2013 Lineup Confirmation/Rumors Thread

[Drewski27]

The Not Arcade Fires.

[Spooks]

How about we discuss any of the four artists that were more or less confirmed today? Although I assume everyone saw Of Monsters and Men, Alabama Shakes, and Alt-J coming from a mile away. Alt-J are pretty mediocre live, they were outplayed by one of the their openers when I saw them at Rickshaw Stop over the summer. Looking forward to Alabama Shakes, still haven't had a chance to see them play yet.

Alabama Shakes is more talented than both of those bands combined. Go see them next year

[Fourthisto]

The only song I've heard by them is that "Hey" chorus song! When I heard it right away, I was like they fuckin ripped off Arcade Fire & the Decemberists so badly. They blend female and male vocals, together with the acoustic/indie-folk sound which is reminiscent of the Decemberists. Their music has tempo changes, pauses, intense drums and variety of additional instruments such as accordion, trumpets, and piano which is reminiscent of Arcade Fire.

Are you confusing Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros for Arcade Fire AND the Decemberists? Must be that Jersey drinking water getting to your mind.

[Larry Farnsworth]

Alabama Shakes is more talented than both of those bands combined. Go see them next year

This is wrong. Alabama Shakes is wildly overrated. They're basically Grace Potter & the Nocturnals circa 2008 only with an ugly singer.

[Larry Farnsworth]

The only song I've heard by them is that "Hey" chorus song! When I heard it right away, I was like they fuckin ripped off Arcade Fire & the Decemberists so badly. They blend female and male vocals, together with the acoustic/indie-folk sound which is reminiscent of the Decemberists. Their music has tempo changes, pauses, intense drums and variety of additional instruments such as accordion, trumpets, and piano which is reminiscent of Arcade Fire.

Jesus wept.

Saying OM&M sounds like Arcade Fire and/or the Decemberists is like saying that Snow Patrol sounds like Radiohead. Just as Snow Patrol sounded like a rip-off of Coldplay who sounded like a rip-off of Travis who sounded like a rip-off of Radiohead, the only way you're getting to the Arcade Fire or the Decemberists from OM&M is by way of bands like Mumford & Sons. if there is such a way to make a connection at all.

This is long form for saying that I don't agree with your opinion at all.

[Spooks]

Are you confusing Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros for Arcade Fire AND the Decemberists? Must be that Jersey drinking water getting to your mind.

No Ohio boy. Go listen to both of their earlier materials. You'll see what I'm talking about.

Jesus wept.

Saying OM&M sounds like Arcade Fire and/or the Decemberists is like saying that Snow Patrol sounds like Radiohead. Just as Snow Patrol sounded like a rip-off of Coldplay who sounded like a rip-off of Travis who sounded like a rip-off of Radiohead, the only way you're getting to the Arcade Fire or the Decemberists from OM&M is by way of bands like Mumford & Sons. if there is such a way to make a connection at all.

This is long form for saying that I don't agree with your opinion at all.

Sorry dude. I don't know Snow Patrol so I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm sure they sound like Radiohead....

ps Who the fuck is Travis? Some band that you heard on the radio?

[Drewski27]

Every band sounds like every other band, except that one band who did it first. They're completely different from every one else.

[Larry Farnsworth]

ps Who the fuck is Travis? Some band that you heard on the radio?

Please tell me you're joking.

[Drewski27]

Travis, the drummer from Blink182, right?

[furnace]

Your proximity to large media outlets have destroyed your ability to discern bad from good.

[Coachella Bound]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_with_You_World_Tour
This says RHCP in Mexico City a week before VL

so according to this RHCP wont be touring past March of 2013, like a previously stated..... (So and so's interview where he stated they would be touring "up to" April, not "through" April.

[bobchella]

Festival ≠ Touring

[sonofhal]

It's good that you are basing your rip off accusations on one song (which apparently rips off 2 bands that sound nothing alike) and the fact that they shout "Hey"! No artist did that before Arcade Fire. No artist at all. Also, the Decemberists were the first band to ever use an accordion. Good to know.

[captncrzy]

qUICK BUMBLEBEE, DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON THE FIRST BAND TO USE AN ACCORDION
AND LADY AND MAN HARMONIZING

[bananahambone]

clearly weird al yankovic invented the accordion

[HeavensWeep]

Does n e 1 know who's playing Coachella this year?

[Ray del Mundo]

"Open your mouth and swallow these. I'm not saying they'll make this shitshow any better, but..."

This is really the only reasonable approach.

[nathanfairchild]

qUICK BUMBLEBEE, DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON THE FIRST BAND TO USE AN ACCORDION
AND LADY AND MAN HARMONIZING

you joke, but you know he's putting a list together right now.

[sonofhal]

The Vikings - The Decemberists ripped off the Vikings. They probably also shouted Hey a lot, after a bit of pillaging.

[stochasticism]

It's good that you are basing your rip off accusations on one song (which apparently rips off 2 bands that sound nothing alike) and the fact that they shout "Hey"! No artist did that before Arcade Fire. No artist at all. Also, the Decemberists were the first band to ever use an accordion. Good to know.

None of those bands can match the artistic merit of The Lumineers. It was amazing when they had the vision to add "Ho" to their "Hey". The world needs more Hos. They should just change their name to The Luminaries already. Sheer brilliance.

[GuyInTucson]

Does n e 1 know who's playing Coachella this year?

your mother

[heart cooks brain]

Coachella is cancelled due to the impending apocalypso

[Phantasma Del Mar]

Holy FUCK Of Monsters And Men use tempo changes? Call the goddamn time signature police.





Actually I understand what he's trying to say. Folk/indie is a thing now, maaaaaaan. Give it a few more years and it'll be out of your hair.

[Drewski27]

So what day is Culture Club gonna play?

[Ray del Mundo]

Jesus wept.

Saying OM&M sounds like Arcade Fire and/or the Decemberists is like saying that Snow Patrol sounds like Radiohead. Just as Snow Patrol sounded like a rip-off of Coldplay who sounded like a rip-off of Travis who sounded like a rip-off of Radiohead, the only way you're getting to the Arcade Fire or the Decemberists from OM&M is by way of bands like Mumford & Sons. if there is such a way to make a connection at all.

This is long form for saying that I don't agree with your opinion at all.

I always thought OM&M sounded like Stars. Shouldn't the Doves be somewhere on your Snow Patrol --> Radiohead continuum?

[Mr. Fuzz]

Muse is playing Vegas dangerously close to Coachella - March 17, 2013.

[M Sparks]

Sorry dude. I don't know Snow Patrol
ps Who the fuck is Travis?

Spooks: born in 2003.

[M Sparks]

Gonna go ahead and say Fleetwood Mac is ruled out

But planes!

Seriously, why was this ever brought up? Why not Steely Dan or the Doobie Brothers too?

[Iamwelting]

AFP album 2/25

confirmed

[Spooks]

It's good that you are basing your rip off accusations on one song (which apparently rips off 2 bands that sound nothing alike) and the fact that they shout "Hey"! No artist did that before Arcade Fire. No artist at all. Also, the Decemberists were the first band to ever use an accordion. Good to know.

No one actually cares and I don't need to listen to more than one song. Well no one who has any real discerning or good taste in music. Lemmings, know nothings etc will flock to wherever they're playing next! Could this band be any more UNORIGINAL? A dash of Edward Sharpe, a pinch of Mumford and more than a spoonful of Arcade Fire. Perfect sound a like crap for the sheeple of today...

Not all bands from Iceland are unique and creative I guess..

3rd rate watered down Arcade Mumford Fire!

ps Frankly I don't care if you listen to them or not. Just making my point!

Here I found a great review from NY Times...

Iceland could be a British isle or a Canadian province for Of Monsters and Men, the Icelandic band that headlined Webster Hall on Friday night. Of Monsters and Men connects two strains of Celtic-rooted music that spur robust, foot-stamping singalongs: the sea chantey and the arena-rock chorus, the folky and the anthemic. Its songs regularly ascend from guitar-strumming, accordion-tootling openings to brawny rock marches topped by la-las for the crowd to join, a strategy also used by Mumford & Sons, the Decemberists, Arcade Fire and, in decades past, the Scottish band Big Country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/ar...ster-hall.html

Another from AV Club!

Album: My Head Is An Animal by Of Monsters And Men (out now on Universal)

Press play if you like: Arcade Fire, The Delgados, The Decemberists, panoramic folk-pop

Some background: Originally founded as a duo by songwriters Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir and Ragnar Þórhallsson, Iceland’s Of Monsters And Men quickly expanded to a sextet as its homeland popularity grew. A polished folk-pop gem, the group’s debut, My Name Is An Animal, layers rustic folk songs with horns, strings, accordion, and dueling male-female vocals, fueling the soaring, shout-along choruses. The band channels an Arcade Fire influence most prominently on “Six Weeks”—which lifts the charging drum beat from “Wake Up”—and “Mountain Sound” (one of two new tracks for the recent U.S. release of Animal) which follows a winding synth line through a rousing chorus. The quiet slow-burn of “Love Love Love” glides with Hilmarsdóttir’s lilting vocals, while Þórhallsson leads the uplifting “Your Bones." But the male-female vocals also play well off each other. On the bouncy strummer “Sloom,” the two voices weave together to produce honeyed harmonies that buoy the arrangement.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/of-mo...and-men,72026/