With Belsonic announcing their first six headliners last week and the line up for Electric Picnic expected on Thursday, we're starting to consider who may end up soundtracking our summer. While the likes of Pigstock, Sunflower Fest and Glasgowbury are our main focus for the coming months, it's fun to try and predict which big acts will headline the likes of Vital and EP, right?
Hard to beat a little speculation and rumour-mongering, lets face it. As long as you know that's exactly what this is - speculation. Trust us - we know nothing at the moment. Mores the point - if we DID know any of the below to be fact, we wouldn't be publishing it. To get photo passes, permission to record and general access to report back from these events - we have a certain responsibility to keep schtum. But luckily, no one has told us a thing, so we can play the guessing game. Just like everyone else...
Vital As you'll know by now, Vital is definitely coming back. Seems contracts are in place ensuring it'll take place in 2013 as well.
Naturally enough, ATL's playlist has been pretty heavy over the years. Representing a country renowned for it's punk and during an era when Therapy? conquered all, we've not shied away from a little volume. In recent times, however, a gentler brand of music has ruled the roost. If it's not the jangly indie of Two Door Cinema Club, it's epic pop from RAM's Pocket Radio or the glorious low key folk of Our Krypton Son.
Yes, the likes of Lafaro and ASIWYFA have encouraged us to crank it up a little, but for many that's not enough. Thankfully, a whole dirty mess of heavier bands are set for a busy 2012 and, as a result, will be happily welcomed to raise the volume of the average ATL playlist.
Lurgan's Trucker Diablo, for a start. Filed alongside The Answer and Swannee River, TD put their own spin on a traditional rock n' roll racket. The title of recent single 'Drink Beer Destroy' does a better job of summing up what this lot do than any tagline I could dream up. It acts as the bands anthem, with a chorus to roar along to, fists in the air. It's been picked up by Kerrang TV and MTV Australia. Rightly so. Needless to say, festival promoters have come looking.......
We here at Across The Line are more than just a little excited about Christmas. The presents, the movies and the food are the easy bit, but trying to figure out what shows to go to is proving to be a little more difficult. Let Rigsy help you out with a handy guide of just some standout shows happening this Xmas. Remember to check out our gig guide for loads of other choice gigs!
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by ATL on 16:27 UK time, Thursday, 22 September 2011
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It was very easy to listen to nothing else but REM for six months, as I did back in 1995 - they're just that type of band. I justified reading stupidly long books about Michael Stipes' art and...
by ATL on 11:52 UK time, Friday, 16 September 2011
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We're all about the second albums at the moment. It's not long until Lafaro launch 'Easy Meat' with a show in Belfast and we've already had notable sophomore efforts this year from ASIWYFA and The Japanese Popstars. In 2012 we...
by Rigsy on 12:25 UK time, Monday, 15 August 2011
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It's like opening your Christmas presents in front of Santa. Last Thursday, ATL spent a couple of hours in a room with Gary Lightbody (and a few others!) listening to the new Snow Patrol album. Gary, clearly very...
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