My Coachella 2008 By Clark Benson  [94 more lists]

This set blew me away as much as perhaps any band I have ever had low or vague expecations going into. I had a few of their albums before this that I considered 'marginal keepers'. I sat by the side of the stage and heard them play basically long jammed out versions of songs that were to come out 8 months later on Merriweather Post Pavillion, as well as the best song off Person Pitch - I hadn't heard a single song in other words before seeing this and was utterly mesmerized - so much so that we didn't leave our spot and ended up sadly missing much of Portishead as a result, but at a festival you sometimes just have to "split the baby".

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/animal-collective/2008/coachella-festival-indio-ca-33d65011.html

The most anticipated set I saw all year. I wasn't disappointed, though I wish it was longer than an hour. Hung out with some old and dear friends who were all huge Verve fans back in the day and all of us had s**t eating grins the whole time.

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-verve/2008/coachella-festival-indio-ca-73d6bee5.html

Might have even ranked this higher if I hadn't already seen the "acoustic mainlines" headline set about 6 months prior.

Was shocked at how accessible this was - danced the whole time. Had only seen Aphex once before, at a rave downtown circal 93 or 94, and the memories were dim.

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/aphex-twin/2008/coachella-festival-indio-ca-23d6501f.html