DAY 3 – FLOSSTRA’!
8:00pm
Exhausted from an indulgent afternoon, I had a brief sit at the hotel before heading out for the night. I kind of eased into things and caught a pair of laid back performances over at the festival convention centre. In one of the big halls, they were doing tapings for some TV show, so I dropped in and watched sets by Annuals and Peter Bjorn and John. Annuals seem to impress me more and more every time I see them. For a young band, they seem to ‘get it’ so well. They’ve got such amazing instincts and play with such passion. A real treat to watch.
Peter Bjorn and John kept things upbeat and cheery throughout their set. I think this was their last of 6 shows in 3 days – they sounded suitably tight and surprisingly still inspired.
10:00pm
Post PB&J, I headed over to watch rising DJ stars Flosstradamus. These guys couldn’t have brought more of a party. Brazilian dance troupe Blonde de Role followed them up and tried to outdo the Chicago mix-masters, but fell short. Not by a lot though. Blonde de Role were a blast. They dropped a chunk of big juicy samples that had the kids going crazy. Good times for sure.
12:00am
I closed the night off with some straight up indie rock. Chin Up Chin Up serve it up nice and easy, with really smart, hooky straightforward rock tunes. Totally reminiscent of early Death Cab, they’ve got a real knack for writing clever melodies with great intertwining keyboard and guitar parts. Kind of just what I needed at that point after spending almost all of my party at the Flosstra/Blonde de show. And that was it.
Posted by Geoff M at March 18, 2007 08:04 PM
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