I was at summersonic! I took some photos that didn’t come out very well, but here they are anyway

Strokes, SNSD

–rock
Strokes
Sound: 10. Showmanship: 4 Crowd fun: 4
Casablancas mostly stood in the dark with shades. But he sounded great and the last song had fireworks.

MuteMath
Sound: 8 Showmanship 8 Crowd fun: 6
I’ve often known of them and their brilliant music video, but didn’t know their great music ability. Wide range and great show all around.

Chili Peppers
Sound 6 Showmanship 9 Crowd fun 7
I wasn’t really up front when they came on since the stadium is far from the rest of the shows. It’s mostly just guessing :S

One ok rock
Sound 9 Showmanship 8 Crowd fun 9
Probably my favorite show, time flew by as every song was a crowd favorite and great quality.

Gazette
Sound 6 Showmanship 8 Crowd fun 7
Full of girls headbanging, it was kinda weird. I’ve liked maybe half of GazettE songs before, and when live, it was also hit or miss for me.

Fact
missed ! :-( I think they were pretty intense though. Many fans had the masks

Maximum the hormone
Sound 3 Showmanship 9 Crowd fun 7
Some stuff is great, some is pretty bad on a few levels. Live, they were mostly fun but it sounded bad. Fans were a bit weird and wild.

Mars Volta
Sound 7 Showmanship 8 Crowd fun 6
Similarly to mutemath, great performance but i’m not sure crowd really knows them and their songs.

Panic at the disco
Sound 5 Showmanship 6 Crowd fun 5
They were at the big stage and lots of people were there. Their hit songs were fine but forgettable.

DFA1979
Sound 7 Showmanship 6 Crowd fun 6
I am happy they are back together. A very weird duo of noise makers, the crowd seemed puzzled but entertained nevertheless.

The telephones
Sound 3 Showmanship 8 Crowd fun 8
I thought they would have sounded better but they fit the japanese crowd with clapping and hand action cues. Kinda fun!

The koxx
Sound 5 Showmanship 4 Crowd fun 6
I also thought they would sound better. I left pretty early.

Idiotape
Sound 8 Showmanship 4 Crowd fun 3
Very small set, but I loved their mix. blur song2 techno style, ha. Nobody was around.

–pop

BoA
Sound 9 Showmanship 5 Crowdfun 7
She acted like she just woke up with lack of interest, but she is undeniably brilliant dancer akin to janet jackson. Also I was impressed by her vocals.

Perfume
Sound N/A Showmanship 7 Crowdfun 9
I dont know how much they actually sing live, but they are so cute and cheerful. The dancing was fine, but not that special. Crowd was intense I got crushed.

SNSD
Sound 8 Showmanship 8 Crowdfun 10
I managed to work my way to the front and get eye contact from them directly, oh to relive that moment, ha. The bg music cut out but they sang on and still sounded pretty good.
They dance in perfect rhythm, total professionals. Some of them were engaged in the crowd, but some were also kinda shy due to language barrier and being young.
I’ve never been a crowd so excited. Very short set sadly.

Pretty Wreckless
Sound 5 Showmanship 1 Crowdfun 1
Taylor momsen of gossip girl fame fronts a rock band that sounded passable. She wasn’t very likeable though and the crowd was very large, but not engaged.

Avril Lavigne
Sound 6 Showmanship 6 Crowdfun 8
I was only there for two songs but she seemed to fit in well in Japan. 20 something women eat up her rebel fashion and angsty songs. I dont think Avril has much talent though.

James Blunt
ha it was almost empty.