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Siren Festival 2007 Recap (Pt. 2)
Siren Festival 2007 Recap (Pt. 2)
- Genre : More Music
- Type: News
- Author : Super Admin
- Date : Wed, 25 Jul 2007
The Black Lips, known for their over-the-top live act—which in the past has featured urination, vomiting, or both—kept everyone wondering what exactly they would do. So when a live chicken was released during their crazy set, it shouldn't have come as a surprise. These garage rockers left security in a tizzy with the backstage area emptying out to the front to see what was going on. The front photo pit was just as packed as the crowd behind the barricades.
Matt & Kim, by Chris C.
Speaking of security nightmares, how do you handle some crazed kids who just want to mosh and stage dive to Brooklyn residents Matt & Kim? Pray that no fights break out. The drum and keyboard duo inspire blissful chaos wherever they perform. This being their largest show to date, and their first appearance at the festival, Matt mentioned how awkward it was having the crowd so far away. He said something along the lines of, "you guys are much more important than [the security] up front." This inspired people to jump the barricades, only to get man-handled by security.
Back at the main stage, We Are Scientists road-tested new material that was less dance rock and more psychedelic. Was that a Led Zepplin-style riff being played from Keith Murray? If you still wanted to dance, Austin's Voxtrot commanded their set with their enjoyable brand of bouncy pop.
M.I.A., by Chris C.
The fest's best performance came from Sri Lankan dynamo M.I.A.—she's back, she has a visa and she's single. Gentleman, form a line to the right. She commanded the stage like she was meant to be on it all her life. Topped in a military inspired hat, she fired off insanely creative beats and rhymes, making even older material sound fresh and urgent. She debuted some new cuts off her forthcoming sophomore release, Kala, which features more genre-bending world beats with a more sexual presence, as evidenced by the first single, "Boyz."
New York Dolls, by Chris C.
If the organizers of the Siren Festival wanted to end this incarnation with a bang, they succeeded. The line-up was perfectly balanced between the new blogger-approved buzz bands, rising mainstream artists and topped off by the legendary New York Dolls. It's entirely appropriate that David Johansen and Syl Sylvain closed out this edition of the Siren Festival. The Dolls are a living testament of the New York that once was. If this is possibly the last summer at the old school Coney Island, it was only appropriate that it ended with a couple of guys who represented that balls-to-wall '70s New York 'tude.
—Chris C.
07.24.07
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Matt & Kim, by Chris C.
Speaking of security nightmares, how do you handle some crazed kids who just want to mosh and stage dive to Brooklyn residents Matt & Kim? Pray that no fights break out. The drum and keyboard duo inspire blissful chaos wherever they perform. This being their largest show to date, and their first appearance at the festival, Matt mentioned how awkward it was having the crowd so far away. He said something along the lines of, "you guys are much more important than [the security] up front." This inspired people to jump the barricades, only to get man-handled by security.
Back at the main stage, We Are Scientists road-tested new material that was less dance rock and more psychedelic. Was that a Led Zepplin-style riff being played from Keith Murray? If you still wanted to dance, Austin's Voxtrot commanded their set with their enjoyable brand of bouncy pop.
M.I.A., by Chris C.
The fest's best performance came from Sri Lankan dynamo M.I.A.—she's back, she has a visa and she's single. Gentleman, form a line to the right. She commanded the stage like she was meant to be on it all her life. Topped in a military inspired hat, she fired off insanely creative beats and rhymes, making even older material sound fresh and urgent. She debuted some new cuts off her forthcoming sophomore release, Kala, which features more genre-bending world beats with a more sexual presence, as evidenced by the first single, "Boyz."
New York Dolls, by Chris C.
If the organizers of the Siren Festival wanted to end this incarnation with a bang, they succeeded. The line-up was perfectly balanced between the new blogger-approved buzz bands, rising mainstream artists and topped off by the legendary New York Dolls. It's entirely appropriate that David Johansen and Syl Sylvain closed out this edition of the Siren Festival. The Dolls are a living testament of the New York that once was. If this is possibly the last summer at the old school Coney Island, it was only appropriate that it ended with a couple of guys who represented that balls-to-wall '70s New York 'tude.
—Chris C.
07.24.07
1
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