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Post by Drew on Jun 2, 2012 17:04:01 GMT -8
FD pointed out to me that she has incredible control of her voice. You can hear her just as well when she's whispering as when she's belting out the lyrics. Sometimes I couldn't believe what I was hearing, she just sounded so good, and she's translated all of those songs live in such a dynamic way. Just awesome.
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Post by wonk on Jun 2, 2012 17:23:57 GMT -8
A voice alone does not equal an amazing performance. We can all agree St. Vincent has a great voice too, and no one was disappointed by her performance.
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Post by Drew on Jun 2, 2012 17:44:11 GMT -8
Certainly. But Feist rocked.
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Post by Drew on Jun 2, 2012 17:44:53 GMT -8
I thought Beirut was boring
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Post by Pea on Jun 2, 2012 17:47:40 GMT -8
I loved Beirut. That set was years in the making for me. I thought it was a very charming set, and the sun was just starting to lower over the hills so it helped make for a beautiful backdrop.
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Post by badchoices on Jun 2, 2012 18:03:47 GMT -8
Beirut's drummer made the funniest face. I loved that guy
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Post by tesla on Jun 2, 2012 20:19:49 GMT -8
Beirut's drummer made the funniest face. I loved that guy Totally forgot about that until now! Good call. Scenic World is my jam - combined with an actual sunset was just beautiful. Never ceases to amaze me how people can come out of the same show with such polarized opinions. I'm trying to get better at not raining on someones parade. I had two friends who went to Nero over Beck and I'm happy to say thay I was able to refrain from telling them what a poor choice I thought they had made. One of my other friends however wasn't so kind. After finding out they had missed Beck his first instinc was to say: "Talk about poor life choices" followed by awkward silence.
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Post by Geoff on Jun 2, 2012 21:34:27 GMT -8
Beirut's drummer made the funniest face. I loved that guy He looked like he had no idea where he was.
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Post by bort on Jun 3, 2012 6:50:08 GMT -8
Best: 1. St. Vincent (Nothing else even comes close. Been going to fests for nine years and that is definitely in my top three festival sets ever. The operative word here is INTENSE. And she crowd surfed on top of me a few times.) 2. Little Dragon 3. Santigold 4. Feist 5. Beck (on here for merit of setlist alone; performance of the hits felt very flat, but nailed the Sea Change material and "Mutherfuker")
Also good: Metric, Metric (acoustic), Gary Clark Jr, Explosions in the Sky, The Joy Formidable, honeyhoney, Deer Tick (covers set), Rob Delaney, The Walkmen, Active Child
Underwhelming: Dum Dum Girls (I <3 them, but the performance never took off and sound problems never went away, so I would give them another chance), Polica, Of Monsters and Men
Rubbish: Silversun Pickups, Girl Talk, tune-yards, Tenacious D
Better than I thought would be: Childish Gambino
Better than I thought would be, but forgot about completely 5 minutes later: Pretty Lights
Most spirited performance of mediocre music: The Head and the Heart (acoustic)
Too fried on acid at the top of the hill in a post-St. Vincent state of delirium and hysteria to properly focus on but was probably very good: Jack White
Awful: Portlandia
Thank you for playing the one song I care about at exactly the right time: SBTRKT
Was probably great but I left after the first song because it was too much of a hazardous clusterfuck, especially for someone tripping balls: The Roots
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Post by bort on Jun 3, 2012 6:52:07 GMT -8
FD pointed out to me that she has incredible control of her voice. You can hear her just as well when she's whispering as when she's belting out the lyrics. Sometimes I couldn't believe what I was hearing, she just sounded so good, and she's translated all of those songs live in such a dynamic way. Just awesome. And she actually rocked it. Livelier than one would expect, and I had seen her before. Really dug the reinventions of some of the older material, too.
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Post by Blacksmile on Jun 3, 2012 7:01:56 GMT -8
1. Bon Iver 2. Beck 3. St. Vincent 4. Jack White 5. Charles Bradley 6. Beirut 7. The Joy Formidable 8. Reignwolf 9. The Civil Wars 10. Mark Lanegan
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Post by scough on Jun 3, 2012 8:56:07 GMT -8
I seriously regret missing St. Vincent to try to get closer for Jack White, and then leaving a few songs into The Roots' set because my friends had no interest in them. Next year if I'm able to go I'll stick to my game plan and break off from the group if I have to. I don't even want to know how long it'll be until I have an opportunity to see The Roots again.
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Post by stingray on Jun 3, 2012 12:07:08 GMT -8
My biggest regret is probably missing most of tune-yards for the Shins, whom had the most underwhelming performance all weekend I found.
However, it did present me with one of the funniest moments of the weekend as well: as the random hang-glider guy tears through behind the mainstage during the Shins' set, the crowd erupts into cheers and applause, and James Mercer takes a step back, eyes to the floor, smug smile on his face with a little nod, thinking we're going nuts for him.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2012 12:08:04 GMT -8
I forgot about the hang glider! That was really cool.
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Post by Geoff on Jun 3, 2012 15:10:03 GMT -8
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Post by Pea on Jun 3, 2012 15:12:54 GMT -8
Worst band.
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Post by badchoices on Jun 3, 2012 15:13:53 GMT -8
I loved the D. Wish I could have seen more...but Spiritualized fucking ruled
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Post by Fig on Jun 3, 2012 15:18:02 GMT -8
That Spiritualized set was something really special for me. Lucy and I had become quote enamored with them doing lineup research with them and ending the festival watching that with her.was fucking magical.
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Post by scough on Jun 3, 2012 15:52:08 GMT -8
It seems nearly unanimous on this board that Portlandia was terrible, which makes me glad since I opted for Alabama Shakes (who were incredible) instead. I caught the last three songs of The Civil Wars after that and wish they had been in a non-conflicting time slot. Adam Zacks could seriously fill 2013's lineup with the bands that I missed last weekend and it would still be amazing. Most prior years were filled with bands that I didn't care to see for the first half of each day, however 2012 was solid from start to finish.
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Post by Fig on Jun 3, 2012 15:54:20 GMT -8
Alabama Shakes was a fucking riot.
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