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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 10:26:08 GMT -6
thanks for letting us know! hopefully can swing over tonight once things settled down.
we're at little 5 points now for burgers and records and haircuts
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2018 11:15:58 GMT -6
Pretty good fest. As usual, I drank too much on the first day, which tends to set a fucky tone for the rest of the weekend. I really need to stop doing that. Anyway, one time I waited behind two people to go to the bathroom, so A+ in that regard. The weather was just about perfect. The dust sucked. Most of the bands I saw were good, but David Byrne, Jack White and Parquet Courts were my favorites. Qotsa was tops, too. Great seeing everyone!
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 7:48:50 GMT -6
really perfect weekend all around. -pregamed in the little 5 points thursday with the cliche vortex burgers, 3 or 4 record stores, a couple pubs and then a silly hipster beer+barbershop joint. -we met up with Eric's marine buddy who lives out in a far north suburb (roswell?) and did a big bar crawl. it was a neat little town where all the store fronts and houses on the main street turn into outdoor restaurants and bars at night but it definitely had a bit of a problematic "make the plantations great again" vibe. we went back to a city center later and checked out a few really neat breweries. -actually liked the new location and layout of the fest grounds much more than i expected. centennial park downtown was aesthetically neater but this one was much easier to navigate and didn't require as much unnecessary walking. pretty solid selection for food and lines for booze and bathrooms were rarely an issue. sound at all the stages was pretty good except the Piedmont on friday definitely had way too much bass for most of the sets -security is still the most relaxed and laughable of any fest i've ever been to. walked through all the days with just one security person behind a table looking at me and going "mmk go ahead" -caught the end of rolling coastal blackout fever on friday and they sounded nice. -rival sons is definitely an open air band that thinks they're keeping rawk alive -jimmy eat world was great. they backloaded the setlist more than the RF set a few years ago but still had a really good participatory crowd for the newer stuff -courtney always slays. new stuff sounds awesome live -franz was so much fun. new songs are insanely dancy and they did all the hits including ones i wasnt sure they still did ("matinee," "Michael") -david byrne won the weekend pretty easily, no surprise. almost the same set i saw at coachella and probably about equal crowd. definitely a few people who threw a fit that he didn't play their favorite Talking Heads song which i kinda lol'd at -japandroids were japandroids and that's not a bad thing -i dont even know what i wanna say about Jack White. i just didnt fucking like it. he speeds through the old stuff, screaming incomprehensibly the whole time, then he jams the new shit out for like 12 minutes. it just was painful and turned everyone off (at least where i was standing.) i know others liked it and maybe as like, 'art' or something it's worth discussing but as a blues/rock show i just kinda laughed through the whole thing. felt like a very intentional trainwreck. apparently there's stories of him being a diva backstage in between songs and at the end saying "fuck it i'm done" and just doing a shitty version of 7 Nation Army and walking off -- he ended at least 20 minutes early -bully were great as always. frontwoman probably actually rocked out the hardest out of anyone on that stage all weekend -teenage wrist got moved up to 3 pm which was perfect but also hilarious because it wasn't really announced. everyone there was apparently waiting for Broncho or whoever was scheduled for that time originally and then pulled out their schedules, pissed off, and ran away once TW started. so ultimately a small but very awesome set -greta van fleet didnt have the tech issues this time so ultimately probably better than coachella. still wore a native american necklace tho. crowd here was much older too so of course they were all like "oh man it's just like How The West Was Won!" which kinda made me groan but w/e. the band is good at what they do even tho what they do is being a cover band -parquet courts were mostly just good for the banter. threw some shade at GVF, Manchester Orchestra, etc. their set was the same as it always is -distillers fucking killed it. probably the only real "pit" all weekend but it was going off and she sounded fantastic -manchester orchestra was way better than they had any right to be in 2018 and im very confused. i know i like the first album and Cope a lot but even the other stuff was very heavy live. it might've helped that it was a hometown show so they had a huge crowd that knew every word -chicano batman in the little rain we got was quite nice. the criminal records stage being hidden away in a wooded area made it really cool in the sunset -cake was cake i guess. they opened with "frank sinatra" which got my hopes up but then they did a bunch of newer songs i hadnt heard and he fucking talked for like 12 minutes straight about pseudo political shit and people being mean to each other. then they had to rush to try to fit in the hits and i dont think they managed to even get "the distance" in. -probably one of my favorite qotsa sets? they filled the 90 minutes this time and just had a better spread across most the albums (no s/t or rated r tho, womp womp.) only complaint is i wish "make it wit chu" wasnt a 9 minute jam session with crowd singing. -melvins aftershow was a hoot. mostly newer stuff -- they had 2 bassists just for those dumb bass-only songs from last year. that venue is really neat but kinda a hassle for security because it's 3 venues at once and they all had shows going on. -parcels kinda low-key won the weekend? never heard of em but carl said we should check them out. bunch of teenagers from australia playing their first US fest and it was like a very Jungle-esque thing where they trying to imitate the Bee Gees or Prince but then threw in an LCD style of synth on top of it and a lot of cut copy-esque breakdowns? idk it just worked really well and had everyone going off -basement was heavy af and had a shitton of crowd surfing on a tiny stage in the middle of the woods lol it was neat -BRMC was fantastic. hadnt seen them in years -- and when i did see them it was opening for STP and i didnt really know them as well. this time i knew pretty much every song and just fucking loved the heavy fuzziness of the songs live. putting them in the tent was brilliant too -menzingers were kinda the same as always but good rioty crowd -the D was good. too much new stuff up front but the second half was basically just the Pick of Destiny on Ice and i laughed a lot. -that national set. goddamn. started off very typical but then they tossed in "Slow Show" and "About Today" near the end then did Mr November and Vanderlyle. ive never seen them do Vanderlyle acoustic with a fest cause it probably seems iffy to assume a fest crowd can carry that one on their own. it worked for the most part although there was a lot of "mmhmmhmhmh arrmmrmhmhhmmh" during the second verse lol still very powerful. -lots of free time to explore the city yesterday so we did the west side of downtown and the parks and CNN tower, followed by the top rated seafood place in the city for oysters. so good. so yeah overall everything went really well! super great to party with carl and seth again after a few years apart. ran into kim too! and of course shenanigans with audiobully and wyoming are always great  v exhausted today and just staring at my emails and wanna die. send help. |
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Post by Broc1123 on May 8, 2018 8:31:54 GMT -6
Yeah, this is pretty much my experience at the Houston show. Not very good at all.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 8:39:08 GMT -6
Parquet Courts played like three new songs, I think, so was different and special to me, but they're also like one of my top 3 fave bands right now so whatever.
I also liked Jack White's set. I haven't seen him since the White Stripes in 2005 and he played a song or two from all of his major projects and I thought his guitar playing was great and even the weird experimental bits from the new record worked for me and run on sentence whatever. I was also drunked.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 9:15:19 GMT -6
1 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 2 Queens Of The Stone Age 3 David Byrne 4 War And Treaty 5 Jimmy Eat World ...more later. Coming in last place though is the flu bug I got yesterday  |
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Post by llamaoftime on May 8, 2018 9:47:06 GMT -6
-parcels kinda low-key won the weekend? never heard of em but carl said we should check them out. bunch of teenagers from australia playing their first US fest and it was like a very Jungle-esque thing where they trying to imitate the Bee Gees or Prince but then threw in an LCD style of synth on top of it and a lot of cut copy-esque breakdowns? idk it just worked really well and had everyone going off this was one of the best sells on a band ive never heard of ive seen im going to listen to them now |
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Post by neader on Nov 12, 2019 9:11:20 GMT -6
Did anyone go to this last year? Living about two hours away now feels like a crime not to go, we should get the lineup relatively soon right? I remember them usually releasing it pretty early.
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Post by mookie on Nov 12, 2019 9:12:34 GMT -6
Did anyone go to this last year? Living about two hours away now feels like a crime not to go, we should get the lineup relatively soon right? I remember them usually releasing it pretty early. I think they put the pre-sale tickets up like a week ago, so it should be any day now |
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Post by neader on Nov 12, 2019 9:18:51 GMT -6
Sweet. The subreddit keeps throwing around some pretty ridiculous names that has me excited (The Strokes, The Cure, RATM, MCR, etc.) so here's hoping I can finally see Julian and co.
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Post by sthubbins on Nov 12, 2019 13:20:44 GMT -6
I could see myself going to this fest
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 13:27:36 GMT -6
i think i mentioned it in the Other Festivals thread a while back but the owner spoke to someone on a discussion board recently. he didnt technically leak anything but he mentioned that he was aiming for Vampire Weekend and NIN for 2020. both had complications due to VW playing Music Midtown in 2019 and NIN are flirting with a spring tour but are conflicted because Trent is doing another score for David Fincher.
but if they did land those 2 and like, The Raconteurs, i 100% guarantee we'll attend.
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Post by neader on Nov 12, 2019 13:30:12 GMT -6
Good start too. Also read that part of the reason they cancelled shaky beats was to amp this up.
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Post by concertgoer on Nov 12, 2019 13:36:17 GMT -6
I wouldn’t bet on NIN since Primavera’s booker said they had to back out of the fest this year because Trent’s working on a movie score.
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Post by Tweet on Nov 12, 2019 13:51:31 GMT -6
How diverse is the lineup gonna be this year? Like, 5%?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 13:52:42 GMT -6
How diverse is the lineup gonna be this year? Like, 5%? by diverse do you mean germanic descent vs irish descent? |
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Post by neader on Nov 15, 2019 8:51:30 GMT -6
Well I just bought early birds to this dumb fest like a big dumb idiot.
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Post by neader on Nov 19, 2019 15:16:04 GMT -6
According to inforoo, of these two sets there is one in each
The Killers - The Cure - M83
The Strokes, NIN, MMJ
So I assume The Killers and NIN.
edit: apparently it's the cure??? and kings of leon too.
so, nin, cure, kol. I'll take it what up lolla 13.
edit edit: lol it's not nin it's MMJ.
So, The Cure, Kings of Leon, MMJ.
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Post by dij22 on Nov 19, 2019 15:30:12 GMT -6
According to inforoo, of these two sets there is one in each The Killers - The Cure - M83 The Strokes, NIN, MMJ So I assume The Killers and NIN. edit: apparently it's the cure??? and kings of leon too. so, nin, cure, kol. I'll take it what up lolla 13. edit edit: lol it's not nin it's MMJ. So, The Cure, Kings of Leon, MMJ. What is this post |
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Post by neader on Nov 19, 2019 15:32:43 GMT -6
me editing my post about supposed leaks live.
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Post by wanny on Nov 19, 2019 15:32:55 GMT -6
How does this festival not get MCR? That's a pretty nice top 3 tho
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 19, 2019 15:37:31 GMT -6
How does this festival not get MCR? That's a pretty nice top 3 tho at the rate neader is editing his post i would say don't give up hope yet |
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Post by Tweet on Nov 19, 2019 15:53:01 GMT -6
That ain't it, bob
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Post by concertgoer on Nov 19, 2019 15:56:05 GMT -6
How does this festival not get MCR? That's a pretty nice top 3 tho If they are playing they would probably have to wait till announce them until after the Coachella lineup drops. |
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Post by alady on Nov 19, 2019 16:03:11 GMT -6
I don't think MMJ because Bo is touring with Roger Waters all next year.
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Post by Tweet on Nov 19, 2019 16:04:23 GMT -6
I don't think MMJ because Bo is touring with Roger Waters all next year. The most casual insider shit that's ever been dropped on this board |
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Post by thebosma on Nov 19, 2019 16:05:12 GMT -6
I don't think MMJ because Bo is touring with Roger Waters all next year. The most casual insider shit that's ever been dropped on this board When you find out they’ve been seeing other boards |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Nov 19, 2019 16:05:15 GMT -6
I don't think MMJ because Bo is touring with Roger Waters all next year. The most casual insider shit that's ever been dropped on this board That RW is going to tour? |
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Post by neader on Nov 19, 2019 16:14:39 GMT -6
Good. Let me hold on to the Strokes.
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Post by ten15 on Nov 19, 2019 16:22:59 GMT -6
Good. Let me hold on to the Strokes. This sounds durrrrty |
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