Sasquatch

So yeah... it's been a couple weeks since Sasquatch but I am finally reading to blog about. Was super busy with finals but now I have plenty of free time to update.

Basically Sasquatch was one of the best weekends I've ever had. I can't wait to make it a yearly tradition. So many amazing performers, met some really cool people, and didn't shower the entire time haha.

I figured I would talk about my favorite performances and also so surprise performances that I was expecting to be good or just had no idea who they were before the festival.

I'm going to get this one out of the way.
#1 performance of the weekend was Broken Social Scene.
I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was overwhelmingly amazing.
Kevin Drews voice was so good live, they had a good range of old favorites and new songs from Forgiveness Rock Record, and it was the most amazing venue. (sorry didn't really get a good pic of them)


#2 for me The XX
I really fell in love with their album, playing it over and over on my computer, my ipod, and vinyl. Seeing them live was something I was really looking forward to and they did not disappoint. Romy and Olivers voices were spot on. The only reason they are number two is because simply because the don't have the history and experience of BSS. I think with time they could become one of my all time favorites.
#3 was The National. I want to move to Brooklyn and hang out with these guys. Setlist was pretty good but there were a couple songs missing for me. It was really cool to listen to them as the sun was setting and the view of The Gorge behind them. I will never get used to that view.

I can't really pick a number four, I loved Dirty Projectors, Miike Snow, Passion Pit, Mumford & Sons, She & Him, and Edward Sharpe all about the same. Dirty Projectors are very talented live, especially the combinations of the two female vocals really blew me away.

Some bands that surprised me were, MGMT, Mayer Hawthorne, and Band of Horses. I wasn't really expecting anything from MGMT but they were actually really great live, sound wise and also interacting with the audience. Ending with "Kids" was epic, it was just a ridiculous amount of people dancing and everyone was singing along. It was just a great sense of unity and one of my favorite moments over the weekend.

Can I go back now?