Soundwave 2010

Flawless day, I ended up having so much fun and seeing some sick bands. A lot better organised than last year, but still hot as hell without any shade (The biggest cheer of the day being when the sun went behind a stray cloud for 30 seconds at about 3pm.) but you know, I thought this day was gonna be all about my inner early/mid-teenager but I ended up having an awesome day regardless. If anyone can help me out with any of these setlists would be appreciated.

First up and the criminally early time for one of the best bands ever was Sunny Day Real Estate. I never really consider it much but their set was truly ruined by being on so early in the day, they played perfectly and they were all pretty stoked to be playing but by half way through the day I had completely forgotten they'd even played, and they were the primary reason I had gone. But lucky I taped it because it's amazing.

Setlist
Song About an Angel
Seven
Theo B
48
Iscarabaid
J'Nuh
In Circles
Sometimes

Sunny Day Real Estate - Soundwave, Sydney, 21/02/2010 - 63mb - 43 minutes

Saw Isis next as nothing else much was on, they had me pretty enthralled for moments and completely bored for others, enjoyable overall though. I think they played 3 songs?

Isis - Soundwave, Sydney, 21/02/2010 - 51mb - 36 minutes

The Weakerthans, a surprise highlight for the day, it was between seeing them or Alexisonfire so I went with the band that probably will never come back. Really stood out from the rest of the lineup playing what was basically indie pop, and they were hella fun.

Setlist
Bigfoot
Tournament of Hearts
Our Retired Explorer (Dines With Michel Foucault In Paris, 1961)
Benediction
Reconstruction Site
Aside
The Reasons
Left and Leaving
Plea from a Cat Named Virtute
(Manifest)

The Weakerthans - Soundwave, Sydney, 21/02/2010 - 50mb - 35 minutes

For some reason, I only had to walk two stages over, but that took me some 20 minutes because Glassjaw/gLASSJAW/GlassJAw were already half way through their first song when I got there. Daryl Palumbo's voice is damn amazing and they played a tight set, I didn't recognise that many songs though so I found myself a bit lost at points. You always hear stories about Daryl being a wanker and such but god damn, he was a douche on stage at this show. He also had all sorts of cuts all over his body. His voice was spot on though, a great set. Sound is a bit jumpy at the start as I'm still walking towards the stage.

Setlist
Tip Your Bartender
All Good Junkies Go to Heaven
Mu Empire
Ape Dos Mil
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports
Jesus Glue
Pink Roses
Two Tabs of Mescaline
Siberian Kiss

Glassjaw - Soundwave, Sydney, 21/02/2010 - 66mb - 46 minutes

Now I went to the mainstage to tape Placebo for a friend as nothing else was on and Paramore were still playing, so I thought it'd be funny to record That's What You Get and upload that, turns out it was only the third song of the set and I got to see all of it. tbh I've always thought Paramore write catchy singles but they were damn good live. I quite enjoyed it and Hayley Williams is like an energiser bunny.

Setlist
That's What You Get
Looking Up
Careful
Let the Flames
Pressure
Decode
Misery Business
Brick by Boring Brick

Paramore - Soundwave, Sydney, 21/02/2010 - 51mb - 36 minutes

Another reason I bought a ticket to this was The Get Up Kids. Best crowd of the day, everyone was so into it, and they were loving it. I had always heard stories of them being crappy live and what not but they went alright. I forgot to do a setlist for these guys, later.

Setlist
Holiday
I'm a Loner Dottie, A Rebel
Coming Clean
The One You Want
Woodson
Red Letter Day
Stay Gone
Close to Me (The Cure)
Action and Action
Don't Hate Me
Ten Minutes

The Get Up Kids - Soundwave, Sydney, 21/02/2010 - 56mb - 39 minutes

Due to the maintsage being an hour late, I ended up being able to see AFI as well. I'm walking into the D Barrier as Kill Caustic starts, I don't know what they played before then. But simple truth is, AFI have moved on and I haven't, this almost killed my inner-early-teenager. Though I did still enjoy hearing the Sing the Sorrow songs for a nostalgia trip, but the only time they went further back then that was for Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing. Oh well, they've got a shitload of fans now so it's working for them.

Setlist
Kill Caustic
Crash Love Song
Love is a Many Splendoured Thing
Crash Love Song
Dancing Through Sunday
The Missing Frame
Death of Seasons
Silver and Cold
Crash Love Song
Love Like Winter
Miss Murder

AFI - Soundwave, Sydney, 21/02/2010 - 58mb - 39 minutes

Jane's Addiction had their moments. I think people are taking them a bit too seriously, take it for what they are, a bunch of ex-junkie rockstars being ex-junkie rockstars, and it's a bit of fun. Perry pretended to have a three way with some dancers, he rolled around on the floor proclaiming himself a role model and never once looked at or acknowledged the presence of Eric Avery, but you know, this set was rock and roll. I've seen reunions where certain members aren't "into it" but Eric Avery looked downright pissed off to be playing.

Setlist
Up the Beach
Mountain Song
Had a Dad
Three Days
Whores
Been Caught Stealing
Then She Did...
Ocean Size
Ted, Just Admit It...
Stop!
Jane Says

Jane's Addiction - Soundwave, Sydney, 21/02/2010 - 95mb - 1 hour 7 minutes

I was extremely pleased when Jimmy Eat World were added at the last minute, and something seemed right about this set, something was clicking between them because what I saw is not what I ever hear about in reviews of Jimmy Eat World shows. It was fucking amazing. The set list was pretty damn great sing-a-long funtimes and the crowd were really enthusiastic. One of the best sets I've seen.

Setlist
Sweetness
A Praise Chorus
Let it Happen
Always Be
Lucky Denver Mint
23
Get it Faster
No Sensitivity
Work
The Authority Song
Futures
Big Casino
Blister
Hear You Me
Bleed American
Pain
The Middle

Jimmy Eat World - Soundwave, Sydney, 21/02/2010 - 98mb - 1 hour 9 minutes

And then I went home. Don't email me about Faith No More.

Soundwave 2009

I took a break from recording and returned for Soundwave.

I ended up missing two bands I wanted to see because of the obscene line to get in, but overall this was a huge improvement on last years.

Saw Saves the Day first, quite enjoyable. Mainly went to record for a friend.

Saves the Day - Soundwave, Sydney, 22/02/2009 - 46.5mb - 39 minutes

Minus the Bear are easily one of my favourite bands, a bummer they got relegated to such a small stage at such an hour, but the set was so awesome. And they played Thanks for the Killer Game of Crisco Twister! Bummer that a fuck up at work made me miss their side show with Jaguar Love (Whose original plan was for me to see and record them 3 times but only ended up seeing them half of once.)

Setlist
Dr. L’Ling
Throwing Shapes
Hooray
Thanks for the Killer Game of Crisco Twister
Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse
The Fix
Pachuca Sunrise
Knights

Minus the Bear - Soundwave, Sydney, 22/02/2009 - 42.1mb - 35 minutes

Rival Schools were who I recorded next, saw a few bits and pieces in between but this set was really quite enjoyable. Just flat out hell yeah to these guys.


Setlist
Travel By Telephone
High Acetate
Good Things
The Switch
Everything Has It’s Point
Big Waves
Undercovers On
How Soon is Now
Used For Glue

Rival Schools - Soundwave, Sydney, 22/02/2009 - 39.4mb - 34 minutes

I had no plans on seeing Alice in Chains but I ended up there and was totally blown away, William DuVall fucking killed it and I ended up know every word to every song. Solid performance.

Alice in Chains - Soundwave, Sydney, 22/02/2009 - 76.6mb - 1 hour 2 minutes

Angry music to play on your tambourine. Fucking awesome performance, ballsy set list for a festival. Only time I’ve ever seen Nine Inch Nails play an encore so that was weird. Can barely hear the bass. More in depth discussion of NIN in their next recording.

Setlist
1,000,000
Letting You
March of the Pigs
Something I Can Never Have
Reptile
Burn
Survivalism
Gave Up
La Mer
The Fragile
Non-Entity
The Good Soldier
Wish
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole
Encore
Suck
The Downward Spiral
Dead Souls
Hurt

Nine Inch Nails - Soundwave, Sydney, 22/02/2009 - 116.4mb - 1 hour 36 minutes