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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #180 on Jun 1, 2011, 11:25pm »
Last time we saw Iron & Wine it was pretty much an acoustic set. It was pleasant enough, but Iron & Wine's set on Saturday was WAY better. In fact I thought they were pretty incredible; I'm not much of a fan, but after that shit I plan on looking into them a little more. That horn section was unbelievably awesome.
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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #181 on Jun 2, 2011, 12:03am »
I'm seriously digging all the Black Mountain love. One of my favorite live bands. Funny story: they played a tiny bar in my shithole town the day I left for Sasquatch, $5 tickets. I missed there set due to my overall terrible planning/time allotment/etc. , wasn't too pleased about that.
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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #182 on Jun 2, 2011, 12:03am »
1. !!!- definetely one of my cave bands, we were front row rail and totally got a hug from Nic-amazing.

2. Modest mouse- have been hit or miss the few times I've seen em, but wow were they great.

3. Chromeo- best dance party of the weekend, hands down.

4. Foster the people- only heard a few of their songs before this, but they blew me away- such a high energy show. Couldn't believe how huge the crowd was, luckily we had a spot close to the front.

The rest are a mix of ratatat, matt and Kim and yeasayer, so much fun bouncing around in my fireworks glasses and tutus haha!

I definetely wish I had skipped the end of skrillex, told my neighbors I'd give him a chance but the music and crown was a bit overwhelming.
At one point I overheard a friend asking " is skrillex a guy or a girl"- thought that was pretty funny
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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #183 on Jun 2, 2011, 12:26am »
I actually enjoyed skrillex. I had about -1 expectations for his set after hearing about his show at coachella, yet I was impressed. Wasn't my favorite set of the weekend by any means, but I would be lying if I said I didn't have fun.



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« Reply #184 on Jun 2, 2011, 12:50am »

Jun 2, 2011, 12:03am, monsterface wrote:


4. Foster the people- only heard a few of their songs before this, but they blew me away- such a high energy show. Couldn't believe how huge the crowd was, luckily we had a spot close to the front.




ugh...really? Late start. Sound problems. The 15th band I saw with a big bass drum. A lead singer with shoulder epilepsy.

Really, it was impossible for them to live up to the hype so I can sympathize with them a little; but even so, they were in the bottom 10% of the shows this week. I was bored.

Hopefully you got their early enough to see White Denim. Now that was a fucking tight set. Me and Mr. Tweedy agree on that.

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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #185 on Jun 2, 2011, 1:15am »
Wye Oak - INCREDIBLE! The girl can sing & shred and the guy plays drums and keyboards AT THE SAME TIME! They sounded so good. Wish they had more of a crowd. The two buddies I dragged (reluctantly) to this were stunned how good they were.
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/29/136581951/sasquatch-2011-wye-oak-live-in-concert

Yeasayer - rocked the truck out. Great show/vibe/crowd. Would have been a perfect ending to Sunday evening if not for...

Ratatat - who blew me away. Jaw agape, dancing my ass off the whole time. Only could have been better with Molly.

Deerhunter - so talented. Perfect to the festival. I caught a little of Major Lazer, but a show like Deerhunter put on was exactly how I wanted to feel at the close.

Washed Out - did an impressive job with a very new band who are still getting to know each other, but sounded great. The new songs were stellar. Can't wait for the debut now. Hope to see a full show soon. Seemed like there was a decent crowd for an act of his size.

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Bright Eyes - it was great to see them in such a setting, especially since it will be the last. They sounded good, but I've seen much better from them (and very recently). So while it seems weird not to Top 5 my favorite band at my favorite festival, it just didn't define the weekend as much as those above.

Gayngs - lot of talented musicians in this band. The sax was sick. However, this was the type of show that requires a female companion (for me anyway).
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« Reply #186 on Jun 2, 2011, 1:24am »

Jun 2, 2011, 12:26am, DeadPunk wrote:
I actually enjoyed skrillex. I had about -1 expectations for his set after hearing about his show at coachella, yet I was impressed. Wasn't my favorite set of the weekend by any means, but I would be lying if I said I didn't have fun.



I have to agree. My friends all talked me into seeing Skrillex instead of The Decemberists, and it ended up being really awesome. While the visual aspects were nothing like Bassnectar, I actually liked the sound a lot more, we all danced our asses off.

Other than that my top ones in no order were:
Ratatat
Black Mountain
Beach House
The Thermals
Major Lazer

and I gotta give a mention to Macklemore and Mad Rad for giving me my hip hop fix


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« Reply #187 on Jun 2, 2011, 1:32am »
and HOLY SHIT how did I forget Local Natives, that might have been the best set of the weekend. Didn't know they were capable of rocking Sun Hands that hard
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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #188 on Jun 2, 2011, 9:26am »

Jun 2, 2011, 12:50am, bradberad12 wrote:

ugh...really? Late start. Sound problems. The 15th band I saw with a big bass drum. A lead singer with shoulder epilepsy.

Really, it was impossible for them to live up to the hype so I can sympathize with them a little; but even so, they were in the bottom 10% of the shows this week. I was bored.



This. Foster the People were super disappointing. I couldn't hear a word and the band sounded like they were playing through a tin can.

Where were you at? I was at those picnic tables right in front of that soy joy tent and we bailed after 2 or 3 songs. Bummer.
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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #189 on Jun 2, 2011, 10:23am »

Jun 2, 2011, 9:26am, wompwomp wrote:


This. Foster the People were super disappointing. I couldn't hear a word and the band sounded like they were playing through a tin can.

Where were you at? I was at those picnic tables right in front of that soy joy tent and we bailed after 2 or 3 songs. Bummer.


Haha...that's funny, I mighta seen you leave. The four of us were right in between the two picnic tables. If you remember seeing tall dude in a cowboy hat (of all the things to remember ::)), well, I was next to him.
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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #190 on Jun 2, 2011, 11:03am »
1. Foo Dr. Garbanzohters - totally exceeded my expectations
2. Robyn - totally lived up to my expectations. FEMBOT!!! :)
3. !!! - insane show. loved every second of it. Nic is a pretty sick dancer
4. Flogging Molly - I'm not sure there was another band on the mainstage that engaged an audience nearly as well as they did. Fantastic Show.
5. Foster the People - I'm not sure what show some of you guys heard... but from where I was standing, it was a fantastic performance.
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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #191 on Jun 2, 2011, 11:27am »
1) Foos - from what I remember. I was told that I was having the MOST FUN EVER at least!
2) Jenny & Johnny - finally finally finally got to see my love Jenny Lewis live from the front row and it was so very lovely. Too bad about her boyfriend being there! ;)
3) Black Mountain - totally didn't forget the rock on the bus. Ho.Ly.Shit.
4) Head & the Heart - so funky and fun. I just had so much fun watching them.
5) Modest Mouse - killed it.

Plus a bunch more. There was some seriously good music happening this year!
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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #192 on Jun 2, 2011, 11:37am »
Now that more memories are coming back I have to also mention the radness of Wye Oak, Black Joe Lewis and Robyn.
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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #193 on Jun 2, 2011, 11:53am »
i also really enjoyed: Local Natives, Typhoon, The Drums, the Antlers & Chromeo
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Re: Top 5 Performances
« Reply #194 on Jun 2, 2011, 12:24pm »
Great to see all the Modest Mouse love. I missed most of Iron and Wine's set, regretfully, as I was drinking gin out of a ziplock bag.
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