Lose Campesinos: Another surprise, no idea who they were but very energetic, jumpy. Lead guy is crazy, 4 guys and 3 girls. AND I saw them wandering around just after. Then they were jumped on by 7000 Japanese. Awesome.
Kids in Glass Houses: Awful. I ran.
One Republic: Only caught last half but were very good, chillaxing and I recognised 1 or 2 of their songs
The Subways: Great fun, though starting to get all the girl/guy bands mixed up. Rocky and energetic.
Zebrahead: A bit crazy, knew less songs than I thought but they really got the crowd moving with circle pits and sitting down/jumping. Japanese favourite I think, not as good as I hope though.
Death Cab For Cutie: Why I was here. Totally awesome, though had some technical hitches and the crowd were a bit rubbish I think. I had overhyped it. Still amazing.
Lostprophets: Fantastic to see Last Summer as the sun was setting behind us. Great gig as always.
The Verve: Just caught bitter sweet symphony. Awesome!
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Sunday, 10 August 2008
Saturday, 9 August 2008
9th August 2008
To really journalise the past two days I can really only talk about each band I saw play at this music festival, interrupted between eating far too much, mainly foot long hot dogs ('sonic dogs'), and drinking insane quantities of water as both days were extreme scorchers. So much so that I managed to partially burn my neck on the first day, needless to say the second day I joined the strange yet fashionable cult of draping a towel over the back of my neck. And although it took 4 tube trains just to get to the bus, it was pretty easy and the number of buses laid on at night is astronomical. First night was dropped off at Universal Studios and saw it's cool exterior.
Anyway the bands:
The Wombats: On briefly, caught these, but this British Act seemed pretty good, tho the bands did start to meld together
The Ting Tings: Surprisingly awesome, big in the UK right now but I didn't really know their songs as I haven't been in the UK for half a year. Really got the crowd going, fun and jumpy. Lots of energy.
The Hoosiers: Big attraction for me, they were awesome, did a cover of Eternal Flame and crowd loved them, guy is crazy
Becca: Walking to Biffy Clyro, heard a tiny bit of Becca, sounded good.
Biffy Clyro: Meh, meant to be awesome, probably should of known some of their songs to like/hear them over their own noise. Very Red
The Kooks: Great, though a bit sloppy, funny when they got the whole crowd to sit down and all leap up when song started.
Super Furry Animals: Now it turned out I didn't know any of their songs by the end of the gig, but they were still very good, though not sure I'll 'obtain' their music.
Alicia Keys: After failing to see Hadouken! I was forced to see the pain and agony that is an Alica Keys concert. A bit too gospel and fake for me. Luckily I knew who was next
Coldplay: Mind blowing. Far better than I could have imagined, I knew nearly all the songs (thanks to getting their latest album) and their energy, showmanship and plain Britishness was awesome. Bonus points. Funny as well.
Anyway the bands:
The Wombats: On briefly, caught these, but this British Act seemed pretty good, tho the bands did start to meld together
The Ting Tings: Surprisingly awesome, big in the UK right now but I didn't really know their songs as I haven't been in the UK for half a year. Really got the crowd going, fun and jumpy. Lots of energy.
The Hoosiers: Big attraction for me, they were awesome, did a cover of Eternal Flame and crowd loved them, guy is crazy
Becca: Walking to Biffy Clyro, heard a tiny bit of Becca, sounded good.
Biffy Clyro: Meh, meant to be awesome, probably should of known some of their songs to like/hear them over their own noise. Very Red
The Kooks: Great, though a bit sloppy, funny when they got the whole crowd to sit down and all leap up when song started.
Super Furry Animals: Now it turned out I didn't know any of their songs by the end of the gig, but they were still very good, though not sure I'll 'obtain' their music.
Alicia Keys: After failing to see Hadouken! I was forced to see the pain and agony that is an Alica Keys concert. A bit too gospel and fake for me. Luckily I knew who was next
Coldplay: Mind blowing. Far better than I could have imagined, I knew nearly all the songs (thanks to getting their latest album) and their energy, showmanship and plain Britishness was awesome. Bonus points. Funny as well.
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