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Timothy S. Griffin

Woodsist/CT Fest Day Two in pics & video (Thee Oh Sees, Real Estate, Ganglians, Fresh & Onlys, Woods & more)

photos by Tim Griffin, words by Andrew Frisicano

Dum Dum Girls

The Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival‘s Day One (7/3) was moved inside the Market Hotel. Thankfully, the weather held out for its second, 4th of July lineup, which went off as planned in the grassy, rock-filled lot of 979 Broadway Backyard.

I arrived just as Real Estate was going on, and the New Jersey band nearly stole the show with dreamy rock that seemed to be made for a sunny afternoon. The Beets held down their set with a casualness befitting a park lodge show (kind of what the fest was on a slightly bigger scale). The guys gave new meaning to the word “ramshackle” as things seemed to be toppling over continually onstage.

German Measles played a set before I got there. Bill caught them and said they “aren’t actually that bad… But they’re also not very good. And that kind of seems to be the point. Shambolic is an understatement, like ‘why rehearse when we can just play shows?”

The Great Excape did a set of Jersey-style pop-punk that included their own theme song, several politically-themed tunes (a nice touch) and a cover of “Summertime Blues.” Ganglians brought one of the day’s only keyboards, and burst with a flurry of reverb and overdrive.

Brilliant Colors started out with straight-ahead noise punk, with a bit of a melody void left by their super-reverbed vocals (maybe a theme of the night) and washed-out guitar. When the bass stepped up its riffs a few songs in, the band immediately sounded twice as catchy. The Fresh and Onlys took that bass-forward momentum and went with it. Their bassist pounded the notes in between and then some. As a result, the group had one of the most complete sounds of the night (with a tambourine and three-part harmonies rounding it out). They dedicated their last song to the member of Tyvek in the hospital (the reason for that band’s cancellation). Hopefully their situation turns out better.

Dum Dum Girls

Dum Dum Girls had to be one of the night’s cleanest sounding groups. The band relied heavily on singer Dee Dee’s vocals, which harmonized with drummer Frankie Rose on their songs’ many hooks.

The atmospheric rock of Woods definitely got jammier as it progressed. As Bill Pearis pointed out, the group’s fourth member, who sat on the floor twiddling effects and singing into a microphone strapped to his face, was a bit strange considering the rest of the guys were dressed proper enough for church. Whatever you have to do to make it sound good I suppose.

Woods

Kurt Vile & the Violators roared into the night as the sun finally went down. Vile and Vivian Girls (who, as one commenter pointed out, “played with a great intensity”) more than warmed up the crowd for Thee Oh Sees, who capped the night (for some) with an unstoppable set. Frontman John Dwyer was literally foaming at the mouth as a streak of white drool smeared across his face for part of the set. Thee Oh Sees’ strange, repetition-laced anthems are amazing for shaking and rattling, as the crowd proved. The band even got talked into playing an encore before sending everyone into the night.

The rest of the pictures from Day Two, with a bunch of videos, below…

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Real Estate

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Great Excape

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Trash Talk played with Leftover Crack the night before
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The Beets

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Woodsist Fest

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Brilliant Colors

Brilliant Colors

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The Fresh & Onlys

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Ganglians

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Thee Oh Sees

Kurt Vile (more here)

Kurt Vile

Vivian Girls (more here)

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DUM DUM GIRLS VIDEO HERE.

TYVEK HAD TO CANCEL.

VIVIAN GIRLS PICS HERE.

SOME PEOPLE WERE IN BATTERY PARK SEEING A DIFFERENT SHOW THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY.

KURT VILE PICS HERE.

DAY ONE PICS HERE.

THEE OH SEES & THE FRESH AND ONLYS WILL BE BACK SOON.

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Videos….

BONUS: Babies played the afterparty at Market Hotel, and here’s another video from their performance:

THE GREAT EXCAPE HAVE A SHOW COMING UP WITH OXFORD COLLAPSE (at a new location).

VIVIAN GIRLS ARE GOING ON TOUR WITH THE BEETS.