Based on the limited info we have so far, what's your prediction for potential heartbreaking clashes?

What would be your worst senario?

The Bomb and The Dopamines, just cuz they're my top 2 must sees. Pretty much nil chance of that happening though I'd say.

I think the biggest clash for me would be a Paint It Black/Touché Amore/Make Do and Mend three way clash. I would choose PIB cause I've never seen them but would seriously bummed.

anything with the suicide machines or young livers. I would be fucked.

definitely go see the bomb. jeff pezatti is a legend, and given his rumored health problems, who knows how much longer he can keep going. plus they'll probably play a couple naked raygun songs...last year they played "soldier's requiem" and "rat patrol".

Off the top of my head, I can't remember having any last year. Other than missing Algernon Cadwallader because I didn't want to leave Common Grounds on the Saturday. Had just seen them in Glasgow though, so it wasn't the end of the world. Pretty lucky.

For this year, any combination that leads to me having to choose between: Dear Landlord, Iron Chic, Grown Ups, Good Luck or Young Livers will probably burst my brain while trying to decide.

Last year was pretty bad for some major clashing. Coalesce, 7 Seconds, and Polar Bear Club at the same time really. But I managed to see the 1st half of each band's sets and was able to get into each venue easily. However.... Sunday last year sucked because Samiam, Tiltwheel, and Shook Ones. I went with Samiam.

Anyways, I really hope that Suicide Machines won't have a huge clash. From what I've heard/seen Torche, Valient Thorr, Kylessa, Black Tusk, and High On Fire are apparently at 8 Seconds instead of Common Ground, which means won't be hard to miss really since it's 1,000 person capacity (?). I really don't want Hard Skin to clash with anything either.

I finally wanna see shook ones and flatliners at the Fest, missed both bands last two years as they played against bands that dont come often to the Fest

Wait. Flatliners last year was during a lot of bands that do often come to Fest... unless you speak of Sharsk Come Cruisin'.

aaah sorry I wanted to write europe not the Fest... but still I watched red city radio at the time flatlienrs played, a band that played their first Fest show...

Small Brown Bike vs. Iron Chic was my only major clash last year, and I made the wrong decision to go see SBB. I'm pretty relaxed about this year because I've seen so many of the bands on my bands I love list, so I think I'll probably be fine if it comes to making choices.

Iron Chic have rocketed to the top of my must-see list recently.

I think my worst clash last year was Nothington and SBB with Iron Chic. No band is going to get in the way of Iron Chic this year.

last year on Friday night was my only really big conflict, which is weird, because in previous years, Friday night was a pretty relaxed time for me, with not many bands I wanted to see.

For several years in a row, I've missed A Wilhelm Scream. I'd like that trend to change. I also pretty much always miss Defiance, Ohio. So they'll probably play at the same time as AWS.


Bands most likely to cause me to miss some other band-

Frank Turner
Hour Of The Wolf
Twelve Hour Turn
Planes Mistaken For Stars

I can't wait for the schedule to come out so I can pull my hair out over it