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Mustela Furo

Advantage Player
Jul 7, 2003
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Best voice I've ever heard live and I love that she did it all in a hoody and jeans, as if she'd just rolled out of her tent for a quick walk to the fag stall. Probably the best festival gig I've ever seen, although I was pretty ratted

^^^ this
 






Wilko

LUZZING chairs about
Sep 19, 2003
9,924
BN1
Editors pretty good but just seem to be knocking out their old stuff, have they actually made any new tracks recently??
 


spring hall convert

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Nov 3, 2009
9,608
Brighton
I haven't managed to watch anything from yesterday yet but from the opening 2 days my picks were Foals (who have matured into a fine, fine band), Dinosaur Jr, Portishead, Savages, Tame Impala & F*** Buttons.

Looking forward to catching Nick Cave, Vampire Weekend, The xx, PiL, Steve Mason, Cat Power, Phoenix, Bobby Womack & The Congos this week.

How many of the bands on the John Peel stage would have been approved by the great man himself? Less that 50% I reckon.
 
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darters74

New member
Jun 9, 2011
2,792
All over the place
Vampire Weekend have gone down a storm in our house - my three small boys singing along in a high-pitched kind of way to most of the songs (not the f-words, of course). Looking forward to Phoenix. Mumford & Sons will not be playing in our house tonight. Still need to watch the sets by Toy, Local Natives, Haim and someone else who I can't remember.

When were Haim on? I taped a lot of it but only saw them do one song in the Studio! Wish their flipping album would come out a bit sharpish...
 






Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
Best track of the weekend for me!

The beauty of a multi band festival is how opinions vary. I thought that the band were musically excellent, Lydon's singing was the pits though imo :shrug:

I don't know the song so it was the first time I'd heard it, my opinion may well be invalid if the vocals are supposed to be so shit. Maybe it's a punk thing, I was never a big fan.
 








Bad Ash

Unregistered User
Jul 18, 2003
1,900
Housewares
So, who had the Albion Flag with the pig?

I had a great weekend, however I thought there were some really poor decisions in the scheduling. Fancied watching Bastille, but at 7pm in the John Peel tent without any other significant acts on as an alternative it was always going to end up with twice as many as the tent could hold. Also Parma Violets and The Vaccines at mid-afternoon in William's Green was ridiculous. If I was 10 years younger I probably would have elbowed my way to the front, but those days are well behind me.
 








Dick Head

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Jan 3, 2010
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Quaxxann
Did anyone see Brucie?

 


Smithy

Well-known member
Apr 26, 2009
3,400
Hove
Of what I saw, Portishead and The Rolling Stones were best. Portishead in particular were incredible. Beth Gibbons singing live is untouchable.

Other good stuff: Foals, Cat Power, The Black Angels, Kenny Rogers (!), Django Django and Alt-J (secret gigs in Williams Green on Thurs night).

It is everything else away from the music that sets Glasto apart from the other festivals and makes it so special. Now going to watch everything I missed on iplayer.
 


Munkfish

Well-known member
May 1, 2006
11,886
Only saw a few acts on the TV can you catch them on I-Player?

Dizzee Rascal smashed it the last time I went, so would like to see how it compares, crap act, but really cant beat it for a bot of a good time and entertainment, Madness and Dizzee back to back was much fun.

This year, the chase and status crowd looked like a bunch of nobbers, and the set didnt really impress, would have still liked to have been there.

one set that did stand out for me was Rudimentals, really good IMO, soulful Drum and Base, lots of trumpets and Sax too. probably not everybodys cup of tea.

Watched Mumford and Sons close it, seemed alright, nothing special though.
 




Herr Tubthumper

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NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
59,912
The Fatherland
That young girl band Savages have got me hooked very intense.

Just got back from Glastonbury. One of my performances of the festival. I saw them play a small tent on Friday and they are one of the most intense and powerful bands I have seen in years. One description I heard is "they create an atmosphere of broken glass and sharpening knives." Their album is great and I would recommend it to anyone who likes post-punk. Live they are even better.
 




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