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Post by davers on Feb 16, 2012 10:51:14 GMT -8
So a few people have been throwing out their top 5 and top 10 must see acts for this year, so I figured I'd make a new thread for it.
GO!
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Post by davers on Feb 16, 2012 10:53:08 GMT -8
Not sure wether to just get the discussion going here or make a new thread, but I think it would be interesting to know each posters TOP 5 MUST SEE ACTS for SASQUATCH 2012. The thread created by davers does a good job of providing a quick place of reference for individuals to learn a thing or two about bands that may be otherwise foreign to them , but reading a quick summary and listening to a few tracks only goes so far. I think seeing a quick list of someones top 5 acts and maybe a quick (dare I say tweet style) blurb about why the set should not be missed would be quite helpful. Heck even just a list without a description would be kind of fun to take a look at. So here we go in no particular order: 1. Shearwater - Powerful stage presence via the voice of Meiburg and percussion of Thor. 2. Active Child - Fusing a choir boy voice a harp and adding a bit of an electronic edge seems to interesting to pass up. 3. Beck - He's Beck and i've yet to see him live (fail on my part). 4. Mogwai - Next to Talk Talk and Slint probably my favorite post-rock outfit. Especially when they get LOUD. 5. Craft Spells - I'm really digging the New New Order thing. For the record, I saw Active Child open for M83 in November and was very unimpressed. Then again I had never heard any of their music before, so maybe that makes a difference.
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Post by Pea on Feb 16, 2012 10:54:33 GMT -8
1...... OH WAIT SASQUATCH IS TOO COOL TO TELL ME WHICH ARTISTS ARE PLAYING THE DAYS I'LL BE THERE.
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Post by Pea on Feb 16, 2012 10:55:16 GMT -8
No, I was very excited to see Active Child open for M83 and they were pretty awful.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Feb 16, 2012 10:55:35 GMT -8
Not sure wether to just get the discussion going here or make a new thread, but I think it would be interesting to know each posters TOP 5 MUST SEE ACTS for SASQUATCH 2012. The thread created by davers does a good job of providing a quick place of reference for individuals to learn a thing or two about bands that may be otherwise foreign to them , but reading a quick summary and listening to a few tracks only goes so far. I think seeing a quick list of someones top 5 acts and maybe a quick (dare I say tweet style) blurb about why the set should not be missed would be quite helpful. Heck even just a list without a description would be kind of fun to take a look at. So here we go in no particular order: 1. Shearwater - Powerful stage presence via the voice of Meiburg and percussion of Thor. 2. Active Child - Fusing a choir boy voice a harp and adding a bit of an electronic edge seems to interesting to pass up. 3. Beck - He's Beck and i've yet to see him live (fail on my part). 4. Mogwai - Next to Talk Talk and Slint probably my favorite post-rock outfit. Especially when they get LOUD. 5. Craft Spells - I'm really digging the New New Order thing. For the record, I saw Active Child open for M83 in November and was very unimpressed. Then again I had never heard any of their music before, so maybe that makes a difference. They needed more parachutes, right Davers?
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Post by davers on Feb 16, 2012 10:56:58 GMT -8
FUCKIN RIGHTS!
That reminds me, that guy is playing the Media Club in a couple weeks, I need to get me some tickets.
Edit: The wesite classifies Rich Aucoin as 'SYMPHONIC POP'. Hahaha wut?
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Feb 16, 2012 11:18:49 GMT -8
Edit: The wesite classifies Rich Aucoin as 'SYMPHONIC POP'. Hahaha wut? Pretty sure that's been a genre describer since Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. Though the quality it is now attached to has become quite diluted (no offense Rich Aucoin).
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Post by chud on Feb 16, 2012 11:32:32 GMT -8
No, I was very excited to see Active Child open for M83 and they were pretty awful. These are the type of comments I was hoping a thread like this would bring to the forefront. Not saying it will or should change my mind, but it will potentially help me or anyone else make a decision when presented with a stage conflict. Here's to hoping that this thread grows...
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Post by chud on Feb 16, 2012 11:36:14 GMT -8
So a few people have been throwing out their top 5 and top 10 must see acts for this year, so I figured I'd make a new thread for it. GO! Thanks for starting this. Not sure I've earned the "start a new thread authority" yet...you know, based on the Arbitrary Board Code section 18.4.3(d)(iii).
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Post by stakeyjay on Feb 16, 2012 11:36:59 GMT -8
No, I was very excited to see Active Child open for M83 and they were pretty awful. These are the type of comments I was hoping a thread like this would bring to the forefront. Not saying it will or should change my mind, but it will potentially help me or anyone else make a decision when presented with a stage conflict. Here's to hoping that this thread grows... Go Chud!
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Post by DeadPunk on Feb 16, 2012 11:37:37 GMT -8
Yeah I was not even remotely impressed w/ Active Child when they opened up for m83 in Seattle.
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Post by misterl on Feb 16, 2012 11:48:03 GMT -8
The moment I've been waiting for!!!! I love lists, but I'm digging SO many acts this year I know I'm going to miss out on something! I love having a zune account so I can listen to everybody. I've never been more impressed with any Sasquatch lineup. Really in love with the blues artists they've signed this year, I love 3 of the headliners, and keeping my fingers crossed for Feed Me or Excision.
Here's a list..
Pretty Lights/Beck/Jack White/Tenacious D Black Whales Blitzen Trapper the Sheepdogs Purity Ring Nero Mogwai Wolfgang Gartner Com Truise
Who saw that coming?
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Post by Cbats on Feb 16, 2012 11:50:13 GMT -8
No, I was very excited to see Active Child open for M83 and they were pretty awful. That's really funny. I kept saying how awful live they were when I saw them last spring but opening for M83 I thought they were great. The addition of a powerful sound system did wonders for the band
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Post by eazystreet on Feb 16, 2012 11:50:46 GMT -8
1. Jack White 2. Pretty Lights 3. Explosions in the Sky 4.Silversun pickups 5.Jamey Johnson 6. STRFKR 7. Metric 8. Unknown Mortal Orchestra 9. Grouplove 10. Nobody Beats the Drum
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Post by Geoff on Feb 16, 2012 12:07:16 GMT -8
1. Beck 2. Tenacious D 3. Pretty Lights 4. The Roots 5. Jack White 6. Bonny Bear 7. St. Vincent 8. Cloud Cult 9. The Shins 10. Childish Gambino
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Feb 16, 2012 12:08:02 GMT -8
Childish Gambino is there?
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Post by weenie on Feb 16, 2012 12:09:07 GMT -8
In no order:
Jack White Feist Silversun Pickups Mark Lanegan Spiritualized Explosions In The Sky Mogwai Pretty Lights Beck
and I can't commit to a 10th. I'm having so much fun doing the research this year. There's about 10 more that I was hemming and hawing on for the tenth spot. Gonna be a freakin' great year.
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Post by Geoff on Feb 16, 2012 12:09:42 GMT -8
Childish Gambino is there? Yep. I still don't understand why Donald Glover isn't going to be doing his comedy routine as well. It would have been perfect.
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Post by Lump on Feb 16, 2012 12:19:33 GMT -8
This could be changed at any moment:
1. Beck 2. Wild Flag 3. Todd Barry 4. Tune-Yards 5. EITS 6. Mogwai 7. Spiritualized 8. St. Vincent 9. Unnown Mortal Orchestra 10. Hospitality
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Feb 16, 2012 12:22:18 GMT -8
Childish Gambino is there? Yep. I still don't understand why Donald Glover isn't going to be doing his comedy routine as well. It would have been perfect. What? He is. Childish Gambino, lol.
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