Lowlands 2008

[Don]

Lowlands is a big music outdoor festival in Holland. It's usually very rock/indie oriented but there's loads of techno, hardcore en drum and bass this year. I'm can't fucking wait to go there. Ticket was 135 euros, it's 3 days. (Though you stay there for 5 days)

Lineup is:


(MAD) ED
(MAD) ED & ARNOLD
2562
50 JAAR NEDERPOP
A SUNDAY SELF-SERVICE
ANOUKDANTI-FLAG
ASAKUSA JINTA
AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE
AUTOKRATZ
ELLEN ALLIEN
EROL ALKAN
JAKOP AHLBOM
RODAAN AL GALID
ANE BRUN
BE KIND REWIND
BENGA
BLACK KIDS
BLACK MOUNTAIN
BLACK SUN EMPIRE
BLOOD RED SHOES
BOEMKLATSCH
BONG-RA
BOOKA SHADE
BRITISH SEA POWER
JOOST VAN BELLEN
THE BREEDERS
THE BUDOS BAND
TOM BAXTER
ANDY C & MC GQ
CAGE THE ELEPHANT
CLAW BOYS CLAW
CLUB NUL DJ'S
CODE REDb
COMEDYTRAIN
CONTROL
CRYSTAL CASTLES
LOS CAMPESINOS!
THE COUNT & SINDEN (dj-set)
ANOUKVANDIJK DC
DANCE WORKS ROTTERDAM
DANS LE ROCK
DEADMAU5
DEFORMER
dEUS DIGITALISM
DIPLO
DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH?
DORLENE LOVE
DROPKICK MURPHYS
DUIZEND WOORDEN
LAURA VAN DOLRON
THE DRESDEN DOLLS
EDITORS
ELBOW
ESTOMÂGO (Marcos Jorge, 2007)
EXTINCE
FENIN
FOALS
FRANZ FERDINAND
FUCK BUTTONS
FUCKED UP
THE FLAMING LIPS
THE FRATELLIS
DJ'S GARY GLOBAL & AZRAEL
GUINCHO
GEM
GENE WILLIAMS
GEORGE JACARANDA
GET WELL SOON
GOGOL BORDELLO
HARRY GLOTZBACH + IWEIN SEGERS
THE GENERAL
THE GIRLS
lTHE GUTTER TWINS
HADOUKEN!
HAYDAMAKY
HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD
HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR
HERINGA/VAN KALSBEEK
HIM
HIT ME TV
HOLY FUCK
HOT CHIP
HOTLIPZZ & JANE
THE HAWKEYE AND HOE BAND
lTHE HIVES
THE HOOSIERS
ILLE BITCH
INFADELS
INTIFADA SOUNDSYSTEM & DJ SANDEMAN
IRON AND WINE
THE INFADERS
DANKO JONES
DE JEUGD VAN TEGENWOORDIG
JAYA THE CAT
JEREMY'S
JUBILATOR
JUNKIE XL
KID SISTER
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KISSY SELL OUT
KORPIKLAANI
KRAAK & SMAAK
THE KOOKS
DJ L-ENDE
JAMIE LIDELL
LAKE TAHOE
LATE OF THE PIER
LE LE
LUCKY FONZ III
LYKKE LI
STEPHEN LYNCH
THE LONGMEN
AMY MACDONALD
ANDRÉ MANUEL
LAURA MARLING
MAGNEETBAR
MGMT
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE
MISS KITTIN
MODESELEKTOR (live)
RÓISÍN MURPHY
STEPHEN MARLEY
N*E*R*D
NIGHTWISH
NIGHTWRITERS
NO AGE
NUNO DOS SANTOS
THE NATIONAL
OFF THE RECORD
ONE NIGHT ONLY
OP STERK WATER
THE OPPOSITES
DJ POLYESTA
DJ PROMO
MAX PASHM
PAPRIKA KORPS
PENDULUM
PETE PHILLY & PERQUISITE
PIVOT
PLAIN WHITE T'S
POLICE IN DUB FEAT. RANKING ROGER
THE PEDRO DELGADOS
THE PIGEON DETECTIVES
THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
QUIET VILLAGE
HENRY ROLLINS
RONI SIZE REPRAZENT
STEVE RAWLINGS + APPLAUS OM NIETS SHOW
THE RASCALS
THE ROOTS
BART SKILS
DE STIJLE, WANT
DJ SCOTCH EGG
HET SYNDICAAT
DSANTOGOLD
SCAPINO BALLET
SEX PISTOLS
SHINE A LIGHT
SHINEDOE
SIGUR RÓS
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO
SLAGSMÅLSKLUBBEN
SNEAK PREVIEW
STEVE AOKI
THE SHOES
DJ'S TOMMI & PIZDABOLKIN
TBA
TEXTURES
THE TING TINGS
THRICE
TRICKY
TUNNG
UNDERWORLD
SVEN VÄTH
VIVE LA FÊTE
VOLBEAT
DJ WIEKES & BRUTUS
THE WOMBATS
WE ARE SCIENTISTS
WHITE LIES
YEASAYER

To some this lineup might be shit but to me it's perfect. I can't wait to see artists such as Andy C, Pendulum, Black Sun Empire, Deformed, Roni Size, Benga, DJ Promo, DJ Scotch Egg, Bong-Ra-, Sven Vath, Ille Bitch, Bart Skills, De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig, and The Opposites.

Hell I'll even drop by Killswitch Engage and/or HIM just for old times sake :P

Can't fucking wait.

I highly doubt so but is anyone else going?:P Dutchies perhaps?

[eli]

I'm sorry man:P Though I will be seeing the Opposites on 30 aug here in Bolsward.

[Pablo Escobar Jr.]

That's quite a huge line up, is it always that big?

Anyway, no I'm not going. I'm not gonna pay 135 euros to be dirty for 5 days.

[ZCAB]

That is one shitty line-up.

So nowai.

[Ritchie]

Pretty much the same line up like Pukkelpop :P well a lot of artists anyway.

Thursday 14/8

The Killers - Róisín Murphy - The Flaming Lips - Serj Tankian Dropkick Murphys - Tricky - Soulfly Mercury Rev - Carl Craig - Dirty Pretty Things - Santogold Iron & Wine - Danko Jones - Stereo MC's - The Cribs Joan As Police Woman - Pendulum - Thrice - Hot Chip - Ian Brown Hadouken! - Henry Rollins (spoken word) - Infadels - Kaizers Orchestra Bob Mould Band - SebastiAn - Uffie & Feadz - DJ Mehdi - High Contrast + MC Wrec The Casualties - The Subways - The Pigeon Detectives - Switch - Sam Sparro The Ting Tings - Midnight Juggernauts - British Sea Power - Jubilee Holy Fuck - Kid Harpoon - Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong - The Unseen - TC - Have Heart Drive-By Truckers - The Shoes - Headman - Little Dragon - Louis XIV - Operator Please A Mountain of One - Disco Ensemble - White Lies - Red Light Company - Menomena - Black Light Burns Hi Fi Handgrenades - One Night Only

Friday 15/8

Metallica - Within Temptation - Tindersticks - Michael Franti and Spearhead - Boys Noize - Ricardo Villalobos - Miss Kittin & The Hacker (live) - Alkaline Trio - The Gutter Twins - The Breeders - Diplo - Robyn - Modeselektor & Pfadfinderei - Sons And Daughters - Martina Topley-Bird - DJ Hype & Daddy Earl - Cult of Luna - Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Volbeat - MxPx - The Count & Sinden (live)- A Wilhelm Scream - Mindless Self Indulgence - The Futureheads - OneRepublic - The Dø - Tunng - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - Tokyo Police Club - Surkin - Los Campesinos! - Dusty Kid (live) - Nina Nastasia - Radioclit - Lightspeed Champion - Witchcraft - Yuksek (live) - Brodinski - Year Long Disaster - Chase & Status - Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Pete & The Pirates - The Dodos - State Radio - El Guincho - Caribou

Saturday 16/8

Sigur Rós-Bloc Party - Soulwax - 2manydjs - Stephen Marley - Plain White T's - The Wombats - Etienne de Crecy (live) - Neurosis - Killswitch Engage - Simian Mobile Disco (live) - The Dresden Dolls - Anti-Flag - Less Than Jake - Jamie Lidell - Hercules And Love Affair - Dr. Lektroluv - Elbow - The National - MGMT - We Are Scientists - Black Kids - As I Lay Dying - DJ Friction - Junkie XL - Klaxons DJ Set (Jamie Reynolds) - Epica - Yeasayer - Late Of The Pier - This Is Menace - Tocadisco - Two Gallants - Yelle - Crystal Castles - Black Mountain - A-Trak - Kid Sister - M83 - Lykke Li - Samim and Miguel Toro (Percussions) live - Alela Diane - Chrome Hoof - Benga - The Heavy - The Ocean - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Crookers - The Bloody Beetroots - Shackleton - Girl Talk - Dan Deacon - Fuck Buttons - XX Teens - Pivot - The Whip

Mainly going for SebastiAn, Uffie & Feadz, DJ Mehdi, The Killers, Metallica, Boys Noize, Does It Offend You, Yeah? & Killswitch Engage :P

[Don]

That's a decent lineup to me Ritchie:P You should definitely go see either Pendulum, High Contrast or Chase & Status. I saw Pendulum live @ lowlands 2007 and that was the thing that got me into drum and bass. Live is so much better, intenser and harder than the stuff you hear on CD. Just give it a shot who cares :P Go see them all as a matter of a fact.

[Ritchie]

haha yeah I'll go and see them :P
I honestly can't wait tbh :P

[Don]

Same here, only 10 days left!

Shitty thing is that I don't have plenty of money to spend :( I spend around €300,- last year, and I only have like €150,- atm :( I won't be getting more by then. Sucks tbh.

[Ritchie]

I'm going to the camping already on Wednesday the 13th, so 9 days for me, wewt!

I got about €200 to spend..but still need to buy some stuff..so I'll have around €150 aswell. :P

Damn, I honestly can't wait hah, so excited :P

[Macey]

Let me tell you - Pendulum are amazing live. The whole place is actually buzzing :P

I'd love to go and see Hadouken! though.

[Don]

This will be the 3rd time I'll see Pendulum live actually :P Tbh Pendulum isn't all that great, as for dnb, Andy C and Roni Size are much better.

Ohhh shit lowlands

[Ritchie]

Yeah I heard Pendulum is kinda disappointing. :P

Bleh, just noticed Killswitch is playing when Soulwax is on the mainstage.
My friends will probably want to see Soulwax D:

[Pablo Escobar Jr.]

Reeyotch be a good boy and watch Soulwax with your friends.

[Ritchie]

but...but :(
Killswitch Engage pretty much changed my whole musicstyle, and I have never seen them live before. :P

[flux]

I'd love to go and see Hadouken! though.

They're not great live, the atmosphere is pretty good but their music gets lost a bit IMO. Then again, I saw them almost a year ago, so they've probably changed a lot since then ;D

[Ritchie]

My friend saw Hadouken! in Brussels a few months ago, and he said it wasen't all that great :P

also omg, few more days :)

[ZCAB]

Fuck this shit, I'm heading for Sziget tomorrow. :D

[Ritchie]

man..it was fucking awesome :D seriously, had so much fun.

[Don]

Same here:D Best act for me was Promo, although that's not really the lowlands-kinda-music :P