Siren Fest lineup begins....

[Bags]

Billboard Bits : Siren Fest
 
 Death Cab For Cutie, Blonde Redhead, Har Mar Superstar, TV On The Radio, the Constantines, the Fiery Furnaces, the Fever, the Ponys and Your Enemies Friends are the first acts confirmed for the Siren Music Festival. The fourth annual Village Voice-sponsored event will be held July 17 at Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y. Admission is free; more acts will be announced.
 
 Last year's Siren Fest featured Modest Mouse, Hot Hot Heat, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, !!!, Idlewild, the Datsuns and Sahara Hotnights, among others.

[ratioci nation]

careful with leaving that GBV in the headline there, every GBV show announcement is important now  

[redsock]

Originally posted by pollard:
  careful with leaving that GBV in the headline there, every GBV show announcement is important now    

Except for this miserable Wakarusa festival...they should fire their manager for that gig....

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by redsock:
  Except for this miserable Wakarusa festival...they should fire their manager for that gig....

it is a college town with a lot of other indie bands showing up, not that bad of a gig
 
 and they are friends with spoon who are also playing

[godsshoeshine]

bah, i got all excited for naught  
 really bummed about missing that nyc show now. letters and soda even suggested we head up

[sonickteam2]

i thought GBV broke up?
 
 
 was that just a dream?

[ggw]

Originally posted by redsock:
 Except for this miserable Wakarusa festival...they should fire their manager for that gig....

Exit Clov sounds perfect for that festival:
 
 "the band plays jazzy, poppy, and dynamic jams"
 
 Not to mention, the exitclov.com homepage shows the band playing with a Conquering Lion of Judah towel onstage.

[godsshoeshine]

http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=006798
 pay attention, have you been doing something useful all day or something?  
 
 there are a bunch of bands i kinda like, but no homerun band i love yet

[redsock]

Originally posted by pollard:
 

...a lot of other indie bands showing up, not that bad of a gig...
  [/b]

You're joking right? Pick the indie band out of this line-up ( i have removed GBV, Spoon and Exit Clov. With a few exceptions (Drive By Truckers, Lucero, Drums and tuba) and the above'indie' bands, its all jam.
 
 Papa Mali
 Tishamingo
 Greyhounds
 Marc Broussard
 STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)
 Galactic
 Robert Randolph & The Family Band
 Forty Twenty
 Theresa Andersson Group
 Robbie Fulks
 Drums & Tuba
 Hackensaw Boys
 Slobberbone
 Bottlerockets
 Lucero
 Split Lip Rayfield
 Leftover Salmon
 Keller Williams
 Speakeasy
 Bockman's Euphio
 Green Lemon
 Woven
 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
 Perpetual Groove
 Mofro
 Jazz Mandolin Project
 Particle
 Kaki King
 James McMurtry
 Monte Montgomery
 Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
 Garaj Mahal
 Big Wu
 Jazz Mandolin Project
 Particle
 Derek Trucks Band
 O.A.R.
 Hackensaw Boys
 BR5-49
 Bob Schneider
 Mofro
 Robert Walter's 20th Congress
 Hairy Apes BMX
 Bockman's Euphio
 The Motet
 Tea Leaf Green
 Greyhounds
 Shanti Groove
 Indigenous
 Leftover Salmon
 Galactic
 Steve Poltz
 Jennifer Hartswick Band
 The Samples
 Big Wu
 Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
 Chris Duarte Group
 Indigenous
 Los Lonely Boys
 Drive By Truckers
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band
 North Mississippi Allstars
 Mission 19
 Dewayn Brothers
 Weary Boys
 Hello Superworld
 Tea Leaf Green
 Mountain of Venus
 Donna the Buffalo
 Barefoot Manner
 Lost Trailers
 Split Lip Rayfield

[redsock]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by redsock:
 Except for this miserable Wakarusa festival...they should fire their manager for that gig....

Exit Clov sounds perfect for that festival:
 
 "the band plays jazzy, poppy, and dynamic jams"
 
 Not to mention, the exitclov.com homepage shows the band playing with a Conquering Lion of Judah towel onstage. [/b]

That description is horrible... it made me want to throw up. And the towel thing...well, I fight the battles i can, and leave the rest alone. The band does mix some reggae in though, which is not all that bad.

[Bags]

Originally posted by pollard:
  careful with leaving that GBV in the headline there, every GBV show announcement is important now    

Ooops, took it out.  That's why I initially looked at the story -- fishing for GBV info.  Looks like you may be traveling quite a bit later this year, pollard...

[redsock]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=006798
 pay attention, have you been doing something useful all day or something?    
 
 there are a bunch of bands i kinda like, but no homerun band i love yet

Hmm...apparently i have...and you're still all wrong...I'm just bitter...17 fucking hours to Kansas...grumble grumble...

[ggw]

I bet it's the drummer again....
 
 You better watch that guy -- he's going to be the death of you.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by redsock:
 
 Robbie Fulks
 Hackensaw Boys
 Slobberbone
 Bottlerockets
 Lucero
 Woven
 BR5-49
 Drive By Truckers
 

I would not mind seeing any of these, none of them are jam bands, and many of them are known for putting on good shows.  They may have more of a twang than you like, but jam bands they are not.
 
 add GBV and Spoon and you have a pretty decent list of music
 
 the drive will suck though

[redsock]

Originally posted by pollard:
   

Originally posted by redsock:
 
 Robbie Fulks
 Hackensaw Boys
 Slobberbone
 Bottlerockets
 Lucero
 Woven
 BR5-49
 Drive By Truckers
 

I would not mind seeing any of these, none of them are jam bands, and many of them are known for putting on good shows.  They may have more of a twang than you like, but jam bands they are not.
 
 add GBV and Spoon and you have a pretty decent list of music
 
 the drive will suck though [/b]

see, you're right, except for the endless masses of hippies. And the fact that I'm really not sure how long we'll be there. So, the effort involved, and length of the drive - the 40 minutes of exposure, and whatever decent bands we can see in one day + the smell of pot, the hippies, and certain band issues (no not the drummer) = a struggle. but I will get to see GBV.