Pitchfork Planning

All right. The day is finally upon us. Tonight begins the Pitchfork Music Festival. I've listened to something from every band and I think I know what I think I think. Here's my brief take on each act along with a 1-10 rating of my interest level. Order is chronological according to the schedule.

Friday:
Mission of Burma - 9 Obviously, I wish they were playing a regular set because their new stuff is so good, but I'll take Vs. anyway.
Sebadoh - 5 They're a good enough band, doing their Sebadoh thing, but I just don't find myself caring all that much for some reason.
Public Enemy - 10 The most compelling act on the docket. I really wish they were able to go off script and play stuff from Fear of a Black Planet, but I'll take it anyway.

Saturday:

A Hawk and a Hacksaw - 3 Kind of intersting, creative stuff, but it's too hidden to play a festival crowd well.
Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar - 6 Halfway between jazz and world with an eastern European flair
Titus Androincus - 7 Pretty fun, shouty garage rawk
Jay Reatard - 5 Beyond the offensive name, his music is kinda fun, but largely uninteresting
Caribou - 7 I've had their album since the fall, and they've grown on me a bit, though I'm skeptical of their stuff coming off in a festival setting
Icy Demons - 6 A little goofy, and they may be really flat live. But I'm curious.
Fleet Foxes - 8 Grizzly Bear meets Doves, but a bit stripped down - very strong vocals
Fuck Buttons - 8 Electronic, ambient - a bit trance-inducing, the music has a lot of potential in it
Dizzee Rascal - 4 English hip-hop. He's pretty good, but he's not making me care a whole lot
The Ruby Suns - 6 Quiet, electronic pop - almost world music/easy listening
Vampire Weekend - 5 Way too Paul Simon-y for me, but I'm curious about a live show
Elf Power - 3 Saw 'em at Double Door - one song was good, the rest utterly boring
!!! - 6.5 Like a dance-oriented Faith No More without the intensity, talent, or frontman - in other words, likely worthwhile enough
Extra Golden - 2 At their best, like the end of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes"
The Hold Steady - 7 I can't get into their garage rock albums, but these guys are good live and play a festival well
Atlas Sound - 5 Spacey, but not overly compelling - not going to play that well I think
Jarvis Cocker - 6 Nick Cave-ish vocals with more straight rockin' tunes - kind of like Edwyn Collins without the swank
No Age - 5 Vocals are awful, but they do rock a bit
Animal Collective - 5 Experimental for the experiment's sake

Sunday:

Mahjongg - 3 Lots of beeps and other random acts of nonsense
Times New Viking - 7 Tons of dirty distortion - Eric's Trip meets Yo La Tengo meets White Denim meets Pinebender, ideally
High Places - 4 So quiet they're almost silent
Dirty Projectors - 4 Pseudo soul, but not really. Actually I'm not sure what they're trying to do.
Boris - 8 Punky, sloppy Japanese metal with sleepy vocals - what's not to like???
HEALTH - 6 Lots of drums - Battles comparisons are apt, but it's a poor man's Battles - it doesn't pop like Battles or, say, Don Caballero
The Apples in Stereo - 3 Just way too damn poppy for me
King Khan & The Shrines - 7 Potentially fun as hell - straight 60s blues rock with a ton of swaggering personality
Les Savy Fav - 9 Just crazy
The Dodos - 5 Nice and peaceful indie folk-rock, but nothing that stands out
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International - 2 Really cheesy world music - like something you'd hear on a cruise ship - there will be hippie dancing
M. Ward - 6 If Ben Harper had some real soul. You have to decide if that's a good thing
Ghostface Killah & Rakewon - 5 Honestly, I've never understood the Wu Tang Clan infatuation
Spiritualized - 7 A spacey Spoon? They've always been a bit straight for me, but I'll check 'em out for sure
Bon Iver - 6 Acoustic with high, plaintive vocals - a bit like M. Ward, actually - might not come off well at a festival
Dinosaur Jr. - 9 I know this will disappoint to a degree - too short a set and too many people who won't "get it", but any Dino is good Dino in my book
Cut Copy - 5 Dance music - VHS or Beta versus the Petshop Boys
Spoon - 6 They play pretty well live, but they only have a handful of songs I dig - another early departure is a possibility

What's your opinion?