Du Blonde has been added to the line up [Saw her in 2015 thought she was really good, so thumbs up]
Cinema has been relocated will be themed after Twin Peaks [which will be showing] and the old cinema is going to be an art exhibit
“For the first time at End of the Road, we’re very pleased to announce House Rules; an exhibition of work by visual artists, Dan Jamieson and Babak Ganjei, presented by BROTH art.
Taking place in the New Pavillion, our old Cinema Stage, House Rules invites you into a pop-up living room and a world that blurs the lines between real-life and fantasy. Make sure you catch Jamieson and Ganjei’s award-winning artwork at End Of The Road Festival.”
THIS WAS REALLY HARD! This line up is stacked and I’ve had to leave off a lot of bands I love. Jens Lekman buddy you better not clash with anything amaziing because you’ve consistently been one of the best live acts I’ve ever seen. But despite this he’s still in my top 4 O.o
I’ve seen Jens ten times, and will be seeing him in the week before eotr, but he’s still my must-see, who I will watch no matter what other clashes. Not actually had a look at what clashes yet, but have been listening through the bands and rating them in preparation!
Jens
Kelly Lee Owens
Blanck Mass
Aldous Harding
FJM
Japandroids
Bill/JAMC (big decision to be made here, seen Bill this year, not seen JAMC since Munki, but Bill is tha MAN!)
Car Seat Headrest
Julie Byrn
Waxahatchee
Few clashes on there and will have to make a decision on the day… Sunday especially is a nightmare. That only really scratches the surface though. So many great bands/artists each day pretty much from the off.
CSH just aren’t that captivating a live act, not bad by any stretch, but usually in a festival scenario (depending on the festival of course) you have better choices for live shows.
Jens Lekman
Sinkane
Duds
Amadou & Mariam
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Deerhoof
Timber Timbre
Vaudou Game
Bill Callahan
TootArd
This year’s line up is very international, which is nice to see. The Erased Tapes and Late Junction takeovers are also a really great idea.
Always seems to be the case for me at EOTR that Sunday is easily the strongest day. Surely not anything more than purely coincidental, but it’s been like that for 5 or 6 years running now.
They play surprisingly little from Teens of Denial, especially given that it’s the only album that most of the people going to see them know, so expect some dreary stuff from the older albums. The stuff off ToD is good though.
Just don’t have too high expectations, and you’ll probably be pleasantly surprised.
From recent setlists they generally play 5 or 6 songs from ToD in a 10 song set. Some of the older stuff, particularly Twin Fantasy or Teens of Style, is decent too so it doesn’t put me off