Infinite Jest Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 A good festival show, with a great crowd reaction. End of the Road is a small (5000 or so) capacity festival that has been running for five years near Salisbury (about two hours south of London). It features a mix of pure folk, Americana, indie-pop/rock and post-rock (Along with Wilco, other headliners were Modest Mouse and Yo La Tengo on the main stage, and Caribou and New Pornographers on the second stage). I highly recommended it. Wilco followed an energetic set from the Felice Brothers, and a reverentially hushed, well-received set from the Low Anthem. With an hour between TLA and Wilco the crowd was getting impatient (most set breaks were 30-40 minutes max). Setlist (not at all perfect): Sunken TreasureBull Black NovaI Am Trying to Break Your HeartForget the FlowersA Shot in the ArmI'll FightYou Are My FaceOne WingSide with the SeedsMuzzle of Bees (?)Impossible GermanyJesus EtcTheologiansWalkenHummingbirdHandshake DrugsI'm the Man Who Loves YouThe Late Greats Order broadly correct but not 100% for first and last few, and I'm missing one or two. [Edited to add Muzzle of Bees, Hummingbird and You Are My Face] Great show: they only had 90 minutes, and it was obvious they wanted to power through the songs with little banter etc, so that they could play more. They seemed pleased to be there, Pat and Glenn were grinning a fair bit and Jeff seemed happy as well, though he didn't talk much. Lots of calls for more as they left the stage. Jeff held up a clock showing 11:00pm, to show that it was curfew time and they had to go. (Which looked like they planned the set perfectly to fit everything in). Still more calls for more, but no luck. Little banter, but: *Jeff: "is that woman over there OK? Cos she looks like she's really really high on drugs."*Shout from Crowd after Shot in the Arm: "you're just too damn good!". Jeff: "thanks" Crowd: "he wasn't talking to you" *Crowd shout praise/approval. Jeff pretends to mishear: "What? The singing sucks?" [does really sad face] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mountain People Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Also there this weekend. Boys were well and truly on form and seemed to really enjoy it. Definite highlight of the festival for me and lots of others I spoke to. Mindblowing. I would definitely add Hummingbird and You are My Face to the list above and I think also Muzzle of Bees (I was really really stoned and tired so not completely sure). Roll on RFH (tomorrow!!??) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m_thomp Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The festival was absolutely great; so many unexpected nice touches like (real, live) peacocks and parrots dotted all over, and as for location it was like staging a festival in the middle of a massive topiary exhibition. Wilco were great, as always. Agreed that it took Jeff a while to chirp up, but when he did he seemed in a good mood. The bits of conversation that I recall were him saying that that they arrived earlier in the day and that he thought it was "a very, very, very, very, very, very, very nice festival." The "sad face" moment came about because Jeff, prior to Jesus Etc, announced that something about performing it in Northern Ireland the night before and they (the Northern Irish) sang along pretty well, almost as if he was issuing a challenge to the festival. The woman in the crowd shouted, "their singing sucks," meaning the N. Irish to which Jeff misheard and exclaimed, "the singing sucks!!" Cue sad face. The woman shouted out to clarify, and smiles broke out. Definitely no Muzzle of Bees, but the setlist looks pretty spot on, the final three songs, I'm pretty sure were Theologians, Hummingbird and The Late Greats, in that order. Also managed to see John and Nels checking out Phil Selway by the soundboard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 *Shout from Crowd after Shot in the Arm: "You're just too damn good!". Jeff: "Thanks" Crowd: "He wasn't talking to you" Classic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn's Stick Bag Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 they played really well, and I recommend End of the Road to anyone, a brilliant festival with its feet on the ground and no corporate nonsense. I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with John on the site and they brought the weekend to a superb conclusion. My first time camping for over 30 years and well worth the lack of sleep! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
petee Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Our EOTR review ... (The whole festival) http://www.therockclubuk.com/rc/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=524best wishesPete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Some pics here (not mine) The highlights:- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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