Bumbershoot

So this year I went to 2 days of Bumbershoot - for the first time in quite a while. I hit Sat and Monday, with Monday being the distinct highlight. I saw quite a number of bands - mostly local stuff in the EMP, which is a very nice venue indeed, a shame there aren't more shows held there.

So what was good? Well Posters: the Seattle-Havana Poster Show was quite something, and I rather enjoyed Flatstock which had a very large number of band poster designers selling their wares.

But as for music....

On saturday - Menomena was much more fun than I expected. Gogol Bordello - was freaking gypsy rock music - which quite unexpectedly to me - rocked. Way cool, way fun. And Tiny Vipers was well incredibly good for a what amounts to a one woman singer songwriter show.

But none of that held a candle to Monday - bands I won't even mention were amazing. But most amazing was Viva Voce, and Ted Leo. It is insane how hard Viva Voce rocked. It should be impossible for 2 people to rock that hard, to put on a show that good, to do anything like what they did. I love this band.

And then there was Ted Leo - which turned out to be the best show I've seen in years. The banter, the crowd interaction, Ted Leo himself - the whole thing was incredible from the social point of view. And then there was the music - all the songs I have completely memorized, played just incredibly. Perfect and Incredible. Just Perfect...