Well, this information was supposed to be made public tomorrow, but it arrived early so what are you going to do? Here are the latest runners and riders for the Stradbally steeplechase. Sadly, no Eazy-E
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Dinosaur Jr
Neko Case
Dan Deacon Ensemble
Diplo
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
The Temper Trap
Buraka Som Sistema (live)
Major Lazer
The Acorn
First Aid Kit
Julie Feeney
One Day International
Fake Blood
Boy 8 Bit
The Lost Brothers
Kid Creole !!?? Mother of God ! Anybody for Patrick Hernandez ?
Comment by The Principality of Longfordone or two good additions but alot of sub standard ones too. Hardly The additions needed to boost the sales???
Comment by PaulSweet baby moses! What a line-up! What a line-up?
While I never expected there to be any major revelations at this late stage, those additions (bar the delectable Ms Feeney & Dinosaur Jr) are actually a little offensive.
I expect Ticketmaster has already hired additional staff to handle the surge of interest in tickets on the back of this announcement…
Comment by James DWeird, they’re now asking to take down the announcement until Friday. It’s a bit late now tbh.
Comment by NiallNiall - just saw that but, as you say, a little late now. I’d been told by the promoters that the info would go out on Thursday morning hence my first post. Then, the press release was issued with no embargo on it so away we go. It was probably easier to recall press releases before blogs, forums and Twitter but you can’t turn the clock back to those days.
Comment by Jim CarrollNeko Case, Dan Deacon, Major Lazer, The Acorn, Fake Blood; if I can see a few out of that together with the 15 or so I had already pencilled in, I’ll be a happy camper.
Comment by ShowYourBonesDinosaur Jr at the Picnic.
Pixies in the Olympia
Sonic Youth in Vicar St
It couldn’t get any better
Comment by cdI’m all for popular acts but Dan Deacon has a pretty good claim to the Chilli Peppers/CSS award for playing way too many gigs in Ireland in a short space of time
Comment by SeanSean - funny you mention CSS. Got a press release earlier saying Lovefoxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx will be DJ-ing in Dublin AGAIN this month. She could just move here at this stage
Comment by Jim CarrollIt’s beginning to look like Electric Picnic - The Oxegen Rejects 2009.
Comment by nerrawHypnotic Brass Ensemble,Buraka Som Sistema,Fake Blood,First Aid Kit,Diplo….nice one
Comment by peteeDan Deacon even said at his ALT gig it would be the last time Ireland would see him for a very long time.
Comment by JCDan Deacon even said at his ALT gig it would be the last time Ireland would see him for a very long time.
A big pay-day always gets ‘em checking out Aer Lingus schedules
Comment by Jim CarrollDinosaur Jr? nice….i wont be around for the picnic but nice all the same
damn i bought a ton of cds yesterday meant to pick up theres…..
Comment by carolinei wasn’t expecting any major additions and, well there isn’t any here. Dinosaur JR, Dan Deacon, Major Lazer and Neko Case nice to have but not a cause for major excitement.
Agree Dan Deacon is playing tooo many gigs in Ireland.
Julie Feeney very welcome addition but she broke that news on My Space a while back.
Comment by AlanI’m all for popular acts but Dan Deacon has a pretty good claim to the Chilli Peppers/CSS award for playing way too many gigs in Ireland in a short space of time
I imagine that there’s plenty of people from down the country who couldn’t make it up to the capital on a Wednesday/Thursday night for a late night gig last month who are delighted to see his name added to the bill.
Own gig followed by festival appearance whilst touring a brand new record seems pretty reasonable to me and while he’s selling more tickets for each subsequent visit here I don’t think it’s accurate to say that he’s playing “way too many gigs” as the market for him obviously hasn’t been satisfied.
Comment by IanIt gets worse…..
Comment by sarahDan Deacon even said at his ALT gig it would be the last time Ireland would see him for a very long time.
Funny, Chester Gwazda who is in the ensemble and who produced Bromst said to me that there’d be a good chance they’d be back in August
Comment by IanBuraka Som Sistema live is meant to be amazing. I’ve seen clips of them on youtube playing to thousands and looks like they can really hold a larger crowd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpYR7ilLbfo
Comment by brenthe secrets are out on hotpress now…..
Comment by caroline@13 and 19
yes, dan deacon and his crew told me last time they were in alt they were coming back at the end of august/beginning of september.
dan obviously loves the irish audience (i.e i was reading on a blog -maybe this one- about his gig at primavera where he asked how many irish were in the audience!)
ian/edith : that’s odd, I’m sure I didn’t imagine him saying that!
yeah Edith I was at that show too and yeah he did ask about how many Irish were in the audience.
Comment by JChappy enough with that little lot, lookng forward to seeing Buraka Son Sistema live
Comment by CatherineCan someone explain to me the critical rehabilitation of Kid Creole And The Coconuts? Last time I looked (in the 80s) he was a poxy feather-lite pop act that turned up occasionally on Top Of The Pops prancing amongst the balloons while some god-awful yuppie ‘latin’ disco track played in the background.
Did I miss the prog-jazz-fusion album or something?
Comment by Noise AnnoysNoise - there was a critical rehabilitation? Must have missed that.
Comment by Jim CarrollDinosaur JR would have been amazing in 1989 but not 2009 - for the price of those 14 new acts they could have got 1 really hot headliner.
Comment by Cinema Boyi thought they were still trying to get one more BIG act
Comment by carniedon’t forget his coconuts jim
Comment by peteeI guess they don’t want it to sell out this year, is this the best they can do?
Comment by Pat CartySome good stuff there - Dinosaur, Neko, The Acorn, First Aid Kit but they’re still in desperate need of more headline type acts. Orbital will headline one of the nights but what about the other two?
Comment by Quintjust my spaced the Acorn and they’re very good in an Iron and Wine’s Shepherd’s Dog, freak folk scene kinda way. See people, some good news, cheer up!
Not as good as Kid Creole mind.
Comment by AlanI can only guess there has been a critical rehabiliation, or else why on earth is he on the bill for the EP? Who’s next? Kajagoogoo?
Comment by Noise AnnoysThe Acorn are a serious sleeper band. That album (their second!) came out around 2 years ago, but is only slowly building up a name for itself over here in Europe.
Comment by JDfor anyone who likes The Acorn, ohbijou have also confirmed via their myspace
Comment by sponger@36 Wow! First Ohbijou album was a real favourite of mine from 2006! Picked up the second album last week, but not had the chance to play it fully yet.
Comment by JDThrilled skinny about Neko Case & the Acorn. Really enjoyed The Temper Trap at Sxsw so I’ll be seeing them again and I reckon Kid Creole will be lots of fun. Perfect line-up for me this year, roll on September!
Comment by LoreleiNeko Case and One Day International will be great… Is Diplo doing a separate set or is he just gonna perform under the Major Lazer moniker and catch two paypackets??
Comment by JPHennessyYou could put all of those terrible additions into a small tent on the edge of any festival site and very few would even know, nor care, if they were playing. If EP were trying to tempt casual, undecided punters with this lot then they’ve failed miserably. No wonder POD Concerts have gone/are going pont.
Comment by Hot LunchI’ve had a chance to sleep on it and I’ve come to the conclusion that this is the WORST EP line up so far.
I’ve been at every on bar the first and It’s always been great, so much that I bought my ticket early bird for this year - to be honest, I’m regretting i did.
Whoever is programming this year has a particularly skewed taste at the expense of variety.
The great thing about EP in the past was that there was always something for everyone - this year not so.
There’s a lot of indie boy stuff (great if you’re an indie boy) but not a whole lot else, a least, not enough to justify the ticket price.
Bummed.
Won’t be making the same mistake next year.
Comment by sarahNeko Case was mesmerising when i saw her (in Whelan’s I think), she did a lovely version of Buckets of Rain, but I have to admit I’d rather see her in a bar, even a dive with no mic and a chorus of drunks, rather than a tent in daylight. I thought that was Senor Coconut on the list for just a minute…
This lineup feels weak. Think I’ll go see one of the Ring cycle operas in Covent Garden instead.
Comment by Major AlfonsoWhen are they going to release details of dance/electronic acts? After the ghettoisation of bodytonic last year there appears to be no signs of what the replacement will be.
Comment by lelandI see we’re at the doldrums stage of the Annual EP Cycle.
It goes:
Nostalia for last year’s festival > anticipation for this year’s festival > fever pitch excitement ahead of first announcement > expression of disappointment at first line up and discussion as to how it’s been in steady decline since 2 years ago (regardless of what year it currently is) > doldrums at newer batches of announcements and proclamations of ‘never again’ > pre-festival ‘well everyone else is going and I have nothing else on’ > festival > post festival raving about the ‘vibe’ and how refreshing it was to go to a festival where people didn’t wear sports jerseys > rave reviews of festival > time passes, then we are back at the first phase.
I’m not thrilled at the line up, but I really cant wait to go. There are so many acts I dont know but am reading recommendations of that there’ll be plenty to keep me occupied. And while it is a pricey ticket, I’d be astonished if it will be the same price or higher next year.
Comment by JoeJoe - you got it in one. From an OTR pov, it’s amazing how ANY mention of the Electric Picnic gets traffic going like crazy here. Whether people are fuming or raving, they do have an opinion on the EP - whether this turns into people buying tickets this year remains to be seen.
Comment by Jim CarrollDan Deacon, Fake Blood, Diplo, Boy 8 Bit, Dinosaur Jr… woohoo! to be honest I really like how the line-ups turning out. And as Jim mentioned above, I’m in Galway and wasn’t able to get to Mr Deacon when he played in Dublin so I’m delighted to see him here.
Comment by Andy Ardoniathe email that EP have sent out says ‘the line up so far’
i wonder how many acts are left to be added?
Comment by peteeDan Deacon loves playing in ireland - we’re an easy crowd to bend to an artists will, we’ll do anything. He told me afterwards that it’s his favourite place to play after his home city and chicago. Was surprised about chicago, i’ve been to gigs there and the crowd were predominantly self conscious and tame.
Comment by Michael
2:14 pm
As a whole, this is looking cracking.
Comment by adam