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Reading preview #1: Sean, Kp and Peter's picks

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by Sean Adams
With Reading nearly upon us select members of the dis team, have selected 3 bands each that you musn't miss.

Name: Sean (aka the Boss)
1. New Bands Tent: REINDEER SECTION
...after releasing one of my albums of the year so far 'Son of Evil Reindeer' the supergroup of idlewild, snow patrol, eva, arab strap, mogwai, b&s and other bands are doing one of their first live shows since the albums release. Think about a band that sound like your first real kiss. Or the perfect morning after. Or ladybirds and butterflies procreating in the pretty dust trails from a slither of sunlight. Expect: true beauty.
2. New Bands Tent: The (International) Noise Conspiracy
...probably the most exciting band around at the moment on the whole second wave of new york inspired, ramones-esque punk rock. Must see live band. Expect: fists in the air for united social reform!
3. New Bands Tent: SPAN
...you may have read bits and bobs on here about the mighty Norweigians. Not too dissimilar to early weezer, but faster, cleaner, sharper, more posing, cool-oozness and shouts of baby, WAH-HOO! WAH-HOO!. Expect: uncontrollable pogoing.
3a. (cus i'm the boss, hehe) Main Stage: MUSE
...ok, a fairly predictable one but in 4 short years they've gone from 2nd on in the new bands tent, to headlining the session tent to the main stage. One of our most exciting, inspiring, iconic, special, talented and dare i say it, genius groups around right now. Expect: Falsetto's, noise, carnage and mass crowd surfing.
Also excited about seeing: Incubus, Foo Fighters, NoFx, The Icarus Line, Trail O'Dead, Spiritualized, The Cooper Temple Clause, Biffy Clyro, Jetplane Landing, Six by Seven, The Streets, Guided by Voices, Sparta, Saves the Day and Pretty Girls Make Graves.

Name: Kate Price (Derby/Sheffield Area)
1. The Evening Session Stage: The Icarus Line
...Despite remaining not at all convinced by these latest American Nu-Punk exports on record, since experiencing them live for the first time I've become a bit of an addict. With their energetic, intense 70's punk rock spirit, there's no doubt in my mind that The Icarus Line will manage to scare, intimidate and inspire almost every single person who turns out to watch them - no matter how many there are.
2. The Evening Session Stage: The Cooper Temple Clause
...Where so many bands fail to do themselves justice with their live performance, The Cooper Temple Clause blow minds and reverse opinions. Although the many layers of sound seem to fall fairly flat on record, live they boast a huge 3D sound that sweeps you off your feet and swallows you up. Fan or not, you'd be a fool to miss 'em!
3. Main Stage: Prodigy
...those of you who, like me, will be up at Leeds this year are lucky enough to get to end your festival experience by dancing the night away to Prodigy. And yes, that's DANCE. No doubt everyone'll be too bruised and tired to mosh by then anyway, so a nice dosage of shimmying to 'Baby's Got A Temper' will do very nicely indeed!
Also looking forward to: Janes Addiction, Span, The Dandy Warhols, The Breeders, The Bellrays, Aphex Twin, The Foo Fighters, Vex Red, Incubus, NOFX, Amen, Hundred Reasons, Trail 'O Dead, Six By Seven, Sparta, The Music, The Alpinestars, Biffy Clyro, The Streets… I'm gonna be a busy girl!

Name: Peter White (London/Poodle Rock)
1. Concrete Jungle Stage: Dashboard Confessional
...How beautiful can one man's acoustic punk be? Further Seems Forever frontman knocking out Dawson's Creek killing lullabies. Expect: Confused punk kidz
2. New Bands Tent: 80's Matchbox B Line Disaster
...The craziest Jesus Lizard inspired noise for ages. They may have just signed to Universal but they still sound like a monkey on acid. Expect: Somebody to wonder why Richard Ashcroft is there.
3. New Bands Tent: Pretty Girls Make Graves
...It's new, it's part Murder City Devils, part Icarus Line and it's gonna be this year's At The Drive In. That's a great thing, by the way. Expect: Someone to make a joke about dead girls never saying no.
Can't want to see: Andrew WK, The Anniversary, The Get Up Kids, Simple Kid, Ben Kweller, Thursday and Weezer.

More to come in a following parts tomorrow and throughout the rest of the week...

DiSCUSS: Comment below with your recommendations...



Reading preview #1: Sean, Kp and Peter's picks

Meh, at least someone mentioned Weezer (*coughseancough* you're going down)

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=W=EEZERRR!! *ahem*

Can't wait for Reading, hope I don't end up sharing a tent with ollie though.

Re: Reading preview #1: Sean, Kp and Peter's picks

join the que Rich, join the que...

ollie.

Re: Reading preview #1: Sean, Kp and Peter's picks

Sounds a bit similar to a festival they're having in Leeds around the same time.

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nah, Reading's were it's at

it's like hte englich trying to play American Football, however well they do it, it's still not where it should be played

ollie.

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It's actually known as the Carling Weekend, but i dunno how a company can own a whole weekend. It belongs to those rocking out, those bands that change peoples lives, those that live it and breath it all year round.

Also, don't forget about Glasgow being a part of it.

sean (who doesn't seem to have a ticket at the minute)

Re: Reading preview #1: Sean, Kp and Peter's picks

Not sure I'd agree. Last year both Green Day and Iggy Pop said the Leeds crowd was much better than the Reading one.

And last year's Leeds festival ended in true rock and roll fashion with someone setting fire to a chemical toilet.

Intense.

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What's rock'n'roll about doing something which made it hard for this years festival to take place? Something which also polluted the atmosphere and cost some poor fuck somewhere some money. Probably indirectly cost everyone money cus the insurance they have to take out which adds to the ticket price.

Rock'n'Roll is about entertainment and creativity that makes your heart race. Destruction is just for morons. Although I realise some rock stars are morons.

Sean

Re: Reading preview #1: Sean, Kp and Peter's picks

Find a dictionary and look up "sarcasm".

P.S. The reason Leeds City Council stalled on giving the festival a licence was so Carling would offer them more money under the table to let it go ahead, so to speak. Not because of a solitary burning toilet.

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Or even a whole bunch of burning toilets. Can't you people take a joke?

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*A* toilet? Dont you mean every single toilet in the whole place (or as far as I could see anyway).

KPxx

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The queue to not sleep with you ollie? hehe. I joined that some time back. I'm making plans to cunningly get one of the tents to myself... cunning plans.

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Last time i saw them they were a REAL letdown. And the new albums pants. I want my weezer back! *sigh*

Prodigy play Leeds on Friday...

...which is NOT the last day of the festival, by the way.

Reading preview #1: Sean, Kp and Peter's picks

the rapture have cancelled by the way

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and dashboard confessional can eat a dick

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not one of The Rapture's tho

unless they do it before/after this weekend i supose... hmm...

ollie.

surely

he's/they're too busy biting their pillows and crying like an emo bitch for that ;)

< /provoke >

any exciting reason for the rapture's cancellation? cuh....yr not going are you luke?

Re: surely

im going on saturday. maybe see you there?