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June 09, 2008
Third and Final Round
We Love Sounds was probably the most un-disappointing festival I've ever been to. Every act I saw either lived up to or surpassed my expectation. That's rare.
Lindstrom had some sound gremlins at first but they were sorted out by about halfway through his set, and once they were, he was amazing. Gaiser, of whom I hadn't heard before, was really good too. The Whip ended with "Trash" and I damn near lost my mind. Bonde do Role put on a hell of a set, those sexy Brazilians really know how to bust a move. Mr Oizo was probably my favourite performance of the day, I left a bit early to catch Cassius, which was a mistake. They were good but no-where near as good as Oizo. By the time !!! came on, I was running out of energy but they were still good fun. They were more band-y and less electronic on stage than on their album.
Everything was playing in one big warehouse - three stages, separated by heavy curtains. The curtains didn't go all the way to the top of the roof, which would have contributed to the sound bleeding between the stages. It was more noticeable at the start of the day so maybe something was done with the sound mixing to lessen the effect.
The crowd was really good, mostly cool people and I didn't see any dickheads - we managed to get close to the stage for every act we saw without having to push, and we moved around between the stages quite a bit. Everyone seemed to respect everyone else's personal space, which was very pleasantly surprising.
As always, photos are online.
Posted by Piers on June 09, 2008 at 05:20 PM
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