TOP 3 PERFORMANCES

[MattL80]

I'm with Andy55. And by that I mean having a damn good laugh up the front while you shift in your sandals at the back waiting for the next bearded bloke playing a saw :angry:

Each to their own, sir. I bloody loved them, and my taste in music is OUTSTANDING

[bennyhana22]

I'm with Andy55. And by that I mean having a damn good laugh up the front while you shift in your sandals at the back waiting for the next bearded bloke playing a saw :angry:

Each to their own, sir. I bloody loved them, and my taste in music is OUTSTANDING

[MattL80]

How DARE You? That is outrageous. It was a banjoline he was playing and by that time of night I'd changed into trainers.

Ben

[fogged]

Think I said something like this elsewhere already, but

1. Dirty Projectors

2. Joe Gideon & the Shark

3. The Hold Steady

[perfectpassion]

Leisure Society

Hold Steady

Low Anthem

sticking to the rules, but TBH there are another 7 I would mention if I was allowed a top 10

[andy55]

Now I know it's all a question of taste and that to post negatively about someone else's is poor form, but...from that weekend of just SO many mind-blowing performances, The Hold Steady were really your favourite?!!! :angry:

Oh my...

Ben

Edited September 19, 2009 by andy55

[bennyhana22]

But Ben, if you were at Richmond Fontaine, then presumably you only got to see the last half of The Hold Steady. If that? Maybe you just don't get The Hold Steady? Some can't get past the vocal style. Each to his own.

By Sunday night, my appetite for harmony vocals, pedal steel and exotic instruments had been sated. I wanted to jump around and sing along to a rock band, and they delivered 90 minutes of their jumpiest around, singy alongist songs.

Actually, deciding between Richmond Fontaine and The Hold Steady was the hardest decision of the weekend.

[Tmeister]

Damn so hard to choose three bands but here goes :

1. The Tallest Man on Earth

2. Charlie Parr (saw him in the big top)

3. Herman Dune

[langerabend]

1.) EFTERKLANG

2.) DARREN HAYMAN

3.) THE DUKE & THE KING

THE DUKE... isnt really my music, but when we came to the big top it was one of the few shows we saw, where everybody seemed to be watching in awe. efterklang will be big news with their new album. well, darren, he is just one of my favorites anyway...

[perfectpassion]

1.) EFTERKLANG

2.) DARREN HAYMAN

3.) THE DUKE & THE KING

THE DUKE... isnt really my music, but when we came to the big top it was one of the few shows we saw, where everybody seemed to be watching in awe. efterklang will be big news with their new album. well, darren, he is just one of my favorites anyway...

[carrotrope]

Biggest disappointments: Dirty Projectors, Fleet Foxes, Magnolia Electric Co.

[Jeddon]

Top 3 is very difficult, but I think I'll have to go for...

Okkervil River (undoubted top spot; was so much fun)

The Low Anthem

Dirty Projectors

Those last 2 could easily swap with a few others thoug...William Elliott Whitmore, Ohbijou, Fleet Foxes...

If I hadn't seen Explosions In The Sky three times previously I think they'd certainly be in my top 3. They were excellent as always, but having seen every song performed more than once before meant that I took less from it than all the amazing bands I saw for the first time.

Good to hear someone else was disappointed with Magnolia Electric Co. Much preferred Jason Molina solo last year. Guitarist's vocals were way too loud, Molina was bewilderingly quiet (criminal for someone with a voice like his) and generally just a weird selection of songs... would have been nice to hear some of the perkier stuff from Josephine.

Don't agree about Dirty Projectors though, thought they were grand. Nice to hear Knotty Pine especially!

[liarliar]

1. Okkervil River

2. Joe Gideon & The Shark

3. Mumford & Sons - what a start to the festival!

Ll.

[Navidanjum]

Many magnificent performanes all over the place but my top three were:

1. Ohbijou (in the Tipi, missed them in the Big Top)

2. Dirty Projectors

3. Brakes

[Reverend Sermon]

Hard call but...

1) Sparrow and the Workshop

2) The Low Anthem (in the Tipi)

3) Malcolm Middleton

Hadn't heard of Malc, wasn't planning on seeing him but as I sat outside the tea bus enjoying a cream team (pinkie extended as it was proper china) I could hear him from the big top and had to head over. Just a shame I only caught the last 15 minutes.

[geofelgie]

It's taken me days to contemplate getting it down to just three......

1) Joe Gideon and the shark

2) Okkervil River

3) Mumford and Sons

[DragKnuckles]

Not sure if I did mine...so here goes...

• The Low Anthem

• Leisure Society

• Tallest Man on Earth

[Splainc]

Just three.......

1) The Low Anthem

2) The Dirty Projectors

3) Efterklang

Big tips of the hat for Steve Earle, Loney Dear, Okkervil River, Shearwater, Spokes, She Keeps Bees, Vetiver, Explosions, Magnolia Electric Co and Neko Case

Incredible festival with an even more incredible spirit running through it

[Splainc]

(just turning on email notification)

[perfectpassion]

Im now not entirely sure why I started this...just curious...but if a few more people post something we will have a poll of 1% of the festigoers....whos still to speak???? And no one has mentioned Foo Fighters?

Edited September 25, 2009 by perfectpassion

[Dibford and Son]

Im now not entirely sure why I started this...just curious...but if a few more people post something we will have a poll of 1% of the festigoers....whos still to speak???? And no one has mentioned Foo Fighters?

[perfectpassion]

Just seen that The Duke and the King are on Jools Holland next Tuesday if you're Interested PP?

[sadwitch]

Darren Hayman

The Boy Least Likely To

William Elliott Whitmore

[holisticsystems]

1-efterklang

2-eits

3-loney dear

[kiototar]

- QUACK QUACK

- BOB LOG III

- OKKERKILL RIVER