List Your Top 10 Must See

[heliumbones]

MGMT
Vampire Weekend
Girls
Local Natives
LCD Soundsystem
Caribou
Ok Go
Morning Teleportation
Dirty Projectors
Simian Mobile Disco

I actually made this list at work today. The lineup is burned into my brain at this point.

1. Pavement
2. My Morning Jacket
3. LCD Soundsystem
4. Broken Social Scene
5. Massive Attack
6. Cymbals Eat Guitars
7. Vampire Weekend
8. The National
9. Midlake
10. Drive By Truckers

Of those, The National is the only band I've already seen

[spandrich]

In no particular order:

MGMT
New Pornographers
She & Him
The Mountain Goats
Dr. Dog
A-Trak
Edward Sharpe & the Magnificent Zeroes
Miike Snow
The Hold Steady
Mumford & Sons

[mykee]

First of all, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for this thread! I'm a DJ/promoter of Electronic (House, Breaks, Electro etc) and don't listen to bands much.. but I checked out all the artists I didn't know that are in everyone's top 10 lists and now I have an idea of what I want to listen to at the festival. That said, here's my personal list -

1. Massive Attack!
2. Simian Mobile Disco - WATCH THIS VIDEO OF THEM LIVE! I've always wanted to see them perform after seeing this (you might have to sign up.. do it, that site has lots of awesome vids) - Simian Mobile Disco live
3. Public Enemy
4. Z-Trip (This guy puts on a unique show every time and personalizes it to the crowd he's playing for.. one of the best DJs in the world!)
5. A-Trak ('cause I know he'll play music you can dance to!)
6. Booka Shade
7. Kid Cudi
8. MGMT
9. Passion Pit
10. Deadmau5 (i'm kind of bored of his live sets since it's all the same every time, just changes the songs around.. and doesn't ever play anything unreleased.. but still, i'm sure he'll be worth seeing on a massive stage)

Most of those aren't bands as you can see, but like I said earlier you guys opened my eyes to some really good bands so here are the top 10 acts I want to see that I've never really known about before now (with the exception of 1 or 2 of their hit songs) -

1. Mike Snow
2. Brother Ali
3. Passion Pit
4. Ok Go
5. Tegan & Sara
6. Mumford & Sons (from the Youtube vid on the front page)
7. The Very Best (African music FTW!)
8. Phantogram
9. Dam-Funk
10. Shabazz Palaces (seems like this, Public Enemy and Brother Ali are the only hip hop goin on?)

and some other notable mentions are Portugal the Man, Patrick Watson and Yacht

Cheers!

[thedean]

MMJ
The Hold Steady
P.E.
Pavement
Massive Attack
Ween
Mayer Hawthorne
The National
Band Of Horses
Cymbals Eat Guitars

[snarf]

MMJ
Ween
The National
MGMT
The Mountain Goats
Tallest man on Earth
Tegan and Sarah (I've seen them live countless times but still great to see)
Minus the Bear (Same as Tegan and Sarah)
Band of Horses
Mumford and Sons

I think Saturday will be the best day which is good because I'm always a little tired by Sunday and totally beat by Monday (yes i skipped Ben Harper and drove home 4 years and that was the first time skipping a headliner seemed ok)

[frenchy949]

Feb 18, 2010 20:29:01 GMT -5 mykee said:

10. Shabazz Palaces (seems like this, Public Enemy and Brother Ali are the only hip hop goin on?)


Cheers!

Wale, Kid Cudi, Fresh Espresso

[newjersey]

Feb 18, 2010 20:29:01 GMT -5 mykee said:

10. Deadmau6

I'm no grammar nazi, this is just kind of funny.

[mykee]

Feb 18, 2010 23:35:06 GMT -5 newjersey said:

Feb 18, 2010 20:29:01 GMT -5 mykee said:

10. Deadmau6

I'm no grammar nazi, this is just kind of funny.

Heh.. total typo, nothing to do with grammar.. Obviously I know who Deadmau5 is I've been DJ'ing his music for 3-4 years now. Back when he was making Electro House with Melleefresh.

[newjersey]

Ha, don't worry, wasn't an attack on you or anything. If I didn't like typos I'd stay away from this board. I just like how that happened, like there's some next-decade sequel to Deadmau5.

[mykee]

Feb 18, 2010 22:41:19 GMT -5 frenchy949 said:

Feb 18, 2010 20:29:01 GMT -5 mykee said:

10. Shabazz Palaces (seems like this, Public Enemy and Brother Ali are the only hip hop goin on?)


Cheers!

Wale, Kid Cudi, Fresh Espresso

Thank you! I knew about Kid Cudi and Wale but not Fresh Espresso. Cheers!

[doumak]

buying my tickets today. i'm so excited.

the national
portugal the man
broken social scene
dr dog
cymbals eat guitars
dirty projectors
new pornographers
mountain goats
girls
minus the bear

missing miike snow for BSS sucks. honorable mentions depending on conflict: the middle east, long winters, mumford & sons, tallest man on earth, midlake, vetiver, NO AGE, japandroids, she & him, passion pit...

the middle of monday is crazy packed. they have to add 3 still so hopefully it pushes japandroids earlier.

[bradberad12]

Feb 19, 2010 11:20:11 GMT -5 doumak said:

buying my tickets today. i'm so excited.

No, you're not.

[ryslice]

Feb 19, 2010 11:20:11 GMT -5 doumak said:

buying my tickets today. i'm so excited.

the national
portugal the man
broken social scene
dr dog
cymbals eat guitars
dirty projectors
new pornographers
mountain goats
girls
minus the bear

missing miike snow for BSS sucks. honorable mentions depending on conflict: the middle east, long winters, mumford & sons, tallest man on earth, midlake, vetiver, NO AGE, japandroids, she & him, passion pit...

the middle of monday is crazy packed. they have to add 3 still so hopefully it pushes japandroids earlier.

I very much doubt they'll push Japandriods earlier, they are getting pretty big. You might be able to catch the first bit of their set though? I've got the same issue with miike snow, and Why? I wanted to see them both, but there is no way I'm leaving that front stage area in between BSS and the National. That's going to be an epic 2.5 hours.

[ackbar]

01. Massive Attack
02. Public Enemy
03. Hudson Mohawke
04. LCD Soundsytem
05. The xx
06. Dam Funk
07. The New Pornographers
08. Neon Indian
09. WHY?
10. Kid Cudi

Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Pavement, Japandroids, MGMT, The National, YACHT, A-Trak, Z-Trip all up there as well..