Twas a fun day at Birrarung Marr, watching kiddies get tackled for sneaking into the festival, my eyes having a fit trying to watch Crystal Castles' light show, Luke Steele's whackiness almost matching that of his ex-partner, but his weirdness totally exceding Littlemore's... You can read my review by heading here.
Here are some videos: The start of Art Vs Science, and the start of the festival really (given that all prior to them was total rubbish doof):
And.. Lady Sovereign, arrested in Brisbane but awesome in Melbourne:
This photo is Crystal Castles' stage, with the awesome city backdrop:
This is La Roux (maybe I should get some hairspray...):
And Bertie Blackman early in the day, finally Miss Popular:
Blueprint Festival, aka Pooprint Festival, took place at a swamp in Tatyoon, not what you'd expect for a music festival. Well sneaky beer, and eventually free beer perked things up a bit, and along with a pretty cool lineup the weekend turned out pretty good in the end. So here are links to my reviews on FasterLouder, plus a heap of videos of the madness that entailed.
After a pretty crappy Friday night, with bands starting nearly FOUR HOURS late, the Galvatrons really made things worthwhile. Here's She's In Love:
The Basics put on a great show, as always. Here's Bitten By The Same Bug:
Also, on that note, you can read my review of the new Basics album at thedwarf by clicking here!
Following the Basics was a beer run to Streatham, courtesy of Kman, Amfony and Tait (aka Goon Belly). This helped us cheer up a lot.
In the wind of Sunday, our tent hardly stood a chance...
Sunday afternoon brought with it some great tunes. This is Clare Bowditch and Autumn Bone. Sorry this one's not too great cause I was up the back.
Meanwhile, Kman and Amfony were getting up to mischief, taping random rubbish to people's backs. They developed quite the fan base, too. This video is Kman attempting to get the lead singer of Me. Turned out it wasn't him...
And here's the rubber mud, and some dancing by Goon Belly:
And we all love tools that dance like this:
This video is Me doing Working Life:
And this is the bonfire that distracted people from Me. The guy starts pouring petrol in an attempt to get it going...
Hooray Pooprint. I mean, seriously, who plans a festival in a swamp?
Night three of three at the Corner Hotel! This time it's for Dappled Cities and one cool gig.
Up first was Philadelphia Grand Jury (aka The Philly Jays), a band that's getting a lot of hype at the moment and a lot of support slots. It was strange that they only got a half hour and Yaught Club DJs got two one hour sets, but they were worth popping down early for, if only for the bassist's killer beard (in Gary-ism: "Holy Beard!"). They were fun, though, with simple songs and lots of energy. Here's their last song, complete with some stupid behavior at the end:
Headliners, Dappled Cities, put on a nice show as well. The new material is growing on me, but I still enjoy the older stuff a lot more. Holy Chord was a pleasure, and I tried to get a good photo of all the (jazz) hands going up in front [see above] but couldn't get a great shot. As much as I love Dappled Cities, some of their songs just go on a little too long on stage. The encore was the best part of the night, though, with the band coming out in fairy-light-covered jumpsuits to sing The Price and Apart from their new album.
Here's the opening song from the set, Colour Coding, minus the last couple of minutes when they just went on and on...
The final every show!!!! This was a sad gig, but a great one nonetheless. Will be sad not to have the morbid gypsy playing in dark M-Town! You can read my review of the gig by clicking this sentence.Poor John and Take Your Skin Off And Dance were stand outs by far (yes, I'm biased toward the original lineup). "Mum, this is a f***ing expensive paino!" haha.
And now I present to you, the final song of the final gig that Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra will ever play together... The World Is Broken - it sure is (includes Steve Sedegreen on guest piano, Harry Angus on trumput and a returning Pete Burgess on tuba):
Now, depending on how Martini goes solo, I have a feeling they'll be back at some point.
Travel bug, music obsessive and serious lover of food, coffee and beer! Currently making my way around the world, searching for Carmen Sandiago and all that jazz.
