I've just been to
Primavera Sound festival with some of my best friends.
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List of bands seen.
* denotes extra plus good.
# denotes pretty not good.
Thursday 27th May 2010
Bis *
The Fall *
Superchunk *
Pavement *
The XX *
Broken Social Scene
Fuck Buttons *
The Books (small part of set)
Mission of Burma (small part of set)
Moderat #
Marc Pinol
El Mato a un Policia Motorizado
Friday 28th May 2010
Pixies *
Cocorosie (twice) *
Marc Almond #
Scout Niblett *
Japandroids
Joker featuring Nomad *
Diplo *
Panda Bear *
Yeasayer (small part of set)
Javiera Mena (end song)
Saturday 29th May 2010
Grizzly Bear *
Orbital
Polvo *
Liquid Liquid *
Ben Frost *
Clare and the Reasons
Van Dyke Parks *
The Slits #
No Age *
The Bundles (less Kimya Dawson)
Gary Numan (small part of set yet was amazing) *
Boy 8 Bit #
Sunday 20th May
Black Lips #
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Numbers
Number of Where are you? texts received/ sent:
104
Number of times cried at awesomeness:
1
Number of members of Team Awesome in attendance:
6
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Tops
Top 3 Where are you? texts (original spellings preserved):
1. Uh oh san Miguel moved anyway we're intermittently putting up hand beaks
2. Same plaice as before go forwards
3. stairwell nearest stage t the right of the stage left of bannister. Atp stage
Top 3 sets:
1. Pixies
2. Cocorosie (2nd set)
3. Fuck Buttons
Top 3 new to me-s:
1. Superchunk
2. Ben Frost
3. The Books
Top 3 non-festival times/ things:
1. The roof terrace
2. Food! (Heart of Markness, the boqueria market produce & awesome restaurant on Passeig del Born)
3. Ria Verhaeghe exhibition at the Antoni Tapies foundation
Top 6 bands I wish I had seen:
1. Low
2. Wilco
3. Chrome Hoof
4. Michael Rother & Friends Present Neu! Music
5. Sleigh Bells
6. Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
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