Tickets on sale for 2013, so about time we started the wishlist!

[Nick07]

Can't see me going this year. Not a fan of the headliners and like a handful of bands.

Would anyone buy off me for face value?

[nigeyb]

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) could be one of the great EOTR moments.

Great story about your Mum nagging you about Early Birds - she sounds brilliant!

[Fareham Grecian]

I don't see it as predictable at all. I would never have predicted half of those artists (if I'd even heard of them all).

Here's a challenge for anyone that thinks it's predictable - make a prediction for the next group of artists to be announced and let's see how close you get.

Underwhelming? Perhaps, but then again the festival doesn't sell itself on the star power of its line up. This will be my sixth EOTR, and my perception is that the festival now has a pretty large core of people who come back year after year because they know it's reliably a great experience - irrespective of who is on the bill. By which I mean that EOTR is more than the sum of it's line up - and that's what they were always trying to achieve.

The question to ask yourself is "Was I underwhelmed afterwards?". The numbers of people who come back year after year suggests that for many (most?) the answer is "No".

It seems to me it's a very EOTR type of line up.. a mix of the obscure, the up and coming, the esoteric cult artist, and the established. Bring it on.

[riverlodge]

I'm guessing David Byrne will do some of their other stuff too - and perhaps St Vincent, otherwise how will they do a whole set?

[geofelgie]

Curious announcement for me this one......none of the the acts I was really hoping for (Eels, Polyphonic Spree, Dawes, Admiral fallow, Dan Mangan, tall ships, jayhawks, tribes, the soundtrack of our lives, to name but nine).

Only two acts I really, really like - Caitlin Rose and Frightened Rabbit.

And yet I'm far more upbeat than I can I explain - I think the DB&StV thing will be utterly special..........and I'm already loving Mark Mulcahy and Heartless Bastards.

[airwaves]

For those wondering what BD&SV may do look at this set-list from January

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/david-byrne-and-st-vincent/2013/princes-wharf-1-hobart-australia-7bdb922c.html

[zahidf]

Curious announcement for me this one......none of the the acts I was really hoping for (Eels, Polyphonic Spree, Dawes, Admiral fallow, Dan Mangan, tall ships, jayhawks, tribes, the soundtrack of our lives, to name but nine).

Only two acts I really, really like - Caitlin Rose and Frightened Rabbit.

And yet I'm far more upbeat than I can I explain - I think the DB&StV thing will be utterly special..........and I'm already loving Mark Mulcahy and Heartless Bastards.

[riverlodge]

It's the worst song Talking Heads ever did, by a very very long way.

People who love singles will love it, because it'll be all they know.

Edited February 13, 2013 by riverlodge

[acstalker]

Fortunately I haven't bought tickets yet this year and, looking at the line up so far, I won't be.

I really expected the Spree, Lord Huron and Allah-Las to be in this batch but no such luck.

I guess it will be Latitude or Green Man (Band of Horses, Moon Duo and Arbouretum are better than anything announced so far for EOTR) this year.

[Amy Lawn]

Very impressed by the headliners, I'd buy a ticket alone on the strength of those acts, also like a fair few of the lower down bands, really looking forward to this festival.

[riverlodge]

(Band of Horses, Moon Duo and Arbouretum are better more derivative than anything announced so far for EOTR)

[Velvet Overground]

I personally think this is shaping up to be one of the better, and more interesting, line ups of the last 6 years (I first started going in 2008 and have been back every year since).

Last year, I was getting bored of EOTR. I was bored of seeing the same old bands doing the same old things. Having been to NDH as well, there was also far too much crossover between the two festivals.

And while I do love a drop of Americana (a necessity if one is to continually venture to EOTR and enjoy oneself), the lack of variety troubled me. There were times when there was little discernable difference between the acts on any of the stages at any given time.

This year, they seem to be moving slightly away from this formula which was, for me at least, becoming tired and predictable. Their headliners are genuine coups for such a small festival, the undercard is shaping up very nicely indeed, and above all, there is some real variety which will make things very interesting.

They could have booked predictable headliners, such as Animal Collective, Sufjan Stevens, Decemberists etc - who I would have geniunely liked to have seen - but I actually salute the bravery of this departure from the banal.

Perhaps the lack of NDH disctraction may have allowed them to focus more on EOTR this year, and I think this has led to more creativity: perhaps the reverse was true last year, hence the predictable line up and feeling of regurgitating the same lack of inspiration.

In sum - a great job. Keep the announcements coming: I am looking forward to this year's festival with more excitement than the last few.

[nigeyb]

My ever evolving EOTR wishlist…

Chuck Prophet

Yo La Tengo

Rick Redbeard

Hurray For The Riff Raff

Richard Thompson

Christopher Owens

Foxygen

Arbouretum

Veronica Falls

Fred Eaglesmith

Jonathan Richman

Bill Fay

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Guards

POST

The Rockingbirds

Not too much to ask is it?

[wolfamongwolves]

Wish list

Bob mould,

Chromatics,

Billy fay,

Ema,

Errors,

Swans,

No age ,

Mac dermarco,

Foxygen,

F**ck buttons,

Christopher Owens,

Earth,

Lightning bolt ,

Jim James,

Four tet,

Wild nothing,

Twin sister,

Toro y moi,

Kirsten hersh,

Wishful thinking but just one of the above would be lovely.

Edited February 14, 2013 by wolfamongwolves

[Amy Lawn]

Would Sufjan Stevens be a possibility? Or is he too big to be offered anything less than headliner?

[wolfamongwolves]

Would Sufjan Stevens be a possibility? Or is he too big to be offered anything less than headliner?

Edited February 15, 2013 by wolfamongwolves

[geofelgie]

Think we could still have quite a few 2nd on Woods stage/garden stage headliners level bands to come and in those sorts of positions I'd like:

Dawes

Of Monsters and Men

Patrick Wolf

Polyphonic Spree

Jayhawks

John Grant (I know, i know.......but new album coming out! ;-) )

Rest of my revised wishlist:

Buffalo Tom

Guillemots

Phosphorescent

Phoenix Foundation

Treefight for Sunlight

Dan Mangan

Local Natives

James Levy & the Blood Red Rose

Katzenjammer

Tall Ships

Team Me

Delphic

David Ford

Admiral Fallow

Young the Giant

Doug Paisley

Father John Misty

Tribes

Wintersleep

Wallflowers

General Fiasco

just a little list there

[Amy Lawn]

Sufjan Stevens would be wonderful, but I could only see him as a headliner.

Edited February 16, 2013 by GETOFFAMYLAWN

[WM Hall]

new member, i'm will, 17, this will be my first End Of The Road after three years at Latitude...

my (realistic/suitable?) wishlist...

Lambchop - i know they headlined in 2007, but the festival was a different size and they could play below one of the headliners? or headline The Garden Stage?

Tim Burgess

Mac Demarco - pleeeeeeease

Foxygen

Toy

Field Music

The Polyphonic Spree

[zahidf]

new member, i'm will, 17, this will be my first End Of The Road after three years at Latitude...

my (realistic/suitable?) wishlist...

Lambchop - i know they headlined in 2007, but the festival was a different size and they could play below one of the headliners? or headline The Garden Stage?

[WM Hall]

also, a return for DELICATE STEVE!

[nigeyb]

My ever evolving EOTR wishlist…

Chuck Prophet

Yo La Tengo

Rick Redbeard

Hurray For The Riff Raff

Richard Thompson

Christopher Owens

Foxygen

Arbouretum

Veronica Falls

Fred Eaglesmith

Jonathan Richman

Bill Fay

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Guards

POST

The Rockingbirds

Not too much to ask is it?

[WM Hall]

I doubt Yo La Tengo will be back and that's a shame because they're one of my favourites at the moment!

[amanesa]

Hurray for the Riff Raff

Kontiki Suite

[WM Hall]

Revised wishlist of EOTR suitable bands:

Yo La Tengo (very unlikely, but oh well)

Lambchop

Tim Burgess

Mac Demarco

Foxygen

Toy

Field Music

The Polyphonic Spree

The High Llamas

The Pastels (+ Tenniscoats?)

Francois & The Atlas Mountains

Jeffrey Lewis

Mount Eerie

Adam Green & Binki Shapiro

Melody's Echo Chamber

Delicate Steve

Edited February 19, 2013 by WM Hall