Summer 2012's Must-See Bands (a this^ thread)
So, BBC 6Music are doing some blog awards this Friday, and I suggested that the DiS community would be able to help people choose who to see from all the sprawling festival line-ups. I've picked three nominees and I'd like you lot to vote for the two other must-see acts by nominating them below and clicking ^ this on the ones you recommend.
Simple? Simple.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nowplaying/2012/02/the-inaugural-now-playing-6mus.shtml
My three nominees are:
WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE
One of the most exciting live acts I saw last year. Completely and utterly immersive as well as dance-able. They do the sorts of things both The Knife and M83 do but TV on the Radio sort of failed to muster with their last record. A definite must see!
http://www.youtube.com/whensaintsgomachine
HEY SHOLAY
Lots of people can sing. Many people can jump around. But to do both, so exceptionally, darting from Buckley to Mike Patton in the blink of a beat is rather special. For some reason the more sprawling key-heavy bits of their songs remind me of the Charlatans (who are always one of my favourite bands to see at festivals). They sound like lost summers are writhing through them and as the sun sets and people dip into tents to check out new acts, these lads from Sheffield are def' gonna win some new fans.
http://www.youtube.com/user/heysholay/videos
STAY+
Projections of Kim Jong-Il and the Royal Wedding (minus Kate Middleton) made up the backdrop of their set the last time I saw them. These Manc's take the sprawling psyche-side of a lot of drone-inspired dance that's doing the rounds at the moment and put this spin it on it that crescendos in a place of utter euphoria. One of the best new bands I saw last year and sure to be one filling out tents and causing queues on pavements if my predictions are correct...
http://www.youtube.com/user/StayFilms
Who do you suggest people should see?
- Relevant artist taggings:
- when saints go machine »[x]
- Stay+ »[x]
- Hey Sholay »[x]
- Blur »[x]
- Factory Floor »[x]
- The Pointless Fanatics »[x]
- This Week's Singles: 18/06/12 When Saints Go Machine, Yeti Lane, Kindness, Crewdson
- The Great Escape 2012 - DiS' Festival Highlights
- DiS' 5 Must-See Acts at The Great Escape 2012 + Spotify playlist
- DiS Festival News Round-Up: Part One
- Gemma Hayes, Hey Sholay, Temper Trap, Halls, Blanck Mass + loads more join The Great Escape 2012
- Listen: When Saints Go Machine cover The Verve's 'Bittersweet Symphony' (DiS Premiere)
- Maximo Park, Mystery Jets, Rolo Tomassi, Errors join The Great Escape bill
- Brighton's brilliant Great Escape Festival announces first batch of names for 2012
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Blur
When Saints Go Machine
This^ this to vote for them to win.
Hey Sholay
Stay+
Factory Floor
Django Django
Errors
Blur
blur*
School of Seven Bells
Blondes
Kate Wax
(has she got any UK dates confirmed yet?)
i didn't see any UK dates on her website, neither on border community's website
hope it's gonna come
Andrew Bird
The Shins
Chairlift
Antlers
I Break Horses
Laurel Halo
Embassy
Slayer
The Cure
the xx?
good shout
could imagine them headlining the second stage of reading or something like that...
The Walkmen
of Montreal
SBTRKT
Its a bit hard to tell isn't it though?
I mean I really like I Break Horses and When Saints Go Machine on record, but i've never seen them live so I can't exactly recommend them to the listeners of 6music, even if i'm very much looking forward to seeing them myself :)
I've not see I Break Horses live yet either
but am told they are incredible by those who have.
Death Grips
tUne-yArDs
FOE
Saw her/them at the Barfly a couple of weeks ago
Found them very weak, posing out like a LA band so the hipsters loved it, like the Nymphs/Inger Lorre but not as good. Fever Fever supported and they were bloody good though.
Friends
At the Drive-In
Refused
Blindness
The Longcut
They're back?
Hmm. I saw them once at Dingwalls (shit was off the chain) and once at the Luminaire (shit was pretty underwhelming). Hopefully they’re back on form.
Holy Other!
Young Magic
And Kate Wax
And John Talabot
what's he like live? is it a laptop sort of thing or a proper show?
i think he'll play his first live ever at primavera
so no one knows what it's worth, but i think it's gonna be quite good, especially because he'll play all live gigs with pional, so might pretty much of a 2 laptop + analog gear + live vocals setup.
and sorry for forgetting some words - german roots still deep.
Sharon Van Etten
Les Savy Fav
Always one of my favourite live bands. No idea if they have any plans for this summer tho.
Dschinghis Khan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmI3vAIhbE
The War on Drugs
watching them the other night I was thinking (this would AWESOME outdoors/in a tent on a sunny day)
The Men
Toy
Theme Park
...the joke that keeps on going...
Cowboy Jim & The Milf Regret
Afghan Whigs
Jonquil
ICS (I Call Shotgun)
http://icsmusic.bandcamp.com/
Sleigh Bells
was sure one of you would mention them (feel free to nominate whoever you like, new or old, but obviously it would make sense if they are likely to be playing shows this summer!)
FANG ISLAND
more in hope than anything confirmed - but they've said the 2nd album is finished and is going to be out around june time....so....
The Stone Roses
you have until midday tomorrow to vote
and there's still time to nominate your favourite
De La Soul
Lots of other bestival stuff, but mostly them