Your Reading/Leeds band ratings

[howlinpete]

PABH- 5

Band Of Skulls- 5

Mongol Horde- 8

Gaslight Anthem- 3

Joy Formidable- 7

Gallows- 3

Foos- 7

Justice-8

Future Of The Left- 6

Cancer Bats- 2

Crystal Castles- 8

Graham Coxon- 2

Alt-J- 8

The Cure- 9

Grimes- 7

Don Bronco- 5

Max Raptor- 7

Jaguar Skills- 3

Azelia Banks- 7

Feeder- 8

ATDI- 7

Saw quite a lot I didn't really like actually! Although most of them were bands I didn't really know too much about so wasn't too disappointed when they turned out to be poor

[jonnyisRFC]

howlinpete - Gaslight Anthem- 3

EXPLANATION NEEDED ?!

Edited August 28, 2012 by jonnyisRFC

[howlinpete]

Went to see them with friends, so they're not really my thing find them very dull. Was also starting to feel pretty awful from Thursday night antics, and found that I was just waiting for them to finish. But mostly the dull thing

[Dan R]

Friday:

Cancer Bats - 7 Good lively start to the fest

Coheed and Cambria - 7 Played well kept a nice heavy vibe to wake up the fest

Alt-J (on BBC Introducing) - 7 Great warm up for their proper set

The Hives -9 Brilliant! They really know how to entertain, was only let down by being overly crowded

Lucy Rose - 8 Went to get a place for Alt-J and was really impressed, the crowd loved her as well

Alt-J - 9 Fantastic set and interacted much more than they when i saw them previously

Bombay Bicycle Club -6 Watched them while my girlfriend waited in a long queue for the loo's, thought they played some nice tunes but didnt warrant being so far up the bill.

Paramore - 6 Much better than 2010 but I still don't like their music and thought Haley Williams seemed a bit of a twat

The Cure - 9 Loved it but my legs got knackered standing around during the second hour where there were a fair few songs i didnt know

Saturday:

Green Day - 10 What more could you ask for from a saturday morning, played a great setlist with only a few new songs

Twin Atlantic - 7

Oberhofer - 8 Only caught the last few songs but really enjoyed them

Don Broco - 5 Had heard about them before so decided to check em out. Really didnt enjoy them so left early

The Shins - 8 Really great festival set, despite only knowing 2 songs

Billy Talent -8 Billy Talent just doing a solid set

Mastodon - 7 Wasn't really in the mood for them but they seemed to be good

Young Guns - 6 Seemed very bland music but played the crowd well

Feeder - 9 Just a perfect festival set to a great crowd

At The Drive-In - 8.5 Small but appreciative crowd, enjoyed them but was too tired to really go crazy

Sunday:

Band of Skulls - 8 Caught the last few songs and was very impressed

Mongol Horde - 9 All 3 of them were fantastic and didnt play on Franks success at all, yet still nailed it

Eagles of Death Metal - 7 Caught the last 10 mins or so but just didnt seem on form

Gaslight Anthem - 7 Played the mainstage much better than they did last time, though still found it lacking

Joy Formidable - 7 Good, but think they've still got a lot more potential

Mark Lanegan - 8 Depressingly small crowd but still a legend.

Kaiser Chiefs -7 Massive crowd so got pretty crushed at first, but once we got to a good space they were pretty entertaining.

The Black Keys - 10 I fucking loved them, played a few older songs and everyone near us seemed to be having the time of their lives. Only thing i could ask for is a longer set.

Foo Fighters - 10 A masterclass in how to do a festival headline set.

Overall had an amazing weekend of music

[mouserat]

Friday (Reading)

Future Of The Left - 8 (Kicking the day off is never easy, made me wish they were playing for longer higher up the bill)

Family Of The Year - 7.5 (St Croix may have one of the dumbest choruses ever but my God it's catchy)

Coheed And Cambria - 4 (Went with friends, not normally my bag, thought they were alright but my friends who've seen them live before were disappointed)

Spector - 6

The Hives - 9 (So much fun. Should have been higher up the bill)

Passion Pit - 7

Bombay Bicycle Club - 6 (Missed the start. Not a fan but found myself singing along with the few songs I did know)

Bastille - 8.5 (Rammed the tent which I didn't expect. Get the feeling they could get very, very big)

Veronica Falls - 5 (Love the album but an empty tent and quite dreary subject matter made the music a bit lifeless)

The Cure - 6.5 (Watched the first 90 mins, only a casual fan so found myself not knowing a few songs)

Sleigh Bells - 8 (SO LOUD! A much-needed adrenaline shot to end the night)

Saturday

Benjamin Zephaniah - 6 (After missing getting into the tent for Green Day and having the video link on the main stage cut during Basket Case I was a bit miffed but Benj was worth seeing)

Chris Cox - 6 (A low-rent Derren Brown. Not all his stuff worked well but he was still quite entertaining)

Jimmy McGhie - 8 (An instant hero amongst our group for calling out girls for wearing shorts with their arses hanging out the bottom)

Reginald D Hunter - 8.5

Dry The River - 7

The Shins - 5 (Disappointed. Feel they probably work better at their own shows.)

Enter Shikari - N/A (Despite being stood there the whole time we were all entranced by the guys near us off their tits who started fighting each other and then joined forces to make a fuck-off huge human pyramid. It was everything I love about Reading)

Billy Talent - 7 (Only watched the first 20 mins but was surprised how good they were. Took me back to seeing them at my first ever gig)

Azealia Banks - 8 (Quite a short set but the tent going mental for 212 was utterly awesome)

Florence + The Machine - 7.5

Kasabian - 9

Sunday

Band Of Skulls - 3 (Was at the back and not paying the closest attention but they did little beyond seem a very average blues-rock band)

Mongol Horde - 4 (Watched from the edge of the tent and snuck away early. Not as good as either Million Dead or Frank Turner's usual stuff but he looked like he was having fun)

Django Django - 6

Gaslight Anthem - 8 (One of my favourite bands, something always seems to be missing when I see them at Reading though)

Joy Formidable - 6

Bullet For My Valentine - 6 (Haven't listened to them in years, surprised how many songs I recognised)

Kaiser Chiefs - 7.5 (Great warm-up for later as they were in 09. Crowd full of twats though)

The Black Keys - 8 (Wasn't a fan beforehand. Am going to have to check them out now though)

Foo Fighters - 9.5 (Could have been overshadowed by the ridiculous rumours - did anyone genuinely believe they would play all of Nirvana's '92 set? - but Dave and the gang don't need special guests or Nirvana covers to entertain. A bit gutted they didn't play til half eleven but that's just me being greedy)

[Andy_47]

Leeds

Eagles of Death Metal - 6 (Was kind of in a trance just being back in the arena, soaking the surroundings in and not listening. I Want You So Hard was fun though)

Gaslight Anthem - 6.5 (Bored me for the most part, 45 and American Slang were good)

All Time Low - 7.5 (Only there because my sister wanted me to phone her during but ended up really enjoying them. Like a diet-Blink 182, some good choruses without too many crap jokes)

Bullet For My Valentine - 9.5 (Struggling not to give them a 10, amazing set of hits, perfect for the festival crowd. Did well when I thought they'd really stick out like a sore thumb on a rock day as a metal band)

Kaiser Chiefs - 9.5 (Brilliant set, won't forget Ricky's antics with the camera for a while, a lot of fun!)

Two Door Cinema Club - 8 (Caught a few tracks before Foos, seemed really good, crowd was going mad for them.)

Foo Fighters - 5 (Didn't have the same intrigue as I did at Milton Keynes last year, where I had enjoyed them so much I bought a T in the Park ticket to experience how awesome they were for a second time. Just bored me this year, same set on shuffle. No imagination, too much arsing around with breakdowns and extended endings.)

Deaf Havana - 6 (Can't say I know enough songs to give a good score but sometimes you can go see someone without knowing a lyric and walk away a huge fan [The King Blues for example] but meh, they were okay)

Cancer Bats - 8 (Thorougly enjoyed this set, Sabotage was mental, and Liam hung around at the side of the stage for photos! What a guy!)

Coheed and Cambria - 6 (Again, not a big fan, Welcome Home was great, rest of the set was quite good, nothing special though, heard previously they were terrible live but this was a passable effort)

The Hives - 10 (Been dying to see them for so long and they were just outstanding. Nothing more needs to be said. I hated Hate to Say I Told You So before the fest but now I love it)

YM@6 - 7 (Decent set, watched from far back, thought they really stepped up and played a good show)

Paramore - 9 (Hundred times better than 2010, really good set, crowd didn't turn on Hayley like they did years before. In fact some lads around me were booing and shouting for Hayley to expose her breasts at the start and singing along by the end. Good stuff, pleased for 'em)

The Cure - 6.5 (Just got bored, I know the hits and not a big fan, I'll be flamed for this rating I guess but I thought their hits just weren't spread out enough. I had a cheeky peek at the setlist online from Reading so knew the Encore was full of my favourite songs, otherwise I'd have left early. Still, I can say I saw the Cure live. That's something. And the hits were bloody brilliant.)

Pure Love - 8 (Brilliant set, first time I've seen Frank Carter but he's such a brilliant front man. Didn't know one song but they were excellent)

Twin Atlantic - 8 (Really good also, crowd was brilliant for them.)

Odd Future - 4 (Stood at the back to see what the fuss was about, I got confused and walked away)

Enter Shikari - 8 (Great set, but there was a lot of idiots around us.)

Billy Talent - 8.5 (Brilliant as always, enjoyed this as much as their 2010 set.)

Mastodon - 9 (Saw three songs before I took the girlfriend to Flo but they were awesome. Brann Dailor is my god.)

Florence + the Machine - 8 (Actually ended up enjoying her. Really great voice, knew more songs that I thought, and she seemed too bubbly to dislike.)

Kasabian - 10 (Stole the show for me, incredible.)

[Andre91]

Foo Fighters - 9 (only thing stopping from a 10 is the extended solos in every song, talk about dragging things out)

Edited August 28, 2012 by Andre91

[liam]

Fri:

The Hives - 8

Alt-J - 2

Saves The Day - 5

Graham Coxon - 7

The Courteeners - 6

Foster The People - 9

The Cure - 3

Sat:

Green Day - 10

The Vaccines - 4 (Nowhere near as good as they were in the tent last year)

Florence + The Machine - 8

At The Drive In - 3

Sun:

Kaiser Chiefs - 6 (Way better a few years ago)

The Horrors - 8

Foo Fighters - 9

Brilliant weekend

[LordCheekbone]

Newfag here

Friday:

Deaf Havana-6

Cancer Bats-7

Coheed & Cambria-7 (performance was great, atmosphere lacking)

Angels & Airwaves-2

Crystal Castles-5 (main stage definitely does not suit them)

Graham Coxon-8 (I was really high for this so it might not have been that good)

Everytime I Die-8

Anti-Flag-9

Social Distortion-7

Saturday:

Green Day-9

Twin Atlantic-9

Enter Shikari-9

The Vaccines-6

Florence & The Machine-5 (A lot better than I expected)

Kasabian-10

Sunday:

Pulled apart By Horses-9 (Conga circle pit!)

Gaslight Anthem-7

Bullet For My Valentine-10

Kaiser Chiefs-8

Black Keys-9

Foo Fighters-10

3 10's and 6 9's, a lot better than last year.

[BumbleEE]

Only went for the day to Leeds on Saturday, saw a fair few enjoyable bands:

Deaf Havana- 7- Missed some of the set but have listened to them before and enjoyed it.

Spector- 8- Really enjoyed them.

Crystal Castles- 3- Do not get it at all, lots of kids running very fast to get to the front seemed strange.

Alt-J- 9- Stand out of the day for me, love the album and loved that the tent was rammed with everyone singing.

You me at Six- 6- A bit disappointed to be honest seen them earlier in the year and enjoyed it just thought they were abit off.

Bombay Bicycle Club- 7- Nice and chilled good sing along

Paramore-8- Thought they were good, seen them on their own tour few years back and they were just as good.

The Courteeners-7- Caught a few songs much better than at V 2011 good sing a long.

Would loved to have gone for the whole weekend!

[Bradders]

Django Django - 6

Iceage - 5

Kaiser Chiefs - 7

Black Keys - 6

Justice - 10

Fidlar - 7

Spector - 5

The Hives - 7

Graham Coxon - 2 (all new album, I like the record and it sounded fine but the setlist was well misjudged and no fun)

The Cure - 9 (surprisingly good, I'm not even a big fan, but I did leave for a good half hour in the middle)

Sleigh Bells - 5 (didn't stay long, too quiet and The Cure pulled me back)

Blood Red Shoes - 5

OFWGKTA - 3 (totally got bored of them now)

The Vaccines - 8 (my 13 year old brother loved em)

Azealia Banks - 6 for most of it, 9 for 212.

The Cribs - 9

Kasabian - 8

[Dukeeyyy]

Gaslight Anthem- 3

[Vieuphoria]

they were fucking dull. I went for a dump.

[SpecialAgentKit]

billy talent were wicked

[LEMON_WOLF]

The Cure - 3

At The Drive In - 3

Foo Fighters - 9

[Vieuphoria]

I saw this too... I ignored it as I thought my efforts would be pointless.

Edited August 28, 2012 by Vieuphoria

[Spud001]

Future of the Left- 6.5, Great band to start the weekend off, will definitely give them a listen!

Hadouken- 7, just a great laugh really, was feeling under the weather and needed to break a sweat to really get in the mood for the festival so this did the job!

Coheed & Cambria- 6

Crystal Castles- 8, had so much fun, got absolutely battered but they were fantastic. Not In Love sounds epic on an outdoors stage.

Passion Pit- 9, bloody amazing! Knew none of their songs but went with a friend and they were one of my favourite acts of the weekend. Little Secret, Sleepyhead and Take A Walk were all perfect!

Samoans- 7, brilliant band on BBC Introducing, sound like old Biffy and got a free CD too!

Paramore- 7, was mainly sitting at the back resting but Misery Business was good fun and nice of them to bring a fan onstage

The Cure- 10, one of the most beautiful and wonderful performances, they were perfect and Friday I'm In Love carried one of the best atmospheres I've ever experienced, loved it all!

Green Day- 11, favourite band since I was a child. The security whilst queueing to get in were absolutely hilarious, i'd genuinely go see them if they had a slot on the alternative stage still can't believe the set though, on the barrier and everything- perfect.

Pure Love- 7.5

Twin Atlantic- 8

OFWGKTA- 4, was sitting at the back so not their fault really

Feed Me- 8

The Shins- 6.5, would have been a lot higher but I missed all my favourite songs looking for my friends

Max Raptor- 8, this made up for it however, such an amazing set, didn't even know people started mosh pits at BBC Intro!

Enter Shikari- 8

The Vaccines- 7, really good singalong at the back, looked great at the front

Mastodon- 7

The Cribs- 8.5, only knew Men's Needs, went to stay out of the cold and rain but they were ace! Ryan Jarman getting chased by the security guard for putting the drums in the crowd was hilarious!

At The Drive-In- 9.5, absolutely killed it! Being a 17 year old surrounded by sweaty, hairy 20-somethings was scary enough but adrenaline pulled me through and it was just fantastic

Crowns- 8, so much fun, made the Lock Up feel like a pub, so communal, everybody dancing and singing, ace!

Pulled Apart By Horses- 8.5, conga circle pit, most pit made of people on other peoples shoulders, dusty as f*ck but brutally brilliant

The Flatliners- 6

Möngöl Hörde- 8, viceral, Casual Threats was so much fun!

DZ Deathrays- 7

Tribes- 7.5

The Joy Formidable- 8

Bullet For My Valentine- 6.5

Kaiser Chiefs- 8

The Black Keys- 9.5, bloody amazing! Can't get over how much I enjoyed their set

Foo Fighters- 10, no special guests, just 26 songs of pure Foo bliss, All My Life, Best of You, Times Like These plus all the rarities including the 'homage' to their '95 set, just everything was perfect!

Edited August 28, 2012 by Spud001

[MAD HARRY 27]

LEEDS

Friday:

Pulled Apart By Horses - 7.5 (caught one of the four lagers the guitarist threw to the crowd)

Band Of Skulls - 8

Eagles Of Death Metal - 4

DZ DEATHRAYS - 7

Tribes - 7

Joy Formidable - 9

SBTRKT - 7

Black Keys - 6 (They were absolutely amazing, possibly played even better than they did on their last UK tour, but the crowd were SO damn boring that I failed to enjoy it)

Foo Fighters - 7 (dragged on what felt like forever, I feel sorry for Reading having to put up with an extra half hour)

Saturday:

Spector - 7

Hives - 10

Bombay Bicycle Club - (I was out of my head and barely remember it, although from seeing them in the past and vaguely of what I did remember I'm sure they were a good 8 )

Courteeners - 8

Subways - 9.5

Maccabees - 7.5

Sunday:

Blood Red Shoes - 8.5 (shame about the crowd)

OFWGKTA - 8 (was loads of fun, even though they did sound like dog shit)

Jake Bugg - 3 (bitterly dissapointed, awful setlist)

Vaccines - 9

Florence & The Machine - 7

Cribs - 8

At The Drive-In - 9

Edited August 28, 2012 by MAD HARRY 27

[MadeInDarlo]

Here's a small sample in no particular order:

The Cure - 8 for the songs they played, -8 for not playing A Letter To Elise. Pictures of You and Trust were unbelievably beautiful.

Justice- 7 enjoyed them but not as much as some other notable dance acts i've seen ( Deadmau5, Chemical Brothers)

At The Drive- In - 7

SBTRKT-9. May get shot down in flames for this but their set was everything i'd hoped for, apart from Trials of the Past. Sampha is just brilliant and i was pleasantly surprised with the crowd.

Azealia Banks- 3. Bollocks.

Two Door Cinema Club- 6. New album sounds solid but at the fifth time of seeing them they don't set the pulse racing anymore.

Alt-J-8. One of my favourite new bands.

The Vaccines- 8. Cracking set, classics nicely interspersed with new material.

The Cribs- 9. Brilliant crowd at Leeds and a fantastic setlist. One of my favourite bands.

Feed Me- 8. Very talented guy, driving, bass heavy electronic tunes.

Mongol Horde- 4. Just isn't really my bag but would see why others would enjoy it, loved The Streets cover.

Howler- 8 . Fantastic new guitar band. Ones to watch.

Spector- 8 Frontman is a bit of a dick but is a decent showman, very catchy tunes.

Jake Bugg 9- The guy is just fucking brilliant

[Gucci Piggy]

Max Raptor- 8, this made up for it however, such an amazing set, didn't even know people started mosh pits at BBC Intro!

[Avens]

Here are a few in a random order. Reading.

Saves the Day - 11. Band of the weekend. Cannot even describe how brilliant it was, on the barrier and singing along to every song. The band put 100% into the whole set and it was just magic. When they played Holly Hox and bloody UNDRESS ME I swear I might have died. Even admit to getting a bit teary during Undress Me, because that song is so beautiful anyway but it's also quite special to me, so the whole thing was just a dream.

Feeder - 9. What a cracking atmosphere in that tent! I was just before the circle pit and right in the middle. Couldn't even see the band for most of it but all the songs were singalong classics and everyone was jumping and going mad, but looking out for each other. Brilliant.

Kasabian - 8. Would have been higher if I'd managed to get further in, but I came scampering over after Feeder, missed my favourite Kasabian song, and the crowd was so tight that I was stuck back where there wasn't much atmosphere and I didn't want to be one of those dick crowd pushers. Had a good old solo dance looking like a twit though, and it was good enough.

Foos - 8. Pretty much same as above, though I somehow managed to get separated from my friends after spending the whole day by the mainstage with them, which was a shame.

Spector - 6. All right, bit trendy for me

Kaiser Chiefs - 7, nice singalong, bit too far back though, but being really drunk helped

Eagles of Death Metal - 7, cracking old dance to Boys Bad News!

Coheed - 7. Ruined by shit atmosphere. Was dead near the front but surrounded by loads of kids who didn't know who they were and talked/stood still throughout. DON'T COME TO THE FRONT THEN, w*nkERS

Two Door on BBC Introducing - n/a can't give too much of a rating as only caught the end. Nice little surprise, but again I feel like I'm too old for them.

Gaslight - 7. Pretty fucking awesome, happy with that

Deaf Havana - 8. Didn't know them before this weekend, have come home and bought a couple of albums

Vaccines - 8. Much better than I thought they'd be, but was with some new camping friends and we were all fucked, so I think part of my enjoyment was getting swept along with it all

Florence - 2. Absolute poo

Black Keys - 9. Bloody excellent. They didn't play much of their old stuff tho, but I love El Camino so it's all good

Twin Atlantic - n/a. Got my times wrong and was in the toilet when someone in the next cubicle said, "I can't believe I'm missing Twin Atlantic trying to shit" and thought, "oh, bollocks". Caught the end and it looked bloody awesome. Pretty pissed off with that.

Band of Skulls - 7. Enjoyed them but didn't know enough of their stuff. Might give em a listen now tho.

Paramore - 7. If I were more of a fan I reckon I'd have been delighted. As it were, they're a bit meh for me as I'll give their songs a listen, but don't go nuts for them

Silent Disco on the Friday - 11. Got there instead of the Cure (yes I know, heathen etc) and was front of the queue. Skipped right in and danced the night away til it ended. Memory loss for pretty much the last couple of hours but there was a legend of a guy at the bar (TOBY!) who was serving, and some pilled up bellend trying to sell us MDMA. Go away. But the disco was ace. Often found myself singing along to the exact opposite as everybody else, though!!

Edited August 28, 2012 by Avens

[scmck]

I'll do my top 10 from Leeds in no order:

Of Monsters and Men - 8

Absolutely incredible set. I've never seen so many people there for an opening set plus everybody seemed to be loving it

The Black Keys - 8

I would of probably enjoyed it more if I was further back. I was pretty much at the front and the crowd surges were almost unbearable at times. Music was very good though!

Foo Fighters - 8

Amazing as per usual. Only reason that it isn't a ten was because of the sound levels at the start. They were all over the shop they did improve though.

Kasabian - 10

Absolutely amazing. That was the best I've seen them yet.

The Courteeners - 9

Outstanding! The atmosphere was absolutely amazing. Like someones already said before every single word was sung back.

Foster The People - 10

Best set of the festival in fact I'd go as far to say it's the best set I've ever seen. Simply stunning. The energy in the set. The atmosphere, just everything about it was incredible.

The Maccabees - 8

After Foster The People we headed across to watch The Cure but we weren't impressed (controversial I know) so we headed back across to watch The Maccabees from the back of the tent and they put on a great set.

Jake Bugg - 9

Been wanting to see him for ages and he really lived up to my high expectations. Great set.

Spector - 7

Put on a great set really entertaining. The crowd seemed to be absolutely loving them.

The Hives - 8

They put on a great show, I absolutely loved them.

Worst bands would have to be :

You Me At Six

Bullet For My Valentine

Big surprises :

Don Broco

Miike Snow

Bombay Bicycle Club

[LondonTom]

Friday:

Hadouken - 7: Was decent fun, did go in tent but was bit rammed and cba with it for them so sat outside and watched on the screen! Decent start of the day.

Friends - 7 Derived a fine set and enjoyed myself but nothing special.

Angels And Airwaves - 7 Was like a grown up Blink show, again decent but nothing special.

The Hives 9 - Faultless, brilliant set! Just the right sort of stage banter. Knew i would enjoy it but they surpassed expectations! Felt over all to soon!

You Me At Six - 4 Would have 3 but i guess they do what they do well? Load of bollocks that the lemmings lapped up.

Bombay Bicycle Club 7 - Decent enough, better than i expected.

Graham Coxon 8 - What a small crowd?! But amazing all the say same really loved it!

Paramore 6 - Meh it was what was expected but a few sing alongs!

The Cure 10 - WOW!!! I thought it would be good but i was mesmerised from start to finish, one of the best headline sets I've ever seen!! Brilliant and no need for all those wacky crowd participation stuff either!

Saturday:

Green Day 8.5 - Yeah I went expecting them to roll through the new shit, but we got a decent set list and a brilliant performence. Atmosphere was great!

Los Campesinos - 7 Standard set really, good and that!

Clement Marfo and The Frontline - 8 I've seen them a couple of times randomly already and thought they was decent but this is the best I've seen them! #FuckTheLabel

Mystery Jets - 7 Good but nothing from Making Dens?! (as much as i like all albums by them )

Santigold 6 - Hits were good, but got a bit repetitive

Billy Talent 8 - Loved it!!! I hadn't seen them before but was a fan back when I was in sixth from, will make a point of seeing them again!

Florence & The Machine 2 - Why I agreed to go see her I don't know, was shit from start to finish apart from Rabbit Heart and Dog Days are over and didn't recognise most of the rest. BTW the rain isn't lovely, and having muddy boots in my face from all the girls on guys shoulders at your request isn't fun either. The constant stop and have a chat was shit to and oh it lashed it down.

Kasabian 8 - Delivered nothing special but delivered a standard headline set...which is what you expect from them really. Enjoyable.

Sunday:

Popcorn Comedy 7 - Was good fun and decent relaxing way to start the day!

Band Of Skulls 8 - Genius, brilliant set only bad point was no patterns

Eagles of Death Metal 8 - Wasn't sure what to expect but I loved it!!! Great fun!!

Tom Rosenthal 2 - Mate dragged me to see him, about as funny as going down on girl to discover she has a yeast infection and pissed herself. Yeah should told her was i was going go watch Gaslight

The Joy Formidable 8 - Was brilliant as usual, new stuff sounded great and was well placed!

Bullet for My Valentine 7 - Was sat quite far back eating for the begging but quite enjoyed it and there was a decent atmosphere around the people we was near singing along and rocking out without getting violent

Kaiser Chiefs 7.5 - Standard show from them but a sing along festival band, ruined by the feral youths moshing and causing havoc in their massive group chains. Also caused a crush at the end getting out.

The Black Keys - N/A Didn't grab me but was quite away from the main stage after the crush after Kaiser Chiefs. So bit unfair to say anything really, went off to the horrors.

The Horrors 8.5 - Surprise of the weekend for me, never really got into them but that was a brilliant set!! What an ending to that set!!!

Two Door Cinema Club 9.5 - What an atmosphere?! New stuff sounded great, old stuff brilliant! Seemed to have really stepped up to the next level! Could have split up the new stuff a bit more mind. Didn't wanna leave the tent after as they seemed to set up such a great atmosphere but seeing Justice at bestival in few weeks made me

Foo Fighters 9.5 - Another brilliant headline set , caught just over the last hour of it! But brilliant, felt like it was a little bit of music history being made and all the nostalgia was done brilliantly.

Justice 9 - Caught the end after we saw foo fighters weren't coming back on ...fucking hell pissed they clashed with Foo's !!! Was a brilliant way to end the festival!!!

[Mouseboy11]

Worst bands, Bullet?! Scream Aim Fire was amazing with everyone bouncing in the break down!

[moff]

Eagles of Death Metal - Chose these over Django Django for somewhat sentimental reasons as they were the first band I ever saw at Leeds in 09, always good fun. 7

Gaslight Anthem - As much as I like Gaslight, for the second time I thought they were unfortunately swamped by the size of the Main stage. 6

The Joy Formidable - Surprise of the weekend. Their album didn't really make any impression on the first (and only) listen, but they were stunning live. Revisited A Big Roar since and have realised my own idiocy. 9

Mark Lanegan - Boring. Sorry. 4

SCUM - Turn the 'singer' down please. Yawn. 4

Zulu Winter - Quite like these, enjoyed them at IOW too. 7

2:54 - Collette Thurlow is beautiful. 8

The Black Keys - Love these, and so not sure whether it was being too far back in the crowd surrounded by LADs, but sadly I just wasn't overly impressed. 6.5

Foo Fighters - Fantastic, as expected. 9

Hadouken! - Not a fan, dragged along by a friend, but found myself nodding along. Although not something I'll revisit. 6

Spector - Quite enjoyed the set, they have some cracking tunes although Fred Macpherson is quite irritating. 8

Crystal Castles - Saw them at IOW on a tiny outdoor stage in darkness and they were phenomenally powerful. Totally swamped by the main stage at 4pm. And no Robert Smith either. 6

Lucy Rose - Walked in to the end of her set to get a spot for Alt J, and was slightly baffled by the massive, adoring crowd she'd amassed. Quite enjoyable even from a distance mind. Had no idea she tours with BBC. 7

Alt J - Fantastic. 9

Passion Pit - Enjoyable enough. 7

Graham Coxon - What should've been an enjoyable set was marred by the fact that Coxon came across as an arrogant, miserable c**t. 6

The Courteeners - Only caught twenty minutes as I was determined to see the full Cure set, but they sounded impressive, particularly compared to their '10(?) performance. 7

The Cure - No words. 10

Dry the River - Really enjoy these guys, but I was too hungover and feeling sad about missing Blood Red Shoes and Mystery Jets to fully appreciate and watched the set from the grass outside the NME tent screen. My fault they only get a 6.

Mick Ferry - Listened from just outside the Alt Tent waiting for Al Murray and was pleasantly surprised. Shame the sudden downpour once he'd finished meant we had to seek proper shelter. 8

Santigold - Unfortunately that shelter was the NME tent as Santigold brought her bland, generic hip-hop/pop to Leeds. "No pictures, just dancing, and don't touch my ladies" just seemed unneccesarily arrogant, pedantic and patronising to the bunch of kids just buzzing to be invited on stage. 3

Enter Shikari - The rain stopped, the main stage beckoned, and Enter Shikari worsened my mood. Only upside was laughing at the drummer's faces/poor stage patter. Don't understand the attraction unfortunately, not one redeeming quality I could see. 3

The Vaccines - Decent set, looking forward to the 2nd album. 7.5

Florence + The Machine - Same set as at Werchter, not bad. 6.5

Kasabian - I've seen two headline sets this year that I couldn't help feeling a little skeptical about, the other being Editors at Werchter, and I'm pleased to have been proved utterly, utterly, completely, comprehensively wrong by both. Sorry for doubting you Serge. 10