Reading 2007
So I am going to the Reading Festival this year. Wallowing in filthy, muddy water. While I'm not doing that I thought I might go and see some bands. I already know a number of bands that I'm going to see, but who are the dark horses that are ready to surprise?
Here is the line-up.* *This is an easier-viewed, but shorter, less acurate list. +44 won't be there for example.** **they're useless but I wanted to see them play some Blink 182 songs |
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I didn't think people went to Reading festival after their teenage years :confused:
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I dont think I'd go watch any of those bands even if it were free :/
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Well, if it where for free and just around the corner I would go see RHCP, Arcade Fire, Smashing Pumpkins, NiN maybe.
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The only band there I'd really really really want to see is Kings of Leon
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Kings of Leon, RHCP, eagles of death metal, smashing pumpkins, NIN, fallout boy, billy talent and dinosaur jr. are worth to go there
and if you like a break from the usual style of music you can watch peeping tom and the pippetes in the meantime if the whole thing would be somewhere in austria i would probably go there. |
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I'm going too :)
Although when I bought the tickets I was hoping for a better lineup... RHCP, Smashing Pumpkins, Brand New, Jimmy Eat World, Enter Shikari, NIN, Kings of Leon, Capdown, Arcade Fire and Hot Hot Heat are the ones I'm aiming to see. Unfortunately they all bloody clash and half the time there is noone I want to see so I'm a little disillusioned at the mo :( |
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I'm going, I'm quite excited.
I'm definitely seeing Bloc Party, The Arcade Fire, Klaxons, Cajun Dance Party and Bombay Bicycle Club although the latter two I'm only seeing because I'd have to be a **** not to and they'll get me backstage :> I will probably see Kings of Leon, Pigeon detectives, Razorlight and RHCP too, I'll make a plan whilt on the train down there on thursday |
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If you're camping, check this out.
Edit: Klaxons over Smashing Pumpkins? Why not see the biggest band of the festival and go and see the Klaxons for a tenner in your local uni? Edit 2.0: Gah. I can't see Patrick Wolf unless I miss Kings of Leon. |
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I listened to some stuff by Smashing pumpkins when they were first announced and didn't like it too much.
They are the "biggest band" of the festival but to be honest the headliners aren't even that good. my "best band" for the festival is probably Arcade Fire. |
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Roughly in descending order:
Arcade Fire, Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Ash, Kate Nash, Razorlight, Bloc Party, Gossip, The Horrors, Jimmy Eat World, HelloGoodbye, The Sunshine Underground, Eisley, Hot Hot Heat, Brakes, The Pigeon Detectives, Charlotte Hatherley, LCD Soundsystem, CSS, Jack Penate, Patrick Wolf Once you get past Jimmy Eat World in that list they're all mainly new bands that I've heard good stuff by. Please go and see Eisley (Carling Stage). They opened V2003 (which I went to) on the Saturday at about 12pm and were wicked for an opening band - wouldn't mind knowing what they're like 4 years on. |
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Hot Hot Heat aren't new, they've been around for bloody ages. I remember forcing my family to listen to them when I was raving about them when I was 20 or so. My sisters told me they were rubbish, and now I notice they've added their albums to their ipods and have "decided" they love them :rolleyes:
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'mainly'
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I'm currently reading 'The Subtle Knife'.
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So, I got back last night.
I really enjoyed it. Bands I saw Friday Bombay Bicycle Club Cajun Dance Party Kings of Leon Razorlight My favourite band of the day was Kings of Leon, I didn't get a great space in the crowd but I loved them anyway. Razorlight were better than everyone said they would be, my friends left but I moved to the front because I think their music is ok and preferred to watch them than sit in the tent taking drugs. Bombay bicycle club and Cajun dance party were good, I didn't stand in the crowd for the latter so I enjoyed Bombay more. Saturday The Shins Bloc Party Arcade Fire Unkle (watched the first song and then left) about half of RHCP The shins were fairly nice to sit down and listen to, although I'm not a huge fan but my friends liked them so I went along. I was keen on seeing the pigeon detectives but queued up to charge my phone for an hour and a half before being told that it is closing when I got to the front, I had missed a chunk of pigeon detectives and decided that I'd rather get a good space for Bloc Party (I needed my phone charged so I could get a reference number from it's memory). Bloc Party were pretty good, I liked them but everyone else seemed disappointed (the only thing that disappointed me was the singer's voice). Arcade Fire were by far the best band there, we managed to stand near the front/center and had quite a bit of space as there were idiots moshing to their music to our right, we made a circle with our arms around each other's shoulders during intervention. Best live set I've seen. After Arcade Fire we were all coming up and we were going to see some band called Unkle (according tot heir myspace: Electronica / Experimental / Alternative), basically music that you could really dance to. The first song was quite bad so half of us left to watch 2nd half of the Chillis's set which was pretty bad. Sunday Billy Talent The Maccabees Davendra Banhart LCD soundsystem Part of the Klaxons Billy Talent was terrible and he talked loads of shit in between the songs. The Maccabees were fairly good, a bit over-rated. Davendra Banhart was fairly good, nice to listen to whilst stoned. LCD soundsystem were very very good. My friends then went back to the tent and I stayed for Klaxons but got too squashed and couldn't breathe after the first 5 songs so had to leave. They sound like they do on CD and did appear a bit pretentious on stage, nothing special. Best Bands: Arcade Fire Kings of Leon LCD soundsystem Worst band: Billy Talent Biggest Disappointment: Red Hot Chillis Klaxons Biggest Surprise Razorlight Quote of the festival "The lyrics are so dark but make me so happy" - my friend had just come up during the Arcade Fire and was all over the place I was in contact with Ste on Thursday and Friday through text and intended to meet him but my battery died and I only got my phone charged on Sunday at around 5 (£5 or wait in the 2 hour queue), was texted and called by horn on Sunday who scared me so I just went to drink lots and was later called by ASG(?) whilst pretty drunk. I didn't get to meet any internet people, sorry :( |
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another festival passes and the arcade fire remain the most overrated band in the world
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got back home about half an hour ago.
i need to relax properly and then i'll write a review of some sort... |
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Yes, I am stealing this little list thing.
So, I got back this afternoon. I really enjoyed it. Bands I saw Friday Gossip Jimmy Eat World Kings of Leon Razorlight The Bronxs (?) The Gossip were pretty good and she stripped down to her underwear, which not surprising. I wasn't expecting much from them at so in the end it nice. Jimmy Eat World were also pretty good, although I really shoulsd have refreshed my memory with regards to their songs. I've no idea what I was doing (possibly gonig back to the tent) but I missed the beginning of Kings of Leon who played some decent stuff and their second record is something I would suggest you listen to. Razorlight were far better than I expected, decent tunes even though their second album is totally 'selling-out'. I also think I saw The Bronxs (I didn't catch their name) and they were ****ing awsome. The band had a trumpet player or something. Find out who they are and listen. Saturday Eagles of Death Metal The Shins Angels and Airwaves Bloc Party The Arcade Fire Red Hot Chili Peppers Enjoyable music, fantastic frontman. He really went for it and got it. Even with QOTSA frontman on drums they didn't him to be there. Little disapointed with The Shins and I missed them play that song in Garden State which is by far my favourite. AVA. What a ****ing waste of my time, not even any Blink covers ffs!* Bloc Party didn't set the world on fire but they had decent tunes and I would have to say exactly the same about Arcade Fire. Red Hot Chili Peppers were such a let-down. I saw them in Cardiff a couple of years ago and they were fantastic, but this was like they were just gonig through the motions and didn't even play Under The Bridge** and his mike broke right before the very first song. Sunday Fall Out Boy Smashing Pumpkins Seasick Steve Fall Out Boy were enjoyable and Smashing Pumpkins was a good experiance. I couldn't hear Seasick Steve. I saw a lot of comedy this year and Steven Amstell was by far the best. Best Bands: Razorlight The Bronxs (?) Eagles of Death Metal Bloc Party Smashing Pumpkins Worst band: Angels And Airwaves Biggest Disappointment: Red Hot Chillis Biggest Surprise Razorlight Quote of the festival "We love coming to the UK because the girls are easy. Only joking American women are slappers too." -Anthony Keidis, RHCP Met Ste on Saturday (?) and horn on Sunday (?) and sent about a million text messages. My friend had an extra battery so that wasn't a problem. I called kila at some point and I was very drunk (not sure if he was though?) I ended up meeting two internet people out of three, which isn't bad. *This is something I may never get over. It's really quite sad. **see above |
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You didn't like the Arcade Fire set? I thought it was really good, especially since I was relatively close to the front and just a little to the left of the stage.
You called me on Sunday at some point after we'd been drinking strongbow + Ouzo + Gin (my friend got drunk on ouzo and strongbow and then mixed them, then got someone else to add gin to it) - it was probably the worst thing I'd ever drank |
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Bands I saw Friday The Pipettes Little Man Tate Sparta King Blues Gogol Bordello Frank Turner Jimmy Eat World Capdown Interpol Kings of Leon Brand New Jimmy Eat World (again) Hmm, where to start. Gogol Bordello were pretty good, although after a couple of songs I got bored of the gypsy punk. Frank Turner was really good and will look into acquiring some of his stuff. Kings of Leon were really good but had to leave before the end to go see Brand New who I really liked although they didn't play much of their old stuff which was frustrating. The few tracks I knew by Capdown were good but the rest not so much. Jimmy Eat World were probably the highlight of the day - two sets were a bit much though but never mind... Saturday Brakes Does it offend you, yeah? Ed Byrne Foals Pigeon Detectives Bloc Party Arcade Fire Red Hot Chilli Peppers Way too much averageness in the indie tent I have to say. A bit of electronic thrown in which was ok. Ed Byrne was brilliantly funny. Bloc Party were better than expected and Arcade fire were pretty good (girl I was with loved them though) I actually really really liked the Chilli Peppers. The set was full of guitar solo's and bass solo's which I loved and they had to do a lot of improvisation because of vocal problems. I think I was quite awe-struck for most of the set. Sunday Simon Amstell A bit of Billy Talent A bit of the Used Some generic Indie band that I can't remember what they were called Quite a bit of comedy Jamie T Nine Inch Nails Smashing Pumpkins Simon Amstell was good - there was a lot of heckling which made it more amusing. This was the first point in the weekend where I got to meet ASG (plus friend) after lots of phone calls and texts. Squeezed my way into a very packed tent to find them. Billy talent was crap and the Used were really awful. There was more generic indie rubbish, then as it was so bloody hot in the sun we went to the comedy tent as it was less busy and nice and cool. Some good comedians but can't remember their names. After a couple of average songs by Jamie T I realised that they were the band I absolutely hated when their songs came on the radio. But the girl I was with liked them, so I stayed... Nine Inch Nails were good, they finished with an amazing slow song (Hurt?) Smashing Pumpkins were really good too, but would have been better if they'd played more of their old stuff. Best Bands: RHCP Smashing Pumpkins Brand New Kings of Leon Jimmy Eat World Worst band: The Used Biggest Disappointment: Capdown, but just a lot of the lineup left a lot to be desired Biggest Surprise Bloc Party Quote of the festival "I'm getting married today because it'll really piss my dad off. We decided this morning! I haven't slept for 36 hours because i've been on pills hehehe" - some 18 yr old girl embodying everything I hate about kids on drugs I tried meeting up with Kila and Horn but Kila didn't have his phone on and horn refused to leave his tent. I was generally a bit annoyed that the lineup had so many clashes as I had to miss a lot of the bands I would have liked to see (Hot Hot Heat, Metronomy, Enter Shikari, Eagles of Death Metal, Maximo Park, Jack Pinate, Big D and the Kids Table, The Living End, The Bronx, Mad Caddies, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly) I didn't really get that drunk all weekend, and I tried some Herbal Highs which made us all feel ill :( There were other 'issues' over the weekend but I won't bore you with the details. I didn't get any sex and the only hug I got was from some random guy. (although I did have a stunning girl sleeping on my shoulder on saturday night, only because she'd missed her train home, i didn't have a pillow and the girl I was sharing a tent with (her friend) was feeling ill) Absolutely knackered still. And need food. |
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I watched some of it on TV.
Ste - yeah, Nine Inch Nails did play Hurt. ASG - I enjoy Fall Out Boy as much as the next man, but they sounded shit live. |
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I was just told that Kaiser Chiefs played a suprise gig at Leeds festival under a different name...
Can anyone confirm or deny? They would have been good to see. |
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yes they did, although I didn't see it and wouldn't have any way.
They played the Lock-up (I believe) as Hooks For Hands. |
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Too many clashes this year for me. I wanted to see Enter Shikari and Interpol, went with Enter Shikari, thought I made the right choice then heard Interpol were pretty good? Not sure why they were getting the boo's after Maximo Park though. (Understandable that they were getting them in Enter Shikari)
Lost Prophets were surprisingly fun even though they've played a lot in recent times and im not really a fan. Angels and Airwaves were probably the worst band ive heard in a long long time and I did give them a fair chance. NiN and Smashing Pumpkins were awesome in my opinion. Got ill on Sunday night (non-alcohol induced) which was a bit of a bummer, and had to then try and recover through some guys hitting a drum for about 3 hours straight somewhere between yellow and brown camp, anyone else hear that? RATM for 2008? |
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I wasn't there. Booo!
Eisley aren't anything spectacular. AVA aren't allowed to play any Blink songs because Mark & Travis from +44 claim to have the rights to it despite Tom writing a lot of Blink songs. +44 cancelled because of this: http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=36021 Just thought I'd answer some of the questions. |
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Oh, I read somewhere that AVA had actually just started playing Blink songs because the fans wanted to hear them.
The +44 cancelling thing was a load of shit. Just like their next album lol. |
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Thus they didn't play any Blink songs in their warm-up show at the Astoria last week. (Besides, Tom would only play Blink songs he ACTUALLY wrote... most notably the song Down (the bits where he sings, not the chorus) (he sang this at Brixton last year before I left)). If I can find that article, I'd quote it for you. Quote:
It's a shame. I've missed the chance to see them back in September '06 and February this year... both at the Astoria. :( Let's hope this "new album" makes up for the cancellation because at the moment, they're pretty shit towards their own fans. |
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I really enjoyed having to pay about £10.00 for roaming charges (while driving from Paris -> Valencia) from horn phoning me up 3-4 times and you guys texting me asking for each others numbers. Being the GD Social Secretary is an expensive business! :crymeariver:
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But the gratification from a job well done must be huge, right?
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If I had read this soon enough I might have suggested the following Bands:
New Found Glory From Autumn to Ashes Cold war kids The Sunshine Underground Dinosaur Jr Plain White T's Against Me! Gallows Shy Child Kids in Glass Houses Sparta Little Man Tate Gym Class Heroes |
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New Found Glory are terrible. Thereth ends the lesson.
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21 days and i'll be listening to Faithless :D
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