What's in your CD player - a.k.a. The Music Thread

[A Perfect Score]

Of that list, I would be most excited to see Gaslight. Those dudes put on a kickass show. One of the few bands making music these days I downright love.

[eaglesalltheway]

Originally Posted by A Perfect Score

Of that list, I would be most excited to see Gaslight. Those dudes put on a kickass show. One of the few bands making music these days I downright love.

I haven't listened to too much of them up until this week, but I really really like what I've heard. They are a band I would really rather not miss.

[A Perfect Score]

Originally Posted by eaglesalltheway

I haven't listened to too much of them up until this week, but I really really like what I've heard. They are a band I would really rather not miss.

The three major albums are all really great. '59 Sound is probably my favorite, but the new album was actually damn good as well. They also put on a kickass show...Huge smiles the whole time, really thankful, totally into the fans and just cranking out good tunes. I was loving it.

[SuperMcGee]

Originally Posted by A Perfect Score

Of that list, I would be most excited to see Gaslight. Those dudes put on a kickass show. One of the few bands making music these days I downright love.

Seeing them in a couple weeks with the Souls. Haven't seen them outside of a festival in a couple years, so I'm pretty excited. Festivals are fun in themselves, but I'm way more excited for the sets/crowd at a house show. Basically a perfect pairing.

As for Bonnaroo, I'd definitely find time for The National, Frank Turner, Bjork.

[A Perfect Score]

Originally Posted by SuperMcGee

Seeing them in a couple weeks with the Souls. Haven't seen them outside of a festival in a couple years, so I'm pretty excited. Festivals are fun in themselves, but I'm way more excited for the sets/crowd at a house show. Basically a perfect pairing.

As for Bonnaroo, I'd definitely find time for The National, Frank Turner, Bjork.

You and Brent turned me into a massive Gaslight fanboy. It's great stuff though, really.

[eaglesalltheway]

Originally Posted by SuperMcGee

Seeing them in a couple weeks with the Souls. Haven't seen them outside of a festival in a couple years, so I'm pretty excited. Festivals are fun in themselves, but I'm way more excited for the sets/crowd at a house show. Basically a perfect pairing.

As for Bonnaroo, I'd definitely find time for The National, Frank Turner, Bjork.

I'm not missing The National, and will definitely see Bjork, even though I don't totally "get" her, I've seen videos and heard from people that her live shows are completely unreal. Frank Turner is a guy who I hadn't heard of until the lineup came out, but I listened to a song of his via Roo's website, and I really like his song I Still Believe, so I have a feeling I'm going to be seeing a good portion of his set at least, depending on the schedule.

Edit: for those of you who haven't heard this song yet...



Really fun music, catchy, but also really strong lyrics in their simplicity. My type of music, really.

[Abaddon]

http://www.reverbnation.com/ThroughTheAwake

[fischbowl]

[hobbes2053]

[BuckeyeDan17]

I've had some serious blues lately and the keys don't get enough love in here.

[D-Unit]

[Bengals78]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeDan17

I've had some serious blues lately and the keys don't get enough love in here.

Blues you say?

[eaglesalltheway]

Got my Bonnaroo ticket purchased! **** YEAH!!!!!!!!!

[Giantsfan1080]

Originally Posted by eaglesalltheway

Got my Bonnaroo ticket purchased! **** YEAH!!!!!!!!!

Awesome!! I bought my FireFly ticket last night.

[eaglesalltheway]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

Awesome!! I bought my FireFly ticket last night.

**** yeah GF! I heard Firefly is close to selling out their three day tickets already. I'm interested to see the schedule, if there are a bunch of acts I want to see on one of the days I might get a one day pass. I don't think I could justify doing a full Firefly again this year (at least where I stand right now) with Roo's lineup, but depending on how everything works out I just might anyway, lol.

Don't be surprised if they add another headliner, they added Modest Mouse last year after the official announcement and had a killer top 3 last year (unexpected pun) , but only have two headliners this year, so unless they plan on having something like The Lumineers and Alabama Shakes dual-headlining Friday night, they may have another big name added before the festival. Don't be too angry with me if they don't though, I'm just speculating.

[Giantsfan1080]

Originally Posted by eaglesalltheway

**** yeah GF! I heard Firefly is close to selling out their three day tickets already. I'm interested to see the schedule, if there are a bunch of acts I want to see on one of the days I might get a one day pass. I don't think I could justify doing a full Firefly again this year (at least where I stand right now) with Roo's lineup, but depending on how everything works out I just might anyway, lol.

Don't be surprised if they add another headliner, they added Modest Mouse last year after the official announcement and had a killer top 3 last year (unexpected pun) , but only have two headliners this year, so unless they plan on having something like The Lumineers and Alabama Shakes dual-headlining Friday night, they may have another big name added before the festival. Don't be too angry with me if they don't though, I'm just speculating.

Yeah I think they were screwing with people this year. They do that weird pricing system depending on when you buy and apparently they sold more tickets in the first 2 hours than they did all of last year which I don't believe at all. I had to pay an extra $40 for my ticket than my friend paid because I was at work and couldn't get online for my ticket until I got home.

I'm hoping they add one more headliner but my friends and I think they're just going to have Vampire Weekend/Foster the People dual headline one of the nights like you said. I say them just because of the way the poster has the breakdown.

Roo's lineup is also incredible so it's not like you'll be missing out on too much. I'm pumped to see MGMT as I've never seen them live and I feel like they're going to be really kick ass especially since they'll be dropping their new album the month before Firefly.

[eaglesalltheway]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

Yeah I think they were screwing with people this year. They do that weird pricing system depending on when you buy and apparently they sold more tickets in the first 2 hours than they did all of last year which I don't believe at all. I had to pay an extra $40 for my ticket than my friend paid because I was at work and couldn't get online for my ticket until I got home.

I'm hoping they add one more headliner but my friends and I think they're just going to have Vampire Weekend/Foster the People dual headline one of the nights like you said. I say them just because of the way the poster has the breakdown.

Roo's lineup is also incredible so it's not like you'll be missing out on too much. I'm pumped to see MGMT as I've never seen them live and I feel like they're going to be really kick ass especially since they'll be dropping their new album the month before Firefly.

I didn't even think about Vampire Weekend and Foster the People on one of the nights, that's probably more likely than The Lumineers/Alabama Shakes. Any combination of those four are a possibility though, I'd think.

Most festivals do that pricing tier system, it runs kinda strangely, and I wonder if it isn't exactly first come first serve, but more random within a certain time frame, but it is legitimate, I got the cheapest ticket bracket last year, and with a festival that holds ~80,000, I don't think any more than 1,000 are in that tier I got, and probably even less. Its part having good timing, but I do think there is some random luck involved as well. I just go about it having to budget for the max and hope I get a cheaper tier, its the safest thing to do to ensure you won't be running too low on cash. Bonnaroo has a four tier system and we got the third, the first was pre-sale and already sold out and the second tier is very limited, as well as the third, so we got in fairly quick. It sucks, but when you think about all the music and the great memories you'll have over that weekend, that extra $40 really doesn't mean a thing.

I saw Firefly is perhaps getting close to selling out their three day passes which means they had to have blown away last year fairly quickly. It wouldn't surprise me either, because it seemed there could've been a lot more people at that festival. Bonnaroo also reported the most tickets being sold on the first day this year, which makes me think we were even luckier to get into tier three price range, but like I said, another $20 dollars means nothing to me when it comes to Bonnaroo. I'm not the type of person to throw away money, I'm a cheap bastard, in fact, at times, but firmly believe that the price of the ticket doesn't matter because the value you get out of it is immeasurable and unlimited.

But Firefly is going to be interesting to see how the lineup pans out, as I said, I'd like to see MGMT, Vampire Weekend, Foster the People, Foxygen, Edward Sharp perhaps, even a few others, and if enough of those high on my list are on one day, I may make a visit back to Dover as well.

[JoeJoeBrown]

Never heard of Firefly before. Looks cool.

I will have to say that the lineup looks like what most of the festival lineups have the past few years. They are all kinda looking the same to me anymore.

I'm sure ACLFest will have the same bands that everyone else does.

I will say that Tom Petty puts on a hell of an outdoor show, if you like his music at all. That was around 5 or 6 years ago, but it was awesome. He was the closing act of ACLFest that year and played in the middle of a violent thunderstorm. He didn't give a **** if they got hit by lightning, he was loving life.

[Brent]

I think sarf and njx will like this one:

[tjsunstein]

Imagine Dragons. I'm not sure how late I am but really enjoying their newest CD. Trying to diversify my iTunes.

[eaglesalltheway]

Originally Posted by JoeJoeBrown

Never heard of Firefly before. Looks cool.

I will have to say that the lineup looks like what most of the festival lineups have the past few years. They are all kinda looking the same to me anymore.

I'm sure ACLFest will have the same bands that everyone else does.

I will say that Tom Petty puts on a hell of an outdoor show, if you like his music at all. That was around 5 or 6 years ago, but it was awesome. He was the closing act of ACLFest that year and played in the middle of a violent thunderstorm. He didn't give a **** if they got hit by lightning, he was loving life.

Most of the big festivals have a bit of overlap, but that's to be expected. I've been looking at the lineups from the past 8 years or so and it looks its kinda cyclical, which makes sense when you consider the timing most bands have with releasing albums and touring. Where I think Firefly and Bonnaroo stand out is different for both. Firefly has a lot of smaller names that aren't on most of the other festivals (Foxygen for example) and Bonnaroo, with it being 4 day, just got so much more than most other festivals, its really incredible what they're able to do. I'm excited for Tom Petty, I have a feeling he's going to close out Roo, too, which will be a great way to end it I think.

[eaglesalltheway]

Originally Posted by tjsunstein

Imagine Dragons. I'm not sure how late I am but really enjoying their newest CD. Trying to diversify my iTunes.

I like Imagine Dragons and their music, but I really don't understand why they are getting so big so fast. The music is cool and has a distinct sound, but they aren't doing anything all that difficult, they're kind of gimmicky, from my perspective, and there isn't a lot of substance behind the music or lyrics. Their live show I saw was a bit boring, honestly. I got to their show halfway through, heard three songs, and was just a little turned off by their live show. The one singer's voice is real hit or miss and they don't change the arrangements up at all. They interact with the crowd great and have good stage presence, but its almost like Young the Giant live is for me, not very exciting.

[Giantsfan1080]

Originally Posted by eaglesalltheway

I like Imagine Dragons and their music, but I really don't understand why they are getting so big so fast. The music is cool and has a distinct sound, but they aren't doing anything all that difficult, they're kind of gimmicky, from my perspective, and there isn't a lot of substance behind the music or lyrics. Their live show I saw was a bit boring, honestly. I got to their show halfway through, heard three songs, and was just a little turned off by their live show. The one singer's voice is real hit or miss and they don't change the arrangements up at all. They interact with the crowd great and have good stage presence, but its almost like Young the Giant live is for me, not very exciting.

Strangely enough they already cancelled from Firefly. I would have checked them out for sure but I'm not really broken up about them cancelling.

Do you remember how many days before the festival the schedule was released for FireFly?

[eaglesalltheway]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

Strangely enough they already cancelled from Firefly. I would have checked them out for sure but I'm not really broken up about them cancelling.

Do you remember how many days before the festival the schedule was released for FireFly?

It should be sometime in May that it gets announced, they announced the schedule about a month before it started last year, but the festival was in July last year, not June. Either way I don't think that'd affect it much. I'd expect the schedule for Firefly to be announced on a Friday (that's what they did last year) either May 17th or 24th.

Edit: And if they do have another big name to announce, they announced it on the day of the schedule release last year as well, IIRC.

[tjsunstein]

Originally Posted by eaglesalltheway

I like Imagine Dragons and their music, but I really don't understand why they are getting so big so fast. The music is cool and has a distinct sound, but they aren't doing anything all that difficult, they're kind of gimmicky, from my perspective, and there isn't a lot of substance behind the music or lyrics. Their live show I saw was a bit boring, honestly. I got to their show halfway through, heard three songs, and was just a little turned off by their live show. The one singer's voice is real hit or miss and they don't change the arrangements up at all. They interact with the crowd great and have good stage presence, but its almost like Young the Giant live is for me, not very exciting.

Yeah, I'm not sure. i go through phases with music more than anyone I know so who knows how long this lasts.

Im seeing fun. liv this summer. Not really sure why but tickets were only 40 bucks and I havent been to a non edm (bring the hate) concert since I took a girl to John Mayer in like 09. Before that was Lil' Wayne in HS. Not a track record anyone should be proud of, actually thought about deleting half of this post. **** it.