FYF Fest 2012: day 1 in pics (Refused, Warpaint, Purity Ring, Sleigh Bells, The Vaselines, The Soft Pack and more)
photos by Debi Del Grande
Refused / Warpaint / Sleigh Bells, FYF Fest 9/1/2012
…Next came the great Warpaint / Hot Snakes / Chromatics dilemma of 2012. We love Hot Snakes, but with not-to-be missed hardcore Refused closing the evening, we needed something cerebral.
We picked Warpaint, and it made all the difference. The Angeleno quartet packed the main stage area to an earnestly mind-blowing set. No joke. Stella Mozgawa’s metronomically perfect drumming is infused with the right amount of personality and swagger. To say nothing of the occasionally ethereal vocals and sonically interdimensional floating guitar licks. On top of the brain high, the all-lady act Warpaint drives a bit of a body-moving groove. If it weren’t for the, er, gopher pockmarked ground, we might have just laid down and vibed out or whatever. Enough people did anyways… -[LA Weekly]
The ninth annual FYF Fest happened in Los Angeles with an incredibly stacked line-up that included M83, Warpaint, The Vaselines, Sleigh Bells, Fucked Up, The Men, Redd Kross, Refused, Chromatics, Cloud Nothings and loads more. And that was just the first day. Pictures of those bands and more from Saturday (9/1) are below.
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Orwells
Fidlar
Soft Pack
Sandro Perri
The Men
Redd Kross
The Two Gallants
AA Bondy
The Soft Pack
The Vaselines
Fucked Up
Moonface
Future Islands
Chromatics
Hot Snakes
Cloud Nothings
Chairlift
Sleigh Bells
Purity Ring
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Warpaint
M83
Refused