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You're looking forward to/going to/that have good lineups

 

Ive already got tickets for Pitchfork Music Festival, I cant wait for Daydream Nation.

 

Im debating on going to Lolla, Lolla is just always so big and messy, I havent had the best experiences there, and Wilco isnt playing either festival.

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I'll tell you one that is going to suck.

 

Beale Steet Music Festival

 

The Allman Brothers Band

 

Iggy & The Stooges

Three 6 Mafia

Koko Taylor

 

Sum 41

Gov't Mule

Social Distortion

Richard Johnston

 

Sharde Thomas and The Rising

 

Star Fife and Drum Band

 

Robert "Wolfman" Belfour

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Jerry Lee Lewis

Chevelle

Hubert Sumlin & Willie Big Eyes Smith

Plain White T's

The Derek Trucks Band

North Mississippi Allstars

Popa Chubby

 

Steely Dan

Godsmack

George Thorogood

Bobby "Blue" Bland

The Bar-Kays

Wolfmother

The Ohio Players

Walter Trout &The Radicals

Kenny Wayne Shephard

Taking Back Sunday

Taj Mahal

Ryan Shaw

Kelley Hunt

Old Crow Medicine Show

Jack's Mannequin

The John Butler Trio

 

Keller Williams

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Eddie Floyd

One Less Reason

The Duhks

 

Companyia Electrica Dharma -

 

(from Spain)

Daddy Mack Blues Band

Hawthorne Heights

David Honeyboy Edwards

Keller Williams

 

Counting Crows

John Legend

Hinder

Elvin Bishop

Barenaked Ladies

Corinne Bailey Rae

DAUGHTRY

Tab Benoit

Guster

Edwin McCain

Project Pat

Backdoor Slam

Umphrey's McGee

Ann Peebles

Papa Roach

 

Companyia Electrica Dharma -

(from Spain)

Watermelon Slim

Billy Lee Riley

Egypt Central

The Lee Boys

James "Super chikan" Johnson

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The Allman Brothers Band - hell yes

Iggy & The Stooges - might suck, but worth a listen if I'm at the festival anyway

Gov't Mule - I'd rather hear the Allmans, but the Mule is good live act

Social Distortion - hell yeah

The Derek Trucks Band - are the Allmans sponsoring this event?

North Mississippi Allstars - never seen 'em, heard good things

Steely Dan - yup

The Ohio Players - should be fun

Taj Mahal - sure, why not?

Old Crow Medicine Show - ditto

Guster - ditto, again

I dunno, I found at least 10 bands here.

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I'm considering this year's Ottawa Bluesfest. Dylan, The White Stripes, Metric, Cat Power, Bela Fleck, Fema Kuti, George Clinton and P-Funk, Los Lobos, Leo Kottke, Randy Newman, etc., etc.

and Kanye. and Alejandro Escovedo.

 

An interesting lineup.

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I've been to a ton of festivals over the years, bigger ones, smaller ones and i can tell you Memphis is one of the best. Its well run, and the local musicians there are as good as the bigger acts, plus you get to go to beale street when the main stages are over......and i actually think the lineup this year is great...for those going def don't go to Beale with out seeing

 

Richard Johnston (his shows on beale are legendary)

Corey osborn

Billy Gibson Band

Jerry Lee Lewis (just because you have to, he still puts on a great show)

and just about any band that play BB kings late night (last year Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule showed up when i was there)

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I'm going to Pitchfork, thought it was really well run and a nice setup last year, and I'm definitely looking forward to the Youth, though Saturdays lineup is pretty subpar at the moment.

 

Other than that, I was considering Bonnaroo, but it's just too much cash at this point. I'll probably hit up the Iowa City jazz festival, and then if anything cheap/free happens in Minneapolis I'll go to that.

 

Right now I'm just stoked about my Davenport Wilco tickets and soon I think I'll pick up some tickets for the Minneapolis Tortoise show. Now I'm just hoping for a couple more good bands and I'll be very happy. (Come on Hold Steady/Sea and Cake/Califone/or Yo La Tengo...)

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Summerfest, for it's 40th anniversary "party" is really getting some shitty acts at the Marcus, but that fest is all about the free side stages anyway. I don't think Wiclo's going to show up this year because they have to be in Norway (and not jet-lagged) by July 7th.

 

Lolla is going to be amazing for me. I can't wait to see Muse at their first proper US festival. And, from my math, it's costing me a bizzare $16.25 per band that I want to see. Totally worth that cost. There seems to be one more slot open for a headliner with Pearl Jam and Daft Punk being the other two (I don't think Ben Harper is headline material for Lolla), so I'm hoping for a late White Stripes addition.

 

Pitchfork is going to scratch my indie itch this summer. Seeing New Porn with Neko is going to be welcome. If she doesn't show, she has a lot of explaining to do, because she doesn't live too far from that park.

 

All in all, looks like a good summer.

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This is the weirdest lineup i've ever seen. I'd see these bands out of it:

 

I'll tell you one that is going to suck.

 

Beale Steet Music Festival

 

The Allman Brothers Band

Koko Taylor

Gov't Mule

Social Distortion

Jerry Lee Lewis

The Derek Trucks Band

North Mississippi Allstars

Steely Dan

Wolfmother

Kenny Wayne Shephard

Taj Mahal

The John Butler Trio

Umphrey's McGee

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I'm considering this year's Ottawa Bluesfest. Dylan, The White Stripes, Metric, Cat Power, Bela Fleck, Fema Kuti, George Clinton and P-Funk, Los Lobos, Leo Kottke, Randy Newman, etc., etc.

 

Wow, that does look good.

 

Believe it or not, the Twangfest in St. Louis looks like a very good time.

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Myself and Muller are going to ATP v The Fans which has this line-up:

65daysofstatic

Akron Family

Alexander Tucker

Annuals

Apples In Stereo

Architecture In Helsinki

Band of Horses

Bat For Lashes

Battles

Brightblack Morning Light

Built To Spill

Capricorns

Clinic

Cornelius

Current 93

Daniel Johnston

Death Vessel

Do Make Say Think

Echo and the Bunnymen

Edan + MC Dagha

Explosions in the Sky

Ghost

Grizzly Bear

Isis

Les Savy Fav

Micah P. Hinson

Modest Mouse

Mogwai

Okkervil River

Patti Smith

Shellac

Slint

Sparklehorse

Subtle

The Books

The Go! Team

The Notwist

The Thermals

Trans Am

Two Gallants

Wilco

Yo La Tengo

Youth Movie Soundtrack Strategies

 

And I'm going to the Cambridge Folk Festival which has, at the moment:

Joan Baez

Steve Earle

The Waterboys

Nancy Griffith

James Hunter

and lots of other people I've not heard of!

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Myself and Muller are going to ATP v The Fans which has this line-up:

 

Where is it this year? I went in 2005(i think) in LA on the Queen Mary. Its a great little festival! The Queen Mary is haunted and has a very strange vibe though.

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I'll be at Pitchfork and Lollapalooza this year for sure, and maybe Bonnaroo. NONE of my friends have even heard a Sonic Youth song so I'll be there alone on Friday night, so if anyone is in the same boat and wants to start a Teenage Riot with me, let me know.

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I'm going to Pitchfork, thought it was really well run and a nice setup last year, and I'm definitely looking forward to the Youth, though Saturdays lineup is pretty subpar at the moment.

 

Other than that, I was considering Bonnaroo, but it's just too much cash at this point. I'll probably hit up the Iowa City jazz festival, and then if anything cheap/free happens in Minneapolis I'll go to that.

 

Right now I'm just stoked about my Davenport Wilco tickets and soon I think I'll pick up some tickets for the Minneapolis Tortoise show. Now I'm just hoping for a couple more good bands and I'll be very happy. (Come on Hold Steady/Sea and Cake/Califone/or Yo La Tengo...)

 

woohoo ill see you there. i know i cant wait for daydream nation. and dont forget they still have a lot of time to update the lineups for saturday and sunday, theres still about 20 more artists that are gonna be on the bill.

 

sucks that wilco wont be there :(

 

I'll be at Pitchfork and Lollapalooza this year for sure, and maybe Bonnaroo. NONE of my friends have even heard a Sonic Youth song so I'll be there alone on Friday night, so if anyone is in the same boat and wants to start a Teenage Riot with me, let me know.

 

ill start a teenage riot with you

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