So I'm going to a festival (again) - which acts should I check out?
 

The 'again' is because I went to exactly the same festival this time last year and started the exact same thread.

Heres the lineup:
http://www.bestival.net/html/artists/2009lineup

Definates:
Kraftwerk
Massive Attack
Michael Nyman
Squarepusher
Future Sound of London
Dan le sac vs. Scroobius Pip

any suggestions and I may well go check them out, though it would be nice if you wrote a sentence or two to let me know why they're worth my time.
thanks!

dan le sac for sure. seen them twice, two times nice...

the horrors are quite nice live.

One is enough for the Horrors, and that once will probably be at MBV's ATP.

DJ Food
Pole
Wave Machines
Kid Carpet
Rusko
Skream

more

I still haven't got a ticket for this yet! I should be coming back from France Saturday morning, and I'm just hoping I can get a tout or something.

I saw Fujiya & Miyaji at Bestival a couple of years ago and they were alright, Joker and Plastician are a definite if you enjoy dubstep, and 65 Days of Static put on a good show when I saw them. Bat for Lshes might be worthing checking out as well.

Baddies
65 days of static
Joe Gidion and the shark
sqaurepusher
2manydj's
bat for lashes

Pivot are great live. Saw them earlier this year and they blew me away, you should check them

Bat for Lashes.

They sound pretty great - thanks!

This is not here--do you need a guide to like every moment in your life or what!?

Oh do fuck off.

My intentions are good. I'm trying to get you to act a little more self-assured. Yr not exactly exuding self-confidence with all these questions about what to do, you know.

I don't see how this has anything to do with self confidence. If I didn't ask questions about what to do, what to see, I wouldn't have done half the stuff I have loved doing over the years. Whats more, the inability to ask questions is 100% due to a lack of self confidence in my experience. I do go out and explore of my own accord, you are in no place to judge that. I also care what other people have enjoyed, because I don't beleive I know it all like yourself. It's not like i've started a thread entitled "tell me what music I should like", I know that very firmly, I just want to know what others have really enjoyed so I can go and judge it for myself. If you ONLY follow your own nose you will ALWAYS miss out on a hell of a lot, and that's pretty sad.

On the other hand, if you have a big nose, it could open a lot of doors.

I do have a fucking massive nose.

i'd see fleet foxes and Altern8, big nose

i'm guessing you know about them already

classic vintage gmku non-sense.

My nose and I are grateful of these suggestions.

man there's a lot of stuff there which is of either zero interest to me, or that i've never heard of.

i'd go to see Pole though.

Diplo - Has remixed the likes of MIA, and puts out quite a few funk-laden technoey tracks.
DJ Derek - Legendary Bristol DJ, plays a lot of classic reggae and soul.
The Pretty Things - them of "S.F.Sorrow" fame/infamy - this sixties group (contemporaries of the Stones etc) may well still cut the mustard.

if i was going i would check out music from the penguin cafe, they could be shit though, it's the guy who was penguin cafe orchestra's son playing the best of penguin cafe orchestra.

these also:

squarepusher
kraftwerk
derrick carter
i've been told cuban brothers are a laugh live
skream
major lazer
pole, although who knows what he's like nowadays?
i'd check out tinchy strider, even though he's sold out now he might still be good live as he was brilliant when i saw him a few years ago.
joker
plastician
justin robertson (for old times sake)
benga
caspa

Kraftwerk
Fabio & Grooverider
Beardyman(depends if you like beatboxing, but he's skilled)
Skream
Rusko
Alix Perez
Caspa
Coki
Scuba
Benga

honestly d&b and dubstep are not particularly diff. live from at home. and that's my whole list so i don't know if i really love this lineup so much