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#1 Deerhunter @ The Gorge (Sasquatch 2011) - The atmosphere was almost too perfect for the shoegaze-y, lo-fi rock they play. They closed their stage on the last night of the festival, so the sun was down, it was drizzling lightly, and there was a thunderstorm in the distance. They played extended versions of their songs with instrumentals in the middle of them, it was very surreal. At one point, someone in the crowd threw a glowstick on the stage and the bassist, Josh Fauver attached it to the end of his guitar for the remainder of the show haha

#2 Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre @ Polo Grounds (Coachella 2012) - Seeing them live together was a dream come true, it was amazing being in the crowd with everybody rapping along to every song. And to cap it all off...the guest appearances were ridiculous! Eminem, 50 Cent, Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar, Kurupt, Warren G and Hologram 2Pac! Definitely the most fun I've had at a show.

#3 Foo Fighters @ Saddledome 2011 - This was the second time I saw them, the first being at Sasquatch a few months prior. What made this one special was that I had floor tickets and went with a friend of mine who is also a huge Foo fan. It was a ton of fun singing along to every song, and Dave had this runway through the crowd he ran along a few times so he was only a few feet away from me!

#4 Japandroids @ Republik 2010 - Not a whole lot to say about this one. A friend of mine had just introduced me to them a few months prior so I was stoked to see them live. They are really tight live and they even played my favourite song, Wet Hair, which Brian (lead singer) said they rarely played live.

#5 At The Drive-In / Refused @ Polo Grounds (Coachella 2012) - I grouped them together for the same reason, they were a couple of my favourite bands in high school, and having already been broken up by that time I thought I would never be able to see them live. When I saw the line-up for Coachella and they were both on it, I knew I wasn't going to miss it for anything. They were both really awesome live considering they were broken up for so long, and being up front and moshing was really amazing.

Worst: Guided By Voices @ The Gorge (Sasquatch 2011) - Robert Pollard was drunk as hell and could barely sing, and he was really bitter about there only being 30 or 40 people near the stage to see them when Chromeo, who played before them, probably had one of the biggest crowds of the weekend. His banter in between songs was so bad it was funny too.

HM: Nine Inch Nails @ Saddledome 2009, Queens Of The Stone Age @ Jube 2011, Radiohead @ Coachella 2012