Here's a blow-by-blow of last weekend, as told to my friend Paul in chat:
| list of bands I saw at this year's ACL Fest: | ||
| ? | Fri- tail end of What Made Milwaukee Famous (enh), Vampire Weekend (very disappointed), Gogol Bordello (so stupid that I took a nap), walked past Mates of State (which sounded cool), Hot Chip (awesome), The Swell Season (awesome!!!) | 1:24:17 PM |
| Paul XXXXXX | yeah, I thought Vampire Weekend were lame... | 1:24:49 PM |
| ? | "uhh..this is a bunch of frat boys playing ironic pop...it's like they're mocking themselves.." | 1:25:16 PM |
| lmcwil@us.ibm.... | but i like the album | 1:25:27 PM |
| ? | i actually really like it | 1:25:30 PM |
| ? | their show sucked hardcore, though | 1:25:35 PM |
| ? | the album isn't like something great it's just very listenable summertime pop | 1:26:12 PM |
| ? | it's good driving music, or jogging music | 1:26:20 PM |
| Paul XXXXXX | I could see that. | 1:26:43 PM |
| ? | though I don't have their album | 1:26:50 PM |
| ? | Hot Chip is awesome...The Warning is one of my favorite albums of the past few years | 1:27:11 PM |
| ? | Over and Over is sooo good live | 1:27:21 PM |
| lmcwil@us.ibm.... | Sat- Fleet Foxes (rad! super rad! have to buy their stuff now), The Fratellis (zzzzz only listened for like 10 mins and got super bored), part of Driveby Truckers (pretty decent, actually), Erykah Badu (pretty good), sort of listened to Spiritualized whilst taking a break in someone else's chair (was good, but not particularly inspiring), Iron and Wine (awesome! super awesome!), then most of Beck (pretty good but overhyped) | 1:28:24 PM |
| ? | agreed about "Over and Over" | 1:28:33 PM |
| ? | that was rad | 1:28:34 PM |
| Paul XXXXXXXX | I like Iron and Wine alot...haven't seen em live yet | 1:29:18 PM |
| lmcwil@us.ibm.... | Sunday I had a VIP pass for part of the day, courtesy of the CL ppl | 1:29:21 PM |
| ? | i should have seen them at ACL in the past, but someone else trumped them | 1:29:35 PM |
| Paul XXXXXXXX | I like Beck's recent albums, but I haven't seen him live in ~5 years | 1:29:37 PM |
| lmcwil@us.ibm.... | 'was sure not to miss them this time | 1:29:41 PM |
| ? | his live show was decent but i was super far away and on the vid screen he looked OLD | 1:29:53 PM |
| Paul XXXXXXX | did you check out Racontuers or Black Keys? | 1:30:14 PM |
| lmcwil@us.ibm.... | Sun- Octopus Proj (was right up against the rail, love them soooooo much i'm a totally fangirl, this was seriously one of their best shows ever, tho) | 1:30:35 PM |
| ? | i saw raconteurs last time | 1:30:40 PM |
| ? | didn't catch Black Keys due to Iron&Wine | 1:30:48 PM |
| Paul XXXXX | ah, the conflicts of big fests... | 1:31:21 PM |
| ? | going to see Black keys in Asheville this weekend | 1:32:09 PM |
| lmcwil@us.ibm.... | (Sun, cont)- Tristan Prettyman (randomly went to it due to a friend, she was actually ok but i'm not going to get in line to buy the cd), then hung out awhile in VIP getting free booze, saw part of Colour Revolt (randomly, happened to be nearby and it sounded good), Heartless BAstards (awesome! super awesome!!!!), listened to Gnarls Barkely from a distance (was getting tired), then Band of Horses (good, but i was too tired to appreciate), stayed for like 15 mins of Foo Fighters then was like "I'm so done" | 1:32:46 PM |
| ? | i just wanted to hear "Everlong" but they didn't play it w/in the first 3 songs so i was like "screw it" | 1:33:04 PM |
| ? | i'm really not into them | 1:33:14 PM |
| ? | Asheville is a long ways for just a concert! | 1:33:30 PM |
| ? | then riding my bike home i almost bit it when i hit a speed bump in the pitch blackness of dark | 1:34:26 PM |
| ? | i jarred my left hand so hard i thought i almost dislocated a few fingers | 1:34:44 PM |
| Paul XXXXXX | yeow.. | 1:35:44 PM |
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