Summer Sonic Pick-Ups: Part 1

So I finally went to Summer Sonic, which is one of the premier music festivals in Japan (others include Fuji Rock). I made it to the Saturday of "SamaSoni" and arrived around 11:15am in time to catch 3OH!3. 3OH!3 did not disappoint, and I was screaming along to every song near the front, where a mini-mosh pit had sprung into action. The highlight of the show was probably "Double Vision" where they got the whole crowd singing along the "HEY! na na na" part. Needless to say I had a blast.

Next, we headed to the beach stage to chill out in the constant ocean breeze and listened to Fireball, a Japanese reggae/dancehall group. It was awesome to watch them perform and the crowd was very into it. This was the first song I heard by FiyahB~ back in 2005, and was immediately taken in. Doesn't it make you want to get up and start dancing too? Speaking of getting up and dancing, here is "Dancing Mood" by Fireball. Beautiful.

Saw K-OS, a hybrid rap/rock group from Canada. Was good. But didn't blow me away either. Oh well. Followed this up with UFFIE! She performed "Pop the Glock" first, and it was awesome! But she seemed kinda tired and the crowd was meh, sooooo...

I headed over to PASSION PIT! Never would have thought they would be so powerful in concert. Since I expect most of you to have knowledge of Passion Pit, I'm going to post up remixed versions or other uses of their songs! Woot. Pacman (Phillip Chbeeb: Marvelous Motion), Andrew Baterina (SoReal), and Sifu got together to choreograph this piece to Sleepyhead. This one is the song I've probably listened to most by Passion Pit. Yes, a remix: The Reeling (Need For Mirrors Remix)

Next up: Tahiti 80, Jay-Z, Calvin Harris