It was a sweaty, sweaty day, and dusty too, and smoky too. Sweaty because it was close to 90-100 º F at the beginning of the afternoon, dusty because the State Historic Park where the FYF fest was taking place has just dry dirt and straw on the ground, and smoky because weed and other herbs were heavily smoked everywhere.
So what do you do when 60 bands perform in the same afternoon, and some at the same time? You choose and you miss, and also you run from one stage to another, trying to get in the front (when you don’t have a press pass!) and you finish on your knees, dehydrated, hungry and exhausted. But it was all worth it.
First stop was The Blow
Then Screaming females who couldn’t have come with a better moniker
Then the Warpaint Girls
Then The Best Coast, very happy and exactly as I had imagined her to be.
I have just realized they were all girls!
But soon the boys of Titus Andronicus reversed the trend
And people became all excited to see them
When I said dusty, I was not kidding, I must have lost half of my lung capacity in this mess.
But there was also a girl in Titus Andronicus
Wavves!!
The security was tough, really tough looking
Ariel Pink never left his red bag on stage
I could not get very close for Dead Man’s Bones, kids are the main attraction!
Sleep was so fucking loud!
Panda Bear closed the night with kaleidoscopic fireworks
I will report more tomorrow…