Critiques de Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 à Waterloo Park

8 nov. 2007, 4h53m par RiverSylphide

November 4, 2007: Fun Fun Fun Fest Day 2

I was far more mobile for day 2. I saw, to varying degrees:

MothFight
Cave Singers
Celebration
The Saints
Don Caballero
Youth Brigade
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
Mates of State
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
Against Me!
Battles
Diplo
Cat Power

Mothfight, a local band that has been getting a bit of buzz around town, was an interesting act; something of a cross between Animal Collective and Arcade Fire (mostly the former, with a dash of the latter). I only caught the last bit of the Cave Singers set. I saw them at an instore a week or so ago (did they just stay in town or something?); they were very mellow, so seeing them in the festival setting was a bit odd. Celebration were far better than I had expected, thanks in no small part to Katrina Ford's powerful vocals.

I then wandered over to the "heavier" stage (punk and metal) to see veteran rockers, the Saints. …

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7 nov. 2007, 5h55m par RiverSylphide

November 3, 2007: Fun Fun Fun Fest Day 1

So. Yeah. Fun Fun Fun Fest. It was fun. It was a lot of fun actually; like, barrel-of-monkeys-level fun. I liked it more than ACL. There, I said it. Fun Fun Fun Fest is better than ACL. Way to go, Graham Williams/Transmission Entertainment. You set out to create a more intimate festival with more "underground" and local leanings, and you succeeded with flying colors.

Saturday
It didn't really hit me how amazing the line-up was for Saturday until I got to Waterloo Park. As I walked in and grabbed a schedule, I thought, "Holy cow, this is absurd. My brain will probably explode from so much audio happiness." I pretty much stayed at one stage the entire day, and with the split-stage setup (a band played on one half of a long stage while another band set up on the other half; I think every festival should do this), I was relentlessly pummeled by great music.

The day went thusly:
Zykos
Brothers And Sisters
Emma Pollock
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