Rate bands you saw

[MEGABOWL]

LEEDS

FRI

Patrick Wolf - 0

Them Crooked Vultures - 8

Dan Nightingale - 7 (didn't know him, pleasant surprise)

Maximo Park - 8

The Prodigy - 8 (treated them as a a karaoke act, had a much better time than I expected)

Arctic Monkeys - 5

SAT

Frank Turner - 9

Passion Pit - 6

Vampire Weekend - 6 (good, but better in a tent)

Gaslight Anthem - 9

Bloc Party - 7

Radiohead - 8 (terrible festival setlist but good for the fans)

SUN

Manchester Orchestra - 8 (despite the sound problems)

The Virgins - 5

The Airborne Toxic Event - 7 (surprisingly good)

Little Boots - 7 (also better than I expected)

Doug Stanhope - 8 (confrontational!)

Deftones - 7 (though I missed a lot of it)

Florence & The Machine - 4

Friendly Fires - 9

KOL - 8

[Diamond Solitaire]

I went to Reading as always...

Friday

Dananananaykroyd - 7/10 (Brilliant despite the wall of cuddles turning into more of a wall of death)

Tim Minchin - 8/10 (First time I've ever seen a comedy act at Reading, didn't disappoint)

The Horrors - 7/10

Jack Penate - 5/10 (Dragged along in exchange for dragging every one else along to The Horrors, enjoyed myself a lot more than I ever expected)

Bombay Bicycle Club - 8/10

Lovvers - 6/10

Kings of Leon - 2/10 (Biggest disappointment I've ever had at the festival. They were amazing in 2007 this year just failed so badly)

Saturday

Pulled Apart By Horses - 7/10

Them Crooked Vultures - (Got back in the arena a bit late and couldn't get in the tent so can't really rate them, they were really good supporting Arctic Monkeys a few nights before though)

The Maccabees - 9/10 (My tenth time seeing them and certainly one of the best)

The Prodigy - 8/10 (Not quite as mad as I expected and probably could have done with being a little louder, but still a brilliant set)

Arctic Monkeys - 8/10 (Would have been even better if the new album had been out a little longer)

Sunday

Kids In Glass Houses - 3/10 (Another band I was dragged along to but just as bad as all the other times I've been forced to see them)

Titus Andronicus - 6/10

Lethal Bizzle - 8/10 (So much more fun than it had any right to be)

The Joy Formidable - 7/10

Vampire Weekend - 6/10 (Pretty drunk at this point so probably seemed a lot better than they actually were)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 4/10 (Outside of Radiohead these were the guys I was most looking forward to seeing, sadly not as good as I hoped)

Bloc Party - 7/10 (A lot better than last year)

Radiohead - 9/10 (About as close to perfect as you can get)

[harper11]

RAdiohead 10/10

that is all

[harper11]

RAdiohead 10/10

that is all

[future-sailor]

Reading

Friday

Madina Lake- 8/10

Alexisonfire- 8/10

New Found Glory- 8/10

Funeral for a friend- 4/10(Weather ruined it for me)

Deftones- 2/10

Fall Out Boy- 9/10

Placebo- 8.5/10

Kaiser Chiefs- 8/10

Kings of Leon- 4/10(Boring, had no stage presence what-so-ever)

Saturday

Eagles of Death Metal- 6/10

Maximo Park- 7/10

Atreyu- 8/10

Bring Me the Horizon- 10/10 (Band of the weekend, awesome)

The Blackout- 9/10

Sunday

Brand New- 4/10 (So Boring)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- 6/10

Bloc Party- 7/10

Radiohead- 7/10

[Bruceyy]

danananankroyd - 5 - just caught the 2nd half, im sure they were ok if you knew their stuff.

airborne toxic event - 8 - were good. strange music for a mosh bit admittedly. 'sometime around midnight' was immense.

temper trap - 8 - guys voice sounds phenomenal, only caught 2nd half though.

ffaf - 6 - had a laugh moshing to them to warm myself up from the rain

friendly fires - 8 - good as usual, very drunk at this point though.

kaiser chiefs - 7 - much better than i expected

kol - 8 - alright but not mind blowing. hilarious strop at the end.

fightstar - 3 - got bored after 10 mins and went to queue for a shit.

metric - 8 - 'nother good performance.

enter shikari - 7 - good fun as usual

you me at 6 - 6 - saw the end of their set, seemed alright.

maccabees - 8 - as usual another great performance

prodigy - 7 - not as good as i had expected, still a good laugh

AM - 7 - sobered up a bit by then and their new stuff didnt go down too well

the view - 6 - didnt know much other than the obvious one song.

brand new - 9 - one of my fav bands so obviously a bit biased!

vampire weekend - 7 - went down well with the crowd, was good fun.

yeah yeah yeahs - 7 - good as usual

bloc aprty - 9 - miles better than the other few times ive seen them! really enjoyed it.

radiohead - 10 - sublime, one of the best sets i've ever seen.

Edited September 5, 2009 by Bruceyy

[zero000]

Friday:

The Temper trap - 6/10

Little Boots - 5/10, would have been 4/10 but i've given her extra for A) laughing at her trying to take her shoes off and because shes fit

The Horrors - 7/10, good set glasto was better though

The Big Pink - 8.5/10, really impressed the new album should be amazing

Placebo - 8/10, didnt know much of their material but they still put on a good show

KOL - 3/10, some good tunes. But they were way better in 2007/their december uk tour. Plus they bored me and Caleb acted like a spoilt c**t. If you don't want such a bland audience dont make such a mainstream album as Only By The Night, simple.

Saturday

Delphic - 8/10, really enjoyed

Spinerette - 4/10, very boring, brody dale acted like she was god

Metric - 8/10, awesome tunes

Patrick Wolf - 8/10, really good

Them Crooked Vultures - 7.5/10, good but overated

Ian Brown - 2/10, his voice is dire

The Prodigy - 9/10, good performance

Arctic Monkeys - 8/10, let down by their poor choice of set/lame crowd. Much better at Brixton

Sunday:

The XX - 8/10

The Joy formidable - cant remember :angry:

Crystal Castles - 7/10, good show, new song sounded good

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 9/10, awesome set

Bloc Party - 5/10, i like bloc party but i am well and truely sick of them now. Also Kele acted like a dick, its not becasue we love you so much, that you got invited back 3 years running, its because the festival bookers are lazy c**ts

Radiohead - 10/10, Best band of the weekend by a mile. Perfect setlist and the crowd was amazing

Edited September 5, 2009 by zero000

[JameSemajj]

I saw lot of bands throughout the weekend... I thought Radiohead were absolutely 10/10

[rexclark]

FRIDAY

Aiden Moffat - 9/10 (Hilllarious)

Them Crooked Vultures - 9/10

Eagles Of Death Metal - 7/10

Ian Brown - 5/10 (Great Songs, Shit Voice)

Maximo Park - 7/10

The Prodigy - 8/10

SATURDAY

The Virgins - 7/10

Brand New - 7/10

Frank Turner - 8/10

3OH3! - 9/10 (Good Fun Tunes)

The XX - 7/10

Hot Rats - 9/10 (As Colse To Supergrass As We'll Get Sadly)

YYY's - 8/10

Vitalic - 9/10

Deadmau5 - 8/10 (Would've Got Higher But Couldn't Enjoy It As It Was Too Busy)

SUNDAY

The Virgins - 8/10

Placebo - 7/10

Kaiser Chiefs - 9/10 (Excellent, eEven If It's Not Trendy To Say So)

KOL - 5/10 (Sounded Watered Down And Way Too Busy)

Faith No More - 9/10 ( Amazing Band, Deserved A Better Crowd)

[Paul ™]

B L O O D Y H E L L... you seen a lot :angry:

[rexclark]

B L O O D Y H E L L... you seen a lot :angry:

[rivalschools.price]

FRIDAY

Aiden Moffat - 9/10 (Hilllarious)

Them Crooked Vultures - 9/10

Eagles Of Death Metal - 7/10

Ian Brown - 5/10 (Great Songs, Shit Voice)

Maximo Park - 7/10

The Prodigy - 8/10

SATURDAY

The Virgins - 7/10

Brand New - 7/10

Frank Turner - 8/10

3OH3! - 9/10 (Good Fun Tunes)

The XX - 7/10

Hot Rats - 9/10 (As Colse To Supergrass As We'll Get Sadly)

YYY's - 8/10

Vitalic - 9/10

Deadmau5 - 8/10 (Would've Got Higher But Couldn't Enjoy It As It Was Too Busy)

SUNDAY

The Virgins - 8/10

Placebo - 7/10

Kaiser Chiefs - 9/10 (Excellent, eEven If It's Not Trendy To Say So)

KOL - 5/10 (Sounded Watered Down And Way Too Busy)

Faith No More - 9/10 ( Amazing Band, Deserved A Better Crowd)

[dave_mac]

placebo - 5/10 wasn't too impressed with the performance or setlist, wasn't terrible, just wasn't

especially good and slightly disappointing

deftones - 8.5/10 - great set, great band, great to see chino bouncing around and losing weight!

mariachi el bronx 2/10 - got old quickly after the first couple of songs.

radiohead - 9/10 - no need for explanations really

bloc party - 6.5/10 - silent alarm was great, everything else, not so much. think they could do with a

break from reading/leeds

brand new - 5/10 - not terrible, but disappointing

kaiser chiefs - 3/10 - was at the bar to the left of the main stage reading for most of their set, they

did a good job at working the crowd but i just wasn't interested, not my thing

faith no more - 9/10 - awesome set, mike patton is a genius. too young to catch them first time round,

glad i caught them this time!

them crooked vultures - 8/10 - couldn't see a thing due to the crowd and lost my friends

but the set was really exciting nonetheless

dananananakroyd - 7/10 - not as good as i had anticipated but still a good show.

chuck ragan - 3/10 - caught half the set, wasn't my thing, so went to check out spinnerette

spinnerette - 4/10 - wish brody has stuck to the distillers...

frank turner - 9.5/10 - only problem i had with this was that i think frank works better in smaller

venues. great singalong set, perfect for a festival afternoon

lethal bizzle - 0/10 - sat outside the nme tent waiting for some friends before franky t and had to listen

to maxwell bizzle murder the english language/early 90s hip hop/rock (house of

pain, nirvana)

leftover crack - 8/10 - really energetic and exciting band, was worried they'd end up being a bit of a

mess having not seen them before but really enjoyed their set

the ghost of a thousand - 8.5/10 - awesome band, my main gripes were that i don't think the sound

was too great at that point in the tent, and ghosts shouldn't have

been on so early anyways!

rise against - 9.5/10 - only got into these guys over summer really (partly because i had no intention

of catching the monkeys or the gossip when i saw the line up back in spring!) but

i've grown to love them. only fault was all the dust in the lock up

thursday - 8/10 - my friend who is a massive thursday fan was disappointed with the setlist but as i

wasn't too familiar with their back catalogue i left really impressed with the

performance.

the bronx - 8/10 - did what they did best, a balls out punk rock show.

rival schools - 7/10 - great to see them back, and playing new songs! set was spoilt alot by a large

group of d*ckheads next to me in the crowd...

deadmau5 - 7/10 - wasn't planning on seeing anyone in the dance tent but we ended up seeing a good

half of deadmau5 set and to be honest i enjoyed it more than i thought i would.

wouldn't have wanted to be in the tent mind for it, looked like a sauna in there!

brendon burns - 8/10 hilarious as always, not quite as good as last year, but still a great way to pass

an hour or so

65daysofstatic - 9.5/10 - everyone around me was just in a trance for the whole set, a genuinely show

stopping band

marina and the diamonds - 7.5 - only really intended to check out a couple of tracks since they are

one of my best mate's favourite bands, but eneded up seeing almost

all of it, much more exciting than i anticipated

the chapman family - 9/10 - was blown away by these guys, went in expecting a shoegazy joy division,

ended up with something more like joy division crossed with a demolition

crew. glorious.

pulled apart by horses - 7/10 - really energetic , some great tunes, but i couldn't help but the band

themselves come across as rather irritating, docking them a mark

[beau1]

The bands I saw more then 3-4 songs - full of.

Friday

The Plight - 6/10. Weren't too bad in the grand scheme of things but it seemed like a poor start for some reason at the time.

Manchester Orchestra - 8.5/10. One of the best bands on the Friday, hadn't heard much by them previously but I thought they were very good.

The Virgins - 8/10. Another surprise early on friday, didn't know much about them but they were very good.

The Airbourne Toxic Event - 7/10. Ok, but nothing spectacular.

Little Boots - 5/10. Pretty much what I expected, big crowd though but I think that could have been caused by the shower that was at the begining of her set.

The Horrors - 3/10. Pretty crap, I don't really like this sort of stuff that has more emphasis on guitar effects and noise rather than an actual tune. Pretty much fell asleep.

Leftover Crack - 5/10. I found them a bit scary tbh. Could have been the wasted singer and all the talk of f**king pigs and killing cops though.

Bouncing Souls - 8/10. I don't particuluarly like the Underground punk and Ska scene but these are pretty good .

Alexisonfire (Lockup) - 6/10. Was outside of the tent waiting for Anti-Flag so their set kind of passed me by.

Anti-Flag - 7.5/10. Similar to what I said about Bouncing Souls. Its a nice scene but I don't really enjoy it. Good enough though.

Kings of Leon - 6.5/10. The sound was very poor on the right side of the stage where I was, it was an ok performance but not mind-blowing. Got cold and left after 6 songs thought.

Saturday

The Rakes - 7/10. Were ok, bit samey samey indie though.

Eagles of Death Metal - 7/10. Can't really remember them now to be honest, were a bit overshadowed by Them Crooked Vultures later on.

Patrick Wolf - 2/10. A bit like a Panto, was only a laugh for the amount of times he adjusted his hair per song.

Them Crooked Vultures - 9/10. Very impressive, complete surprise to me as well because I didn't know anything about the special guest slot. Was a laugh to be sitting outside the NME tent and see everyone run up from the mainstage direction.

You Me At Six - 6/10. Kinda average bubblegum punk, not my thing but ok.

The Maccabees - 8/10. The first band that I saw that really said "festival" to me, people getting up on their feet and dancing outside of the Nme tent.

White Lies - 8/10. Seen them twice before and although this wasn't their best performance (that was at the NME BIG GIG) it was still very good even if they were very nervous.

The Prodigy -7/10. Seemed good but the crowd was a bit hostile, even on the sides near the toilets. Felt a bit too much like a big rave.

Sunday

Noah and The Whale - 8/10. A pleasant surprise on the sunday morning, nice relaxing tunes.

The Living End - 7.5/10. Out of the more popular pop punk bands these were one of the best.

The View - 7/10. Average indie stuff, was bearable but not brilliant.

Brand New - 6/10. Not as bad as I thought they may be but still not my kind of thing.

Vampire Weekend - 9/10. Very fun :angry:. Got everyone dancing and singing.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 7/10. Were pretty good but the sound quality didn't seem too good for them.

Bloc Party - 9/10. One of the best bands of the weekend, great lights and sound.

Lightspeed Champion - 6/10. Weird 60s sounding band who I couldn't really get into.

La Roux - 4/10. My GF wanted to see her/them, she wasn't too impressed with them live and neither was I.

Radiohead 8/10. Very impressive lightshow and good set but I don't see what the huge fuss is about.

[rexclark]

as i was in the front row i didnt know(or care) what size crowd FNM had but ive heard several people say it was pretty small,but if you look at the highights shows on youtube or whatever when the camera pans to the back of the crowd there seems to be loads there(albeit not packed to the rafters)