Last weekend, (Jason and) I decided that Day 2 of Virgin Festival was worth my $90-something dollars, due to the amazing convergence of Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh, Zooey Deschanel, M. Ward, The Go! Team, The Black Keys, Iggy Pop and Bob Dylan at the same place. I'm not sure I'd do it again (Pitchfork is starting to get pretty high on my agenda for next summer), but it was still a good time.The day began with The Go! Team, who were playing for an audience of the walking dead: no one was dancing!!! I've never been a big fan, and consequently had never seen the Go! Team live before. Now, having seen them once, I'd go see them over and over
and over
and over
again. You get the idea.
Ninja has the hottest British accent I've ever heard.
The Go! Team - Universal Speech
We managed to get good spots for Andrew Bird, who was playing with Martin Dosh and two other tour-buddies. I don't think his performance came across as well as I'd hoped with the huge crowd and the summer heat, if I see him again it'll have to be in an indoor venue. He played a new song I rather liked, it may or may not be on YouTube (some guesses: here, here and here).
I also caught a spectacular whistling segment that you can see here.
Andrew Bird - Imitosis
(Reuters)
Imagine this: You wake up a in field full of daisies and Zooey Deschanel, whose name I can't spell without help from google, is skipping about in a pretty baby blue dress and M. Ward is sulking in a corner and this isn't a dream, it's a nightmare, will somebody please wake me up?!?!
I lied, seeing She and Him live isn't exactly like that. Maybe it was Becky Stark who drove me to not-quite-insanity (even though I like Lavender Diamond). And maybe I just was disappointed because M. Ward did, in fact, spend most of the set in the corner of the stage on a separate plane from the rest of the back-up band to Zooey's one-woman-Powerpuff-girl-act. Loving M. Ward as I do, it broke my heart in two.
I think Jason explained the problem with She and Him to a T by describing Zooey as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, described by The Onion as,
She and Him - Sweet Darlin'
and over
and over
again. You get the idea.
Ninja has the hottest British accent I've ever heard.
The Go! Team - Universal Speech
We managed to get good spots for Andrew Bird, who was playing with Martin Dosh and two other tour-buddies. I don't think his performance came across as well as I'd hoped with the huge crowd and the summer heat, if I see him again it'll have to be in an indoor venue. He played a new song I rather liked, it may or may not be on YouTube (some guesses: here, here and here).I also caught a spectacular whistling segment that you can see here.
Andrew Bird - Imitosis
(Reuters)I lied, seeing She and Him live isn't exactly like that. Maybe it was Becky Stark who drove me to not-quite-insanity (even though I like Lavender Diamond). And maybe I just was disappointed because M. Ward did, in fact, spend most of the set in the corner of the stage on a separate plane from the rest of the back-up band to Zooey's one-woman-Powerpuff-girl-act. Loving M. Ward as I do, it broke my heart in two.
I think Jason explained the problem with She and Him to a T by describing Zooey as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, described by The Onion as,
"that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that 'exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.""Sweet Darlin'" was the last song of She and Him's set, and some frattish boys behind me, desperate to see the ever-late Lil' Wayne, seemed to miss the point of the song. Then they had to wait "just a little bit longer," for an extra hour or so, to see their beloved rapper. Lesson of the day: don't show up late to your own concert.
She and Him - Sweet Darlin'
Labels: Andrew Bird, concert, m. ward, manic pixie dream girl, she and him, the go team, virgin fest, zooey deschanel
The Go! Team - "Grip Like A Vice" music video
0 Comments Published by Kate on Sunday at 8/26/2007 10:51:00 PM.
Labels: music video, the go team
Leak Party! - The Go! Team edition
2 Comments Published by Kate on Thursday at 8/09/2007 12:08:00 AM.
The Go! Team: Proof of Youth (September 10)You know you know the Go! Team. You don't? Their music is crazy, and bloggers have loved them since the release of their debut album Thunder, Lightning, Strike. Even more, people love to leak them. Put hip-hop on acid in a room full of pop, and this is the result.
The Go! Team - Grip Like a Vice (highly rec'd)
The Go! Team - Fake ID (removed by request)
The Go! Team - Flashlight Fight (removed by request)
Pre-order Proof of Youth from Insound
The Go! Team's Website/Myspace
Bonus: Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
Labels: Dance, the go team
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