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I meant to post a decent review after BFD, but I forgot, so here’s a quick rundown of the bands we actually got to see:

• Anti-Flag — rocked the stage. We only saw them for a couple of songs though, so I look forward to seeing them again at the Warped Tour.
• Wolfmother — as much as I like their CD, they were kind of boring on stage.
• Panic! At The Disco — awesome. I definitely need to get their album. I give them third best of the whole show.
• Yellowcard — ok, but not as cool as I’d hoped. They kept doing the thing where they try to get people to mash and go crazy, but they’re really not that hard-core…
• DJ Mike Relm — annoying. He was filling in between sets on the main stage, but I think I would have preferred the generic mix-tape-filler that most events use.
• Echo & The Bunnymen — wtf?!? Totally lame. I got the impression that they didn’t really want to be there, and no-one really got into their songs.
• HIM — pretty cool, but a lot of it sounded exactly the same, and it got repetitive, and almost a bit redundant.
• Franz Ferdinand — awesome. Great crowd interaction, great performance — this is one of those bands that really should be seen live. My second pick for the whole show.
• The Strokes — good, but I think I was expecting more.
• AFI — a great headliner! They sort-of have a pop-rock feel, which I feel guilty for liking, but it’s a formula that really works. Tons of fun, and I’ll even give them best-of-show.

That list I made before for the Warped Tour was apparently a waste of time, because now the official site has a different list up. It’s hard to tell if all of those bands are going to be at the SF show, or just on the tour at some point. Anyway, of that list, I’m most looking forward to Anti-Flag, Bouncing Souls, Less Than Jake, NOFX, and Zebrahead. That show is next weekend, so I’ll try to post my impressions soon after.