Future Islands (I hadn't heard of them until I saw them on the line up, and started listening to them before the fest, and fell in love. And then when I saw them live, they blew me away. They translate their studio work amazingly on stage, even better. Plus they played my favorite song, A dream of you and me.)
Kaiser Chiefs (I have been a fan of them since high school, one of the first bands that I got into without my mom's influence. haha. So glad to have seen them live. The lead singer, Ricky, is a maniac on stage. I got to touch him!!!!!! He ran into the crowd, climbed the sound booth, a non-stop hurricane.)
Little Dragon (they are amazing on stage. played a song from their latest album I really enjoyed, Killing Me. And the last song they played (I forgot the name), they remixed it for this super tribal vibe, everyone dancing to the beat, like a post-modern tribe, beautiful, and the singer has an enchanting stage presence),
and Girls in Hawaii (they ended with my favorite song, Flavor, and brilliantly played a great live version of it, I thought my ears were going to explode. The kind of band that you'd show someone who thinks music died after the 70s. )
Monday, July 28, 2014
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Post Dour Fest Facts
This is how it all went down at the Dour Music Festival: 4 days of alternative music and love, Made in Belgium with Love.
Thursday's artists I saw: Son Lux, Leaf House, Future Islands, Chet Faker, Darkside, Gramatik.
3 pikachus.
4 kings: King Camping B, a lion king, a shower king, and a shirtless tired king.
Friday's: Apaches, Bombay Show Pig, Intergalactic Lovers, Fakear, Raekwon, Band of Skulls, Klingande, Little Dragon.
And there is nothing like peeing in a festival port-a-potty to remind you of humanity and the current place you hold in it.
A unicorn and dragon dancing together.
2 days of sunburns, 2 days of mud wrestlers.
A viking, another dragon, and a banana.
Saturday's: 65daysofstatic, Shigeto, Cypress Hill, Girls in Hawaii.
Seas of Quechua tents and so many fedoras in so many colors.
2 deaths (Please, be smart and hydrate; be caution of cocktail drugs).
Sunday's: Moaning Cities, Lisa LeBlanc, Deap Vally, Dub Inc, Casseurs Flowters, Kaiser Chiefs, Pheonix (Tyler the Creator missed his flight).
All in all, sounds like your typical festival. It is a dirty, muddy, peace-loving, smelly, sweaty, love-loving, thirsty, ugly, pretty, international, crazy culture and I'm proud I'm part of it.
DOOOOUURREEEEEEEE!
Thursday's artists I saw: Son Lux, Leaf House, Future Islands, Chet Faker, Darkside, Gramatik.
3 pikachus.
4 kings: King Camping B, a lion king, a shower king, and a shirtless tired king.
Friday's: Apaches, Bombay Show Pig, Intergalactic Lovers, Fakear, Raekwon, Band of Skulls, Klingande, Little Dragon.
And there is nothing like peeing in a festival port-a-potty to remind you of humanity and the current place you hold in it.
A unicorn and dragon dancing together.
2 days of sunburns, 2 days of mud wrestlers.
A viking, another dragon, and a banana.
Saturday's: 65daysofstatic, Shigeto, Cypress Hill, Girls in Hawaii.
Seas of Quechua tents and so many fedoras in so many colors.
2 deaths (Please, be smart and hydrate; be caution of cocktail drugs).
Sunday's: Moaning Cities, Lisa LeBlanc, Deap Vally, Dub Inc, Casseurs Flowters, Kaiser Chiefs, Pheonix (Tyler the Creator missed his flight).
All in all, sounds like your typical festival. It is a dirty, muddy, peace-loving, smelly, sweaty, love-loving, thirsty, ugly, pretty, international, crazy culture and I'm proud I'm part of it.
DOOOOUURREEEEEEEE!
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