If you need a helping hand to decide what acts to check out at this years OFF Festival, check out the top picks from Ride, Young Fathers, Xiu Xiu, Colleen Green and more!

YOUNG FATHERS ARTIST PICKS

  • Golden Teacher​­ we sang with Cassie (one of the two singers) with the William Onyebear show last year and she’s special. The group are rave clash with Krautrock clash with Silver Apples clash with funk…
  • Huun Huur Tu​­ Persian ­ four John Cales without Lou and co and with his old grandad singing about a girl he knew once, in Hamburg port, many years ago.
  • Mick Harvey doing Serge Gainsbourg ­​he’s got to be verrrrry careful…
  • Ogoya Nengo & The Dodo Women’s Group​­ just to see women of all ages being magnificent on stage.
  • Patti Smith ­​a chance to see her doing an album that opened the door to female artists ­ all the women who take the stage wanting to be more like Little Richard and Keith Richard rather than tits and nipples for ogling owe her.
  • Run The Jewels​­ cos these guys are diamond geezers.
  •  Son Lux ­​because he made a bona fide twenty teen classic with Easy which sounds immense live.
  • Sun Ra Arkestra​­ Jerry Dammers V Sun Ra ­ sounds like a wet dream. Does it work? We want to find out.BUFFALO DAUGHTER ARTIST PICKS

    Sun Ra Archestra ­ The legend! We just cannot miss and you know why.

  • The Residents ­ Another legend!
  • Arto Lindsay ­ Our bass player Yumiko just joined his Japan tour this June. He’s our musical hero and also a good old friend.
  • The Julie Ruin: ○ suGar says “We’ve been looking forward to Kathleen’s new band. I already bought their limited running t­shirt!” ○ Yumiko says “I love Kathleen’s music and lyrics since Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. She is our living punk rock star. Looking forward to seeing her new project.”
  • Patti Smith ­ Omg, too many legends on this year’s lineups. This is MUST see.
  • Sutari ­ Ond of the greatest things to be a part of Off Festival is to discover music we’ve never got across. Traditional Polish folk music sounds very intriguing. We don’t want to miss it.
  • Xiu Xiu Plays Twin Peaks ­ Our influence from Twin Peaks is too huge to explain. Looking forward to how they come up.
  • Ztota Jesien ­ Looking forward to the noise rock quartette from Warsaw
  • The Dillinger Escape Plan ­ They will rock our heads out.
    Sunn O))) ­ It would be great to let ourselves melt into the wall of loud yet ambient noise sound.RIDE ARTIST PICKS
  • Andy: Really looking forward to OFF Festival. There are some bands I don’t want to miss: Sun O))) / Sun Kil Moon / Peaking Lights. It will also be great to check out Patti Smith doing horses, as I didn’t get the chance to check her out at Field Day. I will definitely try and check out the Sun Ra Orchestra. I’m also interested to hear Mick Harvey interpret the work of Serge Gainsbourg. Should be a great festival.
  • Steve: I will be making my way to see Susanne Sundfør for some wonderfully moving vocals and retro synth-ness (A Night at Salle Pleyel). My life will improve 100% if Susanne performs both White Foxes and Running to the Sea.
  • Loz: The first record I ever owned was Serge Gainsbourg’s “JeT’aime Moi Non Plus” – an odd one for a 7 yr old – but I’ve been a fan ever since. So I look forward to hearing Mick Harvey perform songs that don’t get to be heard often enough!SON LUX ARTIST PICKS

    Patti Smith – ­​Really interested in witnessing her take on Horses now! I could not imagine what it wouldbeliketoperformsomethingImade40yearsago. Ihaveafeelingthatthereisavery specific magic that will be sparked in this situation.

  • Run The Jewels – ­​If I were a sports star, Run The Jewels would be my walk out music. Also Killer Mike is one of the best MC’s alive. Not to be missed.
  • Young Fathers – ­​I remember the first time I saw Young Fathers was at SXSW in 2013. I had never heard of them, but I remember leaving that show thinking “I have no idea what I just saw, but that was awesome.” It was a bewildering, visceral and sanctified experience.
  • Doldrums­​- I’ve been a fan of Doldrums since they released Empire Sound in 2011. They have a knack for moulding bizarre sonics into pop songs. I’ve also heard that they are wild live.
  • Ought- ­​Caught a bit of their set at a festival once and was really impressed. Ecstatic, propulsive and tightly woven. Highly recommended.MICK HARVEY ARTIST PICKS

    At OFF this year I would love to try and catch the shows by Patti Smith, Arto Lindsay and The Residents, but I suspect I will already have left the country in order to return to Australia.

    GOLDEN TEACHER

    Bands that we would love to see live that we have never had the chance to see before:

  • Decapitated
  • Dj Nigga Fox
  • ILoveMakonnen
  • Ogoya Nengo & the Dodo Women’s Group
  • SelvhenterKING KHAN & THE SHRINES ARTIST PICKS
  • Dean Blunt​­ Love his free approach to music in general.
  • DJ Nigga Fox​­ Part of Lisbons fantastic DJ scene at the moment.
  • Hailu Mergia​­ One of the most relaxing records to listen to on the road!
  • M.E.S.H.​­ One of Berlin`s finest at the moment.
  • Ogoya Nengo & The Dodo Women’s Group ­ We saw their show in Berlin last year and were blown away
  • Ought ­ Played with them in Paris a few weeks ago and were pleasently surprised. Very sublime in a way.
  • Peaking Lights ­​Great music to smoke weed to.
  • Run The Jewels​­ Fantastic last album. It ́s hard not to like these guys.
  • Steve Gunn ­ Steve is a fantastic guitar player and has only gotten better over the years. A fantastic and wonderfully humble musician!
  • Sun Ra Arkestra ­ Good friends of ours and obviously absolute legends. Hopefully they will play the same day as us so we can join forces on stage as we did at NXNW some years ago. Cosmic freakout.
    OUGHT ARTIST PICKS

     

  • Dean Blunt ­ We’ve been listening to different manifestations of his work for a while now. He’s an incredibly intelligent and creative artist whose ways of thinking about music are quite admirable.
  • DJ Nigga Fox ­ Brilliant producer working with the equally brilliant Principe record label in Lisbon who are finally getting well ­deserved recognition. His sets are incredible and we will be dancing there.
  • Iceage​­ Really lovely songs from people who are used to being cold, like us.
  • Dog Whistle ­​Only took one listen to be sold on their bandcamp when looking at Polish artists on the lineup. Really great arrangements that could only be better live.

COLLEEN GREEN ARTIST PICKS

  • I picked a couple of artists that I’m excited to see at the festival.
  • iLoveMakonnen –  because I know some people who think he’s a true genius and I want to see what he’s like. I like his single and his voice, and I love pop music.
  • The Residents  – because their performance sounds really cool. I appreciate the time and effort such artists take to make the experiences they provide special. I’ve never seen them before but my favorite ex­boyfriend likes them a lot and he has really good taste.

XIU XIU ARTIST PICKS

  • ARTO LINDSAY anyone who has had a career as diverse, deep and as long as his will undoubtedly enlighten and surprise.
  • MICK HARVEY PERFORMS THE SONGS OF SERGE GAINSBOURG i got these records when they came out and they introduced me to a wonderfully disruptive world of sleaze and sophistication that hitherto i had not known. one maestro caressing another is…
  • RIDE the majority music in the 90s was awful and the current bands rewarming that flimsy era are even more awful. BUT! ride was one of the few bands doing something powerful, original, touching and crushing and it is a thrill to know they are here.
  • SUN RA ARKESTRA are you ready for this? is your mind ready for this? is your heart ready for this? 5) SUNN 0))) would you like to see a black hole invert your pregnancy and force your consciousness into the shape of doom? well then go see this show.

HUUN HUUR TU ARTIST PICKS

  •  Sun Ra Arkestra
  • Patti Smith performing Horses
  • Ketha

THE JULIE RUIN ARTIST PICKS

H e r e ‘ s j u s t a f ​e w ​o f t h e b a n d s w e w a n t t o s e e :

  • PATTI SMITH performing Horses. “Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine…” Maybe one of the best and most influential opening lines on a rock album, ever.
  • ARTO LINDSAY aka DNA which had one of the first girl drummers that inspired us. Plus, its fricken Arto Lindsay!
  • GIRL BAND. Sara says they have to be seen live to get them, and are her favorite live band of 2015. They are nice guys. Plus they admit their name sucks and they should’ve changed it…
  • BUFFALO DAUGHTER. Japanese 90’s disco dance. We’re especially smitten with the unbearable coolness of guitarist SuGar.
  • MICK HARVEY covering Serge Gainsburg (from Bad Seeds and BIrthday Party). Gorgeous guitar tones, not to mention he produced “Let England Shake” by PJ Harvey that Kathi and Sara both love.
  • OGOYA NENGO & The DODO WOMEN GROUP. All female group from Kenya.
  • SELVHUNTER ­ Danish all female noise experimental jazz group (Sara listens to this kind of thing in her car. Maybe too often in the rest of the band’s opinion. Especially in bad traffic)
  • SONGHOY BLUES. The famous band from Mali that were banned by Islamic extremists. We’re struck by their unique non­western song structures.
  • SUN RA ARKESTRA. Afro­futurism? Yes.
  • BUDOS BAND. Ethiopian afro­futurism? Yes.
  • HALIU MERGIA. A star in the Ethiopian music scene in the 70’s. Now a cab driver in DC.?
  • KING KHAN ­ Because, Garage Rock.
  • XIU XIU performing Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti. I bet this is amazing live and loud, in full glory.


ARTO LINDSAY ARTIST PICKS

  • Ann Liv Young
  • Buffalo Daughter
  • DJ Nigga Fox
  • Sunn O)))
  • Xiu Xiu Plays “Twin Peaks”

THE REVENGE ARTIST PICKS

  • Auntie Flo
  • Tornado Wallace
  • Ron Morrelli
  • Patti Smith
  • Golden Teacher


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