- King Automatic (please, please, please!!)
- Asskickers Enmascarados: Absolutely nothing to say, no words. Just check them:
http://www.myspace.com/losassk...

Thank you!

Great blog you got here...keep up the good work.

I would like Daniel O'Sullivan to appear at Supersonic in some form again.
Mothlite would be the most desirable!

I think that The Locust would be a rather good addition also.

Oh, and Nadja!

Mastodon!

Today is the day, kill the client, pale horse, jesu, scott hull, weekend nachos,zozobra, weedeater, unearthly trance,neurosis...neurosis...neurosis! please.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions but we have pretty much got the line up confirmed for this year and all will be revealed very soon. As they say the judges have made their final decision and the lines are now closed...please send ideas for next year from September

Just have to mention Boris like so many people, they would be so good. Maybe some dubstep too. Melt-Banana and Rolo Tomassi again maybe.

monarch,dj speedranch,house of low culture,coalesce,bloody panda,boris,pelican,p.c.m again!!! neurosis of course and old man gloom would be a dream come true, please please please!!!

CORRUPTED CORRUPTED CORRUPTED. Worth the admission on their own- thankyou so much for getting them on the bill. I never thought I'd get to see them in the UK so it's like Christmas and birthday all rolled into one!
Please make an effort for some decnt vegan food to be available this year; I've always ended up going very hungry in previous years.

sorry how can i forget, A ARMADA.

hi also at sxsw, try MY DISCO,MASERATI,ANCHORSONG,they have been around awhile but,WOVENHAND a must.

Kode 9
Comets on Fire
Hudson Mohawke
Stars of the Lid
Distance
Future of the Left
Tim Hecker
End of Level Boss

FLYING LOTUS!

Can't believe I'm finally going to see Corrupted, thanks whoever sorted that out. One other suggestion, the food last year was pretty dire are far too pricey. Being in the same place for two, maybe three days, it'd be nice if some of the food was abit healthier.

Also, REPULSION!

jazzfinger

gallhammer (jpn) (an awesome blackend crust band) if only to see vivain slaughters dead eyed stare
moss
masada

Nackt Insecten, Messiah Complex

Trap Them or Converge would be incredible on the heaviest side, Pink Mountaintops would be great from a folkier perspective. Electric Wizard? Pissed Jeans? Deerhoof?

Yes I agree with everyone suggesting Silver Mt. Zion! Supersonic does need a big name. These Arms Are Snakes? Regulars to Brum I know but amazing every time. Electronic noise- Squarepusher would be fantastic. Chris Clark to compliment Ventian Snares? Also Russian Circles seem to have evolved into one of the best bands I have seen for a few years.

Zorn
Chrome Hoof
Gang Gang Dance
Boredoms
Melt Banana
Mike Patton
Shit & Shine
Squarepusher
Fennesz
Rolo Tomassi
Bar McKinnon

Jesu, Secret Chiefs 3, The Young Gods, Merzbow, Jesu, Grey Machine, Nadja, anything from Profound Lore or Crucial Blast would work a treat. Would love to see Squarepusher as well - would be an excellent headliner.

Oh yeah, how could I forget: Gate - there's rumours of European shows, so why not? Or The Dead C.

A silver mt zion would be such a vital band to play this year after all theyve done for the survival of the post rock genre and obviously being the closest band to godspeed you black emperor at the moment. I few other bands to note would be Nadja, Mono, Sunn and of course Boris

Motion Theory, a new prog rock/metal band from Durham - have been called "cutting edge progmetallism".

svarte greiner, andrew liles, ignatz, gauze, everything paal nilssen love is involved with, humcrush, the ex, cauldron black ram (australian pirate death/black metal), portal ( amazing inovative death/black from australia), nuit noire, shit and shine, hospitals, dan melchior, pink reason, fabulous diamonds, utarm (black/noise from norway),giuseppe ielasi, the field, gui boratto, pan sonic. i agree with a lot of the other suggestions especialy saint vitus, savage republic and supersilent.

Seeing as they seem to be quietly winding up to doing something, how about High Rise. Please.

Failing that, absolutely anything involving Asahito Nanjo or Munehiro Narita - even a cookery class, I don't care, just so long as they're there.

Savage Republic, Saint Vitus, Keiji Haino solo or with any of his projects, The Necks, The Dead C, Jandek, Ornette Coleman, Kasai All-Stars, Stereolab, ¡¡¡Sightings!!!, Oxbow, Pere Ubu, Broadcast, Melvins, Mark Stewart & the Maffia, Volcano the Bear, Excepter, Magazine, Brainbombs, Model 500, Death Sentence: PANDA!, Sleep, Comets On Fire, Wire, Otomo Yoshihide, Mouse On Mars, Univers Zêro...

Corrupted, Boredoms, Prurient, Zeni Geva, Torche, Sex Vid, Mind Eraser, Tribes of Neurot. There's more but I'm completly forgetting.

Would love to see the secret chiefs 3 and Black cobra.

Oh No/Dr. No, Kong+Jesus Lizard worship/Jesus Lizard, Donovan, Windy and Carl, Emeralds, Daniel Menche, Mission of Burma, Giddy Motors/Poino, Miracle Condition/US Maple actually performing etc. None of this because I can't afford to come.

Note; you run a fairly priced and awesome festival.

masada,moss,boris,acid mothers temple,the original silence,Otomo Yoshihide,bongzilla,wolf eyes,gnaw their tongues

Klangmutationen, Caspar Brotzmann

Really don't want Sunn O))) or O'Malley again, bored of him now, every year he seems to appear. How about something a little different like Supersilent? Their Jazz/Noise would be spectacular, and they virtually never play in the UK. What Supersonic needs is a big name like Nurse With Wound or Current 93, someone who really hasn't done Birmingham before or doesn't play in the UK very often.

Mindflayer and Black Pus
John Zorn
Hijokaidan. If the Incapacitants can make the bill even better. If not... well, how about Sponge (the Hiroshiges with Merzbow and Masonna)? Speaking of which, Space Machine and Christine 23 Onna.
Otomo Yoshihide (solo, New Jazz groups, Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden if they haven't broken up).

As for the home front, how about Paul Catten? Let's see the Sontaran Experiment on the bill.

Gotta agree with getting Monster Killed By Lazer - superb band. Also, That Fucking Tank, who are also from Leeds, slay too.

Finally, try for the Jesus Lizard. Please. Try.

YOB, Melt Banana, Circle, Helms Alee, Esoteric, Pilgrim Fathers, Nadja/Aidan Baker, Clouds

Matt Elliott, Third Eye Foundation, The Black Heart Procession, The Fall, Ergo Phizmiz, Meadow House, Simon Munnery (comedian/wise-guy), Snowden, Liars, Renaldo and the loaf, AFX, Uncle Owen Aunt Beru!, Supersilent, Mike Patton!, FENNESZ, ....that;ll do!

PLEASE!

Lightning bolt

John wiese!!!! The usual Southern Lord contingent.....Should the first acts be annaounced soon. It was around this time last year we got the headline acts announced?

Ermm...MELT BANANA!!! Suprised no one has suggested them yet, but yeah Sunn 0))), Om, Wolves in the throne room (just get the entire sounthern lord roster in for a shin dig!) some good breakcore madness and FAUST.

See all the friends links on myspace for inpiration and good music.

Repetative Strain Disorder!

Circle, Harvey Milk, Extra Life, Combat Astronomy, Helms Alee, Ascend, Virus, Irezumi!
Pleeeease! :)

The Lancashire Hotpots

Faust would be awesome to headline a night, as would a return visit from Harvey Milk!

Also Liars, Ectogram, Tinariwen, Lightning Bolt, Boris, Gang Gang dance, Mum, Gallops, Why? would all be super...

Ikscheltaschel sound beautiful (earlier post), they must be worth a slot?!

earth
omar rodriguez
silver mt. zion
jarvis cocker

And some more why not?! [/zoidberg]

Deerhoof (mad but oh so pretty music with childish vocals)
Robert Babicz (swirly techno/house DJ from cologne [I think])
Mouth (derby based stoner/grind duo)
Vex'd (atmospheric anthemic dubstep)

you have got to book THE BLACK ANGELS from Texas, great band for a prime slot on Saturday night.....My mate Gav' is still going on about OM !!!!!!!

DISCHARGE - stoke finest

Hello, i'm afraid i've come to post somer more suggestions (as well as second a few ideas mentioned here)

A Forest Of Stars (like a black metal Miasma & TCOHH)
Adultnapper (brilliant techno DJ behind Audiomatique 2.0)
Antony & The Johnsons (releases a new album this album)
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer (seriously evil noise)
Burial Hex (barbaric esoteric heathen noise/dark ambient)
Crystal Castles (too controversial? lovely noise to dance to)
Current 93 (this would be a dream come true)
Cut Copy (melodic and lovely indie dance malarkey)
Free Kitten (freaky feminist rock)
Future Of The Left (bizarre rock from the ex-Mclusky guys)
Gang Gang Dance (somebody mentioned them and I second their request)
Gnaw Their Tongues (straddling the lines between noise, ambient and BM)
Headhunter (proper 'bo dubstep)
Health (if you drums you'll like health)
Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat (epic heathen folkiness)
The Knife (best electronic band ever)
Kylie Minoise (ultra harsh and shortlived blasts of noise)
Metronomy (too indie perhaps?)
New Risen Throne (released one of the best dark ambient albums ever back in 07)
The Presets (anybody heard that Apocalypso record they released in 08?)
Sachiko (ritualistic and very Japanese ambient)
Vestigial Limb (tape raping harsh noise)

'owzabout The Books?

Also Califone, Om, Murcof, Alexander Tucker (again).

You have got go for Sunn O))) again, they were fucking amazing in 2007, also OM, cos my mate Gav hasn't stopped raving about them since he saw them there......All nighter ? NO! how would folk get up for breakfast in the morning ? Faust, oh yes !, Acid Mothers Temple for sure, best live band I've seen in a long time......Knod from manchester, they are also amazing live....I will be back with more suggestions when I'm awake !

Anything with Mike Patton.

Weedeater would be awesome. What about John Zorn doing something or another?

Zach Hill, Marnie Stern, Hella, Melvins, Oxbow, Lightning Bolt, Grails, Ascend, Weedeater, Dalek, Sleepytime Gorilla museum, Neurosis,Don Caballero, Zeni geva, Efterklang, Boris, The Locust......

Kayo dot (or even Maudlin of The Well seeing as there is talk of new releases), Esoteric, Church of Misery

Boredoms, Om, Jack Rose, Circle, Nadja, Boris, Growing, Chrome Hoof, Mike Patton. Please.

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of course...

Frank Sidebottom as compere = best idea in this thread.

kay dot please, okthxbye

Shameless self promotion...Citalopram. Would seriously love to play this festival...

Aside from that Masonna, Sunn O))), Grunt, Wolf Eyes, Boredoms (as if...), Boris, Esoteric, Peste Noire, Lifelover, Shining. Any of those if at all possible.

Would it be possible to have Litmus and Black Angels added to the list please? Also finishing on a proper Hell-Yeah turn like Boulder or Scissorfight would be great - go out with a bang not a whimper. Lastly, have you considered having a compere for 2009? Frank Sidebottom would be the obvious choice but some celebrity nutjob like Julian Cope would also be good. Worth a thought?

Secret Chiefs 3, Gnaw, Kraftwerk

*cough* *cough* mazagene www.last.fm/music/mazagene *cough* *cough*

shameless plugging aside, id say the sleep sessions, massonna, fuck buttons, nihilist spasm band and perhaps you could force godspeed you! black emperor and yellow swans to reform? at gun point? if its not to much effort that is

You're all overlooking Hector Osbert. He's gonna pwn 2009 methinks.

I Am Tim Steel - http://www.last.fm/music/I+am+...

Drugzilla - http://www.myspace.com/drugzil...

Drugzilla - http://www.myspace.com/drugzil...

I'd like to second Stereolab plus also Antique Seeking Nuns, G.L.O.W. and Circulus, to name but a few.

Yes i agree Monster Killed By Laser are ripping up the scene at the moment with their subtle brand of King Crimson esque prog genius and would be an absolute worthy addition!! Check em out on th' myspace shennanigans!!

Monster Killed By Laser from Leeds would be the icing on the dogs cock!! they rule the world!

CRYSTAL CASTLES

crystal castles - www.myspace.com/crystalcastles
earth
sunn o)))
health
aids wolf
PRE
the big pink - www.myspace.com/thebigpink
metronomy
sonic youth
melvins
mike patton in any shape or form
lykke li
mystery jets

After seeing both David Scott Stone (sometime Melvins cohort) and Lucky Dragons play some of the most bewitching, captivating performances i've seen in a while this weekend, definitely book them! Another shout for Foot Village too!

Fleshpress, Yob....

I'll add a vote for Ikscheltaschel (http://www.myspace.com/Ikschel... Danish rap miesters where one member is a 12ft dragon. They don't rap in Danish, but some sort of made-up language - fantastic.

Book Iridescent (the band) to play at the 2009 Supersonic Festival .
Cheers , A.

+1 for A Forest of Stars! Pelican and A Silver Mt. Zion would be great as well.

give us a listen!

www.myspace.com/breakglassemer...

please!

young widows, wildildlife, grails, todd, snake apartment, mammal, theusaisamonster, geronimo, pan sonic, kevin drumm, landed, aluk todolo, unsane, psychic paramount, lungfish,.janek schaefer, scorn, skull disco, pain killer, jack rose, enablers, my bloody valentine, gang of four, liquid liquid

Corrupted playing solidly for 72 hours!!!

Wes's suggestions are nearly all spot on, Sightings and Shit & Shine especially.

Hi. I'd like to see some metal that wasn't droney/doomy so how about A Forest of Stars (UK Victorian-themed black metal) and Fen (heavy post-rocky BM) or if you can bring someone over then Wolves in the Throne Room (US) or Darkspace (Switzerland). All atmospheric and heavy and wonderful.

Foot Village, The Goslings, To Live and Shave in LA, Sightings, Shit and Shine (again and again), Todd, Part Chimp, The Skull Defekts, Geronimo, Monno, Mouthus, White Mice, Daughters, Grey Daturas, Muffpunch and Interlard

Cardiacs (if Tim is better, that is), Psychic TV, Nurse with Wound, Faust, Queen Adreena, Supersilent, Bardo Pond, Electric Wizard.
I'd have to second the Amon Duul 2 suggestion as well

Moss, Corrupted, Prurient, Hair Police, Mouthus, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, KK. Null!!

Torche.... who WILL im/explode your brains tomorrow night.... John Zorn, Growing, Ufomammut, Zombi, Patton in any genius guise... could Harvey Milk be possible again?!??!... Sun o)))/Boris Altar would reduce me to tears, and the Melvins in their 25th yr would crown it all off! And all the other surprises you are so good at treating us to....

DETHSCALATOR

Challenge of the decade.... King Crimson!

Six Finger Satellite, Burial Chamber Trio, Wolf Mangler, Pyramid Head, Sarahs charity, Blood ov thee Christ, Wraiths, Groaner, Goatsnake, Katie Skilling, Blind Idiot God, T.D.A.R, Lair of the Minator, DEVO, HEIRS, Lake of Blood, Tomb King, Deathspell Omega, Caricatures, GNAW, Drawing Down the Moon,

Coffins, Burning Witch, Khanate, Justin Broadrick, Skinny Puppy

Hey,

Here's a few
Kevin Drumm (solo or duo with S. O'malley), Burning Star Core, Keith Rowe, blue sabbath black sheer, sufjian stevens, plotkin/wyskida duo+ trio with aaron turner , knut, Faust + Dälek, Gaza, Sunn+Boris playing Altar, Gnaw (alan dubin's new project), VIKI, Joe Colley+Jason Lescalleet,.....

Hope to come back next year!

Laibach.. now that would be special :)

Merzbow, Aranos, Henrik Nordvargr Björkk, Darkspace, Sunn

Frank Sidebottom.

In no particular order: Gang Gang Dance, Boredoms, OOIOO, Animal Collective, Health, Marnie Stern, Ariel Pink, Barr, Atlas Sound, Dan Deacon, Kim Hiorthøy, Konono Nr. 1, Magik Markers, Mika Miko, The Ohsees, Shoplifting, Tall Firs, Sonic Youth. I'm sure whoever you book it's going to be goodtimes anyway. Here's to 2009.

gotta second The Knife and Wolfgang Voight, would be good to see some more electronic stuff to balance out the metal ;) . also how about stereolab or better still a stereolab vs broadcast vs ghost box hauntology face off, spooky.. and i wouldn't mind seeing panda bear, animal collective, panasonic or Matthew dear either..

Optrum, Shellac, Wolfgang Voight, Jim White, Hair Police and I can vouch for The Knife being amazing live. Oh and if we're going down the line of kidnapping peoples relatives and holding them at gun-point until they reform and agree to play then Big Black would be nice. As ever though I have all faith in the Capsule girls so do whatever you want!!

ooo yes, how could I forget The Knife, currently in my top 10 and special to me because I discovered them all by myself after hearing Karin's amazing voice on the Royksopp's What Else Is There :)

just thought that these guys may shake things up a bit. everyone loves a heavy metal cover band

I give you Tragedy - a heavy metal Bee Gees tribute band

http://www.letsmaketragedyhapp...

ohhhhh the Knife - yes please - pretty please with sugar and cherries on top

deaf centre, nadja, circle, capricorns, current 93, tunng, electric wizard, grails, melvins, james blackshaw, black moth super rainbow, religious knives, zombi and always - alexander tucker

Throbbing Gristle, Wire, Flipper, Negative Approach, Can, Mission of Burma