Welp, I bought a ticket to my first music festival and couldn't be more excited. Actually, it's my second, but the one I went to in Europe was much different than this one. RATATAT and others wowowowowow. Not only that, but Yo La Tengo is releasing a new covers album and going on tour and I will be buying a ticket for that on Friday. Over the past year and a half they've become probably the most important band to me and having the opportunity to see them is something I'm not going to pass up. Such a good week for music. Been playing a lot too.
Whoa. That's incredible. I've seen every one of those bands of the front page play before. That's a first for me. Secondly, Yo La Tengo puts on a hell of a show. I saw them a few years ago in Santa Cruz when they were doing the freewheeling tour. It was really cool to just chat with them for a long time while they were playing. I got to ask about the Sounds of Science soundtrack they did for the Criterion Collection of Jean Painlevé films they released. Super cool. I plan to see them here in DC again in September.
That's impressive. I'm only going one day and a big part of that is because The Julie Ruin is playing and Kathleen Hanna is one of the most important people in music of the last 25 years. I'm so jealous that you were able to talk to them, Ira Kaplan is one of my musical idols. Their entire story is incredible and they are the definition of doing it themselves and embody what the word "Indie" should be mean. Have you read Big Day Coming?