We were excited to see Charli XCX, but I felt let down.
It was a celebration of vanity and ego, shallow and pointless. The performance boiled down to...

Charli struts
Charli swears
Charli shakes her arse
Charli shakes her hair
Repeat

It felt like watching somebody lapdance while doing poor karaoke.

An empty experience that showed off the vacuousness of the music.

#CharliXCX #PrimaveraSound #Porto

Chatpile... Well, Oklahoman sludge metal / noise rock is not my thing, but by golly they were good to see.

Their love for their music was clear, and there was an engaging freedom in the performance of all, especially the singer (Raygun Busch). And between songs he regaled us with fascinating facts about films relating to Portugal.

An unexpected pleasure which reminded us of why it's good to go to festivals.

https://chatpile.net/home

#Chatpile #PrimaveraSound #Porto #SludgeMetal

Saw a lot of new bands that were channeling a 1990s indie energy, and felt like I'd seen so many of them in better incarnations in the 1990s.

Kim Deal is an original. At one point she struggled to read some Portuguese to the crowd, snarled 'LET ME FINISH!' - and there we were, back 30 years.

Plus she gave us Cannonball, and did Gigantic as a tribute to Steve Albini. #Goddess

#KimDeal #Pixies #PrimaveraSound #Porto

I only knew WetLeg as the 'Chaise Longue' band.

They were entertaining, but seemed like the singer plus session musicians rather than a real band. The other original member seems to have melted into the background.

Unlike some other performances, I didn't feel that they believe in their music. It seemed like an opportunity well taken rather than a deeply felt need.

And Chaise Longue was the best song by miles, unfortunately.

#WetLeg #PrimaveraSound #Porto