Here we go, more acts for the Electric Picnic
Santogold
Crystal Castles
Chromeo
Elbow
Cut Copy
Digital Mystikz
Tiga
Hercules & Love Affair (Antony-less, we presume)
Antibalas
Gomez
Gemma Hayes
Giveamanakick
Super Extra Bonus Party
The Black Lips
Carbon/Silicon
The Faint
The Presets
Digitalism
The Congos
The Herbaliser
Fairly violent reaction to Tiga, I think
Comment by Jim Carrolloh oh - thats done it for me i have to say…Cut copy, Digitalism,The Presets and the chance to “bump” into Gemma Hayes 
sweet!
lineup getting better and better
Comment by SpongerI love the picnic but this line-up is starting to sound like trying to have a bowl of soup with a few pints of guinness throw in. I want a bit of trash in their! Where are the cerebral free groups in this line-up?
Comment by James DThe Congos!
This alone should be worth the entrance fee. Unless of course you don’t like reggae.
Comment by Matt VinylModerate improvement. Still missing about 10 or 15 mid range quality up and comers…
Comment by brenChromeo-oh-oh!!
Yes
Antibalas! sweeeeeet.I might get attacked at CC if I go again after the last time..
some bands i like there…..The Faint, Presets, Cut Copy….
Still missing some confirmed acts like Ulrich Schnauss
Still a weak line up but im sure it will be a great weekend none the less.
Woo hoo. finally i can see myself actually going
Comment by MDyikes.. Is this the last of the announcements? I laughed when I saw Eddie grant added to the other festival, but I’d take 20 Eddie Grants over the above listing.
Comment by vincehmm, wonder why there’s still no offical announcement. Also why Elbow aren’t on that list, they’re listed on their my space page.
Santogold and Hercules & Love Affair (even without Anthony) could be really good - both albums are strong.
And the new Cut Copy record is excellent.
And Gemma Hayes, Gomez, Congos are decent additions.
The whole Portishead thang isn’t goin to happen then eh?
Comment by Alan WhelanThey’re holding off announcing the esoteric-big hitters.
Interesting.
Niall
I was at Crystal Castles. Your review was bang on.
Comment by Paul Mcyeah… come on Portishead
i’m trying to think up something sarcastic about Antibalas being listed twice above, but its too close to 5 and too sunny to think about anything else…
Comment by MegaDermotJim,
Is this from the promoters or based on the band’s own Myspace listings? I’m assuming they’re holding off on an official announcement until they have a few more heavy hitters such as Portishead.
Comment by Paul McSaw on Portishead website(or myspace forget which) they left a note Merry Xmas tour is over…surely this cant be???
The Picnic needs them to justify the price tag!
+they held out on announcing the Gutter Twins(confirmed via myspace)
Comment by Dave MorElbow are listed there - excuse me, i’m getting doddery. And lets not forget Modeselektor announced last week. Very nice addition.
Comment by Alan WhelanMegaDermot @ 16 - changed that one, thanks
Paul Mc - I read that list in my tea-leaves. Bloody big mug of tea too
Dave Mor - Good detective work.
Alan - well, it is nearly knocking off time so dodderiness is acceptable
Comment by Jim CarrollComplete shite. For the price, this is looking like a very bad deal.
Comment by JammaA tad underwhelming I must admit. Will be good to catch a few of them there though since I haven’t been able to get to them when they have been in Dublin. Would be great if Fleet Foxes and The Dodos would be coming back for EP since I am going to miss both of them this week!
Comment by Timno big hitters (apart from Santogold really), but still, some nice bands there. Missed Hercules & Love Affair the other weekend, so it will be cool to check them out…
Comment by UnaRocksUtter bollocks. Apart from Elbow.
Comment by NeillNeill - surely u meanto to say “Apart from Elbow, who are utter bollocks”
Comment by Jim CarrollAny word on Born Ruffians coming to Ireland? There diary is wide open for the arse end of summmer, according to MySpace.
Comment by markgNa, c’mon Jim, Elbow are quality. New album is ace and they’ve consistently done good work since Asleep In The Back. The rest…meh. I mean it’ll be good to catch a few of ‘em but it’s not got my pulse racing. Especially for the price.
Comment by NeillAlso, I was expecting Bon Iver and maybe Spiritualized too…?
Comment by NeillChromeo are fucking excellent live
and The Congos… best reggae act i’ve ever seen
Comment by Steo Da CatAccording to the nme Portishead aren’r playing any more shows this year.Thank God
http://www.nme.com/news/portishead/37223
the congos!!!
Comment by quigoBon Iver is in October - not November.
The Ruffians will be back soon.
portishead were amazing at primaverasound.
the line up is starting look quite good
It’s such a crap festival, I’d much rather go to oxegen
Comment by mcdI see Hot Press dropped by
Comment by SammyLOL directed at comment 35.
Comment by aoife mcNo UB40 yet? Must be keeping them back for the final push. The new album is fab!
Comment by JDIf radiohead keep this ludicrous Creep embargo up they better stay the hell away from ep.
Comment by dealga36-is it possible to lift a story that came from a press release in this case?
Comment by CjHo-hum. Still need some big name acts but are there any left? Portishead WON’T be there, they’ve recently announced their tour is over. They hate touring. Gemma Hayes on the line-up has been common knowledge for the last few months. Still a shit line-up all in all, apart from MBV, Wilco, Sigur Ros of course.
Comment by Quintthe acts announced still dont justify the ticket price.
not a patch on the primavera line-up and twice the price
Comment by dmGlad to see SEBP and Gemma Hayes there. But the festival needs at least one more big hitter.
Portishead are out apparently. Daft Punk aren’t touring right now. It’s hard to see which big names they can get who aren’t already playing here this summer.
Having said all that, although they might not be headliners, there are some great bands playing there . Also, it’s a festival so we’ll make our own fun and you never know what gems you’ll stumble upon away from the main stages.
Comment by Eoin@ 40 - my thoughts exactly.
At times on this blog it would seem certain sections of readership are under the impression that Jim is the only person in the Irish musical press corp to receive press releases from promoters and labels.
Comment by markg@ 43, I was under the impression that Electric Picnic was unique in so far as most of the big name acts who play aren’t touring.
That’s how they justify calling it a boutique festival.
Comment by markgWhat it needs is a big dance act.
Comment by brenSammy @ 36 - what Cormac @ 40 and markg @ 44 said. Sometimes I do get the info before anyone else - like http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2008/06/11/houston-we-have-a-problem-another-gig-cancellation/ - and sometimes, I just happen to be faster with the cut and paste. In this case, it was the latter.
Bren - assume u will be going to http://www.planetlovemusic.com/pl0820080524.asp so?
Comment by Jim CarrollI think the big problem with the Picnic line-up is that it is so ‘new artists’ heavy. At it stands, I’d say that about 90% of the line-up is new or un-established acts.
While I appreciate hearing new music and am conscious that it is always used to pad out festival schedules, I think that the picnic line-up is top heavy with them.
New music needs to be consumed in small doses.
Personally I wouldn’t mind a little more ’safety net’ bands, acts that I’d be familiar with their toons but might not normally go to if they were headlining.
It’s very hard to get excited about bands that have two EPs out (neither of which I’ve heard coz I can’t get them anywhere), get a bit of hype via the NME, and are sporting drain pipe kecks (kiss of death in my book) in their publicity shots and/or been mentioned as being liked by Beth Tit-to or smilin Pete Doherty.
If I wanted to be part of the ‘hip’ London scene, I’d live there.
Comment by James D@Bren are modeselektor not playing? They may be not a big dance act, but the fact that they and Lindstrom are both playing Bodytonic suddenly makes the picnic worthwhile to me. Those two acts are all the dance I’ll need. And Cut Copy are going to be pretty fucking sweet too, satisfying both the dance monkeys and the indie kids in the best possible way.
Comment by gardenheadWhy are people paying so much money to go see such utter shite?
Comment by deckard the replicantThere are two good acts on the line up - Tindersticks and Grinderman - all the rest are total crap - dont get me started on that useless wanker christy moore….what a total cunt
Comment by deckard the replicantHopefully they’ll get Jeff Tweedy to do a solo gig, he’S doing some in Europe around the time of Electric Picnic,a double Wilco/Tweedy gig would be awesome
Comment by SeanIt’s not so much the big-hitter element that irritates me – Wilco, MBV & Sigur Ros. It’s just that the choice of smaller acts appears lazy (lots of jaded British indie acts). In my opinion (and most others I know) the North American indie scene is streets ahead of Europe at the moment yet there doesn’t appear to be any decent new acts on this list. Granted most of them have played or will be playing in Dublin over the course of the summer but I can’t understand how this year’s list is so shambolically bare compared to the previous two years.
Comment by Seán“In my opinion (and most others I know) the North American indie scene is streets ahead of Europe at the moment yet there doesn’t appear to be any decent new acts on this list.”
I agree, I’m not paying €200 to hear Dodgy play “If it’s Good Enough for You”.
Comment by Steve K@39 “If radiohead keep this ludicrous Creep embargo up they better stay the hell away from ep.”
WHAT? Its not 1994 blah blah blah…
On another note, does anyone still listen to Gomez any more? Anyone?
Comment by Andrew“On another note, does anyone still listen to Gomez any more? Anyone?”
Not since he left Fiorentina.
Comment by Steve KDJ Kentaro is in Europe & available that weekend. If he got on there I’d be happy (until I’d miss his set)
The Kinks & The Specials were added in a nice daydream I had a while back too.
Comment by RobbieRobbie # 57 - had similar daydream re the Specials.
Heard new track from Beck album last night - has new album out next month. Doing few shows in UK. Had hoped he might show up but he’s got shows scheduled for El Picnic time in the States.
Must start sacrificing goat on Howth Head at dawn for Portishead.
Looking forward to Elbow myself. Watch out for their Mercury nomination….
Comment by Colette C.Couple of new additions here too www.mantuaproject.com
Warsaw Village Band, Giveamanakick, David Kitt … and only 80 bucks for wknd
97% of the line up consists of bands that play small one day inexpensive festivals in europe because they would never get bookings for a big festival. But us gobsheen irish willingly pay obsene amounts to promoters to see them because now this festival is ‘cool’
Comment by jim
3:49 pm
Shite. Total Shite. And I’ve got a ticket for this. My wife will kill me.
Comment by James D