bonnaroo preview – yeasayer – tightrope

day 3 of bonnaroo. things have been pretty good so far, except for the herd of hippos that rolled through the campsites last night eating everything and everyone in their paths and the patchouli flu thats been spreading around the festival. just kidding, that didnt happen, or at least if it is going to happen, i dont know about it yet, because its only tuesday and i havent even left. but im going to pretend that im posting live from bonnaroo, even though theres no way in heck im bringing my computer and im pretty confident that i wont get cell phone reception in manchester, tennessee, much less a wireless internet signal. this is a little trick we use in the blogging industry called “saying its one day when its really not”. its pretty sneaky and only us insiders of the biz know about it. lucky for me, the secret dead poet free mason blogger society anonymous teaches you this little trick of the trade after youve had a blog for 3 weeks or more, so i just made the cut.

im pretty excited for the late night shows tonight. i didnt know about the late night shows until a few weeks ago, and if my prior festival experience is any indicator, i have no clue how im going to stay awake for the late night shows, but im gonna try. tonight is going to provide us with the 1-2 punch of yeasayer and mgmt. i was supposed to see mgmt at lolla last year, but we missed them due to the “brand new” debacle (for which we also missed explosions in the sky). ask me about that one later. im not still bitter at all. not in the slightest. what gave you that impression?

anyway, yeasayer is one of those groups for me that has a sound all its own. their album “all hour cymbals” is a strange mix of dark and light. id say 60% dark, and 40% light. if not, then id say 55% dark, 30% light, and 15% viking. that was an obscure reference to the drink order of jeff lewis on bravos “flipping out”. i tried for a long time to find the video clip and couldnt but you should try, its worth it. todays track, tightrope, is part of the red hot compilation entitled dark was the night, put together by the national’s aaron and bryce dessner to help fight hiv. this track is a favorite of mine from the compilation because it shows the brighter and happier side of yeasayer. what say you of this tune?

yeasayer – tightrope

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1. I swear, I’m going to find out where Explosions in the Sky is playing one of these days, and take you there just so you can stop complaining about the Brand New debacle.

   I think that was the last time we ever listened to Adrienne…

   K

   14 Jun 09 at 1:27 pm

    

2. brand new was mediocre at best at the house of blues during an after lollapalooza nightshow. the fans were the best part. explosions absolutely blew me away. seen yeasayer and mgmt twice. yeasayer takes the cake by far. more polished, just not as popular. a great north american tour idea would be yeasayer, animal collective, and the fleet foxes. that would be worth every penny. have yet to see fleet foxes in a live setting, but i can imagine they would be great.

   jj

   29 Jun 09 at 3:59 am

    

3. having seen fleet foxes last summer, i can tell you they are great. their live show didnt vary much from their album stuff, but it was really great to hear them nailing all of those harmonies live.

   chris

   29 Jun 09 at 8:52 am

    

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