Now that I've slightly recovered from yesterday:
It's a no-brainer that I'm going to say I loved the Killers, so I'll just skip over that part. The biggest highlight for me was Friendly Fires. I went in knowing maybe two songs by them and came out a huge fan. God, I love when there's saxaphone involved in a live performance, add in the trumpet, and it really adds so much to the atmosphere to me. The lead singer was so energetic, I said something to a friend about thinking he was going to pass out if he kept that up (it was in the high 80s by that point, I believe, if not the 90s) and just a few minutes later he commented on feeling faint, but he just kept on dancing. Anyways, they were great, a favorite of the day for the day for sure.
Big surprise for me was Dan Deacon. Loved Bromst, but did not expect him to be any good live. How wrong I was. There were like 20 people up on that stage with him and the sound was great, imo. The guy got the crowd to do like a conga line around the crowd, it was just a fantastic time. And like I said above, when band instruments get involved in a live performance, I get pretty pumped, and he had a fucking marching band up there with him to play Woof Woof, and it completely won me over.
My only slight disappointment (and I wouldn't even say it was a disappointment, more just a not quite as excited as I was the rest of the day) was Passion Pit. I was just pretty bummed they played so much from the EP, but I think it was mostly just disappointed bias because they didn't play my favorite song
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Um...other than that...Kaiser Chiefs were good, but I don't like their music, so no surprises there, Neko Case was great with the crowd, but I think it was a HUGE mistake that she was on a main stage while Passion Pit was on a side stage. Who else...Bat For Lashes, didn't get to see all of their set, but did get there for the two songs I know best (What's A Girl to Do and Daniel) and they were great, though the daytime is not the best atmosphere for their music.
Anyways, wonderful, WONDERFUL day, and I am quite tired still, but so glad I did it.