Finally back from Bonnaroo, and let me tell you, s
hit got weird.
First Night: saw
Unlocking The Truth, heavy metal band consisting of 3 young black boys aged 14-17 from Brooklyn that are absolute prodigies. Talked to the drummer for about 20 minutes. These kids are signed to Sony Records for Christ sakes! Never seen so many crowd-surfers at once too. Then stayed at the same tent, saw
Strand Of Oaks which I'd never heard their music before but goddamn did they put on one hell of a show. Might be my favorite show of the weekend. The intensity, the crowd, it was truly something unique. Listening to their last record as I write this. Then stayed for
Iceage which honestly I was disappointed by, they only did songs from their last record. I yelled out
New Brigade and the singer and guitarist gave eachother a nervous look
Saw the
Growlers, frontman of the week. Now this is where it started to get difficult to go on. I'm watching
Courtney Barnett waiting for
Mac Demarco, and I've been up 40 hours at this point, no sleep. I start nodding off knowing quite well I need to go back to camp, so I crowd surfed the f
uck out of their during her set. Went to the tent, drank 3 beers and passed out. Although I know couldn't physically do it, I'll always regret missing Mac Demarco.
Second Night: Saw
Against Me!. Laura rocked my damn face off, didn't expect less. Moshed a bit. Then
Alabama Shakes, that big ladies got some serious sass, and soul. Then,
KENDRICK f
ucking LAMAR. The dude had us standing at attention, he hypnotized the whole f
ucking audience. I shushed this one chick for talking when he was
and she did!
From there, I ran from the main stage to
This Tent and caught
Run The Jewels, naturally. Glad I did. Then to cap the night off, caught
Flying Lotus. He's doing this whole LED transparent screen thing in front of him that shows really trippy visuals, it blew my mind, and I wasn't on drugs, I promise.
Third Night: saw a lame band called
Trampled By Turtles, then saw an even lamer band called
Hozier, made my way to the front of the crowd at the main stage and witnessed
My Morning Jacket do their mothaf
ucking thang. Headed to
Slayer after and destroyed my body in that pit. Nobodies been in a real mosh pit until you've been in a f
ucking Slayer pit. Blood, sweat, and anger was all I could smell afterwards. Stayed at that tent to see
D'Angelo & the Vanguard. D'angelo was well over 30 minutes late after it should've started but I'm so glad I stayed 'cause he put on the funkiest, grooviest, most far out show I've ever been too. Not to mention I was front row.
Fourth Night: stayed at the main stage all day, caught
Twenty One Pilots just so I could get a good spot for literally every band afterwards but actually was pleasantly surprised by the band, they put on a fantastic set. Then of course,
Spoon. Very lo-key, but still amazed at how some of their songs sound much different live than recorded. They sounded great, also the guitarist seemed legitimately manic as well. Loved it. At this point I'm front row for
Florence & the Machine and
Billy Joel so I was very happy. Florence put on an energetic set, running through the crowd and hopping about on stage. Her ankles certainly healed up since Coachella. Dat voice too, hot damn. And last but nowhere near least,
Billy Joel. Played the hits, revolving piano, brought out this dude named Chainsaw to sing
Highway To Hell as Billy played guitar, so many goddamn glow sticks being flung around. Solid set that was. 358 days left till Bonnaroo 2016. Best 4 days of the year.