|
User
Reviews 31
Approval 98%
Soundoffs 256
News Articles 16
Band Edits + Tags 274
Album Edits 131
Album Ratings 2724
Objectivity 78%
Last Active 02-25-16 1:12 am
Joined 03-07-07
Review Comments 24,509
| Aids At Roskilde 2012: Preview
I allow myself to splurge and and treat myself to a summer music festival
once a year. Usually, that's Sasquatch at the magnificent Gorge
Amphitheatre in Washington State, but seeing as I'm in Europe this
summer, this year I've picked Denmark's Roskilde festival. With an
attendance of 110,000 in 2011, 200 bands and 8 stages, it's a pretty big
event. I leave on Monday to catch some of the warm-up (five days of
camping before the main festival even kicks off are included in the price)
and on Thursday I begin what I definitely anticipate to be 4 of the best
days of my life. I've been preparing in a few ways. Before I go to a
festival, I always have a look at the schedule and see when I have time
between bands I like to see other stuff. Over the past couple of weeks,
I've checked out a few bands that I had previously not listened to, and I
am even more pumped now than when Refused and Mew were first
announced. List is artists I want to see at the festival, ranked according
to how excited I am for their show. | | 21 |  | Yelawolf
Radioactive
Day 4 - His début LP was absolutely dreadful, yes, but I know that this kid can rap
and has loads of potential. When I first heard him featured on a Big Boi song, I
immediately liked his flow and style. His studio stuff since then is overproduced,
chessy, and just plain bad, but I have a bit of faith that Yelawolf will at least be
able to put on an entertaining show. His is the first set on Sunday I have any
interest in seeing though, and if I'm feeling a bit shitty after Day 3 (glorious
Satuday, will be the best day of my life), then I won't rush to catch this set. | | 20 |  | Araabmuzik
Electronic Dream
Day 1 - I'm not a huge fan of the general trend of hip-hop that is evolving around
these guys, Main Attrakionz, and others, but I am nonetheless excited for this show
because a. I do enjoy Araabmuzik's ..um....muzik, and b. it's the very first set I will
see at Roskilde. | | 19 |  | Perfume Genius
Put Your Back N 2 It
Day 1 - I heard they sounded like The Antlers, so I checked them out. They kind
of do, but aren't nearly as good. I wouldn't mind seeing some of their set, but
unless A$AP Rocky bores me enough that I skip some of his show, it seems unlikely
that I'll catch these guys. | | 18 |  | tUnE-yArDs
w h o k i l l
Day 3 - Classic summer hipster-fest music, but I will probably decide to see The
Roots in this time slot instead. Sorry lady! | | 17 |  | Cerebral Ballzy
Cerebral Ballzy
Day 3 - I checked them out because they have a silly name. They're playing early
on day 3 (well, noon is early in drugged-out-and-partying-hipster-land) and I may
need time to recover from Oneohtrix Point Never the night before, and more time to
rest up for Saturday's epic lineup, but I hope I can muster the strength to get a
nice mid-day mosh on at this set. | | 16 |  | Martyn
Hello Darkness
Day 1 - Oh man dat BASS. gon dance. | | 15 |  | Bjork
Vespertine
Day 4 - Bjork is the festival's closing act. I enjoy her music, but not nearly as
much as most people seem to. That doesn't stop me from expecting big things
from this show however. She starts at 10PM and no one is scheduled after her, so I
have a hunch that this maybe be a 3 hour+ set. I also have a hunch that, like
Bjork, her live show will be crazy as fuck. | | 14 |  | ASAP Rocky
Live.Love.A$AP.
Day 1 - I wasn't the biggest fan of this guy at first, but I've grown to quite like his
stuff. Hopefully he brings Lana Del Rey around. | | 13 |  | Shlohmo
Vacation
Day 4 - One of my most anticipated electronic shows of the week, even if I've only
heard 3 of his songs. this guy's music is chill as fuck. | | 12 |  | Baroness
Yellow and Green
Day 2 - I trust Baroness will help me fill my m/ quota for the week. | | 11 |  | The Roots
undun
Day 3 - In my opinion, The Roots are some of the most interesting hip-hop
musicians in today's scene. I'm curious to see how they'll approach the concept of
undun in a live setting. | | 10 |  | Janelle Monae
The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III of IV)
Day 1 - This set conflicts with A$AP Rocky and Perfume Genius, but I will probably
spend my time at the main stage to see Janelle Monae. | | 9 |  | Jack White
Blunderbuss
Day 2 - His newly released solo début (sort of) is good, but I'm obviously not so
much looking forward to hearing songs from Blunderbuss, but rather classics by The
White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and whatever else White feels like playing. I
started liking this guy more after seeing the film It Might Get Loud and seeing his
unique outlook on music and guitar playing. He's quite a character, and one I will
be happy to be able to say I've seen live. | | 8 |  | The Shins
Oh, Inverted World
Day 1 - Some may be shocked to learn that I'd never listened to The Shins before
this month, as I generally lap this brand of indie rock right up, but it's true. Seeing
their name get announced to this festival was what finally prompted me to check
out their music. I started with Oh Inverted World and loved it immediately. Songs
like One By One All Day and Know Your Onion have been stuck in my head all week
and I am very excited to, hopefully, see them performed live. I wasn't a big fan of
the other two albums by them I checked out, one being their newest. They will
most likely focus on 2012's Port of Morrow, but I'm still looking forward to hearing
some stuff from Oh Inverted World. | | 7 |  | Pretty Lights
Passing By Behind Your Eyes
Day 4 - Pretty Lights have the task of closing a day that includes The Roots, M83,
Bon Iver, Refused, and Mew, but I have faith that they are up to the challenge.
Mew's set may run long and reduce the amount of time I'll be able to spend Pretty
Lights, but that's just a win-win situation really. | | 6 |  | M83
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Day 3 - I'm not sure if I'll be able to calm down enough to enjoy this set after just
getting my shit destroyed by Refused, but I expect big things from this set. I would
rather this set was later on in the night (instead of 8PM) but I'll deal with it. I hope
the strange sounds on M83's albums will be captured well in a live setting, as I plan
on getting my groove and/or dance on during this show. | | 5 |  | Nasum
Shift
Day 4 - In my race to hear as many bands on this year's lineup as possible, Nasum
are the best find. I don't really listen to grind besides the obvious "essentials" like
Discordance Axis and Pig Destroyer, but something about Nasum's music really
clicked with me. They are a legendary Swedish band that have accomplished about
as much as a band such as them could ever hope, and this is their farewell tour.
It's too bad it took me this long to hear their music, but I'm glad I did, and I think
this show will be excellent. | | 4 |  | Oneohtrix Point Never
Replica
Day 2 - Friday is the day that I know/care about the least number of bands. Jack
White and Baroness will be sweet, but besides that, it's free time for getting drunk
and maybe high on several different drugs. Oneohtrix Point Never's set starts at
300AM, at the very end of what I hope will be a bender to write home about. I
hope he plays into the morning the next day. Really, really excited for this one. | | 3 |  | Bon Iver
Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Day 3 - I've seen Bon Iver before, but this was at a small art festival in Galway,
Ireland, in 2009, with a small crowd. It was a breathtaking show, and the
atmosphere that the band created made the show feel very intimate and emotional.
I'm hoping that they are just as moving three years later, as one of the biggest
indie bands on the planet, in front of 100,000 people. Oh and I also hope the songs
from st/st sound good live. | | 2 |  | Refused
The Shape of Punk to Come
Day 3 - That's right, I'm one of the lucky motherfuckers that gets to see Refused
on their reunion tour. With what I've heard from people that have seen their shows
in North America earlier this year, and with the already legendary Coachella 2012
stream, I am about as excited for a show as I could possibly be. When they start
playing New Noise...holy shit...nothing matters but that. Look out pit. | | 1 |  | Mew
And the Glass Handed Kites
Day 3 - Hometown heroes Mew are, rightly so, the main headlining act. They are
only playing two shows in 2012, and this is one of them. Their set is on Saturday's
stacked lineup, following Bon Iver and playing (potentially) on and on into the night
(though I would like to catch a bit of Pretty Lights' set, which starts one hour after
Mew's on a different stage). Mew are just a band who you know will be good live;
they just have that sound. I've been a fan of their music for a long time, but when
I met a this English guy named Paddy last fall when I was in Kenya, his intense love
of the band made me like them more and more. He's seen them twice, and assures
me that words can't begin to explain how big their sound is, and I imagine this
effect will be maximized playing in front of over 100,000 (mainly Danish) fans. Mew
have become one of my favourite bands over the past year or so, and this rare
opportunity to see them, let alone in such a magnificent set of circumstances, is
definitely my most anticipated moment of Roskilde 2012. | |
Aids
06.29.12 | other bands/artists I either haven't even properly listened to or have but don't particularly like them, but might try to see if there's nothing better going on at the time (and one or two i'd like to see for the lols, try to guess which!!!!11one):
The Cure
Trash Talk
Macklemore and Ray Lewis (my sister likes them), Sage Francis, and more
Baboucar Traore
Amsterdance
Devildriver
Mac Miller (lol)
Bruce Springsteen (sorry, never got into his music, and I'm not about to miss any of M83 just to say "I saw Springsteen maaaaaan")
Behemoth
Big K.R.I.T.
Machine Head
Santigold
Suicide Silence hahahahaha playing at the same time as Sholhmo but fuck me I want to see them play at least one song. | klap
06.29.12 | yo if this is a festival the shins are for sure playing all their hits. check their coachella setlist i think they played 3 songs off the new one | Aids
06.29.12 | really? awesome! I don't actually know which songs are their hits though. My favourites are the two I listed and the opener on Oh, Inverted World. | klap
06.29.12 | http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-shins/2012/empire-polo-grounds-indio-ca-6bde7a0a.html | Tyrael
06.29.12 | I'M SO JEALOUS
well not really I don't even like over half the bands you listed here but I hope you'll have a blast man | Aids
06.29.12 | why this site isn't in love with Mew is beyond me | Tyrael
06.29.12 | Mew is my 5th favourite band | Aids
06.29.12 | rudy - there's 1 song from Oh Inverted World there haha. oh well, at least there's a Pink Floyd cover. | Aids
06.29.12 | really Thomas? why didn't we talk about how awesome they are in Brussels? I fucking love Mew. | Tyrael
06.29.12 | Probably because I was dazzled by your pretty smile | FelixCulpa
06.29.12 | Nice list Aids. I'd love to go to Roskilde some day, but Way Out West
(http://www.wayoutwest.se/en/line-up) will be fix this summer (Basically swedens Roskilde). I so hope
Jack White plays Way out west or Mew and M83 for that matter. Also just reccetnly got into Mew,
Frengers is great. Also seeing Baroness in 4 days, gonna rule. | Aids
06.29.12 | Yeah I considered picking Way Out West actually. I have these two (super super hot) Swedish friends that almost convinced me
and hmm i read them say that they were only doing 2 shows this year. oh well, still gonna be a home-town festival show and will rule. | FelixCulpa
06.29.12 | Yeah about that Mew thing I was wrong. I looked at the tour dates without looking to closely at the year which apparently was 2010 ;) So I think you 100% right with that two shows this year statement as far I know. On edit I removed it also.
Well I'll I can't really say you made the wrong decision going to Roskilde considering the bands you'll see. But what made you chose Roskilde in the end? Also are any of these hotties attending the show ;) | klap
06.29.12 | lol well most of their hits are post-oh, inverted world | Aids
06.29.12 | damn my taste in The Shins is just so hip isn't it | Adabelle
06.30.12 | Oh some sweet but no to Bon Iver.
Go see Trash Talk, also Behemoth, that would probs b lol | Transient
06.30.12 | man this festival looks sweet | clercqie
06.30.12 | I'd still go see Springsteen instead of M83, but that's because I'm a massive fanboy and M83 isn't really my thing. Still, you'll probably have plenty of opurtunities to see M83 on future festivals/gigs.
And seriously go see Perfume Genius, the guy is amazing live.
Oh and I saw Jack White on the live stream for Werchter yesterday, you're in for a treat! | scissorlocked
06.30.12 | must have been great!
surprised to see Pretty Lights among the others, he must have been really enjoyable | Thane
06.30.12 | so you ended up going, cool man. i'm not going this year after all... would just piss all my money away and probably die. have fun though! | Aids
06.30.12 | "would just piss all my money away and probably die."
yeah this will probably happen to me too.
also, this got featured, cool!
and clerc, i dunno i'm really excited to see m83 and Springsteen doesn't do anything for me. i'll take what you said about Perfume Genius into consideration though... | Thane
06.30.12 | i saw mew at roskilde in 2009 and it was the best thing ever. | clercqie
06.30.12 | Haha, to each their own of course, but Springsteen may be my biggest musical hero.
Also, let me know how Shlomo was. I haven't seen him live yet. | ITsHxCTOASTER
06.30.12 | You're gonna see Mew, fuck I'm jealous | Aids
07.01.12 | peace errbody, | bungy
07.01.12 | Looks awesome. Saw a couple of these at Sasquatch.
The Roots put on an awesome show
Jack White was this year's Foo Fighters though not quite as good, still ruled
The Shins were awesome
Pretty Lights was good but got tiring
Bon Iver were amazing and I don't listen to Bon Iver they can pull off a huge festival
Super jealous of 1,2,6
| Aids
07.11.12 | jesus fucking christ some of those sets were amazing. i'll do a list up soon with some "coverage"
i also took videos during Refused, M83, Bon Iver, and Mew, and then also during Nasum, Shlohmo, and Bjork but those were with my phone and it doesn't record heavy bass very well. | FelixCulpa
07.11.12 | Coo, looking forward to that list! |
|
