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May
9thMIDI 2011 day3: For those about to Rock, We Salute You

Just about a week ago was the last day of that Marathon stretch of festivals that kept yours truly along with a few thousand others pretty darn busy. See the previous festival-related posts: – Festive Hangover: Quick Notes from a weekend of music, sand and fun – MIDI Day 1: Tales of Rock, Suffocated, SUBS, and more -Strawberry Day 2: Fashion, Grass, Class and oh yeah, music too Last day was a bit of a tough choice to make with both Strawberry and MIDI having some pretty darn good lineups. Xie Tian Xiao, Rustic, QSBS in Tongzhou and Miserable Faith, Reflector, AK47 over at mentugou. Having been to both, I elected that MIDI would get me for day 3 despite them featuring the same band i had seen on day 2 at Strawberry… Don’t get me wrong, Modern Sky fixed a lot of problems from last year but i just didn’t enjoy their festival as much as i did MIDI and the ticketing issues + lack of alcohol tipped the balance greatly We got there pretty late, around 4:00 and missed Velvet Highway, Die From Sorrow as well as Caffeine, all 3 of which i really wanted to check out but still, there was plenty of music to be had. Spain’s Audio’s Pain was on as we arrived. I had been looking forward to hearing them live based on online samples and they were good. The band was tight, full of energy and played some decent tunes. I was not [...]