeping on Art School Girlfriend yo
Really like what i've heard from her but also really like Mapache and Hen Ogledd so it's a tough one!
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7 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:
Apart from the absolute sky is falling down doomsday of the Car Seat Headrest / Four Tet clash, it looks like everything I want to see is evenly spread across the times and stages.
Self Esteem getting an hour to open the Mountain on the last day is lovely stuff.
Think I remember that you saw Car Seat Headrest last year when I saw them as well on the same tour? Have you seen Four Tet live before?
Having seen both I think i’ll be going for CSH but if you haven’t seen Four Tet then would you not go for him?
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Thanks so much for doing the clashfinder whoever it was!
Provisional plan through the festival:
Thursday: Nov3l > Audiobooks (will be amazing, can't wait for this!) > Mooch around > Amadou & Mariam (tough choice as I love Pictish Trail but I've seen him before and never seen Amadou & Mariam)
Friday: Mama's Broke > TVAM > The Beths (sad about the potential clash with Durand Jones) > Julia Jacklin > Bridget St. John > Squid (oh no the clash with Gwenno is terrible) > Broken Social Scene > Bill Ryder Jones > Khruangbin > Yo La Tengo > Snapped Ankles
Saturday: Meic Stevens > Mapache > (hopefully bit of Hen Ogledd) > Stella Donnelley > Peaness > Sons of Kemet > A Certain Ratio > KOKOKO > Big Thief > Stereolab (the CSH/Jesca Hoop/Scalping potential clash is a killer) > Four Tet > The Comet is Coming
Sunday: Self Esteem > Grimm Grimm > Say Sue Me > Anais Mitchell > Aldous Harding > Eels (hand habits clash!) > Sharon > Idles (wish I could see Nilufer Yanya but seems unlikely) > Deptford Northern Soul Club (who were amazing in the same slot last year).
Wow. What an amazing festival. I think these clashes could change once we see the actual timetable but there are some potentially brutal clashes already for me. Luckily it seems like I will be able to see my top 5 though: Stereolab, Big Thief, Sharon, Idles and the Beths so that's something! Looks like I will have to miss Jesca Hoop and Nilufer Yanya who i was very excited to see.
Hopefully there will be some time for some Cinema as I didn't see any last year.
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18 minutes ago, OddRon said:
yeah I really enjoy a few of their albums but their set just felt like a quiet jam for an hour with hardly any "hits" for headliner material at all
fair enough. i really like Ex Re as well so not sure what to do for Friday night headliners.
Khruangbin in Far Out will be excellent though and then Snapped Ankles to end the night so will be a great evening either way. Hoping I can also catch Just Mustard in the Rising Stage as well.
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I’ve actually never heard of Lamb? Any good? I mean I probably won’t see them as I’m a massive Car Seat Headrest and Four Tet fan so already have a big clash but...
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31 minutes ago, OddRon said:
they were shite on the Thursday of eotr last year as headliners, didn't deserve the smaller headline slot let alone this Friday one
So would you say you are a fan of Yo La Tengo? Interested because I absolutely love them on record but I’ve never seen them live.
I’ve recently come to the conclusion that I Heard You Looking is the greatest song of all time.
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1 hour ago, xxialac said:
Who else is good from the undercard? Anyone?
There’s almost too many to list so I will try and limit it to my 5 faves:
1) The Beths (obvs!)
2) Bridget St John is a legendary folk artist from the 60s/70s
3) Black Country New Road are one of the most talked about young bands at the moment - sort of like Black Midi last year. Won’t be for everyone but certainly worth checking out!
4) Hand Habits released one of my fave albums of this year. Meg was/is the guitarist in Kevin Morby’s band amongst other things!
5) Peaness - if you like Alvvays then I’m sure you’ll love this band. Brilliant, catchy, indie rock!
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36 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:
Just for reference full list of acts added today (from Insta): Villagers, Lamb, The Big Moon, Snapped Ankles, Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert, Brigid Mae Power, Chelou, Self Esteem
Say Sue Me also added who I would definitely recommend checking out!
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Snapped Ankles added!!
Also The Comet is Coming after dark is going to special!
Having Walled Garden on Thursday is going to be much better!
Also Big Thief into Stereolab is UNBELIEVABLE! I am so pumped
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Also some of you may have already read this but there is a great write up of the history of the festival by one of the founders (Jo) on her blog:
Jo talks about 2003, 2004 and 2005 and it’s a really interesting insight into how it all began!
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3 minutes ago, xxialac said:
I do take your point. Eels had a very good start to their career but haven't put out a good album since about the millennium - and boy that it is a long time ago now.
Don’t forget Blinking Lights (2005)!
But yeah, presumably all three were only available on Sunday so they could only have one headlining. FJM is definitely the biggest of the three. I wish Sharon was headlining but maybe next time!
Four Tet is a huge name these days so I’m not surprised he’s headlining. It’s also cool that he headlined the 2nd ever Green Man and has grown so much since in parallel to the growth of festival itself!
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14 hours ago, the wonderwhy said:
That's got to be the least likely clash out of the lot though, surely?
Yeah you’re probably right. Would work well for me though!
Last year they said Teenage Fanclub and Fleet Foxes weren’t clashing but there was still a fair bit of overlap so it might be a similar situation. So you could have IDLES > Sharon > FJM with Eels headlining Far our but timing wise they’re mainly clashing with Sharon with a bit of overlap into FJM’s slot.
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Few clashes that I still need to resolve:
The Beths / Durand Jones
Will probably end up at The Beths but can’t shake the feeling like Durand Jones will be sublime - especially if the weather is good.
BRJ / Just Mustard / Khruangbin
Out of the 3 I probably prefer Khruangbin. But main priority is to be front and centre for YLT (despite all you naysayers on here!). Probably rather see Just Mustard over BRJ but then that might be be pushing it timing wise...
CSH / Jesca Hoop
This is tough. Already ruled out FT in favour of these two as I’ve seen him before. Seen CSH before as well but it was one of the best gigs I’ve ever been to. Never seen Jesca and absolutely love her so this will end up being decided in the moment.
Eels / Hand Habits
Absolutely love Hand Habits’ album but not sure how it will translate live. I’m no die hard Eels fan but if they play a first 3 album heavy set then it will be amazing.