We’d invited Ray Concepcion to film our entire Northside Festival showcase at Trophy Bar, and he just sent in this beautiful segment from the tUnE-yArDs set. The song is “FIYA” from her fearless debut, Bird-Brains.
In case you missed it, read about this performance here.
I was psyched to learn yesterday that The Tallest Man on Earth has run out of his last vinyl press of Shallow Grave (which included a 4-track 7″ of his self-titled EP). Well done, fans! I’m super thrilled because I remember holding my copy when I bought it and thinking, this is the one vinyl I’m most glad to own; my idea of a perfect record, with foot taps and all; if I were to use one word, it’d be “courage”. Think about it. A man from Sweden writing folky songs in English, with nothing but a guitar, and sometimes a banjo, finishing them up in a home-recorded style, and putting out a US-release on a small run of vinyl. It’s kind of an F.U. to the state of the music industry, if you ask me.
Thanks so much to everyone who came out, especially the fabulous bands who played, and to Trophy Bar for hosting the whole madness. I know everyone I invited to play were some of my favorites, so of course I was thrilled more than anybody else to see them all at one place, but I was extra excited because they all played incredibly strong sets. A ton of pictures are posted here with helpful captions, and we filmed pretty much the whole thing, so video will come soon too! All pics were taken by me (Sarahana), except where noted.
Photos by Sarahana and Sahara
A few interesting things happened at our first show in Crown Heights, which took place at the backyard of Homage Burger & Bar. After Darla Farmer were done playing, it started to get dark, and we realized very quickly that Homage doesn’t really have any lighting in their backyard. So we ran to my apartment a few blocks away to grab my desk lamp, which ended up working really well when turned upwards from the floor.
Vetiver’s show with These United States and Papercuts earlier this month (see photos) was all around a pleasant one: the ever so hospitable Bell House (even the security guy was jolly) has a great wholesome sound, the crowd was enthusiastic and awake, and the line-up was pretty splendid. It was my first time seeing Vetiver, and the experience of hearing their music live definitely illuminates the personality of their songs. Posted here is “Blue Driver” from that show.
Before Sharon Van Etten left for her European tour, I filmed her singing a couple of songs in her apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Despite having seen her play several times before, I was amazed by how good she sounded. This video features “Keep”, a gorgeous tune off her newest, Because I was in Love, and I filmed it as an exclusive for The Tripwire, so you can head over there to see it. Album comes out May 26th.
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