2021 Lineup

[Andre91]

My Top 10 of the year so far: 

1. Phoxjaw - Royal Swan 

2. Code Orange - Underneath 

3. Four Year Strong - Brain Pain 

4. Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone 

5. Trivium - What The Dead Men Say 

6. Enter Shikari - Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

7. Lamb of God - Lamb of God 

8. Aiming For Enrike - Music For Working Out

9. Paradise Lost - Obsidian 

10. Run The Jewels - RTJ4 

 

[TheWaters]

1 hour ago, Hawky said:

Marsicans - Ursa Major absolutely bodies sea girls.

Didn’t realise they’d released today will have to check it out. Liked a couple of their early singles and they were decent at Reading 2018 I’ve just not really kept up with them

[TheWaters]

Top 10 albums of the year :

1. RTJ4- Run The Jewels

2. Punisher- Phoebe Bridgers

3. How I’m Feeling Now- Charli xcx

4. Future Nostalgia- Dua Lipa

5. A Hero’s Death- Fontaines D.C.

6. The New Abmormal- The Strokes

7. Folklore- Taylor Swift

8. Deep Down Happy- Sports Team

9. After Hours- The Weeknd

10. Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible- Enter Shikari

Honourable mention to UNLOCKED by Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats it’s an EP but it’d easily be top 5 in this list. Idles album probs gonna too all these too

Edited August 14, 2020 by TheWaters

[Jericode]

Haven't put any proper thought into a top ten and there's loads more to I need to listen to.

1. Wake Up Sunshine - All Time Low

2. Glue - Boston Manor

3. Power - Twin Atlantic

4. Everything Changes In The End - Vistas

5. Pink Elephant - Stand Atlantic

6. Brave Faces Everyone - Spanish Love Songs

7. Point of No Return - Those Damn Crows

8. A Celebration of Endings - Biffy Clyro

9. All Distortions Are Intentional - Neck Deep

10. Notes on a Conditional Form - The 1975

[CG31]

Mine would go in no particular order

1)NOACF - the 1975

2)Future Nostalgia- Dua Lipa

3)Everything Changes in the End - Vistas

4)The Slow Rush - Tame Impala

5)Wake Up Sunshine - All Time Low

6)NIT&EIP - Enter Shikari

7)Love, Death & Dancing - Jack Garattt

8)the New Abnormal - the Strokes

9)Dreamland - Glass Animals 

10) the Bonny - Gerry Cinnamon 

 

Expecting this to change with IDLES, Declan McKenna, the Magic Gang, Everything Everything and NBT to come

 

 

And the new Marsicians album is brilliant as well and on Sea Girls they add unnecessary curses I think they don’t need to have swear words where they are 

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by Gerard the Fab

[Alex Winstone]

1) Enter Shikari- NIT&EIP

2) Violent Soho- Everything Is A-Ok

3) Penghsui- Penghsui 

4) Higher Power- 27 Miles Underwater

5) Run The Jewels- RTJ4

6) Creeper- SD&TIV

7) Lies To Tell Your Children- Stay Voiceless

8 )  Kvelertak- Spilid 

9) Biffy Clyro- A Celebration of Endings

10) Boston Manor- Glue

Edited August 14, 2020 by Alex Winstone

[TKOCF]

1) Vistas - Everything Changes in the End

2) Run the Jewels - RTJ 4

3) Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters

4) The Chats - High Risk Behaviour

5) EOB - Earth

6) 100 Gecs - 1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues

7) Childish Gambino - 3.15.20

8- Lady Gaga - Chromatica

9) Enter Shikari - Nothing is True...

10) Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings 

Edited August 14, 2020 by TKOCF

[Dukey]

Top 10 -

DMA’s 

Shikari

Jack Garratt

Biffy

Dua Lipa

The Strokes

Gerry C

Neck Deep

Twin Atlantic

Bury Tomorrow

Special future mentions which will probably enter such as Killers, Idles, Future Islands and BMtH 

Edited August 14, 2020 by Dukey

[justanothername]

3 hours ago, Andre91 said:

My Top 10 of the year so far: 

1. Phoxjaw - Royal Swan 

2. Code Orange - Underneath 

3. Four Year Strong - Brain Pain 

4. Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone 

5. Trivium - What The Dead Men Say 

6. Enter Shikari - Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

7. Lamb of God - Lamb of God 

8. Aiming For Enrike - Music For Working Out

9. Paradise Lost - Obsidian 

10. Run The Jewels - RTJ4 

 

Really? I mean it was alright, but I thought the self titled album was better. Might have to check it out again.

Also I'd recommend you check out the albums by Gulch (best Hardcore album of the year imo), Drain (especially if you love Turnstile) and Year of the Knife (had no right being as good as it was, it was just so violent).

Edited August 14, 2020 by justanothername

[justanothername]

Love a top 10 but my taste have diverged from this festival so much. Oh well

1. The Microphones - Microphones in 2020
2. Sun is Poison - Rodeo Abandoned by God
3. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
4. Run the Jewels - RTJ4
5. Gulch - Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress
6. Hot Mulligan - You'll Be Fine
7. A.A.L - 2017-2019
8. Drain - California Cursed
9. Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything
10. Beach Bunny - Honeymoon

Honorable mentions to BackxWash, Charmer, Spanish Love Songs, Nicolas Jaar, Jeff Rosenstock, Yawning, Carly Rae Jepsen, Retirement Party, Ratboys, Pet Shimmers and the other album Sun is Poison put out. My mind will certainly change next week

Edited August 14, 2020 by justanothername

[Alex Winstone]

16 minutes ago, justanothername said:

Really? I mean it was alright, but I thought the self titled album was better. Might have to check it out again.

Also I'd recommend you check out the albums by Gulch (best Hardcore album of the year imo), Drain (especially if you love Turnstile) and Year of the Knife (had no right being as good as it was, it was just so violent).

Gulch and Drain's albums are outstanding! 

[OnlyRevolutions]

after being unhappy with my earlier list and actually putting some thought into what has released this year i'm back with my redefined top ten, can't believe i forgot circles in my original list but it feels like a lifetime since that album was released now

1. Brain Candy - Hockey Dad

2. Circles - Mac Miller

3. Man Alive! - King Krule

4. Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

5. NOACF - The 1975

6. The New Abnormal - The Strokes

7. Suddenly - Caribou

8. Fine Line - Harry Styles

9. Limbo - Amine

10. The Slow Rush - Tame Impala

[mikem2]

I haven't listened to many new albums this year, got a lot of catching up to do but here's my top 5:

1. Enter Shikari - Nothing is True & Everything is Possible

2. DMA's - The Glow

3. Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings

4. Fontaines D.C - A Hero's Death

5. Courteeners - More.Again.Forever (ready to get slated for that one)

Not albums but I've also really enjoyed the singles released by Idles and Larry Pink the Human this year and also Alkaline Trios new EP - "E.P."

Edited August 15, 2020 by mikem2

[sacred shape]

5 minutes ago, mikem2 said:

Not albums but I've also really enjoyed the singles released by Idles and Larry Pink the Human this year and also Alkaline Trios new EP - "E.P."

The Larry Pink the Human songs have all been great and I've not seen anyone else talking about them - hopefully they'll make it to the Fest Republic stage next year?

Edited August 15, 2020 by sacred shape

[Andre91]

8 hours ago, justanothername said:

Really? I mean it was alright, but I thought the self titled album was better. Might have to check it out again.

Also I'd recommend you check out the albums by Gulch (best Hardcore album of the year imo), Drain (especially if you love Turnstile) and Year of the Knife (had no right being as good as it was, it was just so violent).

Yep. I have been playing the FYS album since it came out. It’s just really clicked with me. We were really lucky in South Yorkshire that for the first three months of lockdown, we were blessed with really pleasant weather. The FYS album complimented it really well. 
 

Gulch and YOTK are both in my top 20 😎 The black metal riffing on the second track on the Gulch album that comes out of nowhere had my jaw on the floor. It’s a brilliant record. The fucking riffs on the YOTK album are wild, too. I would highly recommend Sharptooth if you haven’t checked the album out already, it’s brilliant and definitely worth listening to if you like the Gulch and YOTK albums. 
 

I’ve also got Backxwash in my top 20. Nice inclusion of Phoebe in your list too, another great album. The Mark Lanegan album from earlier this year would definitely be worth your time too, I think. 

Edited August 15, 2020 by Andre91

[mikem2]

4 minutes ago, sacred shape said:

The Larry Pink the Human songs have all been great and I've not seen anyone else talking about them - hopefully they'll make it to the Fest Republic stage next year?

Yeah I've really liked what they've released so far. I think Isaac did most of the songwriting for slaves (correct me if I'm wrong) so it's great to see Laurie has a talent for it as well. Would love to see them live next year, Festival Republic seems like a decent shout. I'm also hoping there's an album announcement soon as well.

[mikem2]

5 minutes ago, mikem2 said:

Yeah I've really liked what they've released so far. I think Isaac did most of the songwriting for slaves (correct me if I'm wrong) so it's great to see Laurie has a talent for it as well. Would love to see them live next year, Festival Republic seems like a decent shout. I'm also hoping there's an album announcement soon as well.

Just checked Wikipedia, I was wrong they both contribute to writing. I'll rephrase that then - as much as I like Slaves, it's great to see Laurie do something completely different to it and pull it off well.

[Sam Y]

Would Phoebe Bridgers play Reading? I'm really not sure of what slot she'd play

[dentalplan]

42 minutes ago, Sam Y said:

Would Phoebe Bridgers play Reading? I'm really not sure of what slot she'd play

Nah

[FloorFiller]

42 minutes ago, Sam Y said:

Would Phoebe Bridgers play Reading? I'm really not sure of what slot she'd play

I doubt it. More suited to the likes of Glastonbury, Latitude, Green Man etc. Think she’d be wasted at Reading and Leeds these days.

[R Shah]

1. The Glow - DMA'S
2. Everything Changes In The End - Vistas
3. RTJ4 - Run The Jewels
4. Pink Elephant - Stand Atlantic
5. Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible - Enter Shikari
6. Everything Else Has Gone Wrong - Bombay Bicycle Club
7. A Hero's Death - Fontaines D.C
8. A Celebration of Endings - Biffy Clyro
9. Open Up Your Head - Sea Girls
10. The New Abnormal - The Strokes

[WhoOdyssey]

1. The 1975 - Notes On a Conditional Form
2. Blossoms - Foolish Loving Spaces
3. Sports Team - Deep Down Happy
4. Neck Deep - All Distortions Are Intentional
5. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death

Loads more other favourites this year that I'll have to think about more haha

[CG31]

37 minutes ago, WhoOdyssey said:

1. The 1975 - Notes On a Conditional Form
2. Blossoms - Foolish Loving Spaces
3. Sports Team - Deep Down Happy
4. Neck Deep - All Distortions Are Intentional
5. Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death

Loads more other favourites this year that I'll have to think about more haha

Bollocks I completely forgot Blossoms was this year, fuck Gerry Cinnamon FLS is excellent 

[Ives562]

Really stating to get into a day to remember love their new stuff 

[Andre91]

1 hour ago, Ives562 said:

Really stating to get into a day to remember love their new stuff 

Treat yourself and listen to Homesick.