Unicron Veteran Member Posts:1696  
| 1/25/2005 9:04 PM |
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Originally posted by ishrink
Saw Nada Surf play Friday morning at Glasto2003.
We stayed for 10 minutes, then went back to bed.
Couldn't believe how boring MOR they'd become.
*YAWN*
I saw them there, you're right absolute rubbish and I was really looking forward to seeing them. The rain didn't help. |
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Ciarán Ryan New Member Posts:47
| 1/26/2005 9:09 AM |
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While i can't see much hip-hop been added, have to agree I'd love to see Atmosphere, Sage Francis, MF Doom/Viktor Vaughn, J5, Blackalicious, Shadow, EL-P, and many more.
With regards the hip-hop/crowd control issue mentioned above, I think thats a stereotype fuelled by people who listen to tim westwood etc. In fairness, have you not seen the dance tent at the festival, you could get your head boxed off or else you are everyone's best friend!
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Eric Basic Member Posts:179
| 1/26/2005 9:40 AM |
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Originally posted by klootfan
Let me see...Hmmm.
For an Acoustic/ Light Rock tent
Ben Kweller,
Pete Yorn,
Jesse Malin
Damien Jurado,
The American Analog Set
St Thomas
Sun Kil Moon
Grant Lee Philips
For the heavier tent:
Nada Surf
Seafood
The Walkmen
Interpol
Radio 4
to name a few
Hey Klootfan, Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil moon lead man) is playing an accoustic gig in Whelans on the 5th March. He does really nice accoustic versions of the songs from Sun Kil moon and Red House Painters. Should be a great gig  |
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klootfan Advanced Member Posts:851
| 1/26/2005 9:45 AM |
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Cheers Eric. I didnt know that. Ill defo try check it out if im around.
Sound
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kierryBasic Member Posts:244
| 1/26/2005 1:01 PM |
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personally i don't like seeing acoustic acts at a festival with spanners who wouldn't have a clue who they are wandering in and out of the tent the whole time, and just generally annoying me.
interpol, muse, bloc party, the walkmen, these kinda bands would interest me.
i'll go anyway, i like the two day thing.
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strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 1/26/2005 1:55 PM |
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One of the most disturbing things I've ever seen at Witness/Oxegen occurred last year on the Sunday afternoon in the dance tent. There was one guy dancing on his own pilled out of his mind. His eyed were closed, his face was contorted and he was eating his own jaw at 90 miles an hour but there was nobody in a ten feet radius of him so he wasn't doing any harm to anyone except himself. One of the local security guys saw him and instead of escorting him to the first aid tent, handing him over to the Gardai or just leaving him be, he decided to take his own course of action. It looked like he was just going to walk past him but at the last minute he stepped in and dropped the shoulder so hard he nearly knocked the poor guy over. He then spun around waiting for a reaction so that he could knock seven shades of sh*t out of him but the pillhead was so out of he it he hadn't even noticed that the bouncer was trying to start on him. I know that people have been giving out about security at these kind of events of years but I've never seen such a collection of scumbags quite as unprofessional as the ones MCD employed last year. The Northern security firm who were looking after admission into the campsite of Friday night were grand but the local goons were something else. If they weren’t trying to start fights they were trying to make a quick buck. My girlfriend asked one of them for directions to the onsite ticket master office and he immediately responded by offering to sell her a wrist band for €50. I met at least half a dozen people over the weekend that’d gotten in by bribing local security.
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strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 1/26/2005 2:36 PM |
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Originally posted by Gar
Is there a big Irish hip-hop scene?
No it’s quite small. Back in the 90s you had Scary Eire who had a single called Dole Q, it’s one of my favourite Irish records ever. Their DK Mek started off scratching on Zig & Zag’s Christmas No. 1 single but he had serious skills. He was banned from competing in the DMC’s though when he set a turntable on fire and pulled out a tricolour at the finals over in England. Last I heard he was producing tracks on the new Ian Brown album and he plays regularly enough around the country. Their main MC Ri Ra is still making hip hop and doing gigs. Now days the biggest Irish act is Messiah J & the Expert. They used to be called Creative Control but they changed their name when their DJ Mayhem left. He’s been replaced with DJ Flip who became the first Irish man to win an ITF title in 2003. The best turntablist in Ireland though is Tu-Ki who’s won both the Irish ITF’s and DMC’s for the last three years running. Then you have veterans like the DJs Splice and OB who run the All City shop in Temple Bar. They’ve set up their own label as well and they’ve put out records for Ri Ra, Hazo & Captain Moonlight and Relevance. Their last single was a collaboration between DJ Flip and Marc Stretch of Foreign Legion. Apparently the next single is going to be a collaboration between DJ Flip and Slug out of Atmosphere. If that’s the case the label should get some serious exposure. There are some other act as well such as Exile Eye and the Goodmen (featuring DJ Lee from 2 Phat!) but I haven’t heard their stuff so I can’t comment. The biggest hip hop night in the country is probably Choice Cuts in Ri-Ra’s. It’s promoted by Scope and he plays there along with OB, Splice, Tu-Ki, Mayhem etc. They get in some quality guests as well. In Galway you’ve got root down in The Vic with Deviant, Doobius and MC Seb. It’s promoted by GC underground and they do some events in Cork as well. I’m not sure the story is with the Breaking or Graffiti scene is this country although there’s an amazing Graf artist in Cork called Mr Who. |
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 1/26/2005 2:39 PM |
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Originally posted by stroller
[quote}If they weren’t trying to start fights they were trying to make a quick buck. My girlfriend asked one of them for directions to the onsite ticket master office and he immediately responded by offering to sell her a wrist band for €50. I met at least half a dozen people over the weekend that’d gotten in by bribing local security.
Last year was over full, the lads that take you ticket off you, & give you your wristband, were not tearing the stubs off. They were taking the whole ticket, intact .... Ready for selling outside, again & again & again.
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RubyBasic Member Posts:107
| 1/26/2005 3:45 PM |
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Dont get me started on the security at poxegen last year. What a shower of fookers. I'm sorry but I've never experienced anything like them at any festival or previous Witnness. Ruined the whole atmosphere for me.
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PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 1/27/2005 9:18 AM |
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Originally posted by stroller
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Originally posted by Gar
Is there a big Irish hip-hop scene?
No it’s quite small. Back in the 90s you had Scary Eire who had a single called Dole Q, it’s one of my favourite Irish records ever. Their DK Mek started off scratching on Zig & Zag’s Christmas No. 1 single but he had serious skills. He was banned from competing in the DMC’s though when he set a turntable on fire and pulled out a tricolour at the finals over in England. Last I heard he was producing tracks on the new Ian Brown album and he plays regularly enough around the country. Their main MC Ri Ra is still making hip hop and doing gigs. Now days the biggest Irish act is Messiah J & the Expert. They used to be called Creative Control but they changed their name when their DJ Mayhem left. He’s been replaced with DJ Flip who became the first Irish man to win an ITF title in 2003. The best turntablist in Ireland though is Tu-Ki who’s won both the Irish ITF’s and DMC’s for the last three years running. Then you have veterans like the DJs Splice and OB who run the All City shop in Temple Bar. They’ve set up their own label as well and they’ve put out records for Ri Ra, Hazo & Captain Moonlight and Relevance. Their last single was a collaboration between DJ Flip and Marc Stretch of Foreign Legion. Apparently the next single is going to be a collaboration between DJ Flip and Slug out of Atmosphere. If that’s the case the label should get some serious exposure. There are some other act as well such as Exile Eye and the Goodmen (featuring DJ Lee from 2 Phat!) but I haven’t heard their stuff so I can’t comment. The biggest hip hop night in the country is probably Choice Cuts in Ri-Ra’s. It’s promoted by Scope and he plays there along with OB, Splice, Tu-Ki, Mayhem etc. They get in some quality guests as well. In Galway you’ve got root down in The Vic with Deviant, Doobius and MC Seb. It’s promoted by GC underground and they do some events in Cork as well. I’m not sure the story is with the Breaking or Graffiti scene is this country although there’s an amazing Graf artist in Cork called Mr Who.
Very good summing up so theres little to add.
Exile Eye released a brilliant debut album in 2002 but havent heard anything new since.
The most high profile hiphop act is a bloke called Collie who's signed to Universal thru a label that 2FM DJ Wes Darcy has - he's not much cop though.
The best new hiphop crew i've seen as the Geneseas, Dublin-based lot from South Africa, Senegal, Zambia etc.
The graf scene is small but enthusiastic - they gather for an annual fest in Drogheda every Aug. More info on them from All City Records in Temple Bar.
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