Dublin Opinion

As Jim mentioned, not one of the Dublin Opinion breed made it to Electric Picnic last weekend. However plenty of other people did, so there’s a pretty good chance that you’d hear about it from someone. Even if you do cover your ears and say ‘lalalala’ when someone in work was going on about it, you’d probably still get to hear a detailed account while sitting in a cubicle in the loo or as you are queuing for your lunchtime latte. I got my detailed account though from my mate Alan, who brought along his two wonderfully precocious kids Dylan and Lauren.

He doesn’t have any photos though. Anyway, here’s his detailed account.

Some highlights:

Ham Sandwich - never would have thought these local upstarts could rock so hard, probably the best stage performance of the whole festival, they clearly just loved it so much it was infectious

Goldfrapp - huge electro sounds, sounded great in a field

Hadouken - they threw out big foam ‘H!’ gloves into the audience, punk/rave music and dance mayhem, much fun.

Tindersticks - we got really close for this one, they’re still good, which was a nice surprise

Franz Ferdinand - quite a party

Grinderman – got to listen to about four songs, they were vicious

The Kills - sleazy garage rock euphoria, Lauren spotted Kate Moss side-stage

Sinead O’Connor - musically limp to start but Lauren was arm-to-arm across the barrier with her legendary boyfriend (is it Sly or Robbie?)

These New Puritans - obvious Fall influences and simply the best drumming I’ve ever seen

Sex Pistols - well, Dylan thought Lydon mooning the audience was funny

My Bloody Valentine - we stood outside the tent because of the airplane-engine-volume but the loveless stuff was flawless

Breeders - nice to hear Kim Deal

Lowlights

Missing Foals, CSS, Gomez, Gutter Twins

Sigur Ross - disappointing