Interpol also aren't afraid to let the tension build without bursting its bubble as was the case with the winding Mammoth and No I In Threesome prior to rounding their slot out with the urgent The Heinrich Maneuver and the crowd favorite PDA that had many clapping along. With the sun not quite about to set, British band Arctic Monkeys had the crowd surfing, shaking and boogieing for its near-hour gig. Although splitting the set up nicely between their two albums, lead singer Alex Turner and crew wowed most with the frantic Brianstorm, Dancing Shoes and Fake Tales Of San Francisco that seems to combine the primitive feel of The Strokes with the angular arty vibes of Franz Ferdinand.
Perhaps the artist which the crowd might have felt shortchanged by was M.I.A.
for the fact she was so just damn entertaining. With just a backup singer and DJ behind her, the artist made it feel like the opening of Caribana with huge happy beats during Bamboo Banga, the dance-oriented Boyz and Paper Planes from her latest record Kala. M.
I.A. also coaxed the "crazy motherf--kers" onto the stage during one song resulting in roughly more than 100 fans jumping barricades, bypassing bewildered looking security and strutting their stuff.
Earlier in the day, British singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini charmed the slowly growing crowd with his warm, folksy style with tracks like New Shoes and Jenny Don't Be Hasty. Canadian hip-hop artist k-os included a part of AC/DC's Hells Bells into a set highlighted by Sunday Morning and Crabbuckit. And Vancouver newcomers The Vincent Black Shadow fared well with original material before concluding with Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit.
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