Having (briefly) slept on it, here’s my personal quick highlights from this year’s Latitude festival
- Crystal Castles simply blew me away. If I had to pick one overall performance, this would be the one.
- Darwin Deez wins hands-down in the feel-good stakes. He walked around in front of the stage before the gig, hugging fans and letting them touch his rather amazing hair. With the entire band doing hilarious dance routines between the songs, it was hard to stop smiling all the way through.
- First time I’ve seen The National live, and they were as good as I’d hoped.
- Discovered some great new bands, including Teeth, who - in a case of effective twitter marketing - , sent me a tweet asking to come and see them. I went and wasn’t disappointed. Other previously unknown (to me) bands I really enjoyed include Zun Zun Egui and Nedry.
Of course, there was plenty more I loved, and even more I missed - for more photos, see my Latitude 2010 collection on Flickr.
