Southside Festival 09

60 Reasons

At this year's Southside Festival with 60 great acts the weather stank but I got to see many of my favorite bands and some unknown to me. Food courts get better every year at Southside, the whole organization was great again. Easy in, great to be there, long way out.

The line-up was great again, 50'000 folks came out despite the stinky, rainy weather. But it didn't pour all the time fortunately. I did particularly look forward to the Silversun Pickup's, The Wombats (beautifully funny and energetic) and Disturbed.

The Editors impressed me much with their dark, clean show but what knocked me off my feet was The Mars Volta! These guys are just epic!

Check out what you have missed:

Anthony Zaro · Anti-Flag · Auletta · Aviv Geffen · Ben Harper and Relentless7 · Blood Red Shoes · Bosse · Brand New · Clueso · Culcha Candela · Datarock · Dendemann · Disturbed · Duffy · Eagles Of Death Metal · Editors · Eskimo Joe · Everlaunch · Faith No More · Fettes Brot · Fleet Foxes · Frank Turner · Franz Ferdinand · Friendly Fires · Friska Viljor · Get Well Soon · Gogol Bordello · Johnossi · Joshua Radin · Just Jack · Karamelo Santo · Katy Perry · Keane · Kings Of Leon · Kraftwerk · Less Than Jake · Lily Allen · Lovedrug · Luis & Laserpower · Lykke Li · Moby · Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds · Nine Inch Nails · Nneka · No Use For A Name · One Fine Day · Paolo Nutini · Pixies · Portugal. The Man · Silversun Pickups · SKA-P · Social Distortion · State Of Martial Law · The Alexandria Quartet · The Asteroids Galaxy Tour · The Dø · The Gaslight Anthem · The Horrors · The Living End · The Mars Volta · The Rakes · The Sounds · The Ting Tings · The Whip · The Wombats · Tomte

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Southside Festival 2009