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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Twin Falcons @ The Airliner - 6/4/11

It's nights like Saturday night & bands like Twin Falcons that make me SO grateful for the fact that I'm rarely able to turn down a live show. A couple friends of mine who are buddies with the members of Twin Falcons had recommended I check them out because I'm currently on the lookout for artists who might want to participate in the mini music fest event a few fellow music-obsessed girlfriends & I are trying to organize for this fall. After hearing only 1 of their songs on Saturday night, I already decided that Twin Falcons MUST play our event! Their music is super fun & funky & I think it's pretty much impossible to listen to them without at least shakin' your hips a little bit. I was shakin' mine a lot :-)

http://www.myspace.com/twinfalconsmusic/music

Disclaimer: The vocals are kinda tough to hear in the clips below but I'll be getting more footage of Twin Falcons as soon as possible so stay tuned. They're releasing their new EP soon so I'm hoping that means an EP release show!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

The Antlers @ El Rey Theatre - 6/3/11

After not seeing any live music for 3 whole days, I was starting to go through withdrawals! Many thanks to The Antlers for putting on an INCREDIBLE show last night at El Rey Theatre. And, if you have not yet heard The Antlers' new album Burst Apart, I must insist you that you listen to it immediately. It is beautiful :-)

Friday, June 3, 2011

SASQUATCH 2011

On Tuesday morning, my fave concert companion Bobby & I were driving back to Seattle from The Gorge in George, Washington & we stopped at a little diner to get our 1st real meal in about 5 days. When Bobby was up at the counter paying for our food, I overheard the cashier ask him, "So did you have fun at Sasquatch?" & Bobby's reply summed up my own Sasquatch 2011 experience perfectly: "It was pretty much the greatest weekend of my life."

After flying from LA to Seattle on Thursday afternoon, Bobby & I got a rental car, loaded up on camping supplies at Walmart (some of which we managed to return before flying out on Tuesday) & made the 2 1/2 drive from Seattle to The Gorge. We then proceeded to camp for 5 nights & 4 days with some of the coolest, most laid back & most fun Canadians EVER!

There were seriously barely any Americans at Sasquatch. 9 out of 10 people I met were from Canada &, although it's a stereotype, Canadians are all SO f*ckin nice! Most of them were even too nice to give me shit about my Sharks losing to their Canucks in the last round of the Stanley Cup playoffs which I appreciated. And I've already booked my flights to/from Vancouver so I can visit my Canadian Sasquatch crew in September! I REALLY miss them :'-(

I hate to compare festivals but, as much as I LOVE Coachella, I like Sasquatch a little bit more. Despite all the "bells & whistles" Coachella has (i.e. light art installations, fire art, lasers, fancy vegan food, celebrities, pool parties, etc), there are 2 things Sasquatch has that Coachella simply cannot beat: the view & the Canadians.

I didn't shower for 6 full days which is a disgusting all-time record that I hope to never surpass but it really didn't bother me because I managed to wash my hair with bottled water 2x, shave my legs with a cup of water 1x & take several hobo baths in my tent to help keep me from feeling TOO dirty. Every time I used the Honey Buckets (aka port-o-potties), I'd wash my hands & face with the soap & pump-able water provided &, surprisingly, there was pretty much always water to pump & ALWAYS toilet paper in the Honey Buckets! And, luckily, I never really encountered a port-o-potty that was SUPER nasty because they were cleaned regularly throughout the day. I used to be scared of camping at festivals but, after camping at Phish Fest 8, Sasquatch 2010, Coachella 2011 & Sasquatch 2011, I now feel like a vet & I highly recommend giving it a try.

Oh! And one more amazing thing about Sasquatch 2011 was...THE MUSIC!!! Highlights of the weekend included Beach House, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, MSTRKRFT, Wolf Parade, !!!, Deerhunter, Black Mountain, Other Lives (where we stood 10 feet behind Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips while he took photos of his fellow Oklahoma natives...see photo inserted below my Other Lives video!), Cold War Kids, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Foo Fighters, Rodrigo Y Gabriela (who mesmerized the crowd with their flying fingers even in the pouring rain), Fitz & The Tantrums, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse & Bassnectar.