Ooooof. I'm sure there are some teenagers out there who are freaking pumped right now, but that is a brutal lineup for someone with my musical tastes. Hozier might be the only band on that group of headliners who I would pay to see separately from a festival. I like the Killers well enough, but I've seen them repeatedly and really don't need them again. Stray Kids is apparently a K-pop boy band. Melanie Martinez is terrible. I saw Future and he was mediocre. Tyler doesn't interest me at all. SZA has some cool songs, but I just don't love R&B. Skrillex still exists?
And then in the smaller type, it really never gets much better. I remember Deftones having a few good songs thirty years ago. Two Door Cinema Club is fun. Killer Mike and Vince Staples are legit. I like Wilderado and Militarie Gun. Cool to see Briscoe on here.
But if this lineup showed up in Austin I would legit have a hard time. Unless all of those smaller artists are rad rock and roll bands. Actually, let's just quickly sample:
- Post Sex Nachos - "Talk About It" is generic synth rock that feels like 40 of the things on last year's ACL lineup.
- Quarters of Change - "Kiwi" is a soft-rock indie thing whispered by some dude that gets a little jam bandy after a while.
- Wisp - "Your face" feels like the Deftones wanted to cover that Slowdive band from the 90's but with a female singer. I kinda like it.
- It's Murph - "Food for the Soul" is thumping techno/house.
Yeah, none of those poke out as helping me get excited about the lineup. Man, I really hope some of my predictions are right, or this year may be a tough one! I'm going to dive deeper into these headliners and their schedules soon.
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