Hopscotch 2013

[corbae]

Thursday
Ameriglow, The Human Eyes, Once & Future Kings
Naked Gods, Lonnie Walker
Savage Knights
**
Nathan Bowles
The Kingsbury Manx
Angel Olsen
Sylvan Esso
Eros and the Eschaton
The Rosebuds (play Sade's Love Deluxe)
Kurt Vile & the Violators

Friday
Jenks Miller Band, Tom Carter, Magik Markers, Glenn Jones, Desert Heat, Thurston Moore & John Moloney (Caught On Tape duo), Nathan Bowles & Mike Gangloff between sets
**
Merzbow, Thurston Moore, and John Moloney semi-secret show
Ilyas Ahmed
Brett Harris
High Highs
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
Mount Moriah (play their discography)

Saturday
Torres
The Kingsbury Manx, Spider Bags
Merzbow and Dan's improv jazz group
**
The Lollipops
The Breeders (play Last Splash and other songs, including Happiness Is a Warm Gun)
Cian Nugent
Pelt (and the frequency that kills my wrists)
Low (play The Great Destroyer)
John Cale
Chalambrides

37 bands. Lots more solo guitar music and noise/drone this year. The latter was probably because Merzbow is A Big Deal (or so I'm told) and the former because I had low energy all weekend. I stand by my choices, though. *flops on ground* Festivals and conventions are intense, y'all. Hopefully I'll be fully recovered by tomorrow.

Comments

[alpheratz]

Wow, you were super busy. O___O What was your favorite of the ones you saw?

[corbae]

I only saw 20 or 30 minutes for a lot of them, because set times overlapped, but it was exhausting.

Picking a favorite is hard! Cian Nugent and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (real name Aly Spaltro) were both charming & talented. High Highs are from Australia, so it was really cool to see them. The Breeders were having *so much* fun on stage. Like, I don't think their keyboardist stopped grinning the entire time. And then Mount Moriah is my favorite local band, and they got to play their entire (2 album) discography with a 7-piece band and were thrilled about it. *Hands* Too many choices! Um, possibly Lady Lamb? She's young and tiny and unassuming and then this voice just bursts out of her.

Least favorite was Pelt, not due to their music, but because they played one long song for the set and at least 10 minutes of that song hit a frequency that made my wrists and elbows ache unceasingly. It was the weirdest, most unpleasant musical experience I've ever had.