Sleepyhead, Y.A.C.H.T., and I Can Lick Any Son of a Bitch in the House
Posted by: Greg | From: July 30, 2006
Off to a laid back and rad start here. I decided to stop for some coffee, a banana, and a non-fat organic blueberry yogurt on the way (hunger management is key to festival enjoyment) so I only caught the last ten minutes of Sleepyhead's set. He was the perfect flavor for a Sunday morning: mostly mellow laid back hip-hop with enough excitement to get the small crowd's blood pumping.
Next came Y.A.C.H.T. Jona was added to the bill at the last minute after a conflicting gig fell through. He offered to do "magic" and we took him up on the offer. So, of course, he brought a David Copperfield DVD and read us the contents -- including such highlights as "Test of Knives" and "Romantic Interlude" -- during a lull caused by technical difficulties. Jona brought his usual fake-bearded dance-tastic theatrical glitch pop and got the crowd involved through trust falls and microphone cord jump-rope.
And, for something completely different, the set closed up with I Can Lick Any Son of a Bitch in the House. Rocking it Outer Southeast style, Son of a Bitch played all out kentucky fried blues-based classic butt rock with super politicized liberal protest lyrics. They finished their set off with a rolicking cover of Keep On Rocking in the Free World that summed up both their politics and their sound quite nicely.
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Posted by: adam Forkner at July 30, 2006 2:25 PM