Jump to content

Don't Miss a Beat

Join the UK's most passionate festival community. Keep up with the latest conversations, line-up rumours, and music news.

250,000+ Members

Connect with a massive network of fellow festival-goers.

Lively Discussions

Thousands of active topics on music, campsites, and tips.

Hot Rumours & News

Hear about secret sets and lineup drops before anyone else.

Create Free Account
OR
  • Sign Up!

    Join our friendly community of music lovers and be part of the fun 😎

Recommendations


mjsell

Recommended Posts

Mates and I have finally fully comitted and got our tickets for this year, despite the less than amazing lineup, anticpication is starting to ramp up now - Just wondered who everyone is looking forward to and would recommend others to give a listen to - there must be some hidden gems!

A few of mine to throw in the ring:

Jagwar Ma, Tourist, Clean Cut Kid, Will Varley, Petite Meller, Ghostpoet, Crystal Fighters

 

Anyone else?

Edited by mjsell
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ah, activity on the Bestival forum! A rare sight indeed.

Kano - A grime artist who's music is a bit more middle of the road than others'. Songs such as 'T-shirt weather' and 'This is England' are pleasant to listen to, however he does also have some louder ones such as '3 wheel's up' and 'GarageSkankFREESTYLE' which are bound to get the place poppin'.

Glass Animals - Slow paced, indie music with quite an original sound. Newer singles seem to be going a bit more upbeat and mainstream, still very enjoyable. Playing the Big Top on Thursday so would be worth a gander whilst there's not much else on.

Wolf Alice - If you haven't heard of them, where have you been?? On the rise, after releasing 1 album that covers quite a broad range of sounds, all under the indie rock heading. They've got a female-lead which makes for a nice change. After another successful album they could be on to much bigger things.

Mura Masa - Again, very much on the rise. He creates beautiful, melodic electronica which after a few tunes you will be very into. 'Firefly', 'Lovesick' and 'What if I go?' are his 3 best, but he's great at pinching others' tunes to blend very nicely into the sound and style of his sets.

Hospitality Presents - If you have any appreciation for drum and bass you'll need to visit this part of the festival at least once. All great artists, all will do amazing sets, and the MCs always know how to raise the crowd's spirits.

Honne - With a debut album out earlier this year, Honne have a distinct sound with their jazzy, smooth, synthy beats, that have a general feel good tone. They'll no doubt leave you with a smile on your face. 'Someone that loves you' is one that particularly shines, featuring vocals from Izzy Bizu, who will also be performing solo at the festival.

Loyle Carner - A downbeat rap artist / poet who's voice gracefully glides over the classic, minimalist back beat provided. Currently hasn't released many songs but is sure to have something up his sleeves for a brilliant set.

Pretty Vicous - A nice change from the general sound of Bestival, this band have an upbeat punk-rock sound that's bound to get your feet moving. Their track 'its always there' was at one point Radio 1's 'hottest track in the world'.

Haelos - This British trio offer a unique style that can be likened to that of 'The xx', with an eerie sound overlaid with wonderfully wide harmonisation between the male and female vocals. 

Danny L Harle - If you were looking for a burst of energy, you've found it. Danny's sets consist of high pitched, bouncy tunes than never stop to take a breath. 

A few others I'd recommend giving a go are Rationale, PUP, Mella Dee, The Sherlocks, Shadow Child, Bicep, and DJ Yoda.

There's a great selection of artists you wont have heard of on this line up, but its certainly worth a bit of exploring!

 

(P.S. Fatboy Slim is shite live, he has great classic tunes but never plays any of them and you will wish you had picked something else.)

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Top notch response Buddy!

Will get stuck in to a few of those names the next couple of days. 

Wasn't aware a few of those were even on the lineup to be fair, pretty vicious and Izzy Bizu being two of them, will definitely like to check them out. 

Also will agree and disagree in equal measures about Fatboy. If you are expecting his hits then completely agree... Don't. But if you know what you are in for, are in to that kind of thing, and in the right 'frame of mind' he's still quite good at what he does. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Cheers man, yea there's quite a few gems down at the bottom, mostly coming from the 'invaders of the future' stage. I guess they wanted to save on the budget a bit by going for more low key acts this year.

Ah fair enough, have you seen him before then? I think I was just particularly disappointing after seeing him for the second time (first at SW4 2015, second at Glastonbury this year) since the set felt to be almost exactly the same... so I'm not willing to sit through the same set AGAIN! If there's nothing else on, go for it, but if someone's on the fence, i'd say veer away from fatboy ;)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Potential to be a really good thread helping to find new music.

A lot of my recommendations have been mentioned before but he are my picks (with some of my favourite tunes of theirs to give you a taste) -

- Jagwar Ma (O B 1 , Uncertainty, The Throw)  

- Glass Animals (Toes, Gooey, Life Itself)

- Wolf Alice (Moaning Lisa Smile, Giant Peach, Lisbon)

- Loyle Carner (No CD, Stars & Shards) - discovered from Buddy Holly's recommendations!

- The Sherlocks (Escapade, Heart of Gold)

- VANT (Karma Seeker, Parking Lot)

- Oh Wonder (Technicolour Beat, Without You)

- Spring King (City, Recitifier)

- CC Smugglers (Rhythm, Lydia)

- Odesza (Say My Name)

Should be arriving around this time next week, getting excited now!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Instead of listing all the acts I like on the line up I may as well just share my playlist...

Includes 3 songs from every artist I listened to and liked, and I tried to include at least one more recent song from each (even if they're going downhill haha).

And yes, you're right, I do have too much time on my hands!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Latest Activity

    • They don't strike me as a band that'd even enter the conversation for Trees
    • Alkaline Trio 90 Barrington Levy 95 Basement Jaxx 120 Billy Bragg 100 Billy Ocean 100 The Black Keys 90 Carl Cox 100 Chase & Status 120 Chelsea Wolfe 80  CMAT 105 Confidence Man 150 MAX Dave 25 David Byrne 150  Disclosure 65  Everything Everything 105 Faithless 80  Fatboy Slim 100 Four Tet 130 (+5) Funeral for a Friend 40 (-5) Garbage 100 GOAT 105  Greentea Peng 120 Happy Mondays 80 Hollie Cook 90 Jorja Smith 100 José González 100 Joy Crookes 120  Judas Priest 90 Kasabian 80  Kneecap 110  The Last Dinner Party 15 Levellers 85  Limp Bizkit 35  Linkin Park 90 Lorde 120 Madness 75  The Maccabees 100 Neck Deep 135  Nile Rodgers & Chic 100 Overmono 100 Pixies 55 The Prodigy 140 Pulp 150 MAX RAYE 100 Ren 85 Richard Ashcroft 95  Say She She 85 Scissor Sisters 120 Self Esteem 120 Skunk Anansie 100 Stereolab 120  The Streets 110 Super Furry Animals 110 Tems 50  Thundercat 90 Tom Jones 70  Two Door Cinema Club 15 Tyler, the Creator 75 Underworld 115 Wet Leg 90  Wilco 85  The Wombats 90 Wolf Alice 135
    • Another note, if I didn't mention the food in the arena for main stage is right at the back. Bands wise they do very well for but as a festival so far they pros are outweighed quite heavily currently for me.
    • On another note for RIP as an event, there is some good things but there are so many things people going to UK festivals would hate and how far behind they are.  Consistent network and water, beer and pretzel like food is brought around to buy in the crowds. Topping up on the wristband is good. The camping and food arrangement is not good, you really need cooking kit. Water points inside the arena are bonkers, water points in camping are a faff unless you are close enough in general camp. Merch stands are crazy. You MASSIVELY need to think about your lidl shop for camping and try and do it so you've one stop. It's definitely worth it getting to a camping shop here, picking up a rolley between your mates and stacking it for the walk back....lidl is cheap though, not hard getting in but Thursday queues getting in and into the camping is mad. You have to register first for a wristband as well leaving any bigger bags behind so pull to a side if only two and do it separately. I was joining a WhatsApp group for solo camp so went with the flow but I've learnt. Had it been me or just two my tent would have been down much quicker.  Big final note, I got a fresh and black 3 man from decathlon before coming and put in bigger suitcase with my airbed and sleeping bag...do this. Take a smaller option for your clothes. If you go to Munich first, book your train to Nuremberg as far in advance as you can....very important!....it hikes crazy. Probably bettee overall for baggage sizes to do BA both ways but you do then need to go back to Munich after too. Use the B&B hotel hbf the night before....its very nice, comfortable, cheap and within 10 minutes of the station which also serves as a transport stop 15 minutes from the registration.  Get up literally like 5am with everything back the night before, shower and go. Transport is free anyway for festival ticket holders during the duration.  Would I just choose to travel in each day and back to a hotel?, on the basis of sleep and getting accommodation cheap enough for 3 nights i might just do especially if I picked the ticket up early enough. It doesn't feel like a festival in a normal sense....unless you are in general yoi have to exit on the paths outside the camping to walk down and in which also applies for getting water so have a stock up. Toilets are in the camping.
  • Featured Products

  • Hot Topics

  • Latest Tourdates

×
×
  • Create New...