I don't think this is a sudden new reality in my life. Instead, for as much as I have always tried to have my finger on the pulse of the music industry, I have continuously been overwhelmed by the number of bands that exist. I still receive "music industry-related" emails from publicists and often, the bands that are in these emails that advertise a new album or EP often have existed for decades, but only through the email do I learn of their existence. Several years ago, I realized that for every band I know and like, there's a strong possibility that other bands exist that (likely) sound very similar to the bands I like - their existence has just never made it to my finger that was trying to feel the pulse of the music industry, for whatever reason. Just because I haven't heard of the band doesn't mean that they didn't exist, to paraphrase and re-purpose the saying "If a tree falls and no one hears it, did it make a sound?" For me, if a band exists and tours and I don't know of its existence, does that band exist? Well, of course, the answer is yes.
So, at this festival later this year, there's a list of bands that are playing. In fact, this is the list of bands that are playing in alphabetical order. If a band is in bold below, it is a band I have heard of in the past. I am making a distinction between hearing of a band and actually listening to a band. A band that I have listened to is in bold/italics below.
Spoiler Alert: I've heard of 6 bands (6.451612903225806 %)and I have actually listened to 4 bands (4.301075268817204 %), which means I'm at a pitiful point in my music awareness. I imagine that the target audience for this festival knows over 90 % of the bands in this list.
Here is the list of bands playing at the Firefly Festival in Delaware in September 2021:
- Almost Monday
- Aluna
- Anna of the North
- Arlo Parks
- Atlas Genius
- Badflower
- Band of Horses
- Big Wild
- Billie Eilish
- Binki
- Blackbear
- Blossom
- Cage The Elephant
- Cannons
- Caribou
- Carolesdaughter
- Cassy
- Chris Lake
- Claud
- Clever
- Clozee
- Deep Sea Diver
- Denzel Curry
- Des Rocs
- Diplo
- Dominic Fike
- Duckwrth
- Duke Dumont
- Elohim
- Flo Milli
- GG Magree and Mija
- girl in red
- Glass Animals
- Gracie Abrams
- Grandson
- iann dior
- Jordy
- Judah and the Lion
- JXDN
- Kenny Mason
- Kennyhoopla
- Khruangbin
- The Killers
- Kim Petras
- Laundry Day
- Lizzo
- Lost Frequencies
- Lovelytheband
- LP Giobbi
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Madds
- Madeon
- Marc Rebillet
- Maria Isabel
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Michigander
- Middle Kids
- Missio
- Mt. joy
- Nelly
- Noga Erez
- Oliver Tree
- ONR
- Orion Sun
- Peach Pit
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Portugal. the Man
- Positive Movement Drumline
- redveil
- Remi Wolf
- REZZ
- Ritt Momney
- Roddy Ricch
- Role Model
- Royal & The Serpent
- Rossy
- Rozet
- Serena Isioma
- Slander
- $NOT
- Sofi Tukker
- St. Panther
- Still Woozy
- Sub Urban
- Surf Mesa
- Sylvan Esso
- Taking Back Sunday
- Tame Impala
- Tate McRae
- Trevor Daniel
- Turnstile
- White Reaper
- Wiz Khalifa
No comments:
Post a Comment