What Act Surprised You the Most?

[heart cooks brain]

Miike Snow were fantastic and I wasn't planning on seeing them at all.

Which set blind-sided you with awesomeness?

edit: shit can someone edit the thread title from 'What' to 'Which'?

[romanticizer]

Pulp was WAY more awesome than I thought. Also Sub Focus and St. Vincent. I knew St. Vincent was badass but the stage-dive singing was amazing.

[Grant]

azealia

[rage patton]

Azealia Banks. I have never seen a mid-day Gobi set go off like that. The crowd went mental.

[Grant]

it was so good. my number 3 of the weekend

[Pixiessp]

We Were Promised Jetpacks.

[DANCE MAGIC]

Justice.

[heart cooks brain]

Justice.

#2 on my surprised list.

[nine day brawl]

Beats Antique

[romanticizer]

Breakbot surprised me in a bad way.

[RedHotSgtPeppers]

Dragonette was incredible. I had no preconceived notions of what it would be like before I heard them. It was great.

[heart cooks brain]

Breakbot surprised me in a bad way.

that would be your bad, not his (or whatever).

[abbeyroad 04]

Givers were great. Also really liked the Hives. The singer was very entertaining. A great showman.

[heart cooks brain]

Givers were great. Also really liked the Hives. The singer was very entertaining. A great showman.

he was annoying and talked too much.

[ballgame]

The Shins. I picked up Oh, Inverted World before coachella and it just didn't impress me all that much, but watching them play was magical. Totally love this band now.

[paulb]

Azealia Banks was indeed nuts, I had no idea her crowd and her set would be going off so hard!

Justice too, in the sense, they rocked it so hard in 07/08, then put out a shitty as fuck album compared to Cross, I had no idea what to expect from the new live set with new material, and they were chopping it up awesomely! I didnt much care for 10min versions of DANCE and AVD.... but, overall, I was jumping up and down and having fun, almost as much as I did back in the day.

[nathanfairchild]

For me it was Death Grips. I wasn't crazy about their studio stuff but their live show was a blast. Favorite show of the weekend by far.

[heart cooks brain]

company flow put together a really good set too. i'd heard some meh things about their set at ATP but the tent was empty so i figured i would check it out. walked right up to the stage and they went off. good show.

[Mugwog]

Azelia Banks: I was surprised her set was so short.

BADUM CHH.

[Grant]

well, when you kill it that fucking hard i guess you don't need a full set. she brought it.

[nathanfairchild]

i was surprised when i saw photos of the crowd at the airplane boys. i've never seen a crowd that small for any act ever.

[ELECtROjan]

Florence

[TomAz]

We Were Promised Jetpacks.

correct answer.

[Oolong]

Death Grips

[Mr. Porter]

Only caught four songs from Miike Snow, but they rework their songs great live. I heard good things about their show, but I had to see some to believe it. The Kaskade conflict was difficult.

[Mr. Dylanja]

Gotye and Death Grips

[swhite423]

Neon Indian or Girls

[electrocute]

Was very pleasantly surprised by how rocking/great Feist was. I had previously thought of her as a mellow singer-songwriter but this show was dynamite, with 20+ musicians on stage. She herself was simply fantastic and I find I really want to seek out more of her music now that I know she got it goin on!

I also had not checked out Amon Tobin at all beforehand and was completely blown away. Not something I would have thought I'd like before going to the festival, but it totally opened my mind.

[Monko762]

I was dragged to Calvin Harris, and I was dancing and grooving by the time he dropped Block Rockin Beats rmx.

VERY Surprised how far his set has come since I saw him on a pair of cdj's at Voyuer(which was absolute shit!) He must have learned how to use ableton or something...

[lt.roast.a.botch]

Death Grips. The most unique act of the weekend that I saw. Some crazy shit was going on in there.