Animal Collective to Headline Green Man

• 22nd Apr 2009

The Green Man Festival just keep taking it to the next level with the announcement that Animal Collective will headline the Friday night. Having been jobbing around the music scene for 9 albums the collective have finally achieved their Flaming Lips style breakthrough over the past 12 months.

Before that US songwriting legend Roky Erickson, founder of psychedelic blues trailblazers The 13th Floor Elevators, summons the spirit ’66 with a rare live performance beneath the stunning backdrop of the Black Mountains. The Texan singer and guitarist is one of rock and roll’s unsung heroes, influencing generations of musicians as varied as Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, REM, Sonic Youth and The White Stripes.

Throw in an after hours funk-rock-rap-house-disco workout from DJhistory – aka Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, Lowlife organisers and authors of Last Night A DJ Saved My Life – and headlined by the Idjut Boys as well as many others and you’ve got one heady brew of sonic escapism to tempt and tantalize your ear drums.

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