Melbourne Beats

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Tool
Rammstein
Iggy And The Stooges
Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77
Lupe Fiasco
Grinderman
Primal Scream performing Screamadelica Live
Deftones
The Black Keys
Andrew W.K
The Jim Jones Revue
Crystal Castles
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
M.I.A
LCD Soundsystem
Booka Shade
Pnau
Die Antwoord
Vitalic
CSS
Plan B
Ratatat
John Butler Trio
Wolfmother
Airbourne
Birds Of Tokyo
Kids Of 88
The Naked & Famous
Angus & Julia Stone
Dead Letter Circus
Children Collide
Operator Please
Bliss N Eso
Gyroscope
Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock
Sampology
Blue King Brown
Will Styles
Little Red
Gypsy And The Cat
Lowrider

MEH

Would love to see Deftones and M.I.A but don't wanna be stuck in the middle of a shadeless field with a pack of cunts. Doubt Tool would be anywhere near as good at a festival than at their own dedicated show.

Tool
Iggy And The Stooges
Grinderman
Primal Scream performing Screamadelica Live
The Black Keys
LCD Soundsystem
Pnau

only good acts, not worth going to imo unless you can score a freebie

personally I think that line up is super epic....

but alas, I am going to rainbow serpent this summer instead.

deviant wrote:personally I think that line up is super epic....

but alas, I am going to rainbow serpent this summer instead.

same

My word... pretty sweet lineup...

Tool FFS

mecka wrote:from here

Tool
Rammstein
Iggy And The Stooges
Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77
Lupe Fiasco
Grinderman
Primal Scream performing Screamadelica Live
Deftones
The Black Keys
Andrew W.K
The Jim Jones Revue
Crystal Castles
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
M.I.A
LCD Soundsystem
Booka Shade
Pnau
Die Antwoord
Vitalic
CSS
Plan B
Ratatat
John Butler Trio
Wolfmother
Airbourne
Birds Of Tokyo
Kids Of 88
The Naked & Famous
Angus & Julia Stone
Dead Letter Circus
Children Collide
Operator Please
Bliss N Eso
Gyroscope
Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock
Sampology
Blue King Brown
Will Styles
Little Red
Gypsy And The Cat
Lowrider

MEH

Would love to see Deftones and M.I.A but don't wanna be stuck in the middle of a shadeless field with a pack of cunts. Doubt Tool would be anywhere near as good at a festival than at their own dedicated show.

so your saying that the 30,000 or so people that attend big day out are just a pack of cunts?! sure theres a few idiot's in ozzy flags etc but its wot ya make of it. The 4 or 5 times iv been iv had a blast. Deftones for the win!!!!

Festival crowds in general have been in a state of decline for years now. Call me cynical.

Only interested in one or two sideshows.

Deftones' new album is sooooo win.

MIA's new album is soooo not win.

would go just to see die antwoord but the whole lineup is better than usual... Actually considering this

mecka wrote: Doubt Tool would be anywhere near as good at a festival than at their own dedicated show.

Tool were good at BDO last time, they are always headlining and have all the allowances they need for sound and visuals, saw them in Melbourne and Perth and good show at both festivals. Of course its not going to match their own show but for a BDO show its still done pretty well especially compared to all the other let downs i've had there.

Can't wait for deftones either, its been what 6 or 7 years??? Here's hoping for them to play passenger with Maynard.

mecka wrote:Festival crowds in general have been in a state of decline for years now.

I wish MIA would go M.I.A.

lpeake wrote:would go just to see die antwoord but the whole lineup is better than usual... Actually considering this

kill me

RAINBOW SERPENT

that is all.

mecka wrote:Festival crowds in general have been in a state of decline for years now. Call me cynical.

festival crowds are as they always were

its you thats changed.

Primal Scream doing Screamadelica is awesome.

Really wish I still had a good time at festivals, but alas, im old and whingy

Oh yeah, Mia's new album is balls!! I was going to buy it and was very happy with the itunes preview. ended up getting one track only. And only that was for 2 min of it!

fuck yeah primal scream screamadelica sidey pleeeeaaaase

they owe it to me to redeem themselves for their shit gig 2 years ago

that line-up looks well sweet.


me be working it again...can't say no. i am old and whingey but its my only grasp on my youth lol


i am keen to check out Bliss N Eso, been digging their new stuff. And John Butler are always good live. What about Pnau, they be good jah?!?! Plus Tool, Lupe and Primal Scream, hello! And i have heard lots about the Black Keys, so must check out.

Only interested in Primal Scream and Iggy. And there's always the big risk that Bobby Gilespie won't show up anyway.

Alex Grey and Tool both in Victoria on the same weekend. Crazy shit.

eN wrote:Alex Grey and Tool both in Victoria on the same weekend. Crazy shit.

Hmmmm... i hope this is something more than just a coincidence.. doubt it though.

rainbow serpent is the week before..

LCD :horn:
their gig at festival hall was the best thing i've seen this year.
Grinderman :horn:


I think BDO was feeling a bit Metal inadequate next to soundwave the last couple of years!

eN wrote:Alex Grey and Tool both in Victoria on the same weekend. Crazy shit.

Can't find any info on this. gotsta link of someting?

deviant wrote:personally I think that line up is super epic....

but alas, I am going to rainbow serpent this summer instead.

x 2 on both counts.

forrr meee, I preefer ze minimal techno in ze forest.

Rainbow and BDO are on different weekends!!!!! Booyah!

Edit: oops just read Neapolitans post

Stryfe wrote:

eN wrote:Alex Grey and Tool both in Victoria on the same weekend. Crazy shit.

Can't find any info on this. gotsta link of someting?

Tool playing BDO, Alex Grey @ rainbow. Except not the same weekend I just found out but 1 week apart.

http://www.rainbowserpent.net/

there's the link... the alex grey bit is on the front page.

I'm defo going to both this and rainbow now I've found out they are on different weekends..... hell, might even go to soundwave the weekend after too.

Cheers Mates.

No wonder i couldnt find it. Wonder if he's doing anything in the city while he's here, doesnt say he's here for rainbow serpent exclusively so fingers crossed.

Tool
Rammstein
Lupe Fiasco
Primal Scream performing Screamadelica Live
Deftones
M.I.A
Booka Shade
CSS
John Butler Trio
Wolfmother
Birds Of Tokyo
Bliss N Eso

AWESOMMMMMMMME

VITALIC

that really needs to be 10 times bigger..

LIKE YOUR SIGNATURE?

ghetto kitty wrote:RAINBOW SERPENT

that is all.

see ya in the dust kai

how long does it take to grow dreadlocks? i'm keen to check out rainbow serpent too

gareth.
theres 10,000+ punters.

im so fucking SICK of the genralisations about rainbow being all psy and all hippies by people WHO HAVENT EVEN EVER FUCKING BEEN.

rant over.

RAINBWO FWTT !

in fairness, psytrance is pretty awful


















































also hippies

it'll take something pretty special (like a free ticket) for me to take the risk on being stuck at something like rainbow for a whole weekend if its not as diverse a sound as everyone makes it out to be

but hey i guess i'm missing out on all the great music/rugs

it is diverse.
this yrs rainbow one night i was curled up/trippin in my tent wish i could go dance to all the awesome dubstep/glitch that was being played all night at redbus stage...
kraddy android p0rn shaking the ground etc

but yeah there's always stuff other than psy going on, plus chillout stage, and in fact there was probably more techno than psy or prog in general. babicz killed it on the final day omg take me back!

kiss & tell wrote:it'll take something pretty special (like a free ticket) for me to take the risk on being stuck at something like rainbow for a whole weekend if its not as diverse a sound as everyone makes it out to be

but hey i guess i'm missing out on all the great music/rugs

lol if you wanna be a proper tightarse just sneak in

if you feel 'stranded' just hitch home. problem solved

agree with kp on diversity......granted alot of the music after dark is psy, but during the day and into the evening you'll hear dub, dubstep, techno, hip hop, polka. allsorts tbh

imho stop being a sook and take it to the rainbow thread

word aroes.

im done here.

mecka wrote:Festival crowds in general have been in a state of decline for years now.

lol

gutted

missed out $230 on ebay... scalping fail

Hi there, noticed that someone asked about Alex Grey and if he is doing a show in Melbourne.

www.agmtours.com Has all the info.

See you there hopefully

http://www.showclix.com/event/15259/

maybe i should put this in another thread away from all the neg lol, but nah...


My review of the BDO 2011

work wasn't too bad, got to hand out programs for the first few hours and then ripped tickets for the last hour.

then off to see the bands!

first up saw Washington, she played some nice tunes, kicked off the day nicely. i like her style too! Then over to Andrew W.K. Sounded pretty mental, and they seemed like they were leaving everything on the stage. Drank kick arse slurpies while watching them, which may have made their set even better for me lol. Then over to Bliss n Eso who disappointed me greatly! All i kept thinking is you guys look and act like you're from the Marsh and you have gotten a big head from being overseas (weird combination of behaviour). They kept getting the crowd to say "hell yeah, fuck yeah". ummm yeah right. The only good bit was when they passed the stage over to their dj who decided to do a mash up; and did one of pink floyd and grand master flash. Was pretty rad i must say. We left before the end of their set as i was not impressed, and i kept thinking the Hoods and Jurassic 5 do it right and have a much better style imo. Then over to Angus & Julia Stone to see what all the fuss is about. We couldn't work out what the fuss was about. Does anyone know? We thought their songs were pretty beige on the whole. As we left Julia and Angus to do whatever they were doing, we decided to head over and check out Blue King Brown, which we had never heard before. With a name like that we expected something different, more bluesy. Can't even describe their music really as they chopped and changed a lot. We then ended up catching Wolfmother who played a mix of old and new tunes which i didnt expect as the lead dude, Andrew Stockdale, apparently has a whole new band. Was great to hear the oldies though, and he was rocking out hard on stage which was rad. Then across to see Iggy and the Stooges who are generally good for a laugh and entertaining, but they played the same set they did last year or the year before, ummm whenever they were here last.

But the one act that made the whole day worthwhile, withstanding stupid heat and being all grimey, was.....RAMMSTEIN!!!! Holy mother of hell, these guys were fricken out of control awesome. They sang every song in German pretty much, and it didn't matter. Till Lindemann who is the lead vocal, is just brilliant! Awesome stage presence, brilliant voice, and well fricken buff. They did pyrotechnics and heaps of crazy stuff through every single song. If they come back to Melbourne i will definitely go see them in a heart beat. I was just in awe the whole set. Loved em, want to marry em, etc etc

and now for some photos

Megan Washington on the piano


misty spray things - well rad throughout the day to play in


Bliss n Eso


Wolfmother


Iggy doing his signature haul people on to stage move


many photos of Rammstein being awesome

that last shot is fucking dope liz.

good review too.
bliss n esso = mega overhyped and boring tbh. but when you get a lot of money thrown at you - you can be famous no matter what!

Nice photos Lizzy - I agree, Rammstein were fuckin EPIC !!!! Everything needs more fireworks like they brought, such showmen and they df brought the wow factor. Keyboardist on treadmill in jumpsuit in 40 degree weather, wtf

Did you get any shots when the three of them were wearing the flame throwing masks spewing 6 metre flames from the skulls. So, so, so awesome. Want to buy one!

But Lizzy, I did notice you didnt mention Tool........................... come on Lizzy Tool's visual show matched their music to a tea, the guy who does their artwork is a magician. Cant wait to see them again on Wednesday night.

Deftones were really fun too, Birds of Tokyo were pretty good (need some melody every now and then) but fuck me is Kenny (lead singer) the coolest creepy singer, even more so with Birds than when he sings for Karnivool.

Did see some people wearing some strange things considering it was a 40 degree day. Skinny black jeans dont cut it anywhere but during BDO when its supposed to be 40, come on kiddies, try to be less cool for a day for comfort hey? Was funny tho, I found a good spot 3 people off the barrier dividing the pit and everyone else, smack in the middle of the Blue Stage (Tool side). Had 3-4 different sets of douchebags trying to push their way through and I seemed to be the only one standing my ground holding my position and then proceeded to tell them to fuck off, but once I stood my ground, seemed like everyone else did too which I found throughly amusing..... Some ppl can be rude ignorant pricks sometimes but made it great for a laugh

Awesome day tho, enjoyed it 10 times more than I thought I would, considering even flying to Adelaide on Friday to do it all again. Wednesday Tool Sideshow here I come tho!!!!

ctoafn_DMZ wrote: Tool's visual show matched their music to a tea

??

Hardy wrote:

ctoafn_DMZ wrote: Tool's visual show matched their music to a tea

??

Really Tom???