Held at Macquarie Square, with tiny stages and crowds too big for the area. Still, it was most enjoyable.
Pivot - only saw a few songs, seemed good, as they usually do, but the girls I was with went to see
Pretty Girls Make Graves, so I did too. Should have stayed and watched Pivot though, they were better. We were too far Back to see anything, and they really didn't sound interesting.
Then
Wolf and Cub, who, despite my attempts to enjoy them, were pretty fucking horrible. You like distortion guys? Well you distorted my eardrums. Ruined my ears, even though there were louder acts, none grated like these guys did. Its also pretty amazing how they use two drummers to do less than what one good drummer could do.
The Drones were really really really good. We'd moved right forward by this point. To anyone who saw the gossip over these guys - LOL. They're a band from Melbourne, so you overseas people probably don't know of them, but they play a sort of bluesy kind've of stuff, I suppose. I'm so terrible at reviews
Les Savy Fav were also incredible. Before they started, one of my friends said, "I bet Tim gets up on that wall", pointing at a tall wall down one side of the lane hthe stage was in. By the second song he was up there. He's like a fat naked ninja. Those few jerks in the crowd were jerks, but eh, nothing could spoil that set. If you ever get a chance to see these guys, DO IT.
Then I went a got a hotdog. It was pretty good.
Decoder Ring were as amusing as a golf tournament. Perhaps it was because we were so far back.
Some hardcore sneaking forward got us right down the front for
Broken Social Scene, who were absolutely awesome. They did all fit on the stage, somehow! I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this set too. It wasn't long enough - about an hour I guess, I should have gone and seen them the night before at their own show, but I couldn't afford both. Anyway, they said something about BDO, so maybe they'll be back.
