2020 Line-up Thread

[xxialac]

4 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

Reckon we might get the times either today or tomorrow?

Tomorrow afternoon feels about right.

[snipe]

Is this the busiest the EOTR forum has been? I feel like the last few years you'd get maybe a page a week if you were lucky.   

[falseneutral]

1 minute ago, snipe said:

Is this the busiest the EOTR forum has been? I feel like the last few years you'd get maybe a page a week if you were lucky.   

I'm eager for any gossip or chatter about EOTR this year, so hitting F5 every few minutes now...

[xxialac]

5 minutes ago, snipe said:

Is this the busiest the EOTR forum has been? I feel like the last few years you'd get maybe a page a week if you were lucky.   

Didn't it used to be buried on the site under Other UK festivals or similar?

[WFD]

Probably just a case of there being a lot to talk about over and above usual festival chat - lots of line up changes and other Covid related uncertainty to keep track of.

[Dancers Stand Very Still]

Maybe. Its a bit longer (85 versus 58 pages) than what became the main thread in 2019 but we've had an extra year to make it so. It's pleasantly busy this week though! I love the speculation and anticipation the week before that we're all feeling 😊

[changingman]

Still have a sneaking suspicion Nick Cave will open the Friday on the woods. Maybe a Idiot Prayer style grand piano set. Relatively easy to set up, he's 20 minutes down the road anyway. 

You know it makes sense. 😂

[Tomos_]

Did anyone catch Hen Ogledd at Green Man? If so, how was it?

[riverlodge]

3 hours ago, The Nal said:

Squid are great fun live. 3 or 4 absolute bangers and high energy aswell. 

It looks like the may be clashing with Field Music which is a major bummer. 

Squid were fantastic at GM, and packed out the Walled Garden stage. A SIGNIFICANT moshpit. Maybe because it was a surprise set (but not much of a surprise) they played quite a few new songs in their 45 minute slot (e.g. no Cleaner) but it received a brilliant reception. And they sounded very tight, nothing rusty about it whatsoever. Can't wait.

[xxialac]

1 minute ago, changingman said:

Still have a sneaking suspicion Nick Cave will open the Friday on the woods. Maybe a Idiot Prayer style grand piano set. Relatively easy to set up, he's 20 minutes down the road anyway. 

You know it makes sense. 😂

Nah.

It’s a Portishead reunion and a Daft Punk secret set in the Cider Bus.

[Dancers Stand Very Still]

3 minutes ago, riverlodge said:

Squid were fantastic at GM, and packed out the Walled Garden stage. A SIGNIFICANT moshpit. Maybe because it was a surprise set (but not much of a surprise) they played quite a few new songs in their 45 minute slot (e.g. no Cleaner) but it received a brilliant reception. And they sounded very tight, nothing rusty about it whatsoever. Can't wait.

I only caught the second half of their set and couldn't really get near enough to enjoy it properly. Did Martha Skye Murphy join them for Narrator? They finished with that at Latitude and it was a level above an already impressive set. 

I'm hoping MSM will pop up at EotR due that reason. That's why she's one of my picks for a surprise slot. 

[robith]

So they said they announced the activities and the healing line up, but the healing page is dead?

I am so keen on a massage it's untrue

[SighMo]

2 hours ago, xxialac said:

Didn't it used to be buried on the site under Other UK festivals or similar?

Yea, like Green Man is...about time this became one less click too.

[SighMo]

1 hour ago, Tomos_ said:

Did anyone catch Hen Ogledd at Green Man? If so, how was it?

I did; it was pretty weird for me as I had no clue what they were about; I'd seen Richard Dawson earlier in the day and was looking forward to it. Was a really good fun vibe down the front; really enjoyed it.

[Drutt]

2 hours ago, Tomos_ said:

Did anyone catch Hen Ogledd at Green Man? If so, how was it?

Is that a new variant of bird flu? 😉

Seriously though I'm looking forward to them, particularly like "Trouble". Not quite getting Richard Dawson on his own yet though...

From today's research into the smaller bands, I'm enjoying Oldboy a lot - anyone seen them before?

[Brave Sir Robin]

12 minutes ago, Drutt said:

From today's research into the smaller bands, I'm enjoying Oldboy a lot - anyone seen them before?

What’ve you seen/heard of them? I’ve only found a few snippets on Instagram. There are several acts with the same name on Spotify etc but I don’t think any of them are the right one.

[Drutt]

I'm assuming / hoping its these guys, but could be wrong... 

 

[Brave Sir Robin]

4 minutes ago, Drutt said:

I'm assuming / hoping its these guys, but could be wrong... 

 

I don’t think it is, from this: https://instagram.com/oldboy_band?utm_medium=copy_link

[Guy Incognito]

Listed as a noise band on the website, which I'm very intrigued about but no sure I'll be able to hack at 11:45 on Sunday morning. 

[Drutt]

Intriguing... Not many clues in the eotr description: ("We don’t know much about oldboy but what we do know they rule.") At least I'm forewarned it may not be what I'm expecting! 

Shame as I'm trying to hunt down a few more bands that will get my toes tapping rather than chin scratching... Melin Melyn fitting the bill. Any recommendations for more smaller "uplifting" acts welcome...

[TheMerryPig]

3 hours ago, JHad said:

I only caught the second half of their set and couldn't really get near enough to enjoy it properly. Did Martha Skye Murphy join them for Narrator? They finished with that at Latitude and it was a level above an already impressive set. 

I'm hoping MSM will pop up at EotR due that reason. That's why she's one of my picks for a surprise slot. 

Dunno about GM but she did join them at Latitude. Squid were also very good there. And MSM was good on the piano stage in 2019.

[Losing my hair]

9 hours ago, Tomos_ said:

Did anyone catch Hen Ogledd at Green Man? If so, how was it?

I really enjoyed their set.

They were down to a 3 piece because Rhodri was Covid isolating so there was a bit of improvisation going on but they were clearly having a good time and that seemed to transmit itself to the audience. 

Hopefully back to full strength for EOTR. 

[actionstations]

Slow day, I'm getting a bit desperate for set times... 😬

In the mean time, I've finished listening to and rating the whole lineup - based on their three songs with the most listeners on last.fm in the last year, which is a formula I've been using for a long time for no particular reason. Here's the upper bit of my list, if anyone wants something to look at while they wait for the SET TIMES COME ON ALREADY

9/10
Hen Ogledd
Little Simz
Richard Dawson
8/10
John Grant
The Comet Is Coming
Warmduscher
7/10
Dana Gavanski
Girl Ray
Jonny Greenwood
Stereolab
Teleman
6/10
Alice Boman, Anna B Savage, Anna Meredith, Auntie Flo, Balimaya Project, Billy Nomates, Dry Cleaning, Hot Chip, Jane Weaver, Jonny Dillon, Lonelady, Penelope Isles, Vanishing Twin
5/10
Ahmed Fakroun, Aoife Nessa Frances, Arab Strap, BABii, Big Joanie, Caroline, Crack Cloud, Fenne Lily, Field Music, Gwenifer Raymond, Gwenno & Georgia Ellery, Jerkcurb, Jim Ghedi, JOHN (TIMESTWO), Katy J Pearson, Kikagaku Moyo, Pozi, Red River Dialect, Sarathy Korwar, Sleaford Mods, The Golden Dregs, The Umlauts, Trash Kit, William Doyle, Zulu Zulu

[snipe]

I remember one year we chatted to some lad in the food village who had several A4 pages on the entire line up where he had rated and described each and every act on it in some detail.  That wasn't you was it?

[riverlodge]

1 hour ago, actionstations said:

Slow day, I'm getting a bit desperate for set times... 😬

In the mean time, I've finished listening to and rating the whole lineup - based on their three songs with the most listeners on last.fm in the last year, which is a formula I've been using for a long time for no particular reason. Here's the upper bit of my list, if anyone wants something to look at while they wait for the SET TIMES COME ON ALREADY

9/10
Hen Ogledd
Little Simz
Richard Dawson
8/10
John Grant
The Comet Is Coming
Warmduscher
7/10
Dana Gavanski
Girl Ray
Jonny Greenwood
Stereolab
Teleman
6/10
Alice Boman, Anna B Savage, Anna Meredith, Auntie Flo, Balimaya Project, Billy Nomates, Dry Cleaning, Hot Chip, Jane Weaver, Jonny Dillon, Lonelady, Penelope Isles, Vanishing Twin
5/10
Ahmed Fakroun, Aoife Nessa Frances, Arab Strap, BABii, Big Joanie, Caroline, Crack Cloud, Fenne Lily, Field Music, Gwenifer Raymond, Gwenno & Georgia Ellery, Jerkcurb, Jim Ghedi, JOHN (TIMESTWO), Katy J Pearson, Kikagaku Moyo, Pozi, Red River Dialect, Sarathy Korwar, Sleaford Mods, The Golden Dregs, The Umlauts, Trash Kit, William Doyle, Zulu Zulu

immense piece of work. quite like that I can't stand all the 9/10s 😛