Outside Lands Fest 2011

[GeezrRckr]

i know it's ridiculously early, but maybe some early, ehem, suggestions might cause more of us to head to GGP this year.

plus, we have dates: Aug 12-14

hey APE - less jam, more indie/electronica.......please!

Lineup breakdown (tentative)
Friday (8/12):
Phish
Erykah Badu
The Shins
MGMT
Phantogram
Best Coast
Junip
Collie Budz
Ghost Robot
Lotus
Foster the People
Toro y Moi
Latyrx
Orgone

Saturday (8/13):
Muse
The Black Keys
Arctic Monkeys
The Roots
The Decemberists
Girl Talk
STRFKR
The Fresh & Only's
The Stone Foxes
Sia
The Vaccines
Vetiver

Sunday (8/14):
Ty Segall
Arcade Fire
Beirut
Deadmau5
Wye Oak
!!!
Mavis Staples
Big Audio Dynamite
Lord Huron
Major Lazer
John Fogerty
Julieta Venegas
Little Dragon
Josh Ritter

[GeezrRckr]

some suggestions:
Gang Gang Dance
Gang of Four
Portishead (unlikely, but maybe if they throw enough money at them)
Massive Attack
Chemical Brothers
Foals
Deerhoof
Deerhunter
Balthazar
Shit Robot
High Places
Grinderman
Booka Shade
Underworld

oh wait, this my Coachella wish list.
Radio Dept
Besnard Lakes

[guedita]

Neil Young.

[GnarVee]

Rolling Stones

[psycobetabuckdown]

Arcade Fire Daft Punk Radiohead

[miSTEVEious]

I know you're hoping for less jam and more indie...but i have a really strong feeling that phish might show up for outside lands this year. call it a hunch i dunno

[thefrush]

^^ Clusterfucklands Fest?

[CrystalCastlesFreak]

It's going back to 3 days next year?

[Gribbz]

I'll probably end up going to this. Waiting to see what Bonnaroo has to offer...

some suggestions:
Gang Gang Dance
Gang of Four
Portishead (unlikely, but maybe if they throw enough money at them)
Massive Attack
Chemical Brothers
Foals
Deerhoof
Deerhunter
Balthazar
Shit Robot
High Places
Grinderman
Booka Shade
Underworld

oh wait, this my Coachella wish list.
Radio Dept
Besnard Lakes

Approved.


EDIT* Also, how would you guys compare Outside Lands to other US festivals?

[dorkfish]

Overall, I find OSL to be more relaxing than the other large festivals. Some people find that to be bad, but it has its charm. And depending on the lineup, you can usually get cheap Craigslist tickets.

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Only went this year but I OSL!

[fikus222]

OSL has done nothing other than disappoint me.

I too can see PHISH doing this.

[Gribbz]

Overall, I find OSL to be more relaxing than the other large festivals. Some people find that to be bad, but it has its charm. And depending on the lineup, you can usually get cheap Craigslist tickets.

Bad? Huh. Must be the kids. At my age, I cherish relaxing/comfortable festivals.

OSL has done nothing other than disappoint me.

Why's that?

[sbessiso]

I too can see PHISH doing this.

OMG what would be phucking phantastic.

Ive been wanting to go to OSL since its first year, and this years lineup had soooooo much I wanted to see.

Ill be there NO MATTER WHAT.

[fikus222]

Why's that?

I only went to the first year. We went the first two days, it was a clusterfuck and I don't care who's fault it was, but if you can't even keep your main stage supplied with power two days in a row, that's a major fail. The last two years' line-ups haven't done much for me either. I guess they've improved upon some of the logistical nightmares that plague the festival, but I won't go this year unless there's a steller line-up.

@ Salah - I say PHISH might be there, due to their Summer Tours passing through CA during the early portion of August and PHISH's recent penchant for mixing things up on the West Coast. Also, it would be just to screw me out of a real show, just like OSL did for me with Radiohead.

[Gribbz]

Yeeeeah, my question was directed towards the first part of your statement. Phish doesn't really do it for me.

[fikus222]

Yeeeeah, my question was directed towards the first part of your statement. Phish doesn't really do it for me.

Hence the new paragraph, silly.

[Gribbz]

Oh. Well, the opening of said paragraph gave me a different impression.

[fikus222]

Oh. Well, the opening of said paragraph gave me a different impression.

Duly noted. If you disregard Radiohead's appearance in '08, do you find OSLs line-ups to be worthwhile?

[Gribbz]

::Looks at previous line-ups::

Hmm. Not really. Who knows what 2011 will bring though.

I could always wait a couple of months and attend Treasure Island.

[GeezrRckr]

TI will likely be more suited to your musical taste.

OSL has quite a few positives/many more negatives...the biggest - being the lineup. it's more than not very commercial/jam-heavy. however, the expansion of electronic acts the past year was a nice change. but, count on them having more of the Further/Phish/DMB set.

[guedita]

Huge bro turn out at this year's Treasure Island, Dale. Your peeps.

[Gribbz]

Yeah.

Wait, what?

[guedita]

The fiver.

[Gribbz]

Hopefully he played on Fist Pump Friday.

[greghead]

I know you're hoping for less jam and more indie...but i have a really strong feeling that phish might show up for outside lands this year. call it a hunch i dunno

I'm feeling this too, which would be great because I really like live Phish. As for wishing, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Buffalo Springfield.

EDIT: I really like OSL, it's really chill and laid back and the crowd is non-douchey. Except for the first year, Radiohead and Beck brought all kinds of douchebag hipsters who insisted on talking and taking pictures of themselves during Radiohead. I've never had an issue with the lineup (except for the Black Eyed Peas, WTF?) because I don't often indulge in jam bands, so it's a fun once-a-year weekend for me to sate that end of my musical appetite. And I've never had an empty day at OSL, my viewing/listening schedule has been pretty full all three years.

Long story short: You'll see me at OSL next year drinking whiskey and dancing like the whitest guy you've ever seen.

[unit300021]

Best thing about this thread, there is still no sighting of that annoying RangerDave guy.

[Cpt. Chiefstick]

Best thing about this thread, there is still no sighting of that annoying RangerDave guy.

and the singing bison

[tubescape]

Pretty funny how many people complete bash on Outside Lands, yet are keeping pretty quiet about Coachella's 2011 line-up. To me, at first look, this year's Coachella line-up looks like Outside Lands 2010 (which was 2 days), plus a couple of headlining shows around San Francisco during the summer/fall of 2010. I know GV will step it up and probably make some worthy adds, but I doubt I'll make the haul down there for the undercard. I'm not saying it sucks, and I know once you get on that field everything falls into place and its magical, but the headliners leave much to be desired.

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Pretty funny how many people complete bash on Outside Lands, yet are keeping pretty quiet about Coachella's 2011 line-up. To me, at first look, this year's Coachella line-up looks like Outside Lands 2010 (which was 2 days), plus a couple of headlining shows around San Francisco during the summer/fall of 2010. I know GV will step it up and probably make some worthy adds, but I doubt I'll make the haul down there for the undercard. I'm not saying it sucks, and I know once you get on that field everything falls into place and its magical, but the headliners leave much to be desired.

I noticed it. When I first saw the line up, my first thought was "this looks exactly like Outsidelands." And I really liked Outsidelands....