Saturday, September 6, 2014

Hopscotch - Day Two


The hotel's internet upload speed (or lack thereof) is preventing me form uploading yesterday's pictures to Flickr, but they will get up there eventually.  Meanwhile, here are a few of the highlights from Day 2 of Hopscotch.

JENKS MILLER & ROSE CROSS NC


An improvisational set of experimental music to kick off (at least for me) the Three-Lobed Recordings day party.

LITTLE BLACK EGG BIG BAND


As you can see, the "Little Black Egg Big Band" is really Yo La Tengo with guest guitarists.  Below is NPR's picture of the event, with your humble narrator in the lower left.


SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN


Psychedelic improv from a North Carolina band.   

MV & EE


The first band of the day to feature bona-fide song structure, Vermont's MV & EE still elft a lot of room to jam out on their compositions.

THURSTON MOORE & MARY LATTIMORE


Thurston Moore improvisational guitar noise and feedback, this time accompanied by a harp for some reason.

LONNIE WALKER


On the main stage, a local band got a big break opening for the next two acts.

ST. VINCENT


Basically, the same show that she did at The Tabernacle in Atlanta earlier this year, which is not a bad thing at all.

SPOON


A very different set than their retrospective of past hits at the Shaky Knees Festival last May, since a new album has come out since then, and they played a nice mix of the old and the new.

LOAMLANDS


Truth in advertising:  the festival description said Loamlands feature "crackling, serpentine electric guitaar leads, spiritual and emotional wondering, country twang, folk rollick, and rock volume," and that is exactly what Loamlands delivered.

MARK McGUIRE


Overlooped compositions straddling the boundary between new age and alt rock.

 SUN KIL MOON



Did not want to be photographed, and there was a lot of drama and tension at the beginning of the set which shall be discussed at a later date, but the set ultimately developed into a fine performance of his moving, self-confessional, narrative songs.

Gotta get going - missing sets now even as I type.  More to follow.

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