Top 5 Acts - 2014

[the wonderwhy]

At Reading their crowd was DEAD, except the guy in front of me who almost knocked me out on multiple occasions with his weird violent head banging. Might have been Yellow.

EDIT: Arctics, not Baby Godzilla.

Edited August 29, 2014 by MattDavies__

[Yellow_Fellow]

Fuck out did I see Arctics mate

[nickybu]

Leeds was fucking great. My top 5 are probably as follows (in no order):

1. The Front Bottoms - amazing set, amazing crowd, was right upfront and lost my voice completely. Also one of my favourite bands ever and mean the world to me so it was a heartfelt 35 minutes

2. Blink-182 - HUGE fan, they played the greatest hits which was what the crowd wanted and it sounded great. The crowd was amazing, even overpowering tom and mark's voice for the first two songs. Again, I lost my voice.

3. QOTSA - SUPERB performance. The extended "Song for the Deaf" was insane and resulted in multiple big pits which was fun as hell. Some little kid fainted too lol

4. Cage The Elephant - They know how to put on a great show. There was a great atmosphere and he interacted so much with the crowd. My friend managed to touch him while he was crowd surfing

5. The Kooks - Love them and they put on a great show. Was happy that they played their new stuff but also some classics. Tent was full and atmosphere was great!

On another note, I managed to talk to, dance with and get pictures of Jack Steadman and Harrison Koisser which was awesome as fuck :3

[theshapeofpunktocome123]

cant decide on order but ... BLINK 182, the wonder years, letlive, etid, papa roach

[mattgimmeshelter]

My favourite moment of the weekend

[dentalplan]

Anyone see Metronomy? Or was everyone just an unimpressed Fantano? The crowd on the coverage seem fantastic for it... and it's a Reading crowd!

Edited August 30, 2014 by dentalplan

[the wonderwhy]

Who the hell is Fantano?

[Spud001]

?

[dentalplan]

He didn't like the last Metronomy album. Maybe the last two. Can't remember.

Did anyone see them at the festival then?

Edited August 31, 2014 by dentalplan

[FooFighters]

1.Queens of the Stone Age

2. Metronomy

3. Bombay Bicycle Club

4. AM (first time)

5. We Are Scientists

[sjseabass]

Anyone see Metronomy? Or was everyone just an unimpressed Fantano? The crowd on the coverage seem fantastic for it... and it's a Reading crowd!

Gutted to miss them, I absolutely adored them at their secret Glastonbury set, but decided, on balance, that given I'd already seen them twice this year (Field Day too) I'd go for Paramore (who I do like, and fancied seeing how they'd handle headlining) and then be able to get a good spot for Queens.

Don't talk about them any more or you'll make me sad

[Yellow_Fellow]

Metronomy more like flopped after Pip Paine

[dentalplan]

The fact you'd have never heard of Metronomy without their post-Pip Paine releases suggests that's incorrect.

[mattgimmeshelter]

Fantano dislikes everything apart from death grips

[Yellow_Fellow]

The fact you'd have never heard of Metronomy without their post-Pip Paine releases suggests that's incorrect.

Just cause it's accessible doesn't mean it's good

[dentalplan]

Just cause it's accessible doesn't mean it's good

I'm saying Pip Paine was released on a very small scale and only sought out by fans of the band. If you didn't dig Nights Out or English Riviera then you'd have never heard it. Sorta like saying Nirvana lost it after Bleach but worse.

[dentalplan]

Fantano dislikes everything apart from death grips

[Tobieski]

Love letters wasn't great though was it

[dentalplan]

Nah but it was good; grew on me after a few listens and seeing them on William's Green. There's only been the one great album this year. See above for details.

[#FreeComTruise]

Fantano dislikes everything apart from death grips

Is this who Yellow bases his music taste on?

[justanothername]

Is this who Yellow bases his music taste on?

Maybe, but he hasn't done any Rolo Tomassi reviews so it is a bit uncertain

Edited August 31, 2014 by justanothername

[Yellow_Fellow]

He also hates Biffy so there's that too

[sjseabass]

Nah but it was good; grew on me after a few listens and seeing them on William's Green. There's only been the one great album this year. See above for details.

Yeah I'd go along with that, worked much better there than outdoors in front of 1000s at Field Day.

I think you're forgetting about St Vincent.

[TheSilence]

I saw Metronomy. One of the best I saw all weekend. Sort of hypnotic.

[Seanoooo]

1. Arctic Monkeys

2. Disclosure

3. The 1975

4. You Me At Six

5. Paramore