My favs:

1. Of Montreal - sounded great, crazy costumes and antics and shit up on stage, probably the most memorable rock concert / performance of my life so far
2. Silversun Pickups - crowd was going nuts, sounded good, 'Lazy Eye' went off big time
3. Fleet Foxes - no frills, just sounded really good and clear

And of course Depeche Mode was a very solid show as well

And I didn't watch many of the DJs, but the set by Hercules and Love Affair was phenomenal.

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Originally posted by TranceArmstrong My favs: 2. Silversun Pickups - crowd was going nuts, sounded good, 'Lazy Eye' went off big time

thanks for making me jealous. one of my favorite bands and it KILLED us to miss them. glad they played well though.

Silversun Pickups were definitely a highlight for me too. I was hoping that Lazy Eye and Panic Switch would go off well, and the first few tracks I thought the mix sounded off (bass was indistinct and dronish), but the melody really came out well on Lazy Eye. Definitely one upped The Killers, that's for sure.

What I saw:

Friday-
Bon Iver
Ben Folds
Fleet Foxes
Thievery Corp
Peter Bjorn and John
Andrew Bird
Kings of Leon

Saturday-
Animal Collective (1/2) Atmosphere (1/2)
Gomez
Chairlift
Arctic Monkeys
Santigold
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Sunday-
Kaiser Chiefs
Hood Internet
Vampire Weekend
Cold War Kids
Snoop Dogg
Silversun Pickups
The Killers (1/2)
Jane's Addiction (1/2)

Great festival all around. Amazed that everything started on time. Highlight for me was being up front for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Ace show.

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the new peter bjorn and john album is quite good, did anyone catch amazing baby from williamsburg, brooklyn? they are my favorite american band atm...

i don't regret not going to this at all, except for animal collective, oh well...

I didn't think AC translated well on the big stage. Too much nuance lost in the ambient noise of being outside. Yeah Yeah Yeahs totally rose to the occasion though, and I thought they'd suffer on a big stage too.

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I was really hoping to hear 'My Girls' tho...

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