Archive for the ‘Bonnaroo’ Category
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Kanye finally breaks his silence on the Bonnaroo fiasco here.
Choice quotes from the article:
West also blamed thrown bottles for malfunctions with his "Jane screen." (In the concept concert, Jane is the HAL-like disembodied female robotic voice of his spaceship.)
West concluded by saying his elaborate stage cuts his payday in half ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
As I meandered over to the Which Stage to wait for Sharon Jones, I heard strains of brass-driven jazz. Soul Rebels Brass Band weren't in the booklet schedule, but they more than satisfied my desire for groovy funk. They combine a hip-hop approach to performance with jazz, funk and reggae. ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Though I've seen the Fiery Furnaces (Wiki) twice before, I decided to go after their set at the That Tent since the two previous shows had been like night and day, presenting some of the most musically stimulating and challenging live experiences I've ever had.
Their Roo performance proved no different.
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Setting the atmosphere and general attitude of the festival, the first set I saw was Brooklyn’s the Big Sleep in the table-filled Troo Music Lounge. There was a huge turn-out for the low-marquee band and they delivered on the promise of their expansive, brooding, garage-y fuzz rock. Though ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Covering a festival like Bonnaroo can be difficult to say the least. Aside from the sheer number of acts one digests over the course of the weekend, myriad factors can affect how a performance goes, from the appropriateness of the music to the festival environment to the audience.
One of ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
What a curious day at the festival, containing multiple highlights (Sigur Rós and B.B. King) and one of the lowest moments (Kanye)
Sigur Rós
Competing with MMJ for my personal highlight set at Bonnaroo. Resplendent with beautiful and moving moments, ethereal and visceral, distant yet warm and welcoming. Oft conjuring ...
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Day 2 impressions, in order they were seen. More in-depth overview coming by mid-week.
Fiery Furnaces
Extremely tight set, fantastic as always. More rock-oriented than usual, with some great extended guitar jams that sounded like high-quality prog jams, bordering at times on metal. It's always a treat when Eleanor ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
James Hetfield (Metallica), photo credit: Taylor Hill
Jim James (pictured right) with band My Morning Jacket, covering classics from James Brown ("Cold Sweat") and Kool and the Gang ("Get down on it") in the second half of a 3-hour marathon late-night set, also featuring Kirk Hammett (Metallica) helping out on "One ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
Exhaustion hasn't quite set in yet. The drive from Baltimore to Pittsburgh was smoother than I've ever experienced taking only the 4 Google-predicted hours to get there. After getting some logistics out of the way, we embarked at 8PM on the 10-hour trip to Manchester, TN and the ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Mastodon are far and away the heaviest act at Bonnaroo. If you think Metallica can hold a handle to these guys, you are gravely mistaken. Not to denigrate Metallica's talent or show, but Mastodon are simply in a different league.
And thankfully, quite a departure from all the jam bands ...
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The Bug: London Zoo
13th Floor Elevators: Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (Vinyl Mono LP only)
Arbouretum/Pontiak: Kale (Vinyl LP only)
Small Sur: We Live in Houses Made of Wood
Abe Vigoda: Skeleton
Imperial China: Methods: EP