Taking stock

[jol33n]

Quite surprised to see Kurt Vile on someone's "not see" list. I saw him in a small bar in Madrid and it was excellent. His new album is very good, for those who liked Childish Prodigy. One of this year's highlight. I can't say the same for the new Mogwai. I do love post rock but this is taken to some road I'm a bit scared of.

Nonetheless, quite hard for me to make a must see list, some bands I've seen before and I really want to see them again but would happily sideline for something new.

Anyway, here's a shot:

Must see

Midlake

Best Coast

Wooden Shjips

Bob Log III

The Black Angels

White Denim

Must see AGAIN

Kurt Vile

Wild Beasts

HEALTH

Mogwai

Beirut

Happily see

Tinariwen

Lykke Li

Bo Ningen

Emanuel & The Fear

Wild Nothing

Twin Shadow

John Grant

Lightning Dust

Don't mind missing

Laura Marling

Joanna Newsom

Jolie Holland

I'm either indifferent to the rest or I don't know them well enough. I might sound sexist putting just solo females as a miss list. Although I'd probably check out Joanna Newsom to catch a glimpse of hotness

[Better Late...]

As usual there are loads of bands in the line up that I have absolutely no clue about, but it will be my third EOTR and the festival hasn't let me down yet. It's easy to get from one stage to another sampling what's on offer and staying longer at those I find I'm enjoying, and it's rare for a long spell to pass with nothing I'm enjoying enough to linger at.

[paulwa]

Nice one RealEarthMother, I second this recommendation. The first 2 albums are great.

I'd put in a recommendation for White Denim. If you like garage bluesy type stuff, that goes off in a slightly proggy turn from time to time, you will like them a lot I think. They put out an excellent download album a couple of months back via their website - Last Days of Summer. It was free and is really good. Give it a listen.

[ElGanzo]

Just bought my ticket after weeks of deliberations over whether I could afford it or not! Lineup is too good to miss.

Must Sees

Best Coast

TuneYards

Twin Shadow

Wild Nothings

James Yorkston

Sam Amidon

Allo Darlin

Woods

Perfume Genius

Would like to see:

Joanna Newsom

Beirut

Mogwai

The Fall

Tinariwen

Joan As Policewoman

Clap You Hands

Leisure Society

Wooden Shjips

Health

Daniel Martin Moore

Okkervil River

Micah P Hinson

Timber Timbre - after missing him last year

Haven't even started researching bands I don't know yet so no doubt there will be some tough choices to be made!

[baroquepop]

You'll find me...

Front row:

Joanna Newsom

Laura Marling

Emanuel and the Fear

Tune-yards

Beirut

In the middle:

Midlake

Mogwai

Joan as Police Woman

John Grant

Perfume Genius

Unthanks

Loitering at the back:

Whatever doesn't clash with the above.

Edited June 6, 2011 by baroquepop

[bennyhana22]

I was going to post to encourage people to list those EOTR bands that they are truly excited about seeing.

By this, I mean that they would pay to go see them at their local venue tomorrow, even if they really should be spending the money on something else. So, you might exclude a band that you really like because you've already seen them recently - i.e. the EOTR set won't be so special. Or you are seeing them before EOTR.

For me, that list comprises:

Okkervil River

Beirut

The Leisure Society

Other Lives

The Deadly Syndrome

Brakes

Don't get me wrong, I am really looking forward to so may other bands, but these 5 have a particular draw for me - for instance, I've seen Midlake twice in the past year, so despite adoring them, they can't make the list for that reason alone.

It's just possible that I'm going to be more excited about seeing Other Lives than any other band at EOTR. They are bloody brilliant.

Ben

[almal]

well i'm paying to see tune-yards next week, so them.

[baroquepop]

Today, 3 CDs from Amazon landed on my doormat...

Tune-yards - WHOKILL

This already hits the spot as I knew it would from previous exposure. My kind of thing.

The Unthanks - Here's the Tender Coming

This is a pleasant listen, traditional folk-style vocal with a folk-orchestral sound.

Mogwai - Special Moves

I'm struggling! Post-rock isn't my thing but I wanted to check them out properly. It comes with a DVD (good value!) so maybe if I see them on the TV it might help :-/

What CD should I get next?

[bennyhana22]

Other Lives - 'Other Lives'. Breathtakingly good...

Ben

[riverlodge]

What CD should I get next?

[acstalker]

What CD should I get next?

[bennyhana22]

if you haven't already, i'd get let england shake. it has recently dropped to a fiver on amazon which tempted me.

i know shes not at eotr BUT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN and anyway it is unmissable.

[seadragon]

Bands I cannot miss

John Grant

Micah P Hinson

The Leisure Society

Megafaun

Perfume Genius

Woods

Beirut

Dan Mangan

Okkervil River

White Denim

The Deadly Syndrome

Nathaniel Rateliff

Allo Darlin

Daniel Lefkowitz

Cass McCombs

Bands I’d like to see

Midlake

Best Coast

Joan as Policewoman

Josh T Pearson

Sam Amidon

Cambodian Space Project

The Fresh & Onlys

Lanterns on the Lake

Lightning Dust

She Keeps Bees

Wild Nothing

Kurt Vile

M Ward

Rue Royale

This is the Kit

The Staves

Really not bothered about at all

Joanna Newsom

Mogwai

The Walkmen

The Fall

Laura Marling

Dry the River

This is starting to get really hard because I don't want to have too many must sees. The bands not listed above I haven't really listened to enough to have a strong opinion. Either way, this is shaping up to be one of the best line ups yet I think!

[RedRockRick]

White Denim - D

The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream

Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice

[almal]

What CD should I get next?

[acstalker]

Bands I cannot miss:

The Black Angels

Wooden Shjips

White Denim

Sarabeth Tucek

Midlake

John Grant

Dan Mangan

Nathaniel Rateliff

Jolie Holland

Caitlin Rose

Bands I’d like to see:

Okkervil River

Woods

Megafaun

Midlake

Best Coast

The Fresh & Onlys

Wild Nothing

M Ward

The Staves

Mogwai

Beth Jeans Houghton

Timber Timbre

Cass McCombs

The Secret Sisters

Treefight For Sunlight

No thanks:

Joanna Newsom

Kurt Vile

Twin Shadow

The Walkmen

The Fall

Beirut

Gruff Rhys

The Unthanks

[bennyhana22]

My updated list. There are lots of others that I would be very happy to see but...

...subject to clashes I fully intend to see (no order, just listed from the full line-up!):

Beirut

Joanna Newsom

Mogwai

Midlake

Wild Beasts

Okkervil River

John Grant

The Unthanks

tUnE-yArDs

The Leisure Society

Brakes

The Deadly Syndrome

Diagrams

The Mountaineering Club

Other Lives

Dry the River

Lanterns on the Lake

Rue Royale

Treefight for Sunlight

Josh T Pearson

Looking at that, one word springs to mind. Clash-tastic.

Ben

[shoebox]

Well, I've got this lot that I would REALLY like to see, but there's others that I will pop along to, if the scheduling allows:

Joanna Newsom

Midlake

The Walkmen

Wild Beasts

Lykke Li

M Ward

Gruff Rhys

Okkervil River

John Grant

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Best Coast

Kurt Vile

James Yorkston

Caitlin Rose

The Leisure Society

Brakes

Zola Jesus

Allo Darlin'

Austra

Bo Ningen

Kathryn Calder

Dan Mangan

The Deadly Syndrome

Emanuel & The Fear

The Fresh & Onlys

Perfume Genius

Slow Down, Molasses

Twin Shadow

Wild Nothing

Woods

[geofelgie]

Must sees:

Dan Mangan

Caitlin Rose

Okkervil River

John Grant

Joan as Policewoman

Other lives

Acts I really want to see:

Midlake

Laura Marling

Gruff Rhys

Willy Mason

Josh T Pearson

Emmy the Great

Lia Ices

Cass McCombs

Treefight for sunlight

Sarabeth Tucek

Wild Nothing

Rue Royale

Emanuel and the fear

The Leisure Society

Deadly Syndrome

Dry the River

The Love Language

The Mountaineering Club

Doug Paisley

Kurt Vile and the Violators

Allo Darlin'

Lykke Li

Acts I'd quite like to see:

Joanna Newsom

Mogwai

The Walkmen

Micah P Hinson

Perfume Genius

Timber Timbre

Twin Shadow

Woods

Samamidon

Gordon Gano and the Ryans

Darren Hanlon

M Ward

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Found

Zola Jesus

Slow Down Molasses

errrrrrrr....that makes 44 bands......um

EDIT: Just listened to Tamer Animals again ;-)

Edited June 11, 2011 by geofelgie

[MrSimonW]

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

[seadragon]

Arrggh the more I listen, the more my must and want lists grow!

I need to add The Love Language, Gordon Gano & The Ryans, The Growlers, Health, This Frontier Needs Heroes and Oher Lives at the very least to my 'want to see' list and more than likely to my 'must see' list if I listen to them too much more...

[bennyhana22]

Arrggh the more I listen, the more my must and want lists grow!

I need to add The Love Language, Gordon Gano & The Ryans, The Growlers, Health, This Frontier Needs Heroes and Other Lives at the very least to my 'want to see' list and more than likely to my 'must see' list if I listen to them too much more...

Edited June 10, 2011 by bennyhana22

[seadragon]

Aren't they just bloody brilliant?! I am VERY excited about Other Lives...they are making a very strong play for my most anticipated set.

Ben

[bennyhana22]

Which album, seadragon? Or both? I 'got hold' of Tamer Animals first and loved it, only then to get to the self-titled and feel that it might just shade its follow-up. All I would say is that if you've only got one, get the other one too. Just fantastic. I have a genuine, 'proper' excitement about this band. Something that I don't get very often and occurs when my interest in a band, my desire to see them live, own their music etc transcends merely thinking that they are pretty damned good. Listening NOW, just as I finish off my shift at work. God they're good. I'm a bit taken by Other Lives. Can you tell...?

Ben

Edited June 10, 2011 by bennyhana22

[seadragon]

Haha I had noticed I've only got the S/T album so far...the other one has eluded me so far, but I'll find it if you recommend it that highly!