HERE COMES EVERYONE POST: Playlist for the Week - Glastonbury

With this year’s Glastonbury Festival looming imminently, we at HCE though it would be fitting to focus this week’s playlist around great acts that will be playing at this year’s festival. Acts included are a mixture of artists, from ones we anticipate will provide an excellent performance, to ones we know have been fantastic live in the past. Some are more obvious selections of the festival’s artists, but we have also included other less known, or lesser-hyped artists that are definitely worth checking out, whether you are lucky enough to be at the festival, or watching it on the red button.

Darwin Deez – “Radar Detector”
An odd looking chap he may be, but Darwin Deez is a quietly charismatic performer, with wonderfully, calmly upbeat songs. “Radar Detector” is perfect for a summer festival, with its spangly guitar riffs laden with up-strokes, cute but not overly romantic lyrics and a generally positive disposition. It should definitely get the audience boogying away.

Darwin Deez - Radar Detector by LuckyNumberMusic

Gruff Rhys – “Shark Ridden Waters”
Gruff Rhys is somewhat of an unsung hero of the new-folk scene. He has received significantly less press than contemporaries such as Mumford and Sons, but to my mind has just as much talent and a fair degree more intrigue, with interesting and clever lyrical concepts and a quaintly arresting guitar accompaniment. Make sure you catch him if you can.

Gruff Rhys - Shark Ridden Waters by CulturedeluxeDotCom

Jimmy Eat World – “A Praise Chorus”
Jimmy Eat World always put on a good show, with their idiosyncratic style of intelligent pop-punk. “A Praise Chorus” is a typical track of theirs – punchy, swift, with great guitar riffs, diverse vocals and proactive lyrics.



Caribou – “Odessa”
HCE saw Caribou perform at last year’s Offset Festival and he was fantastic. Surrounded by a collective of talented musicians, he created a wash of mellow, intriguing and satisfying sounds, full of interesting timbres and subtle hooks. I am sure Caribou’s Glastonbury performance will be no different.

Caribou - Odessa by hollyfruits

Janelle Monae/Big Boi - “Tightrope”
Monae and Big Boi are actually playing consecutive solo slots on the West Holts stage on Saturday night, but as they are such good friends, and prolific musical collaborators, I am sure they will guest in each other’s sets. The performance of “Tightrope” is sure to unite this pair of R&B’s most talented and innovative performers.

Janelle Monae - Tightrope by Arwind

Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Yet again there has been the habitual bitching from rockist camp over Glastonbury allowing a pop/R&B/rap artist to headline at the festival. This is to my mind a tired and staid argument – Glastonbury is about all music, not just rock and indie, and Beyonce will undoubtedly provide us with a fantastic performance. “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” will be a fantastic highlight of her performance - perhaps even of the whole festival.



Barenaked Ladies – “Be My Yoko Ono”
Barenaked Ladies make music that everyone can enjoy. “You Can Be My Yoko Ono” is a perfect example of their work: its heartfelt, but not earnest, fun and romantic, with an upbeat ska-cum-country vibe that is sure to uplift a potentially very wet Glastonbury Friday. I just hope they play the Big Bang Theory theme tune…