| Laneway Festival - Quick n Dirty |
[Feb. 26th, 2007|11:50 am] |
Quick morning-after reflections on Laneway:
Curse ov Dialect - token local, somewhat bad rappers. Danced around like fools. No one cared.
Archie Bronson Outift - likely would have killed late at night in a packed club but was only OK at 1 PM on a Sunday in an alleyway. Swamp blues type shit - I was into the first song but after I realized every song was the same, it got boring quick. I liked this music better when they called this the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
Camera Obscura - laughably bad stage presence and plagued by bad sound. The first half of their set was terrible but got somewhat better, although only passable, as it went on.
Love Is All - the first good to great set of the day. apparently they were partying until 6:30 AM that morning but they still gave it their all. the singer had awesome shades.
Youth Group - generic alternaindieschlock. Die OC Die. The singer was a wanker. Worst set of the day. By far.
Crayon Fields - locals who look all of 16 years old. inoffensive indie pop. we stayed for only a song and a half.
The Sleepy Jackson - they really knew how to put on a festival show, playing to the back of the alley. The first two thirds of their set was intense and pretty great but it lost steam when they played some slower tunes before closing with aplomb. I don't think I'd ever listen to them but they sure put on a good gig. After Youth Group, they redeemed Australian music.
Holly Throsby - nice folk-ish type singer songwriter material with vocals from the Newsom school.
The Walkmen - killed that shit dead. Best set of the day. Dressed as if they had just attended a seminar on Deleuze.
Peter Bjorn and John - everybody seemed to be there for these guys and the first half of their show was decidedly underwhelming. But then they played "Young Folks" (with the singer from Camera Obscura subbing for Victoria Bergsman), everybody went crazy, jumped around, sang along. Afterwards they turned up the guitars and were pretty amazing. Too bad the whole set wasn't as intense as the last half.
Midnight Juggernauts - locals from the vein of the Avalanches and Cut Copy in Melbourne's scene. They closed the mainstage and were pretty fucking great, getting everybody dancing and going crazy with their slick beats, squeeling synths and anthemic vocals. their recorded material doesn't come close to matching their live show.
All in all a surprisingly good day. The best: Walkmen, Juggernauts, Love Is All, Sleepy Jackson, 2nd half of PB&J. The worst: Youth Group, 1st half of PB&J, Camera Obscura.
More on the mothership soon. |
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