Should I go this festival next week, and if so, what bands should I see?

[Stefinitely Maybe]

Wireless Festival, London.

I am tempted to go on Thursday and Saturday simply to see Daft Punk and The White Stripes, but I am pretty indifferent towards all the rest. Any recommendations?

[KenMixtape]

Saturday makes me jealous.
LCD Soundsystem, Klaxons, Datarock, Digitalism? Not to mention Daft Fucking Punk?!

I don't know many of the other bands, but the above 5 are can't-miss, and all on Saturday. Then again they're all playing in L.A. within the next few weeks (not sure about Digitalism)

[PineapplePete]

Thursday:

White Stripes
QOTSA
Air
Modest Mouse
Satellite Party
Finley
Goldspot

Friday:

Faithless
Keis
Badly Drawn Boy
Pharoahe Monch
HEAD AUTOMATICA!!!!!
Borne...

Saturday:
Daft Punk
Klaxons
LCD Soundsystem
CSS
Simian Mobile Disco
MUTEMATH!!!!

Sunday:

Kaiser Cheifs.....meh
besides that I don't really now the rest of the sunday lineup so....


I say go for it, take pics!

[Stefinitely Maybe]

I have seen Daft Punk, Klaxons, and LCD Soundsystem before, at Coachella, and I don't know Datarock or Digitalism. Could you recommend any tracks, or link me to something?

[amyzzz]

Holy shit. I would go.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

Thursday:

White Stripes - I'd like to see them
QOTSA - meh
Air - saw them recently
Modest Mouse - saw them recently
Satellite Party - saw them recently
Finley - never heard
Goldspot - never heard

Friday:

Faithless - saw them recently
Kelis - not interested
Badly Drawn Boy - saw him recently
Pharoahe Monch - not interested
HEAD AUTOMATICA!!!!! - never heard
Borne... - never heard

Saturday:
Daft Punk - saw them recently (ish)
Klaxons - saw them recently
LCD Soundsystem - saw them recently
CSS - not interested
Simian Mobile Disco - yeah I'd like to see them but I bet the crowd is too out of control to enjoy the set
MUTEMATH!!!! - I'd like to see them, yeah

Sunday:

Kaiser Cheifs.....meh - exactly

See above edits.

[PineapplePete]

if you've got some time on your hands and you wouldn't mind seeing some bands twice than yeah I'd go for Thurday - Saturday. If you have to go out of your way to do so (call in sick at work or whatnot) then...i dunno

[PineapplePete]

and also im gonna go find you a Head Automatica Torrent right now...

[KenMixtape]

I have seen Daft Punk, Klaxons, and LCD Soundsystem before, at Coachella, and I don't know Datarock or Digitalism. Could you recommend any tracks, or link me to something?

I'd be happy to.
Datarock is a cross between Devo, Happy Mondays and Talking Heads.
Digitalism is techno.

Datarock - Computer Camp Love


Datarock - FaFaFa


Datarock - New Song


Digitalism at Coachella


by the way, L.A. people , Datarock is playing at the Troubadour June 13 (same nite as Hot Chip unfortunately).

[GnarVee]

go and see DREDG on friday. I am in CALI and would make the trip just to see them and Daft Punk. One of my buddy's band. Straight from nor cal and they are AMAZING PREFORMERS live and on record. THANK ME LATER!

and IMHO I think they are in the top 5 preformers there. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go and check em' out. YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED!!!!!!


www.dredg.com

www.myspace.com/dredg

www.purevolume.com/dredg



other than that. HAVE A BLAST!

[noisemachine]

I like Richard Swift. Good acoustic pop-ish stuff.

[tessalasset]

Baby, is this love for real?

[Deviate_420]

Do not see Daft Punk!!!

[Courtney]

What's wrong with seeing acts again that you've seen recently? If they were good last time you saw them, I'd think that would be added incentive.

Saturday is going to be such a hardcore party.

[ragingdave]

Datarock.

You crooked tooth bastard.

[woogie846]

hahahahahahahaha!! Kelis is playing!!

[Boourns]

Thursday:
White Stripes
Air
Modest Mouse

Saturday:
DAFT PUNK
LCD Soundsystem
CSS

Everyone else I either don't like or never heard of, but if the price is right, go for it.

[summerkid]

Sunday is terrible. Just go home after Saturday.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

I guess I should have explained, it's a day-ticket sort of festival in the middle of the city, not a stay-overnight sort of festival. So going to Thursday and Saturday alone would not be a problem. I am definitely going to go to Saturday... still not sure about Thursday.

Courtney> There's nothing wrong with seeing bands I've already seen, but I like seeing new things, too. Like, I love watching my favourite movies again and again on DVD, but it's somehow more rewarding to watch something new.

[GnarVee]

wtf how come no one is mentioned dredg......please check em out!

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Jesus Christ yes! The headliners alone are worth it (Bar the kaiser chiefs...not headliner material...)

[sonofhal]

Stef - I'm going with a few friends on Thu and Sat

Current Plans =(depending on clashes)
Thursday
The White Stripes
QOTSA
Modest Mouse (unless you saw them very recently, you should enjoy the new setup)
The Only Ones (Classic)
The Sounds
Alberta Cross
Air
The Bees
The Kissaway Trail (one of the best albums of the year so far)
The Lea Shores (if you like spiritualized/ride, you'll love them)
Goldspot
Far From The Dance (crap on record, excellent live)

Also - Avoid dredg at all costs. Incubus lite (Sorry GnarVee, but it's true)

Saturday
Daft Punk
LCD Soundsystem
CSS
New Young Pony Club
Datarock (at last - missed their last 2 london shows due to conflicts)
Mutemath (also crap on record, but good live)
Klaxons
Simian Mobile Disco
Digitalism

The other 2 days are shockingly bad - especially sunday(apart from les campesinos, who are genius)

Live Nation are doing a special offer on the Thursday tickets at the moment. For £3 extra, you get a copy of Icky Thump delivered on release day.

[hitthenorth]

Jsut the same old, same old as far as headliners go. To be honest, I'd go just to see Tom Middleton. Is he DJing or is it some sort of live set?

[idrive1life]

I want to go in all of those days but I can't (especially on the 16th and 17th - let's see maybe I'll try on the 14th).

[Alchemy]

Thursday
The White Stripes
QOTSA
Air
Modest Mouse

FRIDAY
Badly Drawn Boy
Gotan Project

SATURDAY
Daft Punk
LCD Soundsystem
CSS

SUNDAY
Editors
The Duke Spirit

I would at least go Thurs-Sat

[dorkfish]

Simian Mobile Disco
Digitalism
Datarock

good times to be had

[luckyface]

If you are going Sunday, make sure to check out The Cribs.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

I wasn't going to go tonight but at the last minute a friend called me and offered me a free ticket, so I went.

I watched Air for about 15 minutes and they were playing in a small tent that wasn't even half full. WTF? They were incredible. WAY better than at Coachella. 9/10

Then I watched QOTSA for about 15 minutes. They were rocking out, and the musicianship was great, but I got a bit bored after a while. 6/10

I wandered over to one of the smaller tents and saw a band called Polytechnic, who I liked a lot. 7/10

Finally, it was time for the White Stripes. They were really good, but not incredible. And they didn't play Fell In Love With A Girl. 8/10

[DeltaSigChi4]

Air sucks.

E

[amyzzz]

Why did you watch Air for only 15 minutes?? I'm assuming schedule conflicts, but my god.