Jenny & Johnny and Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames both had sets Monday evening at the final day of Bumbershoot.
Jenny & Johnny
Photos: The Head & the Heart and Decemberists @ Bumbershoot
Two of my all-time favorite bands both made it to Bumbershoot this year. The Head and the Heart were an amazing surprise since they weren’t originally slated to be there, but there they were at the Toyota stage early Saturday morning to start my festival weekend off the best way possible. Then a little later, it got that much better as I sang along in the crowd to the Decemberists. They played several of their yet-to-be-released songs from their upcoming album (yay!). These two shows made the weekend. Seriously. For more shots from these shows and the rest of the weekend, check out the flickr collection.
THE HEAD AND THE HEART
THE DECEMBERISTS
Photos: Civil Twilight and Edward Sharpe @ Bumbershoot
It’s hard to believe this post has two epic bands like Civil Twilight and Edward Sharpe, and that it was just the beginning to the lineup of Bumbershoot last weekend. They put on fantastic shows, I just wish there was more time to hang around and listen to them. For more photos of these and other bands, check out the flickr collection.
CIVIL TWILIGHT
EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
Photos: Surfer Blood & Japandroids @ Bumbershoot
Surfer Blood and Japandroids were two of the acts that played the Broad Street Stage on Bumbershoot’s final day. I wish I could have caught all of Japandroids’ set (I had to run to another stage for pix) but I can’t wait to see them for a full show. I like their speed. I also enjoyed Surfer Blood, a band I don’t want to miss next month – they play Neumos with the Drums on October 4th. Some of my photos from Bumbershoot:
Surfer Blood
Japandroids – all photos by Dagmar
Videos: O. Children & the Drums
I am so into O. Children right now that I had to put up two of their videos, “Dead Disco Dancer” and “Ruins”. The other week I interviewed the band’s singer, Tobias O’Kandi (to be posted here soon). The British band’s self-titled debut LP is kind of goth and totally great.
O. Children – photo by Owen Richards
You’ll get a chance to see Brooklyn’s the Drums at Neumos on October 4th – until then here’s “Down by the Water”:
the Drums