Day One of Bonnaroo was a great success. In addition to meeting up with my other employer for the weekend, the Ice Cream Man, I caught some really rad music. Imagine that? First off was the Black Angels, whose eerie pysch rock was nicely complimented by an incredible sunset backdrop. Then after slingin' some scream with Matt, I headed over to the National. Matt Berninger and co. brought the heat on a number of tracks from their recent release, Boxer, as well as a few from Alligator. Their beautiful form of rock 'n' roll sailed across the audience with an awesome intensity. Lastly we caught the Whigs. I haven't seen these guys in a a while and I was really excited to hear some new tracks. The new stuff sounds great, ranging from Nuggets-tinged fare to full on, early 90's grunge metal. The latter was particularly impressive and surprising. Their new bassist/multi-instrumentalist U.S. Gunn seems to mesh really well with Parker Gispert (lead vocals/guitar) and Julian Dorio (drums). They also played a badass cover of John Lennon's "Instant Karma." Crowd was lovin' it.
O.K., gotta go, boss needs the comp. More updates later. Stay tuned.
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