|
Post by Professor Pancakes on May 28, 2013 15:06:33 GMT -8
My top three, by day:
Friday: 1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2. Father John Misty 3. Reignwolf
Saturday: 1. Sigur Rós 2. John Talabot 3. Akron/Family
Sunday: 1. Killer Mike 2. Primus 3D 3. Dropkick Murphy's
Monday: 1. Death Grips 2. The Postal Service 3. Cody Chestnutt
Choosing an overall favorite is too hard right now. The whole thing was just too amazing.
|
|
mrlahey
North American Scumfoot
I'm watching you, like a shithawk.
Posts: 604
|
Post by mrlahey on May 28, 2013 15:32:22 GMT -8
In no specific order
CHVRCHES The Presets Disclosure P.O.S. Holy Ghost Sigur Rós Edward Nutsack Nancy & Beth Death Grips Matthew Dear Alt-J
|
|
|
Post by Goldbart der Hexenmeister on May 28, 2013 15:34:53 GMT -8
1. Sigur Ros 2. Primus 3D 3. Akron /Family 4. CHVRCHES 5. Postal Service 6. Death Grips 7. Cake 8. Vampire Weekend 9. Elvis Costello 10. Edward Sharp
|
|
|
Post by rimjobflashmob on May 28, 2013 16:02:15 GMT -8
1. Sigur Ros 2. Primus 3D 3. Grimes 4. Death Grips 5. Holy Ghost! 6. Matthew Dear 7. John Talabot 8. Fang Island 9. Akron/Family 10. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Too many to fit into one list, really.
|
|
|
Post by weenie on May 28, 2013 16:14:04 GMT -8
I like the by day order. Friday: 1. Vampire Weekend - minus the overcrowdedness related panic attack! 2. Built to Spill 3. Arctic Monkeys Just realized that's all I saw on Friday! I shat the bed that day fer sure. (Although I don't call having awesome times in the campground shitting the bed that hard.) Saturday: 1. SIGUR ROS!! Seriously one of the best experiences of my life. I can't thank my little cuddle puddle compatriots enough. 2. John Talabot 3. Holy Ghost! I had so much damn fun dancing my pants off at that show. Sunday: 1. Grimes - too quiet but damn that girl is a magic fairy pixie of awesome. 2. The Presets - Can't believe how much they surprised me. Whoever said their live show is so different from their records was spot on! 3. Shovels and Rope - I seriously cannot believe I had to experience my boardgasm alone when they covered "Kiss Off" by the Violent Femmes. Monday: 1. JENNY LEWIS!!!!!!!! Not that any of you would know that, I was pretty quiet about it. 2. Tig Notaro - Best comedy act I've seen at 'squatch. 3. Cake - so enjoyable! I can't believe how many of their songs I have all the lyrics to hiding somewhere in my head. Honourable mentions: Nick Offerman, Wild Belle (where I'm pretty sure I saw Darth?), Lumineers and "White Noise" by Disclosure. And Mumford and Sons from the top of the world. AND ALL OF YOU LOVELY PEOPLE!!!!! Seriously, all of y'all take the awesomeness of Sasquatch to such wonderful heights. So much love.
|
|
|
Post by weenie on May 28, 2013 16:19:16 GMT -8
AH I FORGOT CHAVERCHES!! Top 3 of the entire weekend. I cannot wait for their album eek!
|
|
|
Post by Geoff on May 28, 2013 18:50:40 GMT -8
I started to make a list, but I just couldn't. There were too many awesome sets this weekend.
Primus 3D was probably my favorite. Blew my already high expectations out of the water.
The Macklemore & Ryan Lewis set surprised me by how great it was. That dude has been working at it for years to make it to that stage, and you could tell that he was putting in 110% for the performance.
Gotta be honest, I think I preferred seeing Sigur Ros at Edgefield over the Gorge. Don't get me wrong, it was phenomenal, but I think the setting at Edgefield fits their sound a lot better. It probably didn't help that two college kids wouldn't stop talking loudly throughout the ENTIRE show.
Mumford was also a lot better than I thought it would be.
I was right up at the barricade for The Postal Service. I don't even have words for how amazing it was.
Death Grips was insane.
CHVRCHES was beautiful. That girl has the voice of a goddess. Went to their signing afterwards just to tell them how good the set was.
Holy Ghost! was really fun. Although most of the inflatables popped by the end of it.
So many other good ones that I could go on about, but those are the ones I probably enjoyed the most.
|
|
|
Post by Professor Pancakes on May 28, 2013 18:56:35 GMT -8
From my Facebook post just now:
Highlights/Musings from this year's Sasquatch! Music Festival:
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: The best shows are the ones where the performer is at least as excited to be there as the audience. Friday night a kid from Seattle got the chance to headline his hometown festival on the same stage he saw Oukast on years ago. His lifelong dream came true and he put on the best show of his career. I cried at a rap show for the first time in my life.
Sigur Rós: Quite possibly the most intensely beautiful 90 minutes of sound and light I have ever experienced.
Killer Mike: His first festival performance as a solo artist and he was afraid nobody would know him. The welcome he got from the crowd literally brought him to tears and he brought us to church. It was the most intimate hip hop set I have ever seen. I cried at a rap show for the second time in my life.
Akron/Family: 100x louder and noisier than their albums and I'm a 100x bigger fan after seeing them.
Mumford and Sons: Excellent use of light to enhance the emotional build of their songs. Exactly what I expected.
Dropkick Murphys: They've still got it and showed a bunch of noobs what a good old fashioned punk rock mosh pit feels like. Oh yes, there was blood.
John Talabot: One of the best in the world at what he does. Gave me a whole new appreciation for electronic music.
Primus: Two words: 3D.
Honorable mentions to The Postal Service, Death Grips, Torche, Elvis Costello, Devendra Banhart, Tig Notaro, Cake, Arctic Monkeys, Cody Chestnutt, and the thousands of awesome people that shared the experience with us.
|
|
|
Post by davers on May 28, 2013 19:12:12 GMT -8
1. Primus
. . . . .
Other stuff.
Primus might have been the best show I've seen in 5 Sasquatches. I can't even begin to list other bands until I give my brain a few days to fix itself after Primus exploded it.
|
|
|
Post by Jefferin Jeffotash on May 28, 2013 21:45:10 GMT -8
Friday:
1. Vampire Weekend - Very different set than the one in 2010, and for the better...
2. Macklemore - I was a casual listener, familer with his material, but he brought it, it was everything a show like his should be, fun, energetic, great visuals, huge dance party...
3. Sea Wolf - Great Way to open the weekend, got real close, had a friend who was his first concert of any kind and the smile on his face as he played was a memory to last a lifetime...
Saturday:
1. Robert Delong: Wasn't planning for sticking around for his set, ended up right up front and was so glad that we stayed for his set. Him alone up on stage possessed more energy and put on a better show than some full bands that I have seen..
2. Holy Ghost!: One of the most fun sets of the whole weekend, it started off with the the perfect song, the crowd surfers on the turtle, every kind of blow up, even the security guard who made it a game to rip anything that came his way didn't put a damper on the fun..
3. Divine Fits: After watching their set at coachella my enthusiasm waned, but their set on saturday evening was a complete 180...Getting up to the front after everyone bailed after holy ghost made it all that much better
Sunday:
1. Deep Sea Diver: Great way to start the day, I figured that it would be an alright way to ease ourselves into the day but we ended up being the first to show up and had a great time.
2. Grimes: Yeah the vocals were low at the start, but from my vantage point on the retaining wall about halfway back it didn't seem quiet to me at all...I thought she put on an amazing show and was even more amazing by how timid she was when not performing..
3. Primus 3d - I couldn't make it through he whole set but what I saw was one of the best performances that I have seen anywhere, I was pretty far out, but the visuals, the musicianship and everything made it one of the best shows of the weekend....
Monday:
1. Chvrches - The rain only seemed to amplify the experience, once again we got up really close and were blown away, half our party stayed back at camp and I'm sure they were annoyed with how much we went on and on about how good it was...
2. Twin Shadow - We only chose him over disclosure and cake to pre-game for Alt-J and to ensure we got a good spot..It ended up being a great call, the mood was right, the clouds broke and it was the first nice weather act of the day..
3. Alt-J - We waited all weekend for them and the show was huge...
I am just getting finished unpacking and getting my head together after this amazing weekend and I'm sure I will add more later but this is just my first impressions after going through the schedule and remembering all the amazing things that happened this weekend...
|
|
|
Post by Geoff on May 28, 2013 21:51:11 GMT -8
I left the Vampire Weekend set about half way through because the sound was so terrible.
And I LOVE Vampire Weekend. That sound was just a deal breaker for me. What was with the sound at the Bigfoot this weekend?
|
|
|
Post by wonk on May 28, 2013 23:51:57 GMT -8
I usually avoid the board for a couple weeks after the festival so I can let the positivity thrive, but I can't help myself this time. Why are people listing Death Grips as a top act? Did Zach Hill eventually show up? He certainly didn't play the first half of their set. Did that DJ who also regularly skips live sets convince you he was playing music? Is a solo MC Ride screaming at you worth a highlight regardless?
Death Grips are now a fucking joke, and even Death Grips fans can't successfully argue against that point. Objectivity on this board is dying.
|
|
|
Post by badchoices on May 29, 2013 6:50:16 GMT -8
I usually avoid the board for a couple weeks after the festival so I can let the positivity thrive, but I can't help myself this time. Why are people listing Death Grips as a top act? Did Zach Hill eventually show up? He certainly didn't play the first half of their set. Did that DJ who also regularly skips live sets convince you he was playing music? Is a solo MC Ride screaming at you worth a highlight regardless? Death Grips are now a fucking joke, and even Death Grips fans can't successfully argue against that point. Objectivity on this board is dying. Before we walked into the venue that day I said I would not be watching Death Grips if Zach Hill wasn’t on stage. After the first couple of tracks we decided to check out half of the set from the Jack Daniels beer garden and have a drink. I was dancing my ass off back there while singing the lyrics that I knew. I thought MC Ride held it down by himself but it was basically like listening to the albums for me. Better than I thought but not what I wanted to watch (Zach Hill). I wouldn’t consider Death Grips a joke by any means though. They need to make it clear who is going to be present though in case somebody buys a ticket to one of their club shows expecting the real deal.
|
|
crowell
Grunting Yowie
Captain Obvious
Posts: 184
|
Post by crowell on May 29, 2013 7:22:26 GMT -8
If you missed Capital Cities, you missed a damn good show. 1:30 pm. Even people crashed out in the upper bowl passed out from the night before were up on their feet dancing. Expect them to play an 8pm slot on the main stage in 2 years. It was almost as good as Girl Talk 2012, but at 1pm in the afternoon.
|
|
|
Post by rüstü on May 29, 2013 8:26:32 GMT -8
Friday: Matthew Dear Youth Lagoon Built To Spill
Saturday: John Talabot Sigur Ros Holy Ghost
Sunday: Grimes Danny Brown/Earl Sweatshirt (both were so good!) Azari & III
Monday: Disclosure The Postal Service Toro Y Moi
I was going to elaborate on a few, but I'm way too tired for that. What a great year!
|
|
beefyt
Baby Eating Ice Cream
%\0\%
Posts: 42
|
Post by beefyt on May 29, 2013 8:56:52 GMT -8
Capital Cities was so much fun that afternoon! Some of the wildest on-hill dance parties of the weekend. I can't wait to hear them at another sasquatch.
Other favourites:
Disclosure CHVRCHES Empire of the Sun Edward Sharpe John Talabot Presets
Disappointments: Grimes and Vampire Weekend (because of the sound quality at Bigfoot - WTF!?)
Overall, amazing sasquatch!
|
|
|
Post by Fig on May 29, 2013 9:29:28 GMT -8
Death Grips even though Zach Hill wasn't there and I almost died moshing.
Disclosure
Sigur Ros
John Talabot
Matthew Dear
Holy Ghost!
|
|
|
Post by Geoff on May 29, 2013 9:50:30 GMT -8
I honestly think that Primus set was the best set I've ever seen at Sasquatch. It's a shame part of their set conflicted with Mumford. Everyone needed to experience how amazing it was.
|
|
gbvfan
Baby Eating Ice Cream
Posts: 22
|
Post by gbvfan on May 29, 2013 9:55:40 GMT -8
Favorites-
1. Primus 2. Lumineers 3. Macklemore 4. Imagine Dragons (had extremely low expectations and they blew them out of the water, great live band) 5. Dropkick Murphys 6. Elvis Costello 7. Red Fang 8. Divine Fits 9. Cake 10. Arctic Monkeys
Missed acts: Sigur Ros (decided to see Tame Impala instead), Mumford and Sons, Alt-J (GF and I were pretty well split versus Lumineers, decided to go with the belt sander), Vampire Weekend (decided not to run all the way over there before Macklemore)
Disappointments: Built to Spill- Doug's vocal performance was really listless in my opinion, like he wasn't even trying to hit the right notes. Instrumentation was fine though. Tame Impala- Two big issues here, one was the nearly 2 hour wait till their set started, and the second was that the stage was too crowded and we couldn't really see anything
Overall an AMAZING weekend, by far the best festival I've been to
|
|
|
Post by Professor Pancakes on May 29, 2013 10:17:46 GMT -8
I honestly think that Primus set was the best set I've ever seen at Sasquatch. It's a shame part of their set conflicted with Mumford. Everyone needed to experience how amazing it was. I only watched about 20 or 30 minutes of Mumford so I could get a good spot for Primus. Stood right in front of the sound booth with my arm on the center rail and my jaw on the floor. The visuals were awesome, but I honestly would have liked to see the band lit up more. The 3D was cool, but I could watch Les Claypool's fingers dance on a bass guitar all night long.
|
|