Austin – By Saturday morning Fun Fun Fun Fest had gotten the gates under control, by which I mean it was elbow-to-elbow in the festival grounds. I can only assume things got weird in the designated make out area. Very few people seemed to mind. Saturday featured some great sets, including Twin Peaks’ daytime set.
Los Angeles – Eyes glazed and already slurring Elias Bender Rønnenfelt squints looking to the back of the room. He asks for more bass in the monitor. Sound problems. The already sweating singer of the Danish punk hurricane, Iceage, has the look of a hand grenade that is about to go off. He’s been on
Northside Music Festival has commenced in northern Brooklyn, and it’s bigger and heavier than ever. Last night was the first night of the music portion, and I already feel like I barely made it out alive. But then again, I did choose to see A Place To Bury Strangers and Iceage at Music Hall of
This was a strange week, in that a lot happened but it feels like nothing happened at the same time. It’s like when you take a vacation, and a lot happens, but when you get back and your friends ask you what you did, you can’t really remember right away and you don’t know what
Reading and Leeds are technically the same festival, held over the same three-day weekend, with all the same bands performing across seven different stages. What’s the difference, then? Just that one is held in Reading, England, and the other is in Leeds, England. Reading is the original leg of the two, and is in fact