Rocking the Daisies Lineup

When early bird tickets went on and then off sale before the lineup was even announced I couldn’t hold back my cynicism. Spending R380 on a lucky packet and appeasing my non existant environmental consience isn’t something I do lightly. I approve of global warming, it’s been far too fucking cold recently.

They have finally released a partial lineup which they are adding to as artists are confirmed, so lets take a look at it.

Friday Highlights are:

• ’7th Son’, I happen to like their brand of reggae ska. It’s fun, upbeat and easy to listen to.
• ‘The Dirty Skirts’, Decent Rock, (Shame, jy luister na hulle – J. Parow).
• ‘New Young Pony Club’, I’ve actually never heard of them but they are being hyped as a major attraction. Perhaps it’s time to break out the Youtube. Or even a completely legal music download service like www.thepira… err… that Nokia thing on my phone, to find out whether they’re decent or just rated for their foreignness (I know it’s not a real word, work with me here)
• ‘Zebra and Giraffe’, Quite big last year, haven’t heard anything from them this year. I have however been too wasted to remember anything when I’ve seen them previously so I’ll be trying to stay sober enough this year, They’re playing at 11pm though so it’s unlikely.

Moving on to Saturday the bands that stand out for me are:

• ‘Hog Hoggidy Hog’, A sure fire favourite of mine.
• ‘Boo!’, Camp, Upbeat, Funny and back from the dead. They were excellent making their return at Ramfest and since then they’ve been working on new material. A definite must see band.
• ‘Springbok Nude Girls’, I actually don’t like most of their music but I know I’m an exception.
• ‘Taxi Violence’, They’ve been accused of channeling Queens of the Stone Age but to be fair everyone has some influence from somewhere. Anyone who has seen them live will testify to the fact that they are definitely not a QOTSA ripoff.

The midnight slot is notably open, perhaps in the hopes of bringing back the incumbent showmakers, Goldfish, or perhaps they have their sights set higher. Goldfish are becoming repetitive to me so I’m hoping for something new.

The electro lineup remains blank but I know fuckall about electro so even if it was filled in it wouldn’t be of any use to me.

All in all they’ve an impressive improvement to the lineup. Tickets are still painfully expensive but I am humble enough to admit that they have proven me wrong about the lineup and come the 8th October I’ll be in a car heading up the N7.