Ok, so I went to a festival (Rock Werchter) a couple days ago, and I thought I might as well post who I saw live. It's not like I have to study for two important tests tomorrow...
Day 1:
Well first off, I got to see The Tallest Man on Earth, and it was pretty great. He played all his best songs, but added his band to a lot of them which were previously more stripped down. My dad (with whom I went to the festival) didn't quite love it as much as I did, he's not very much into folk music, but whatever, I still really liked it.
Next up on our list was Ryan Adams. This was a weird one, since he abandoned all of his country influences and basically gave a full rock set, he only used an acoustic guitar for one song. Of course, it is Ryan Adams, so it was a great performance, and I loved seeing him give his songs that rockier edge. His bassist also won the John Entwistle award for 2015 IMO (that's the award where you stand still for the entire show, and don't show a single emotion)
We went to the main stage where Hozier was performing next, I couldn't care less about the performance.
After Hozier came Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. It was alright, although I was very tired and went to sleep somewhere during the performance. He performed an Oasis song, which I didn't really expect, my and my dad actually made a bet whether or not he would perform one, that's one bet I lost.
The final performance for the day was Lenny Kravitz, now, my dad loves Lenny, me not as much, but I still think he gave a pretty good performance, I wasn't impressed with his band, especially not his keyboard player, especially when they had to play solo's
Day 2:
this day we were there early, and there was a band that was going to perform called Red Fang, now, we ha no idea what they were, and there was barely anybody there, so we stood almost exactly at the front. Turns out they were a thrash metal band. So we left after two songs.
Next up: Blaudzun. I had never heard of him, but my dad saw him in a show he likes to watch on tv, so he wanted to see him. It was fine, nothing special.
Next up we went to the main stage to see The Vaccines, it was pretty good although I didn't see a lot from them since I was really far away and I fell asleep in the middle of the show.
We saw Counting Crows perform a couple of songs, but we had to go in the middle of their performance to see Alabama Shakes, and... holy shit. Alabama Shakes was probably the best performance of the entire festival, I mean, the crowd was going absolutely wild, the music was great, and Brittany Howard gave a freaking amazing show. You could just feel the excitement everyone had.
The Script was performing at the main stage, so we heard a couple of their songs, I really didn't care.
Kasabian was next, and, I have to say, I was kind of disappointed in their performance, I don't really know why, it just didn't seem that great to me. I was expecting something different.
And then, the big performance of the festival, the one that my dad and me were waiting for performed: Muse.
And yeah, of course it was great. Muse sure know how to give a show, even if it was over the top as hell. they played a lot of their good songs (and some of their bad ones), and the crowd was going nuts. They even played a rendition of the "Man with Harmonica" song from Once Upon a Time in the West.
Yep, that's about it, yeesh this took too long to write.
And then, the big performance of the festival, the one that my dad and me were waiting for performed: Muse.
And yeah, of course it was great. Muse sure know how to give a show, even if it was over the top as hell. they played a lot of their good songs (and some of their bad ones), and the crowd was going nuts. They even played a rendition of the "Man with Harmonica" song from Once Upon a Time in the West.
I'm jealous, you got a seriously great setlist. And they always do Man with a Harmonica before Knights of Cydonia.
Ya boi was at Des Moines's 80/35 fest Thurday & Friday and saw Run The Jewels, Weezer, & Wilco! All three bands killed it there and I had an awesome time there. Weezer's new album's songs sounded great live and they did old 90s shit too and rocked it. Even though there were songs from their shitty era that they played it was still a great performance. Wilco were amazing. Their songs make for an incredible live experience. They played a good amount of songs from YHF and Summerteeth too as well as a lot of The Whole Love (which I think is underrated). They had a lot of energy and it was an unforgettable show. RTJ went the fuck in. Their energy was incredible and their songs were even more captivating live. Everyone at the show was pumped and it was one of the most fun shows I've ever seen.
Basement was awesome, best crowd ever. Creative Adult was ... loud. They played the same song for about an hour. So reliant on atmosphere I'm not sure they were any good. LVL UP is really good, but I'm not convinced I like their new stuff yet. Better Off is gonna make it big yet , I think. Basement and LVL UP'S merch sucked though. _________________
Imagine Dragons. Opening acts were Nico Vega and The Naked and Famous. I only went cause it was my friend's birthday party, but it was still pretty fun.
Saw Daniel Johnston last night and was severely disappointed. Johnston's songs are appealing to me, and I imagine most people, because of a kind of authenticity through amateurism and the fact that whatever psychosis he has does not allow him to lie. Last night I saw a full band (guitar, drums, bass, keyboards), which ruined the authentic feel of the music, both the way that it was intended to sound as well as the honesty conveyed by the songs as a whole. On top of that, the band's treatment of Johnston, and his manager's as well, though likely genuinely loving, made Johnston look like he was a circus monkey. It didn't seem like Johnston could have consented to any portion of the show, and it was even obvious he had little hand in choosing what songs he sung. Very troubling show.
The last band I saw was the Tragically Hip, my fourteenth time. A little long in the tooth these days (along with just about everyone in the crowd) but still very good. To my mind, one of the most thrilling live acts ever and one of the most obsessive, wild, energetic, eccentric and genuinely watchable frontmen ever. Here they are in their prime.
Rocky might enjoy this one: saw San Fermin the other night. They are really good; I have a ton of respect for Ellis Ludwig-Leone. I found them on this site (Rocky's 2013 list, specifically), so tally another one up to BEA.
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