2024 Festival

[andyrhodes24]

1 hour ago, CG31 said:

You’ve practically got a day of it if you fancy going to “15 mins away from Stockport”

Marketing team doing wonders 😂 tbf Blossoms and Shed Seven is decent

 

15 minutes ago, Benj said:

I think most of us are thankful that that dream is dead!

They’re vanilla but good fun. The only positive is it probably rules Inhaler out too

[Benj]

3 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Marketing team doing wonders 😂 tbf Blossoms and Shed Seven is decent

 

They’re vanilla but good fun. The only positive is it probably rules Inhaler out too

I saw inhaler at Life is Beautiful in the US and absolutely amazed myself by thoroughly enjoying them

Again goes to show how much we miss the tent, bands like that are so much more engaging in the dark, with lights etc perking up the show

(would fly over solely for Shed 7 playing in the FR!)

Edited November 2, 2023 by Benj

[NorthernSoul52]

I mean, if Blossoms technically open their own all-dayer with their Rick Astley combo, I'd be highly tempted.

[gfa]

17 hours ago, Benj said:

Loads of old gammon boomers in camp chairs, if it’s like usual

 

(never been so that may be harsh, just based on a few horrific vlogs I’ve seen)

IOW is pretty fun - mixed family crowd but the usual dance headliner means a lot of younger people go too (missing this year)

not too bad for camping chairs i thought, you just walk around them and can easily get a nice spot for everyone

17 hours ago, Benj said:

I saw inhaler at Life is Beautiful in the US and absolutely amazed myself by thoroughly enjoying them

Again goes to show how much we miss the tent, bands like that are so much more engaging in the dark, with lights etc perking up the show

(would fly over solely for Shed 7 playing in the FR!)

jesus

[andyrhodes24]

19 hours ago, CG31 said:

You’ve practically got a day of it if you fancy going to “15 mins away from Stockport”

Funnily enough I’ve been in Stockport for work today. If they want to move the gig a lot more then 15 minutes away then they might shift more tickets…

[Benj]

1 hour ago, gfa said:

 

jesus

Gag obv. I’d deffo be there if they played though

Assuming they weren’t up against O-Rod

[CG31]

21 hours ago, Benj said:

I think most of us are thankful that that dream is dead!

Booooo, I want time 10 seeing the boys 

[CG31]

Not much going on the lineup front, so I’m intrigued once again to people’s albums of the years, happy to make a new thread if people don’t wanna clog this one up 

for me top 10 right now:

boygenius - The Record

Hozier - Unreal Unearth

Barry Can’t Swim - When Will We Land?

Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

BCNR - Live at Bush Hall

Grian Chatten - Chaos for the Fly

Lana - DYKTATUOB

Sampha - Lahai

Sundara Karma - Miss Again (don’t judge it’s a great Indie record and hometown bias)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

Jungle, QOTSA, King Krule, O-Rod and Foos albums just outside atm

Edited November 3, 2023 by CG31

[VCK]

QOTSA were AOTY by a mile.

[Benj]

Rodrigo

Blur

Feeble Little Horse

YYYs

Samia

[foolee]

Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
QOTSA - In Times New Roman…
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Enter Shikari - A Kiss For The Whole World
Pierce The Veil - The Jaws of Life
Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City
Blink-182 - One More Time
The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons

The remaining couple will probably be made up by The Xcerts, Post Malone, Avenged Sevenfold, All Time Low, Travis Scott, Empire State Bastard & Metallica. 

[LazyDavid]

Have enjoyed all these this year (no order):

Blink 182 - One More Time

Creeper - Sanguivore

Enter Shikari - A Kiss For The Whole World

The Gaslight Anthem - History Books

Killer Mike - Michael

Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City

Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden

Spanish Love Songs - No Joy

Youth Fountain - Together in Lonesome

 

 

[NorthernSoul52]

The new The Gaslight Anthem record gets better with each listen. Kind of both staggered and not surprised it has sunk like a stone on debut. Commercial prospects dimmed on Get Hurt only two years after Handwritten put them well up in the world. A shame.

[sacred shape]

9 hours ago, foolee said:

Enter Shikari - A Kiss For The Whole World
Pierce The Veil - The Jaws of Life
Nothing But Thieves - Dead Club City

I'm a massive fan of Shikari and NBT, and a big fan of PtV, but all of those were pretty dissapointing for me and definitely my least favourite albums each have put out.

 

My top 10 is:

Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden

Holding Absence - The Noble Art of Self Destruction (if you like emo/post-hardcore, listen to this!)

Creeper - Sanguivore

Origami Angel - The Brightest Days

Movements - RUCKUS!

boygenius - the record

Demob Happy - Divine Machines

Trophy Eyes - Suicide and Sunshine

Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But a Dream…

King Nun - Lamb

[Andre91]

This is my current Top 10. Tbh I can’t see it changing too much but I expect the Dying Wish album that came out yesterday to crack it: 

1. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 

2. Paramore - This Is Why 

3. Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream

4. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun

5. Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden

6. Joey Valence & Brae - Punk Tactics

7. Blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME… 

8. Pain of Truth - Not Through Blood

9. Frozen Soul - Glacial Domination

10. Olivia Rodrigo - Guts

Edited November 4, 2023 by Andre91

[panda97]

I don't have a particular top 10 list but The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan deserves a mention

Paint My Bedroom Black - Holly Humberstone and GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo are my most listened to new albums from this year 

The Secret to Life - Fizz and History Books - The Gaslight Anthem only came out recently but I've been enjoying them both
 

[wghennessy]

I reckon Tate McRae will play and be pretty high up. 

Edited November 5, 2023 by wghennessy

[Chad888]

1 hour ago, wghennessy said:

I reckon Tate McRae will play and be pretty high up. 

If she does, she will be about 4th on a stage. Griff, Joy Crooks, Sigrid, Mabel, Decline Mckenna, Beabadoobee have all played around 4th last 3 years.

[Benj]

1 hour ago, Chad888 said:

If she does, she will be about 4th on a stage. Griff, Joy Crooks, Sigrid, Mabel, Decline Mckenna, Beabadoobee have all played around 4th last 3 years.

So by 4th on a stage you mean 8th or 9th on the day?

[Andre91]

49 minutes ago, Benj said:

So by 4th on a stage you mean 8th or 9th on the day?

No, they mean fourth down Main Stage East. 

[Benj]

3 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

No, they mean fourth down Main Stage East. 

So, 8th or 9th in the day 👍🏼

[Dukey]

On 11/3/2023 at 4:10 PM, CG31 said:

Not much going on the lineup front, so I’m intrigued once again to people’s albums of the years, happy to make a new thread if people don’t wanna clog this one up 

for me top 10 right now:

boygenius - The Record

Hozier - Unreal Unearth

Barry Can’t Swim - When Will We Land?

Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

BCNR - Live at Bush Hall

Grian Chatten - Chaos for the Fly

Lana - DYKTATUOB

Sampha - Lahai

Sundara Karma - Miss Again (don’t judge it’s a great Indie record and hometown bias)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

Jungle, QOTSA, King Krule, O-Rod and Foos albums just outside atm

In no particular order: 

Enter Shikari - Pls Set Me On Fire

Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden

The Gaslight Anthem - History Books

Blink 182 - One More Time

Nothing But Thieves - DCC

Holding Absence - Noble Art of Self Destruction 

Trophy Eyes - Suicide & Sunshine

Hundred Reasons - Glorious Sunset 

The Lathums - From Nothing to a Little Bit More

DMA’s - How Many Dreams? 
 

 

 

[NorthernSoul52]

No basis for this hunch in the slightest, and the more truncated nature of headline sets in the double main stage era would make it unlikely, even before considering the demographic and the fact they will have already been over two months prior.

But, Foo Fighters. (Must have had some strong cheese before I went to bed last night.)

1 All My Life
2 The Pretender
3 No Son of Mine
4 Learn to Fly
5 Rescued
6 Walk
7 Times Like These
8 My Hero
9 The Sky is a Neighborhood
10 Nothing At All
11 This Is a Call 
12 Aurora
13 Monkey Wrench
14 Best of You
15 Everlong

Edited November 6, 2023 by NorthernSoul52

[jonnyisRFC]

1. The Gaslight Anthem - History Books 

2. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy

3. The Menzingers - Some Of It Was True

4. Sincere Engineer - Cheap Grills 

 

Have been my favourite albums of the year. Still trying and struggling to get into the new Creeper record. 

[Gejonimo]

On 11/3/2023 at 4:10 PM, CG31 said:

Not much going on the lineup front, so I’m intrigued once again to people’s albums of the years, happy to make a new thread if people don’t wanna clog this one up 

for me top 10 right now:

boygenius - The Record

Hozier - Unreal Unearth

Barry Can’t Swim - When Will We Land?

Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

BCNR - Live at Bush Hall

Grian Chatten - Chaos for the Fly

Lana - DYKTATUOB

Sampha - Lahai

Sundara Karma - Miss Again (don’t judge it’s a great Indie record and hometown bias)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

Jungle, QOTSA, King Krule, O-Rod and Foos albums just outside atm

I'm 320 albums in to 2023, so my top 10 is f**king wild.

1) Creeper - Sanguivore
2) HMLTD - The Worm 
3) Gabriels - Angels & Queens 
4) Slow Readers Club - Knowledge Freedom Power
5) Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
6) 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
7) Romy - Mid-Air
8 Polaris - Fatalism
9) Beach Fossils - Bunny
10) Iggy Pop - Every Loser

Really wanted to include Fireworks, Chemical Brothers, Sleep Token, Skindred, Olivia Rodrigo, Story of the Year, Babymetal, Enter Shikari, Overmono and countless others. What a year.