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  1. Green Man 2019

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    Posted · Edited by lessthanwill1

    45 minutes ago, JacquelineS said:

    This is great! I listened to it pretty much all day Sunday.  I am actually doing two Festivals across the pond this year, first the Boomtown Fair then Green Man. I am excited for both. ?

    Glad it's been useful! 

    You'll see there are a few artists that don't appear as I haven't found songs by them that I enjoy yet (e.g. Tamino and Tiny Ruins).

    Of the acts I hadn't heard of before, I'm really ejoying Grimm Grimm, Hen Ogledd, TVAM, Nilufer Yanya, Audiobooks and Just Mustard. 

    Edit: also Mapache!! 

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  4. Green Man 2019

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    17 minutes ago, Chawk said:

    Is it too soon for James Blake to come back? He's playing EU festivals in August. Despite the good tracks on the new album, hope it is too soon . Not like Travis Scott is gonna come to GreenMan.

    I would have thought so. Fleet Foxes were the last repeat headliner i think and they headlined back in 2011 so that's a pretty sizeable gap. 

  5. Green Man 2019

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    13 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

    Yeah, I've been a big fan for a long time, and they've always been very good as a live proposition. But with Ruins and last year's tour they unexpected levelled up immeasurably, and they're a perfect fit for Green Man.

    BOCC would be a wonderful announcement as well, I'm sure loads of Green Man's usual crowd will be absolutely dying to see them.

    Of course the line-up is a peach as it is already, and even if they didn't announce one single more act I'm interested in, I'd still be very keen to hand over my money for the bands we've already got. Because what we've already got is so strong though, it just makes me think what the hell else have they got up their sleeves, we know they always stagger the exciting stuff evenly across all the announcements. 

    Yeah I agree, very happy with what we've already got. 

    They've clearly gone bigger in terms of the amount of acts they've announced in the first announcement so inevitably it compares favourably to last year's first announcement. We've still got at least 30 acts to be announced though I think.

    Some of last year's announcements came later on (e.g. Teenage Fanclub and The Wedding Present) so hopefully they've got a few gems to announce yet. 

  6. Green Man 2019

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    17 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

    I'd love to see Alvvays, I've pretty much not stopped listening to Antisocialites since it came out, and they've absolutely killed it each time I've seen them live (last time being the day before Antisocialites came out).

    Listened to a tonne of First Aid Kit today, really really hope they're headliner #3.

    First Aid Kit would be a fantastic headliner. I think they're often overlooked and perceived of as a little boring but I was completely blown away by them last year. Incredible live show. 

    If they were added along with any of The Beths, Better Oblivion Community Centre (GM have recently started following them on twitter...), Tomberlin and Miya Folick I would be very happy. 

  8. Green Man 2019

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    First prediction for how i think the top end of this is going to end up. This will almost certainly be completely wrong but whatever!  

    I think Amadou & Mariam would be a great thursday night headliner. 

     

    Mountain Stage

    XXX                                     Four Tet                                          Father John Misty

    IDLES                                  XXX                                                  Sharon Van Etten 

    Richard Thompson          Sons of Kemet                                Whitney 

     

    Far Out

    Maribou State                  Broken Social Scene                        Stereolab 

    Khruangbin                       Car Seat Headrest or Big Thief      XXX

            

    Walled Garden

    Aldous Harding                Bridget St John                                XXX

                                               

  9. Green Man 2019

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    Made a Green Man 2019 playlist for anyone that's interested!

    My favourite 3 songs by each of the people I'm looking forward to seeing.

    Haven't managed to find 3 that I love for all of the acts but I'll keep updating it.

     

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  10. Green Man 2019

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    18 hours ago, 93jag01 said:

    Is anyone else having to make the decision between Green Man and End of the Road? Both lineups look pretty great.

    Worth baring in mind that both have loads more to announce so if you can wait to buy your tickets you may prefer one over the over to a far greater extent come April/May. 

    Also, GM still have one more headliner to be announced + possibly the Thursday night headliner as well (although they may have been announced without confirmation that they will be headlining Thursday). EOTR have announced all their headliners. 

    Both have fantastic line ups as usual. There are acts at EOTR that i wish GM had booked (e.g. mitski, let's eat grandma and low) but GM managed to book Stereolab which is the "big get" given their come back after a decade or so and both festivals must have been competing for them. 

  11. Green Man 2019

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    11 hours ago, DJL said:

    Got me sold. I was already happy with the line-up and those three are big factors. 

    What’s camping like? Food?

    Dare I say it... showers?

    Camping was great last year although that was helped by the amazing weather. I'd say wherever you camped you'd be not more than 10 minutes from the site. Also, there are two car parks - blue and orange. Blue is the closest and i think it's already sold out but even then, the walk from orange parking to where we camped last year was about 15 minutes. 

    Food was amazing. Great options for vegetarians/vegans if that applies to you. The Goan Fish Curry place is incredibly popular. The thai place that was in the Walled Garden (think it was called Mommi?) was my favourite, it did an amazing phad thai. You could be there for a couple of weeks and never run out of options. 

    I didn't use the showers so can't help you there. I can't remember the name of the area now but there's a place on the site that almost looked like a spa. You could have massages, nice showers and there were about 10-15 hot tubs which I think you have to book beforehand. 

    One of the main reasons that attracts people to GM again and again is the lack of corporate sponsorship (a deliberate decision made by the people who run it). This is why the beer & ale festival in the Courtyard has 100+ different independent welsh beers to try and there's no Amstel/Tuborg/Heineken anywhere! Prices were pretty good as well (£3.50-£5.50 for a pint). 

  17. Green Man 2019

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    50 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:

    This really is one of those announcements where you spot something new in the smaller text every time you look at it. A Certain Ratio! TVAM! Gwenifer Raymond!

    Where do I start with A Certain Ratio? Hadn't come across them before but they sound great! Very talking heads/new order. 

  20. Green Man 2019

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    1 minute ago, Justiceforcedave said:

    I hope Idles aren't in the tent.

    It'll be interesting to see where they end up. 

    I could see them as Thursday night headliners but i think that could actually be pretty dangerous considering how packed it was for PSB last year. 

  21. Green Man 2019

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    16 minutes ago, James96 said:

    Where to start with Stereolab? On paper they seem like a band I'd enjoy 

    I've been listening to them pretty much constantly since they announced they were coming back. 

    I'd say start with Emperor Tomato Ketchup and then Refried Ectoplasm (which is a compilation) first. 

    Their "hit" song would probably be Cybele's Reverie. Fluorescences is also a fan favourite!  

    For what it's worth my 3 favourite songs are 1. La Boob Oscillator 2. Les Yper-Sound and 3. Valley Hi! 

    But there's so much to explore - from their Krautrock stlye (French Disko, John Cage Bubblegum) to more art pop/lounge music (Brakhage). 

     

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  25. All Points East Festival 2019

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    10 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

    http://www.musicweek.com/live/read/the-strokes-to-headline-all-points-east/075132

    The Strokes are to headline a night at All Points East in what will be the band’s first UK performance for four years.

    The band will perform in East London's Victoria Park on Saturday, May 25, topping a bill that also includes The Raconteurs, Interpol, Johnny Marr, Parquet Courts, Jarvis Cocker, Courtney Barnett, Connan Mockasin, Anna Calvi, Bakar, The Nude Party and Viagra Boys. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 1. 

    The Strokes last performed in the UK at British Summer Time Hyde Park 2015. Both festivals are promoted by AEG Presents. 

    All Points East has also announce further names to the opening weekend’s bill. Joining The Chemical Brothers on Friday, May 24 is Jon Hopkins, as well as Peggy Gou (Presents Gou Talk), Róisín Murphy, David August, Optimo, Petite Noir, Josey Rebelle, Ge-ology and DMX Krew.

    Then, on Sunday, May 26, Christine And The Queens will be joined by James Blake plus Kamasi Washington, Princess Nokia, Bob Moses, Lane 8, Andrew Weatherall, Yves Tumor, Joy Orbison, Moxie (Presents On Loop), Octo Octa, Galcher Lustwerk and Paquita Gordon.

    Some great additions there.

    Connan Mockasin was initially announced on the Bon Iver poster (as well as Mitski). I wonder if he's changed days or playing both, presumably the former?

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