OK, in fairness, I quite enjoyed Glastonbury on the TV this year (Squid, Remi Wolf, Confidence Man, Dexys, Last Dinner Party, the Streets, Heilung, Orbital, Blondshell and especially Fat White Family), but what if I wanted unlimited live music on tap for the rest of the year?
That’s why I created Horsefest, a ridiculous Spotify playlist, currently standing at 19 hours, comprised of five songs at a time, Live Aid style, by great live acts, large and small, living and dead. There’s a notional running order to the whole thing, but I don’t expect even one of you to agree with it. Plus there’s probably another 19 hours of live music that I’ve not got around to adding (to be honest I don’t even remember if I added James Brown or Ray Charles, for instance).
But if you like great live acts, and have tiptop taste in music you might like this. Otherwise, you stick to Guilfest. (Nothing wrong with Gulifest; I saw Pulp and the Wurzels at Guilfest once.)
Neat idea. I’m imagining the mad scenes when Giand Sands raided the stage to oust Reigning Sound (because bands are always fighting to on first as we know) only for Ver Sound to return triumphant to finish their set…
I remember not liking Goods & Services at first. But it’s a pretty good document of their work. I once saw them effectively booed off at the Mean Fiddler but I would always go back and see them year after year. The Sound’s Live at Goner Records, meanwhile, is just a classic live album.