Top 5, Bottom 5

[paganman7]

I'm always interested to hear what other people's favorites/least favorites were.

Mine:


Top 5:

1. The Presets
2. The Bloody Beetroots
3. Etienne de Crecy
4. My Bloody Valentine
5. Groove Armada


Bottom 5:

1. The Orb (What...The...Fuck...Was...That?)
2. The Chemical Brothers
3. TV on the Radio
4. M.A.N.D.Y. (soooooo disappointed)
5. Paul McCartney (the 3 songs or so it took for me to walk from the Sahara, past the main stage, until I was out of earshot of that nonsense)

[thepoetblue]

I'm not huge on ranking things because it's just about impossible to compare Leonard Cohen to Girl Talk... but what the hell...

Top 5
1) Plump DJ's
2) Leonard Cohen
3) Michael Franti
4) Girl Talk
5) Tinariwen

Bottom 5
1) Gaslight Anthem
2) The Cure (never was a fan - they bore me)
3) Dear & the Headlights (bleh)
4) Noah & the Whale (expected great things, maybe I should have stayed longer and given them more time)
5) Lupe Fiasco (just doesn't have the stage presence and charisma of some of the other great rappers who have been on that stage)

[PassiveTheory]

Top 5:
Leonard Cohen
Amanda Fucking Palmer
Plump DJs
Franz Ferdinand
Fleet Foxes/Junior Boys

Bottom 5:
Steve Aoki
The Chemical Brothers
Morrissey (only saw 2 songs)

Honestly, I only have 3... The others that didn't necessarily electrify me (Lykke Li, Brian Jonestown Massace, Blitzen Trapper) weren't necessarily bad.

[paganman7]

I don't get Leonard Cohen, but it seemed like a lot of people really enjoyed his set.

I watched 3 or 4 songs then went on my way.

[Tylerdurden31]

Top 5:
1. Antony & Matthew Herbert (& The Johnsons??)
2. Beirut
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. Thievery Corporation
5. Amanda Palmer

Bottom 5:
1. M.I.A.
2. Chemical Brothers
3. Airborne Toxic Event (I was immediately bored with them)
4. Glasvegas (for not only not impressing me, but just not showing up at all)
5. Patton & Rahzel (big disappointment)

[boarderwoozel3]

Top:
Groove Armada
The Chemical Brothers
Crookers
Paul McCartney (2nd half)
My Bloody Valentine

Bottom:
Morrissey
Steve Aoki
Paul McCartney (1st half)
People Under The Stairs
Peter Bjorn and John

[FurtherDownTheRabbitHole]

Great!

1) The Bloody Beetroots
2) My Bloody Valentine
3) The Presets
4) Felix da Housecat
5) Fucked Up


Awful!

1) M.I.A.
2) Crystal Castles
3) Morrissey
4) The Chemical Brothers
5) Girl Talk
6) Crookers

[roberto73]

Top 5:
1) Los Campesinos!
2) My Bloody Valentine
3) Cloud Cult
4) No Age
5) Band of Horses

Bottom 5:
1) Fleet Foxes
2) Dear and the Headlights
3) Dr. Dog
4) Noah and the Whale
5) Alberta Cross

[TheKid79]

Top 5:
1) Plump DJ's
2) NASA
3) Buraka Som Sistema
4) The Presets
5) Groove Armada

Bottom 5:
1) NewNo2
2) Steve Aoki (ruined not only his own set with constant trainwrecks but also ruined Bloody Beetroots set on Saturday by screaming into a mic the entire time)
3) Etienne De Crecy - The cube did not deliver and his music was ass.
4) Drop the Lime - Awful mixes.
5) Teen ravers with no concept of dance flooor etiquette dominating the Sahara tent.

[captncrzy]

If you don't have Paul in your top five, you should have your head examined.

[Lurker_in_a_tree]

I'm always interested to hear what other people's favorites/least favorites were.

Mine:


Top 5:
3. Etienne de Crecy

Bottom 5:
5. Paul McCartney (the 3 songs or so it took for me to walk from the Sahara, past the main stage, until I was out of earshot of that nonsense)

Holy shit. If I were you, I would never share my retarded opinions about music in public, ever again.

[Heimster]

Top Five:
1. McCartney
2. Public Enemy
3. Gaslight Anthem
4. We Are Scientists
5. White Lies

Bottom:
1. Chemical Brothers (wtf was that?)
2. No Age
3. Fucked Up
4. Throbbing Gristle
5. MBV

[All Your Base]

Top:

Atmosphere - as an underground hiphop fan for years, I'm ashamed I'd never heard of them before
Bajofondo - so tight, so sexy
Thievery Corp - never seen them before, and the musicianship was tremendous
Plump DJs - best dance act of the weekend to me
NASA - ahhhhh.....early 90s hiphop mash was terrific!

Bottom:

Felix da Housecat - He was just plain awful
Noah and the Whale - they looked like they wanted to be anywhere else
PE - loved the idea of FoaBP but no samples whatsoever
TVotR - not their performance, but the sound just sucked. Total bummer

[sk8r408]

Top:
Paul McCartney
MBV
Los Campesinos!
Cage The Elephant
The Kills

Bottom:
Etienne De Crecy
Henry Rollins
Morrissey
Thenewno2
The Cure

[FoxeyLady]

Top:
McCartney
Ghostland Observatory
TV On the Radio
MSTRKRFT
Etienne De Crecy

Bottom:
P.O.S.
Ariel Pink
Blitzen Trapper (not bad, just boring. Dr. Dog was better)
N.A.S.A.
The Kills

[hammerandasickle]

Top:
1. MBV
2. Murder City Devils
3. Macca
4. BJM
5. Superchunk

Bottom:
1. Chemical Brothers (was very very excited, found their set to be lackluster at best)
2. The Bug
3. Thievery Corporation (Just not into 'em)

[cured]

Top
1. The Chemical Brothers
2. The Presets
3. Plump DJs
4. Thievery Corporation
5. Random stuff at the Do Lab

Bottom
1. Douchebags (mostly teenagers) who elbow and push their way around in a packed tent
2. Perry Ferrell
3. Zane Lowe
4. MSTRKRP
5. Surkin

[CrimesceneCookie]

TOP:
1. Mccartney
2. Throbbing Gristle
3. MBV
4. Fucked Up
5. Ghostland Observatory


BOTTOM:
1. Etienne de Crappycube
2. Crystal Castles
3. Morrissey
4. Thievery Corporation
5. John Legend singing with Mstrkrft

[hobomilitia]

Top 5
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Los Campesinos
Paul McCartney
Crystal Castles

Bottom 5
MIA - just as bad as last year, but with a bigger audience.
Dear and the Headlights
there weren't five bands that i thought were bad...

[homEsick]

the good-- in order of favouriteness
1 okkervil river
2 cloud cult
3 the presets
4 noah and the whale
5 franz ferdinand

the bad no order
1 m ward (i was really excited about seeing him, but i guess i just got bored quick. it was very talented music, it just wasnt what i was feeling for a festival setting)
2 liars
3 tv on the radio
4 mia
5 ? - guess i dont stay around much to see bands im not liking

[Spongehead56]

Top 5:

Joss Stone
The Orb
Paul McCartney
The Killers
Plump DJs

Bottom 5:

Etienne De Crecy
Ghostland Observatory
MSTRKRFT
Thievery Corporation
Girl Talk

[Dogvolta]

Top 5:
1. Ghostland
2. Beetroots
3. Plumps
4. Chems
5. MSTRKRFT

Bottom 5:
1: Etienne/Cube
2: Crystal Castles
3: Zane Lowe
4: I've been sitting here trying to honestly think and am realizing that
5: There were no other performances that actually disappointed me

[patricksw]

TOP

1. M.I.A. (you all have no idea what you're talking about)
2. The Presets (best act of Friday hands down)
3. Antony + The Johnsons (Antony is incredible, and that heat was ridiculous)
4. Throbbing Gristle (FABULOUS- Genesis is a god)
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (AMAZINGGGGGGGGG and so pristine)
6. AOKI!!!! (his energy-- so RAD!-- his dancers could have changed faster though-- LOL! VIVA BENIHANA!)

Honorable Mention 1: Crookers (BROUGHT IT HARD)
Honorable Mention 2: Girl Talk (crowd surfing on a raft is RAD)
Honorable Mention 3: Gang Gang Dance
Honorable Mention 4: Ianator from Dolab

BOTTOM

5th from bottom: Public Enemy (do you really have to warn everyone like 5x that you're going to dive into the crowd?)
4th from bottom: Paul McCartney (at least he played some Beatles music, and I got to hear Let It Be as I walked to the car)
3rd from bottom: Etienne de Crecy (bad music, stupid gimmick)
2nd from bottom: Lucent Dossier (don't come up and mess with me as I'm walking through: I'm not playing your game!)
Bottom: The Orb (WTF was that!)

Honorable Mention (cause I didn't see them): The Killers
Honorable Mention: Crystal Castles (just wasn't their night)
Honorable Mention: Morrissey (why did he take his shirt off if he was going to put another one on in <5 seconds? -- and why is he even taking his shirt off at all... that part of his life is over... he's fat and gross now and needs to accept it... in fact, he can't even sing anymore so it's really just over until he reunites with that crappy jamband he was in one day)

[summerkid]

If you don't have Paul in your top five, you should have your head examined.

oh yeah cause jets rocks! took him way too long to get into the good stuff.

[bigc1]

Top:
Leonard Cohen
My Bloody Valentine
Paul McCartney
Chemical Brothers
Devendra Banhart

Bottom:
Etienne de Crecy
The Cure
Morrissey
second half of Thievery
Aoki and/or Crookers

[JewFace]

I also agree that it's a bit silly to rank such a diverse group of artists, but, I also like lists so...


Top 5:
1. Paul McCartney
2. Buraka Som Sistema
3. Chemical Bros. and MSTRKRFT (back-to-back)
4. My Bloody Valentine
5. Surkin

Bottom 2:
1. Felix da Housecat. He picked some good songs, but my god, I think anyone who went into that 'learn how to dj' tent could have pulled that off. It must have taken him a good 10 minutes to prepare for his Coachella set. Maybe it's time to put the cat down?
2. Steve Aoki. Seriously, Steven? The screaming? You really think you're badass? It was fine when your set had the silly party feel, but when you started your Rage act it was just ridiculous.

[microcuts]

Anyone with the Cure in their bottom 5 clearly didn't watch them. Are you insane? Musically inept? WTF?

[Egull]

Top 5:
1.Paul McCartney
2.My Bloody Valentine
3.Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4.Morrissey
5.Buraka Som Sistema

[canexplain]

Anyone with the Cure in their bottom 5 clearly didn't watch them. Are you insane? Musically inept? WTF?

ok so at&t blue room is not like being at the fest (in some ways, its better, what great camera work) but the cure on the tube was pretty damn good .... i think its funny too that b4 the fest it was "who wants to see some old fart (macca) up there singing 40 year old songs!!!" and now i see him on many of the top 5 bands of the weekend ..... go paul .... cr****

[humanoid]

Top 5

-Los Campesinos! (one of my favorites of the weekend)
-The Presets (ok, maybe the Presets were actually my favorite...awesome every time!!)
-Bloody Beetroots(had me dancing more than most other Sahara acts this year....lose Steve Aoki next time though)
-Yeah Yeah Yeahs(not as great as other times I've seen them, but something about Karen O is just compelling, even with the lame grin stuck on her face the entire set...I liked the new songs live much more than I expected to)
-Late of the Pier(such energy, great sound, they could've closed out the Sahara any night)


Bottom 5

-M.I.A. (Don't think I ever need to watch her again, obnoxious sound effects kill it for me again.....my brother and I were laughing hysterically every time the fucking stupid air horn sounded...again and again.......love her music, but I think her personality just completely turns me off, something about her seemingly contrived faux hip hop attitude doesn't jive with her woman of the people shtick....)
-Chemical Brothers (I'm a big fan, but the DJ set was simply boring)
-Etienne de Crecy (so much hype over nothing, the set bored me, the cube was highly unimpressive)
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