Falls Festival 2007 Initial Line-up : A YouTube Guide

I have been waiting all year in anticipation for the this years Falls lineup to be announced. Hardly a day passed without me thinking about who is going to be at the biggest Tassie (and Melbourne) music festival of each year. I haven’t missed a single year of Falls in Tassie yet and there is no way I’m passing it up this year. You can see past Falls YouTube video’s HERE, three of my own are in there

So they’ve finally announced the initial line-up and I’m so pumped to see Kings of Leon headlining a host of other awesome acts like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Groove Armada, The Mess Hall, Gotye.. and the Girl Talk set is going to be wild. There is probably only a couple I couldn’t care less about seeing live.

Anyway.. I thought the example sounds on the Falls Festival website was a wie bit shitty. So here’s a YouTube list I made myself of each band playing live to let everyone know what to expect from these live performers. Hope you’re all coming…

Kings of Leon – US Rock

Groove Armada – Electronica / House / Trip Hop / Downtempo

Paul Kelly – Aussie Rock

Midnight Juggernauts – Electronica Rock

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – US Garage Rock

The Waif’s – Folk Rock

Built to Spill – Indie Rock

Gotye – Aussie Alternative / Electronica / Indie

Jose Gonzalez – Indie / folk

The Go! Team – UK Dance, Indie, Hip Hop

Blackalicious – US HipHop

The Mess Hall – Aussie Blues-rock / Indie rock / Garage rock

Girl Talk – Electronic Pro DJ

Kev Carmody – Aussie Indigenous Folk

Whiskey Go Go’s – Aussie Southern Rock

Neville Staple’s Specials – Ska / Regae

British India with support LUCY @ The Republic

Friday nite sitting at home bored shitless I got to wondering why I had not thought to venture out and find something entertaining to do. When all of a sudden it hit me, British India were playing at The Republic. I had only really heard one of their songs on the radio and I did like it and a few peeps had told me they were good. So quick call to a mate, who was already heading there with his girl and offered to pick me up on the way, yay no walking in the cold.

Local 3 piece LUCY were support for British India. I have been to many of Lucy’s gigs already and rate them very highly for a local act and can actually see them going big sooner or later. Probably the best I have heard them play so far actually.

I hate waiting between sets at The Republic, it always seems to take forever for the next band to start, but I guess I didn’t mind this time as it gave me a little extra time at the bar.

British India, I didn’t exactly know what to expect from them playing live, so asked a few friends found mingling around the place. They all said it should be excellent and my god it was just fabulous. Well actually I spent half the gig talking around the corner with friends for some reason. But they decided to pike and go home which left me with no option but to hit the crowd and mosh it up a bit.

This band rocks live.. I would say they have style similarities to The Vines and a stage presence similar to The Hives. I wont be missing these guys next time they’re down.