Field Day http://www.fielddayfest.com Saturday June 7 Radiohead Beck Underworld Spiritualized Thievery Corp. Beth Orton Dashboard Confessional Interpol Liz Phair Tortoise Thursday The Raveonettes Ben Lee My Morning Jacket Gemma Hayes 22-20s Sunday June 8 Beastie Boys Sigur Ros The Roots Blur The Streets Elliott Smith N.E.R.D. Peanut Butter Wolf Blackalicious Le Tigre The Music The Polyphonic Spree Luna The Sea and Cake Particle Ours Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players The thing I hate about these shows is that I always want to mix & match the support acts. Can I give Dashboard Confessional, Liz Phair and Underworld to Sunday in exchange for Sigur Ros, Luna and Polyphonic Spree so that I only have to go one day?
I'm not a big festival guy, but: Wow. June 7th: Radiohead Beck Thievery Corporation Spiritualized Beth Orton Interpol Röyksopp Liz Phair Tortoise The Raveonettes Ben Lee My Morning Jacket Gemma Hayes 22-20s Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players June 8: The Beastie Boys Sigur Rós The Roots Blur Elliott Smith N.E.R.D. Blackalicious Peanut Butter Wolf The Music Polyphonic Spree Le Tigre Wowee, wow, wow. Color me extremely jealous. There's only 4 or 5 names that I wouldn't be extremely excited to see. PS: Anyone have Peanut Butter Wolf's 45 collection CD? I was a millisecond away from buying it two days ago and I flinched.
Unfortunately, the coolness factor of the lineup isn't strong enough to overcome the uncoolness factor of standing in crowds all day with local mooks who are there strictly to hear "Creep", "Loser" "Sabatage" and "Song 2" (though that last song will more likely be referred to as "Woo-Hoo!"). There's no way this could be as comfortable and laid back as Coachella, especially as it's being pimped by local meathead station K-Rock. In a perfect world, all of the backward capped date-rapers that will fill the field would listen closely to some of the bands that have something important to say to them (Le Tigre's the first act to come to mind...) and leave the show changed in ways other than their new sunburn. Call me an elitist, but this is a show that I'd love to go to with all my friends...only if there was somebody cool working the velvet rope at the front gate keeping out the ne'er-do-wells. Here's hoping Rachel Trachtenberg kicks all their asses...
Sort of the white woodstock for 22-34 year old yuppie liberal arts majors who are looking to relive thier summer canvassing for NYPIRG and meet some good weed contacts, but some decent bands there too. I agree with Footix that this will be an uber geekfest of everyone whose ever purchased an Amnesty International sticker at the mall and put it on the bumper of their Jetta, and their loser friends, but let me leave my sister out of this. I think tickets are a bit of a rip, but if I could combine them on 1 day I'd like to catch the following: Radiohead Beastie Boys Sigur Ros Elliot Smith The Roots Interpol Blur Le Tigre and then whoever else isn't going to suck. Luckily Metro are at KC on Saturday, maybe I'll go then.
You really think? I'm not sure. Beasties, sure -- they've still got a lot of the mook factor even if they have embraced pacifism. But the rest of this lineup is not Greek Fest but Geek Fest. (Radiohead fans are the geekiest people I've seen at a concert since The Cure were popular.) Nobody in a backwards cap is going to punching his buddies and saying "yeah, baby, Beth Orton!" Both "Loser" and "Creep" came out when the average mook was a pre-teen. If Audioslave, String Cheese Incident, or some band on either of those trajectories are added, then yes, the asshole factor skyrockets. But until then I think that this will be more about people who don't know how to put on sunscreen. (Then again, there's the entire Hamptons summer share element that I don't even want to consider....) True that, but I'm also hoping that the parents are still setting aside money for her inevitable therapy sessions about her growing up in bars. I dunno, after two weeks of wondering how the hell I was going to get there, it turns out that I cannot even go because of an in-laws commitment. Appears that I'll be looking very hard for a ticket to RH's rumored Beacon Theater / MTV2 show earlier that week.
UNfortunately, with festivals, that's what you get. People are probably fans of 1-2 of the bands, and only know the hits of the others. I went to the Tibetan Freedom Concert a few years ago, and the Beastie Boys got up there and played all new stuff. Not being a huge fan, it kind of ticked me off.
Yeah...unfortunately, aside form Ozzfest and the Metallica/Limp tour, there's not much else for the boneheads to do this summer since Nu-Metal's crashed & burned and those bands won't be playing sheds (or clubs for that matter) this year. I've already heard Cabbie on K-Rock selling the camping part of the event as a "sex fest", which it very well may be. Unforunately, a good number of these great acts probably won't translate well to the big stage and/or playing in sunlight. Conversely, some of these guys will probably turn in amazing sets because of the same cicumstances (Polyphonic Spree, for sure). I hope I don't disuade anyone from going...it's just that I've been to plenty of festivals and I know it takes a special kind of fortitude to put up with all the nonsense to be able to leave the gig at the end of the day and say to yourself, "That was really worth it". Having had the luxury and good fortune to have seen most of these bands in more intimate and convenient situations, I'm gonna pass.
Sure you've seen all the bands. But when was the last time you saw them together. Cuz you KNOW the Beasties will be calllin up the Sigur Ros posse for some joint freestylin. "So What-cha, What-cha, What-cha... Weeeeeeee-loooooooooo, Ziiiiiiiiiiii-loooooo, Neeeeee-laaaaaaaa...."
i know exactly what you mean. the last festival i went to was the eden fest outside of toronto in '95 or '96. an interesting side note about that festival was the tragically hip ("the hip", if you're cool) had top billing over live and the cure.
Mospart Park, right? I was there too. Coldest and best tasting Molson I've ever had in my life. CFNY/Edge 102...still pretty cool after all these years.
i really want to go to this, just to see theivery corporation. but it's on the second and third days of finals at my school. oh well.
Sounds like Field Day is not the only festival at that site this year...check out this press release I just received: BONNAROO ANNOUNCEMENT Superfly and AC Entertainment are proud to announce Bonnaroo NE set to take place August 8-10 at Enterprise Park at Calverton - Riverhead, New York. Bonnaroo NE is modeled after the original Bonnaroo. The event will be a camping-and-music festival, featuring several performance stages, and a unique lineup of major headline artists and high-quality emerging acts. The festival will be similar in purpose and set-up to the original Bonnaroo, with its own individual character. More details, including confirmed artists, ticket prices, and the on-sale date, will be announced soon. Stay tuned to the press list and www.bonnaroo.com for updates. For reference, here's the lineup for this year's Bonnaroo in Tennessee: The Dead, Widespread Panic, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, James Brown, The Allman Brothers Band, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Jack Johnson, moe., Galactic, The Flaming Lips, The Roots, Lucinda Williams, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Emmylou Harris, Medeski Martin & Wood, Sonic Youth, The funky Meters, Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, Yonder Mountain String Band, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, The Wailers, Nickel Creek, G. Love and Special Sauce, Tortoise, Toots & The Maytals, Sound Tribe Sector 9, O.A.R., North Mississippi Allstars, Warren Haynes, Keller Williams, Garage A Trois, Ben Kweller, Mix Master Mike, Polyphonic Spree, Kid Koala, Z-Trip, Particle, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, The Slip, Cyro Baptista's Beat the Donkey, DJ Spooky, Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, The New Deal, RJD2, My Morning Jacket, Topaz, Vusi Mahlasela of Amandla!, Drive-By Truckers, Robinella & the CC String Band, Kaki King, RAQ, Jason Mraz, The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players.
anyway... anyone going to the FDF from Boston? I got a camping ticket but my friends may or may not pull through and join me... Not sure how this festival is being pimped in NYC but its not getting much press up here. For all the hassles, transportation issues, etc, whenever Beasties, Radiohead, Beck, Elliott Smith, and Luna are in one place, well... they had me at hello.
Something I just noticed from the FDF web site -- AEG Live is the promoter of this show. They're also promoting tours this summer for Fleetwood Mac, Dixie Chicks, The Eagles, Bjork and Yanni, and the Celine Dion Vegas show. Looks like Phil's making some more money.