Sigur Ros

[rebus]

Park stage,  Saturday night headliners would be perfect I reckon.  Same slot as mogwai 2014.

[ace56blaa]

8 minutes ago, rebus said:

Park stage,  Saturday night headliners would be perfect I reckon.  Same slot as mogwai 2014.

I don't see it happening, but i would love it.

[Whittick]

 

6 hours ago, theDandy said:

Sigur Ros are playing T in the Park?

Sorry, should have clarified, was talking about LCD who were billed as a London exclusive because they are playing elsewhere, at festivals like T, so them being a London exclusive doesn't necessarily mean they'll be at Glasto.

But by the looks of it people were talking about Sigur having a London exclusive show as well as LCD, hence the confusion 

Edited March 3, 2016 by Whittick

[Tuna]

3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

West Holts' bespoke atmosphere is based on a policy of booking bands very different to Sigur Ros.  You can go elsewhere to stand stock still.

It'd be a crying shame to see the boogie wonderland drained of the funk and it mutate into a mini version of the Other Stage with a tartiflette option.

Do you think FKA Twigs was a good fit for West Holts?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Yeah. It was perfect.

Pitch perfect fusion of bleeding edge 21st century  r'n'b and garage with all sorts of vogueing and sexy dancing and whatnot. It's the fact that the bookers are able to identify the common threads between that and the reggae and the cumbia and the hip hop and the afrofuturist stuff and mix it all together that gives the place its identity. 

[russycarps]

how about the black eyed peas?

[CaledonianGonzo]

They're shit for c**ts.

I'm not defending everything they've ever booked - besides, I think they had a different booker back then.

http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/896/steve_symons_fully_booked/

[Martin Ashford]

Sigur Ros against Adele seems a very natural fit from an organisers point of view.

[FuzzyDunlop]

17 minutes ago, Martin Ashford said:

Sigur Ros against Adele seems a very natural fit from an organisers point of view.

Against new order is a very annoying fit. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

In the sense that Adele will provide an upbeat alternative to all the wailing, moaning and bedwetting at the Sigur Ros show? It could work.

[Purple aki squat]

11 hours ago, Mardy said:

Indded, it needs to continue to be the Mongolian Arseflute / embarrassing middle- aged whitey dancing/ unlistenable lunchtime avant garde jazz (have they started or are they just tuning up?)/ willfully difficult side projects/ what the hell do these people do the other 51 weeks of the year/ buy a cd from the songlines stall but never listen to it again field. It's veered far to close to conventional in the last couple of festivals.

I've listened to the CD I bought there last year. Twice

[CaledonianGonzo]

My (signed) Omar Souleyman CD was described by an actual Syrian as 'the worst Syrian music I've ever heard'.

[FuzzyDunlop]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

My (signed) Omar Souleyman CD was described by an actual Syrian as 'the worst Syrian music I've ever heard'.

Omar Souleyman was fantastic

[CaledonianGonzo]

#TeamOmarOnThePyramid2016

[bennyhana22]

21 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

In the sense that Adele will provide an upbeat alternative to all the wailing, moaning and bedwetting at the Sigur Ros show? It could work.

Oi you! Outside! NOW!

Ben

[russycarps]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

In the sense that Adele will provide an upbeat alternative to all the wailing, moaning and bedwetting at the Sigur Ros show? It could work.

hey sigur ros have moved into a more dance-y direction since kjartan left!

unfortunately it's shit

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Still trying to bottom out these mutterings about them also moving in an "Icelandic Version of UKIP" direction, lyrically speaking.

And that's certainly not very West Holts.

[bennyhana22]

4 minutes ago, russycarps said:

hey sigur ros have moved into a more dance-y direction since kjartan left!

unfortunately it's shit

 

It's a little bit like when Genesis started to let Phil write more of the stuff...

Ben

[eFestivals]

18 minutes ago, bennyhana22 said:

It's a little bit like when Genesis started to let Phil write more of the stuff...

Ben

fantastic

You really know how to damn someone.

[FloorFiller]

whoa whoa whoa i will not let this thread succumb to the downfalls of the others. if Sigur Ros are playing then it's nothing but a fantastic thing, regardless of the inappropriate stage they may be booked for! and their latest album was fantastic so y'all can go suck an egg

[theDandy]

15 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Me.

I just don't get the LCD love in. Admittedly I haven't seen them live and I could well get into if I was there. Sigur Ros I have never seen either, but have had a bit of an obsession with for a few years. None of my mates really get them so I'd probably be spending the night on my own if they play. We all want to see New Order. If Sigur Ros played Saturday, I'd be on my own, which isn't a problem - but I would like to see New Order too.

Sigur Ros - Fri

New Order - Saturday

That is a good pair of headliners for me.

I really couldn't care for New Order if I'm honest! Don't mind them but not too bothered about seeing them, I'd rather a Sigur Ros/New Order clash on the Saturday and then LCD free for me to see on the Friday against anybody else really.

[CaledonianGonzo]

What if they're a big bunch of racists, though?

whoa whoa whoa i will not let this thread succumb to the downfalls of the others. if Sigur Ros are playing then it's nothing but a fantastic thing, regardless of the inappropriate stage they may be booked for! and their latest album was fantastic so y'all can go suck an egg

[theDandy]

42 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Still trying to bottom out these mutterings about them also moving in an "Icelandic Version of UKIP" direction, lyrically speaking.

And that's certainly not very West Holts.

please elaborate?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Other posters (I forget who) were saying that the lyrics of Kveikur are occasionally xenophobic.

[FloorFiller]

26 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

What if they're a big bunch of racists, though?

having just gone through english translations of all of the lyrics to that album i can safely say that that is a load of bollocks (unless people want to point out examples to me)