Submitted by ray_rad on
i'd mentioned this in another thread - but suppose it ought to have its own
the perennially popular 1st announcement bingo makes the return for which you've all been holding your breath, crossing your legs, twisting your melons, etc.
so excited are some folks, in fact, that the testicles have nicked the idea
though surely their prize can't be nearly as desirable
to repeat the arbitrarily decided upon rules:
voting starts on fri 24th (anything before that will be gleefully ignored)
with a cut off at midnight on the 28th jan (announcement being 9am on the 29th)
same rules - 1 point for every uk based band correctly guessed, 2 for any making it in from further afield
and, after last year's border shenanigans, i might offer 3 points for any band from the african continent
10 predictions please
all and any strategies for cheating heartily encouraged
Carnie replied on Permalink
Field Music
Haha someone didn’t read the post!! Ah fuck it.
Field Music
Beak
Caribou
BC Camplight
This is The kit
Soccer Mommy
Blanck Mass
Deerhunter
Leafcutter John
Floating Points
on the upside, you have upped
on the plus side, you have upped my glee
Carnie replied on Permalink
No problem
No problem
i don’t care what the rest say, i like you.
Are you going to ignore him
Are you going to ignore him mr ray?
him, no - that would be rude
him, no - that would be rude
but his submission for the bingo? absolutely
gleefully, in fact
what if he just submits it
what if he just submits it again on the approved date?
that, of course, will be
that, of course, will be entirely acceptable
I reckon two of those are
I reckon two of those are stonewall certainties for this year.
or maybe not having just seen
or maybe not having just seen a tweet from one of those stoewall certainties . . .
Carnie replied on Permalink
With the risk of getting
At the risk of getting banned. Will do a copy and paste replacing Field Music. hehe
i'm going to open this a day
i'm going to open this a day early
as i am in a time-wasting mood
so go ahead and post your 10 predictions for wednesday's announcement
remember: 1 point for any correct uk band (including ireland) - 2 for bands from anywhere else - bar the african continent, for which you'll get 3
here's my 10:
here are my 10:
bat for lashes
caribou
temples
kokoko
RVG
woods
aoife nessa frances
MBV
smoke fairies
the staves
i still think there's a chance of iggy - but i don't think we'll get him in the 1st announcement
I so hope you are the winner
I so hope you are the winner :)
it would save on postage
it would save on postage
Mookid replied on Permalink
My 10:
My 10:
Caribou (Canada)
Bikini Kill (US)
Bambara (US)
Corridor (Canada)
Bat for Lashes
Fontaines DC
Otoboke Beaver (Japan)
Sandy Alex G (US)
Phoebe Bridgers (US)
Working Men's Club
mr ray has one of mine,
mr ray has one of mine, mookid none
will post mine tomorrow
on the offically appointed day
i've reappointed it
i've reappointed it
as is my right
CubanPedro replied on Permalink
Ok, I'll have a bash:
The Tallest Man on Earth
Kokoko
BC Camplight
Rozi Plain
Fontaines DC
Kathryn Joseph
Pom Poko
Metronomy
Michael Kiwanuka
Bon Iver
Beck is over this summer, but not sure he'll hang around till late August. Would be happy if it were so. And think Caribou is a very strong possibility, but don't want to be accused of following the herd.
smithers replied on Permalink
More a quest for ray's
More a quest for ray's offcuts than a wishlist, although I'd be happy to see some of these:
Pictish Trail
Black Midi
Fontaines DC
Orville Peck
Kokoko
Pip Blom
W H Lung
Working Mens Club
Mdou Moctar
Viagra Boys
Some guesses, some wishes
The same mixture of those I think will play and those I want to play that has served me so badly in previous attempts.
Fontaines DC
Parquet Courts
Caribou
WH Lung
Arlo Parks
Shame
Daughter
Crack Cloud
Pip Blom
and one year I'll be right with Beck
alittleotter replied on Permalink
Fontaines DC
Fontaines DC
Gruff Rhys
Squirrel Flower
Tame Impala
Caribou
Nadia Reid
Sam Lee
Pictish Trail
75 Dollar bill
Courtney Barnett
There we go x
My 10
My 10
Michael Kiwanuka (headliner)
Warmduscher
Fontaines DC
Aoife Nessa Frances
Bill Fay
Keeley Forsyth
Yorkston Thorne Khan
Lankum
The Weather Station
Beak >
Obviously Johnny Pictish can be taken as read.
MK's headlining latitude, isn
MK's headlining latitude, isn't he?
unlikely headliner overlap?
ah, actually, no - he's 2nd
ah, actually, no - he's 2nd billing
so possible for GM
No idea really but here goes.
No idea really but here goes...
Beak
Fontaines DC
Pictish Trail
Yorkston Thorne Khan
Caribou
Self Esteem
Richard Dawson
Michael Kiwanuka
Toby Hay
Camelphat
My predictions
Pictish Trail
Ezra Furman
Beak
Caribou
Field Music
Phoebe Bridgers
Bonny Light Horseman
Badbadnotgood
Woods
Boy Azooga
My mixture of resignation and
My mixture of resignation and hope -
Daughter
BC Camplight
Badbadnotgood
Talk Show
Girl Band
Caribou
Nadine Shah
Dry Cleaning
Blanck Mass
Tropical Fuck Storm
rampant guesswork gone mad
extra points for non-uk acts might have skewed my thinking a bit too much...
Black Midi
Pictish Trail
Bonny light horseman (US)
Sudan Archives
Squid
Ezra Furman (US)
Efterklang (DK)
The National (US)
Phoebe Bridgers
Richard Dawson
sudan archives and phoebe
sudan archives and phoebe bridgers are also from the US
points a-go-go if your guesses are accurate
Carnie replied on Permalink
Boards of Canada
Boards of Canada
Beak
Caribou
BC Camplight
This is The kit
Soccer Mommy
Blanck Mass
Deerhunter
Leafcutter John
Floating Points
your continued determination
your continued determination that BoC will eventually play GM is admirable
(even if they are only a late sub for field music)
every time I see BoC
every time I see BoC mentioned I get excited
Blue Oyster Cult would be awesome
A proper Cult fan knows that
A proper Cult fan knows that would be BÖC never BoC :)
BÖC actually have a new album due soon so who knows?
Wakestock replied on Permalink
It’s not easy to narrow it
It’s not easy to narrow it down to 10, but I’m deploying a strategy of focusing on overseas acts with just a couple of home grown bankers to boost my hopes of winning the glittering prize of Ray’s matured offcuts. I can’t deliberate any longer, so here goes.
Dana Gavanski (Canada)
Kokoko (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
The Orielles
Katy J Pearson
Nadia Reid (NZ)
Beck (US)
Pom Poko (Norway)
Pip Blom (Netherlands)
Orville Peck (US)
Brittany Howard (US)
I reckon Wakestock is going
I reckon Wakestock is going to be one of the frontrunners here. I nearly had Brittany Howard on my list - new album and getting lots of 6 Music play.
Here's my 10. (The geography lesson is free!!)
UK acts
1 James Yorkston
2. Martin Stephenson
3. Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog
Non-UK acts
4. Waxahatchee
5. Kacy and Clayton
6. Fontaines DC
7. Lankum
8. Robert Forster
9. Bonny Light Horseman
10. A Lazarus Soul
To help the environment
Thinking of the environment 9/10ths of these can arrive on the same plane.
boygenius
AA Bondy
Julien Baker
Yorkston Thorne Khan
Phoebe Bridgers
I’m With Her
Hayes Carll
Billy Strings
Molly Tuttle
Rhiannon Giddens
I'd be very happy with a few
I'd be very happy with a few from this list
Here is mine and, assuming I
Here is mine and, assuming I will not come anyway near the top scores, can I say we are all winners (unless by any remote chance I win in which case there is only one winner and the rest of your are all sad losers and I claim Ray’s various bits of bodily detritus)
Kokoko
The Murder Capital
Rhainnon Giddens
Yorkstone Thorne Khan
Hinds
Adwaith
King Creosote
Phoebe Bridgers
Dry Cleaning
HMS Morris
I very much doubt that Keny
I very much doubt that Keny Anderson would appear at the same festival as Johnny Lynch.
That is why I threw caution
That is why I threw caution to the wind and avoided Pictish Trail.
Nathan replied on Permalink
Oh, is there A THING?
Oh, is there A THING?
between kenny and johhny?
between kenny and johhny?
oh yeeeeeessss...
Nathan replied on Permalink
Is it like the friendly
Is it like the friendly island rivalry between the libraries on Orkney and Shetland?
no
no
Pictish will be there. Green
Pictish will be there. Green Man wiithout Pictish can't actually happen. Ravens leaving the Tower. He'll be there. Also Kenny hasn't done anything new in ages, I'm not sure how active he is these days musically.
Kenny's playing the
Kenny's playing the Kelvingrove Bandstand thing in Glasgow the week before GM, but I'm resigned to not seeing him at GM. A couple of others playing that are big possibilities for good GM slots, and I don't mean Rick Astley https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/summernights/.
i'd certainly enjoy primal
i'd certainly enjoy primal scream if they were to headline
no doubt howls of derision will greet this admission
but they put on a ridiculously good show
Totally agree.
Totally agree.
I was thinking the Jesus and Mary Chain would make a cracking Thursday headliner, or maybe more. Edwyn Collins is due a return too. And I wouldn't rule out Richard Hawley.
blackpumpkinhead replied on Permalink
He is doing a tour in March.I
He is doing a tour in March.I know there is lots of love on here for Pictish Trail but I would rather see King Creosote and I believe him to a class above by quite a distance.
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