I have a blog so that means I have authority to give my opinion about music, and actually think people care right? (Part Three)

Day Three:

The Miniature Tigers-I got very close because it was raining and early in the morning. Originally I was going to pass them up to hang out with my friends, but when I saw they had a huge crowd I went running up with my arms raised shouting “woo miniature tigers”. They put on a great show and were very chill!

The Antlers-I was also very close cause it was raining, and they were so awesome about how if stuff fell on them cause it was windy they wanted their ashes spread over the park. I didn’t know everyone else liked Two as much as I did though, it was pretty awesome when they played it.

The Dodos-I was kinda also hiding from the heat at this point, but I liked a few songs and didn’t like others. I think I would have needed to be in the crowd to get a better feal. If you couldn’t tell I the sun was kinda my enemy during this festival...maybe cause I’m secretly a vampire ( I later had sparkles on me too)

Blitzentrapper-Kinda Bob Dylan meets modern rock...though I guess that’s like a lot of bands these days? Regardless, I really enjoyed them and need to look into them more. I was disappointed I missed their show on the smaller stage though...I wanted them to look me in the eyes and sing so I could swoon...

Hockey-They played the one song I knew which was cool, but after that I kinda lost interest. Plus Yeasayer was at 4, and Hockey was at 3:30. They also need to put hockey sticks in their gimmick somewhere, as well as an ode to Canada.


Yeasayer- I liked what I saw, but I left early to go see if I could get to Blitzen Trappers’ smaller show. As you already saw that didn’t work out, so I kind of regret that choice. Not too worried because Ithaca is a pretty indy town and they’ll probably come through again at some point.

MGMT-Terrible live! Their new stuff is awful, and their old stuff doesn’t sound good if it’s not studio. The highlights though were green man (of it’s always sunny fame) crowd surfing, as well as being high five by a drunk guy who missed and basically punched me in the wrist hells yeah!

The National-I wasn’t a huge fan, but I wasn’t a huge fan to begin with. They did bring a lot of energy to their performance, but I was so pumped for Arcade Fire that the band before them was screwed no matter what.

Arcade Fire-Best live show of my entire life. The songs from the Suburbs sound even better live, and it’s so fun to sing and dance along to their stuff! They also played Keep the Car running as their “last song”, followed by Wake Up as an encore. I’ve never seen a crowd get more into a song than that crowd did for Wake Up. Even after the show was over, people were still singing the chorus line...myself included. My only regret was I missed catching the guitar strap they threw into the crowd...there’s always next time! I’m just lucky I didn’t pass out from overexcitement...though I may have come very close to a heart attack. Also remember the sparkles? This is where they came from, they were poured on me as I was jumping around. Would Edward Cullen jump around at shows? I leave you with that thought.

Until next time,
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