Phish Fall Tour 2010 has reached its final destination – Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Tonight marks the first of three sold-out shows at the venue.
Adam Edelman will be reporting on the show for @YEMblog. Our friends at YEMblog have also compiled a Twitter List featuring over 60 fans tweeting from Atlantic City this weekend. Head over to PhishTwit for the full “Couch Tour” experience. READ ON for the setlist…
After the five day marathon of music that is CMJ, it’s easy to walk away wondering what the hell to make of it. The thing hosts about 1,200 bands from literally all over the globe across god knows how many venues, and the showcases that feature the bands anybody has actually heard of generally fill up to capacity long before those artists perform.
Thus, it’s better to just roll with it. There’s no point in trying too hard to make it to all the buzzy acts. Instead, the fun comes in just popping around neighboring venues, putting on your own personal critic’s cap and evaluating in an American Idol-eque vibe all these bands who are virtually all capable of grabbing your attention – sometimes with their music, but more often with their thirsty stage acts and attempted emulations of what they think will make them the next big thing.
You get everything from up-and-coming divas sporting ’80s garb in complement to their radio-ready pop hits (Spark), to nerd rockers cracking weird jokes about drinking from beakers (Crayon Fields), to hip hop megastars dropping by (Kanye, Chromeo and GZA at Brooklyn Bowl) unannounced. It’s over-stimulation at its finest, but there’s no shortage of quality. Hence, in our quest to pay attention to some of the lesser covered corners of the live music scene, we discovered some excellent new stuff. The following are just a few Hidden Track picks from the fest, including music, panels, and venues.
Jon Hopkins – The first of two of the supporting acts for the Four Tet at Webster Hall to make this list, Jon Hopkins was hands down the coolest show of my week. Hailing from London, Hopkins already has a huge following and has Brian Eno and Coldplay collabs on his CV. The classically trained DJ/multi-instrumentalist has a knack for taking catchy minimalist, ethereal electronic music and slowly letting it carefully evolve to a fever pitch. His music calls to mind Eno himself and Phillip Glass at times, but he allows just enough catchiness in to attract a party crowd and make people want to dance. His video for Light Through the Veins is really something else.
READ ON for more winners from CMJ 2010…
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