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I’ve Got Two Little Arms To Hold On Tight
This one also comes under the category of festival vets showing the kids how it’s done.
Jason Pierce returned from the other side, brought his backup singers and band, faced into the sun and wind, and put music and words together in ways that made people feel things that some of us still feel.
Spiritualized - Soul [...]
Cheesecake, Fake Name, Disco Ball
Treasure Island Appreciation Week continues with the next item of my list of hey-me-likes.
Today I’m reflecting on how nice it can be to see young bands. Not necessarily young in age (though they always are), but young in development — great energy and commitment, lots of potential, not quite all together yet.
Like take for instance [...]
Scarves Of Red Tied ’Round Their Throats
Next up on the list of awesome things about festivals? Seeing really together bands that sound very good and like they are just about to blow up huge. That was Fleet Foxes, who, for 35 minutes on Sunday, made the small stage at Treasure Island feel like the only place in the world.
“Mykonos” was my [...]
If This Is The Last Song That You Hear
One of the natural benefits of the festival format is getting the chance to hear music from people you’re unfamiliar with (whom you’re unfamiliar). The Treasure Island folks did a great job this year of putting top-notch local acts into the early slots.
I had heard praise for Or, The Whale over at ipickmynose, so I [...]
How’d You Get To Be Happiness?
Those words wafted across the crowd Saturday at the Treasure Island Music Festival, and while they are not from the song I’m posting, they descibe my experience this weekend much better than “nasal douche.”
As you can see from this right-on photo (taken Saturday by Paige K. Parsons), the TIMF was windy and wondrous.
I got a [...]
