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I feel a tad guilty asking this, as I'm too lazy to do one myself, but have any of the lovely clashfinder people updated theirs with the drop-outs/replacements?
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Mr SimonW, I'm impressed by your gig-going and interested to note your top picks. I assume you'd recommend Lia Ices at EOTR.
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Predictably enough I suppose, Mr Benn disagrees with the comments from Mr Eavis
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So far this year, top 15 in bold.
British Sea Power - Camden Barfly
Kings Go Forth - Jazz Cafe
Jefferey Lewis and Peter Stampfel - Brixton Windmill
Shhh Festival (Stuart Braithwaite, Still Corners, Conquering Animal Sound, Fuzzy Lights) - Cecil Sharp House
Benni Hemm Hemm (Ja Ja Ja night) - The Lexington
Freelance Whales and Broken Records - XOYO
The Langley Sisters, Ed Harcourt and Kristina Train - The Lexington
Aidan Moffatt with Aidan Moffatt (And Bill Wells) and Aidan Moffatt (and the best-ofs) - Bush Hall
Lia Ices - Brixton Windmill
Mogwai - Brixton Academy
Efterklang - Scala
The Phantom Band, Found - Dingwalls
The Decemberists - Hammersmith Apollo
Read and Shout (Jens Lekman, Darren Hayman) - Nettleford Hall
Will Sheff - St Pancras Old Church
Team Me, When Saints Go Machine (Ja Ja Ja night) - The Lexington
Architecture in Helsinki - XOYO
Martin Carr - The Slaughtered Lamb
Lone Wolf - The Cricketers Kingston
Candi Staton - Jazz Cafe
Obits - The Lexington
Thee Single Spies - Tamesis Dock
Sufjan Stevens - Royal Festival Hall
Dark Dark Dark - Bandstand Busking, Hampstead Heath
Okkervil River, Singing Adams - Heaven
Explosions in the Sky - Roundhouse
Mercury Rev - Roundhouse
Mountain Goats - Koko
Thurston Moore, Michael Chapman - Union Chapel
Leigh Folk Festival (Tidow and O'Hooley) - Leigh On Sea
Dan Mangan, Singing Adams - St Pancras Old Church
Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr, Deerhoof - Alexander Palace
The Langley Sisters - St Pancras Old Church
Latitude Festival (They Might Be Giants, The Duke and the King, OMD, My Morning Jacket)
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I think EOTR did a couple of things well as regards selling tickets, that Latitude (to name one) didn't. Firstly they got their early bird tickets on sale immediately, capitalising on last year's post fest buzz (they sold out in 9 hours then brought out a 2nd wave of early birds). Secondly they announced their line-up early. Where Latitude and Leeds/Reading fell down massively in my opinion was by being one of the last to announce headliners and get tickets on sale. Allowing your competitors first crack at the market is a bad move in any line of business.
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Bumpitie Bump
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My gig t-shirts tend to fall into 1 of 2 camps:
1) Those I bought because I liked the design - post rock seems to be good for this, Mogwai and EiTS recently
2) Those I bought because at the end of the gig I was sweaty/soaked in beer/it was pouring outside and I wanted a change of clothes. SJ&TDK, Easy Star All Stars, Jim Jones Revue etc.
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So the local currating Friday in the TIPI means that these bands:
+ She Keeps Bees + Sam Amidon + Cambodian Space Project + Found + Skinny Lister + Sarabeth Tucek + Emanuel & The Fear + Rue Royale
Need to go in these slots:
20:45 - 21:45
19:30 - 20:15
18:15 - 19:00
17:00 - 17:45
15:45 - 16:30
14:45 - 15:15
13:45 - 14:15
12:45 - 13:15
Any preferences?
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Think it was something like:
Doors 7.30
Crackling 8.00 - 8.30
Singing Adams 8.45 - 9.15 (Crackling backed him for second half of the set)
Dan Mangan 9.30 - close (Think he finished about 10:45 after 3 encores!)
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Dan Mangan was very good last night... His band did a set as well, they have an album out (under the name "Crackling". They're NOT a pork band, apparently) - wonder if they're candidates for a late night Tipi/Piano set? Steven Adams was on predictably good form as well. Definitely recommend the new Singing Adams album.
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The Local bands are all playing Friday: http://thelocal.tv/listings/gigdetails/2-sep-11-end-of-the-road-festival-the-end-of-the-road-festival/biographies/she-keeps-bees/
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Times are on the site now: http://www.endoftheroadfestival.com/stages-and-areas/big-top/
Sunday 4th Sept 2011
00:00 - 02:00
21:00 - 22:15
19:15 - 20:15
I'm gonna stick my neck out and say the 00:00-02:00 is going to be DJs...
Interestingly Friday/Saturday have the following times:
00:30 - 02:00
23:15 - 00:15
21:00 - 22:00
19:00 - 20:00
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The stages and areas page on t'website has Garden, Woods, Big Top AND Tipi
http://www.endoftheroadfestival.com/stages-and-areas/
No local ;(
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Last year's programme had the black crow as the bar in the village and the peacock as the bar by the Garden Stage. Sounds like a new bar is in the offing!
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There are still some tickets available for Dan Mangan on the 22nd available at Alt Tickets...
On a different tack, I'm very much enjoying the Doug Paisley album. Another one for the list.
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There are 4 main music stages:
The Garden Stage (large, uncovered)
The Big Top (Tent)
The Tipi Stage (Tent)
The Local (Tent)
The big top is much the largest of the three tented stages. There are then a handful of nooks and crannies where bands sometimes pop up - notably a piano tucked away in the woods.
For non-music stuff there is a comedy stage - think this is being revamped this year? A film tent, small tents hosting workshops (last year these were the circus, making and doing tents) and a library in the woods.
Have I missed anything?
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Priorities (Not seen before, want to see)
Beirut
Laura Marling
The Fall
M Ward
Joan as Police Woman
TunE-YArDS
Caitlin Rose
Dan Mangan
Lanterns on the Lake
Megafaun
Cass McCombs
Rue Royale
Treelight for Sunlight
Sarabeth Tucek
Probables (Seen before, want to see again)
Joanna Newsom
Midlake
Tinariwen
Gruff Rhys
Okkervil River
John Grant
Leisure Society
Sam Amidon
Lia Ices
Possibly my favourite band in the whole world
Mogwai
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The second row of artists isn't displaying properly on my browser as well but is still there in the HTML - missing Laura Marling and the Walkmen.
Anyway excellent booking - saw them recently at Heaven and they were v good. New material a wee bit more rocky than the earlier stuff.
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In no particular order:
TuNE-yARdS
Dan Mangan
Sarabeth Tucek
Rue Royale
Treelight for Sunlight
If I might add my 2p on the Walkmen (and break my "if you can't say anything positive, don't say anything" rule), I saw them last year, supporting the Black Keys, and they didn't do anything for me. Maybe they've improved since then?
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2 albums that have been getting a lot of love round these parts are Everything's Getting Older by Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells, and Everybody Friends Now by Singing Adams.
The Aidan Moffatt / Bill Wells one is some of the former's best work (certainly his best post Arab Strap) and features his usual mix of songs about failed romance, loneliness, getting old and death. It's really rather beautiful in places - particularly love the piano on "The Copper Top".
The Singing Adams effort shows a much more rounded band than the one that played EOTR last year. Saw them last week supporting Okkervil River and they really look like they're enjoying themselves which is good to see. Move On is the standout track for me on this LP...
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GLAD YOU LIKE IT MrSimonW!! Is it cd or vinyl??? I picked up the Treefight For Sunlight CD yesterday haven't yet had time to listen.
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Although I haven't seen Rue Royal before they have done several gigs with my friend's band. Hes always telling me how much he loves them
So I am looking forward to seeing them. She Keeps Bees did the last set of 09 and were good fun Infinate Jest...I think you will enjoy them too -
Certainly no disappointment with the headliners here, will most probably be watching all three... Pleased that Sam Amidon is on the bill as well, really liked his last album.
Anybody want to guess who will be headlining the big top?
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My 50p is on the Decemberists - the announcement date fits (waiting until after they'd finished their UK tour), they're spending the summer stateside so an exclusive, and they're due back in the Autumn for a full European tour.
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