Well, I am back from NYC and the Siren festival among other things.
Its the 3rd time i have been and it really pays to go to these things a few times in a row, to get a good game plan.
however, we got sidetracked and didnt really catch many of the bands, but heres what we did cach
Ambulance - they are fucking great. I cant believe i have never took the time to see them live, totally sound like Sonic Youth at times, but keep their own sound as well. I love em!!!
Morningwood - no, please no, you are stupid.
Saul Williams - one of the greatest rappers of the 21st century. so good, and Adlib (Thavius Beck) is the man too. he made a crazy comment about how the terror attacks in London made us forget about the people dying in Africa, which was the tone for the whole previous weekend, and how fucked up it was. no one seemed to be listening though.
Brendan Benson - ummm, i know everyone here loves him, and that Folk Singer song is cool , but he's pretty boring and i dont see anything special about him. not bad, but really, he's not going to save the world.
Spoon - ok. thats really all i can say, not my cup of tea but they are good musicians.
other than that, Nathans hotdogs, 2 girls brawling on the beach, and $5.99 64oz beers were all i needed to make my day very enjoyable.
one more thing, maybe they can try to get bands on faster next year, it was like 30 minutes in between bands, and thats a long time to be standing in the heat listening to some wannabe hipster DJ over the roadies checking the drums....
