[ATTENDED: July 25, 2015] St. Vincent
I’ve enjoyed all the St. Vincent records–each one more than the previous one. This past year Bob and Robin from NPR both claimed that the St. Vincent live show was the best that they saw that year. Since then, I have been hell bent on seeing her (she played NY right after they raved about her but it was sold out). She has been touring Europe for a while now so I never expected to see her anytime soon.
And then it was announced: St. Vincent AND My Morning Jacket, another band that I’ve been dying to see, would headline this years XPNFEST. As with last year’s fest, we considered going to the all day show–again, $45 for a 3 day pass (and when I found out that kids can get a day pass for $5–jeez!). So maybe next year if we don’t like the headliners, we’ll go for the day (I wouldn’t keep the kids up till midnight watching headliners). But as we saw this year, the venue is shaded, there’s lots to see and lots of free stuff (which the kids love) they even have a Kids Corner section, so next year, if there’s some good bands like this year (Calexico, First Aid Kid, Fly Golden Eagle), it would totally be a fun day out.
But never mind that, we were there for St. Vincent. (more…)
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