Not to be missed
The Electric Picnic line-up is packed with great things. Celina Murphy selects ten acts that just have to be seen.
Celina Murphy, 02 Sep 2010
01. Massive Attack
The otherworldly beats of Massive Attack have been swimming around in our brains for just shy of two decades now, but I’m pretty sure most dance fans will still be able to remember where they were the first time they heard ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ back in 1991. Since then, the Bristol duo have coined such pioneering electronic gems as ‘Teardrop’ and ‘Angel’, both of which will be getting a live airing on Sunday night, as well as tracks from soulful fifth album Heligoland. Even more good news; reports from Herefordshire’s Big Chill Festival suggest Picnic dwellers can expect a doom-laden, career-spanning performance of truly epic proportions.
02. LCD Soundsystem
Hearts were broken in April of this year when James Murphy was forced to cancel two shows in Dublin’s Tripod, due to the persistent wrath of Mount Eyjafjallajökul. On the bright side, this means there’ll be even more love in the room for the 40-year-old New Jerseyite when he appears in Stradbally for his first Irish show in three years.
03. Modest Mouse
This Washington State quintet have five studio albums and a whopping nine EPs under their belt, but Modest Mouse aren’t on the road this summer plugging any one of them! Nope, the rustic post-punksters have resumed touring simply because they “feel like it”, which, when you’ve got tunes like ‘Float On’ and ‘We’ve Got Everything’ in your alt. disco arsenal, I figure is as good a reason as any. The Modest Mouse live show is a veritable lesson in atmospherics, making it the perfect blend of mainstream indie-rock and OTT gothic pop to help you wind down after a frantic first day at EP.
04. Janelle Monáe
It’s been pretty well documented that 24-year-old Sci-Fi robo-soulstress Janelle Monáe left theatre school when she realised that she had the potential to change the world with music. In the last 12 months, she’s gotten props from Prince, inspired an international dance craze and turned a Fritz Lang movie into the most exciting debut album in eons… Well, it’s a start. A musical bedlamite and a lyrical prophet; the world is still just a little bit shellshocked by the outrageously talented Ms. Monáe, but one thing’s for sure; a lady who recalls Judy Garland and Andre 3000 in the same three-minute neo-soul ditty is a very exciting live prospect indeed. Catch her on Friday.
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