The National...

8:15 It started to ran. While Mother Nature threatened rain throughout the day, the sprinkles were beginning to fall hard. It somewhat seemed to be an appropriate time to rain considering Isaaquah's Modest Mouse was about to take the main stage. Something about seeing a Seattle band outdoors in the rain just felt right.

The group delivered lots of material from its most recent two records. We stuck around to hear "Dashboard" and "Fire It Up" performed in their dual-drumming glory (MM performs live with two drummers in case you didn't know). But Modest Mouse didn't neglect its older material. The romped through "Doin' The Cockroach," a song that had the masses in the moshpit bouncing away, as well as "Trucker's Atlas." I didn't stay too long because I wanted to catch the Breeders and because I had seen MM perform about a dozen times before. [Seattle PI]

R.E.M. (Rapid Eye Michaelstipe), pelted with rain, put on a great, lean, hard-driving show. I realized as I stood there with all these teenagers that I saw R.E.M. 22 years ago in 1985 where they played in a weird auditorium at MIT and blew people's minds. No one did rock & roll like they did back then. With such mystery and intensity and poetry. [Rainn Wilson for Rolling Stone]

REM's Setlist

1. Living Well is the Best Revenge
2. What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
   
3. These Days
4. Drive
5. Accelerate
6. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
7. Man-sized Wreath
   
8. Ignoreland
9. Hollow Man
10. Life and How to Live It
11. Houston
12. Losing My Religion
13. Harborcoat
14. The One I Love
15. The Final Straw
16. Let Me In
17. Horse to Water
18. Bad Day
19. Walk Unafraid
    
20. I'm Gonna DJ
21. Supernatural Superserious
22. Orange Crush
23. Man on the Moon

stay tuned for the rest of the pics from the weekend