Roskilde Festival 2010
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Welcome to the Roskilde Festival coverage at Going Other Places. On here, I will gather all the posts and blurbs I write and tweet throughout the festival to give you a quick and simple overview of what's happening. Read along and join the fun. Be sure to subscribe through one of the channels found in the orange box to make sure you'll never miss an update.
Scheduling concerts at Roskilde at 2.45 AM is brutal. Once we reached those wee morning hours at Roskilde 2010, my body was yearning for a good night’s sleep before I would wake up to a sauna-like tent in just a handful of hours. But, come on. Moderat in the middle of the night? How could you walk away from that?
Read more about Moderat at Roskilde 2010
If I can sell out once and only once, it will be by writing this post. Sure, you could argue that Pitchfork made it perfectly acceptable for the hipster crowd to appreciate Robyn‘s heartbreak club pop and that RA will eventually be catching on, but writing about how great her show was when my next post will most likely be recommending something house or Hotflush, Robyn seems slightly off.
Read more about Robyn at Roskilde 2010
Not booking Turboweekend to Roskilde 2009 was a major mistake. Having just released what was arguably one of the best Danish albums in several years (and of 2009 by far), the band seemed like an obvious pick to grace the Roskilde poster. Back then, I was sad they did not come. Saturday at Roskilde 2010, I was happy that they waited a year.
Read more about Turboweekend at Roskilde 2010
Although the weird setup at Cosmopol did not give Prins Thomas the best conditions for delivering a dj set, he did quite well. While the tent never went past half full, Thomas' take on house resonated beautifully with the crowd and provoked some interesting dancing sights.
Read more about Prins Thomas at Roskilde 2010
In the programme, presumably printed in 100,000 copies, someone misspelled Friday. Ok, we all make mistakes, and I’m not holding that typo against anyone (almost). It’s just unfortunate that that kind of carelessness turned out to embody the experience of Friday at Roskilde 2010 quite well.
Read more about Friday's action at Roskilde 2010
As Tim Sweeney played with the filters for the last time, James Murphy & co. took the stage to deliver the much-anticipated LCD Soundsystem concert. There had been much discussion beforehand about whether Cosmopol’s limited capacity was the right choice over Arena’s bigger tent, but from my spot a handful of meters from the fence, Cosmopol seemed like the right choice.
Read the full review of LCD Soundsystem at Roskilde 2010
It was hard to say how many people who came to Cosmopol to get a good spot for LCD Soundsystem and how many who were there for Tim Sweeney‘s warm-up set. Considering that the two’s history are very similar, putting the them back to back at the Cosmopol stage Thursday evening seemed like a great idea that just hadn’t reached most of the crowd. So when Sweeney took the stage, a good portion of the tent enjoyed a break on the tent’s wooden floor.
Read the full review of Tim Sweeney at Roskilde 2010
Electrojuice landed in our collective electronic consciences a couple of years ago when the two young teens released a couple of singles that took the Danish press and fans alike with storm. Much has happened since then. The gimmicks have been shed, and the French house sound has crossed the border to Germany. The icons are no longer Ed & Oizo, but the raw sound of German warehouses along the lines of Modeselektor.
Read the full review of Electrojuice at Roskilde 2010
We’re ready. While the water-spraying trucks do their best to help the dust settle, we’re pulling in the opposite direction, and we’re just getting started. Everything gets just that tad more outrageous as we approach the moment where the gates to the sacred land of the festival area open. Although tomorrow (or thursday, to be more precise) is the day we’re waiting for, the party scene on wednesday showed no sign of slowing down.
Read more about Wednesday’s action
See more photos from Wednesday at Roskilde 2010
If you ask different people about how long Roskilde is, you will get different answers. If you've never been here, you will probably tell me that it's a four day festival. But that's not the whole truth. Everybody who's been here knows that the music days are only half the fun, and that the four warm-up days (or five, depending on your hunger for crammed waiting zones) are an equal part of the Roskilde experience.
Read more about Tuesday at Roskilde 2010
See more photos from Tuesday at Roskilde 2010
As a warm-up, why not check out the segment about Roskilde 2010 in my Festival rundown?
Saturday
Moderat
Scheduling concerts at Roskilde at 2.45 AM is brutal. Once we reached those wee morning hours at Roskilde 2010, my body was yearning for a good night’s sleep before I would wake up to a sauna-like tent in just a handful of hours. But, come on. Moderat in the middle of the night? How could you walk away from that?
Read more about Moderat at Roskilde 2010
Robyn
If I can sell out once and only once, it will be by writing this post. Sure, you could argue that Pitchfork made it perfectly acceptable for the hipster crowd to appreciate Robyn‘s heartbreak club pop and that RA will eventually be catching on, but writing about how great her show was when my next post will most likely be recommending something house or Hotflush, Robyn seems slightly off.
Read more about Robyn at Roskilde 2010
Turboweekend
Not booking Turboweekend to Roskilde 2009 was a major mistake. Having just released what was arguably one of the best Danish albums in several years (and of 2009 by far), the band seemed like an obvious pick to grace the Roskilde poster. Back then, I was sad they did not come. Saturday at Roskilde 2010, I was happy that they waited a year.
Read more about Turboweekend at Roskilde 2010
Prins Thomas
Although the weird setup at Cosmopol did not give Prins Thomas the best conditions for delivering a dj set, he did quite well. While the tent never went past half full, Thomas' take on house resonated beautifully with the crowd and provoked some interesting dancing sights.
Read more about Prins Thomas at Roskilde 2010
Friday
Or was it Firday?
In the programme, presumably printed in 100,000 copies, someone misspelled Friday. Ok, we all make mistakes, and I’m not holding that typo against anyone (almost). It’s just unfortunate that that kind of carelessness turned out to embody the experience of Friday at Roskilde 2010 quite well.
Read more about Friday's action at Roskilde 2010
Thursday
LCD Soundsystem @ Cosmopol
As Tim Sweeney played with the filters for the last time, James Murphy & co. took the stage to deliver the much-anticipated LCD Soundsystem concert. There had been much discussion beforehand about whether Cosmopol’s limited capacity was the right choice over Arena’s bigger tent, but from my spot a handful of meters from the fence, Cosmopol seemed like the right choice.
Read the full review of LCD Soundsystem at Roskilde 2010
Tim Sweeney @ Cosmopol
It was hard to say how many people who came to Cosmopol to get a good spot for LCD Soundsystem and how many who were there for Tim Sweeney‘s warm-up set. Considering that the two’s history are very similar, putting the them back to back at the Cosmopol stage Thursday evening seemed like a great idea that just hadn’t reached most of the crowd. So when Sweeney took the stage, a good portion of the tent enjoyed a break on the tent’s wooden floor.
Read the full review of Tim Sweeney at Roskilde 2010
Electrojuice @ Cosmopol
Electrojuice landed in our collective electronic consciences a couple of years ago when the two young teens released a couple of singles that took the Danish press and fans alike with storm. Much has happened since then. The gimmicks have been shed, and the French house sound has crossed the border to Germany. The icons are no longer Ed & Oizo, but the raw sound of German warehouses along the lines of Modeselektor.
Read the full review of Electrojuice at Roskilde 2010
Wednesday
Wait up, warm-up, want in
We’re ready. While the water-spraying trucks do their best to help the dust settle, we’re pulling in the opposite direction, and we’re just getting started. Everything gets just that tad more outrageous as we approach the moment where the gates to the sacred land of the festival area open. Although tomorrow (or thursday, to be more precise) is the day we’re waiting for, the party scene on wednesday showed no sign of slowing down.
Read more about Wednesday’s action
In Photos
See more photos from Wednesday at Roskilde 2010
Tuesday
How did we get here?
If you ask different people about how long Roskilde is, you will get different answers. If you've never been here, you will probably tell me that it's a four day festival. But that's not the whole truth. Everybody who's been here knows that the music days are only half the fun, and that the four warm-up days (or five, depending on your hunger for crammed waiting zones) are an equal part of the Roskilde experience.
Read more about Tuesday at Roskilde 2010
In Photos
See more photos from Tuesday at Roskilde 2010
Warm-up
As a warm-up, why not check out the segment about Roskilde 2010 in my Festival rundown? 