August/12 #3

LouFest Music Festivalreview with girl talk

the flaming lips Dinosaur jr.

Dr. Dog - cultsand more

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Central Field - Forest Park - St. Louis, MO

August 25 & 26 - 2012

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Sleepy kitty - 08/25 Chicago/St. Louis musical transplants Sleepy Kitty is composed of Paige Brubeck and Evan Sult. Their LouFest performance included guests Jenn Malzone on

keys and vox, as well as Gabe Doiron sitting in on guitar and vox. The guest musicians did a superb job of adding layers and structure to the band’s sound.

Sleepy Kitty opened the festival’s music on Saturday with a cover of ‘Sum-mertime’ on the Orange Stage. The Third Annual LouFest Music Festival

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Sleepy kitty - Orange Stage

started early this year with a Pre-Party at OFF BROADWAY with Cot-ton Mather and Middle Class Fashion. This year the festival approximately brought in 12,000 people collectively with an Af-tershow at The Firebird with LIttle Barrie and a collection of other great acts on Saturday night. The bands, event, energy and connection to Cherokee St. is reminis-cent to the creative flow out of Greenwich Village in early 1970. Sleepy Kitty represented a flag onstage that they said was a sign of their con-nection with St. Louis. David N. mentioned that Apop Records also threw an underground after party on Cherokee St. on Saturday evening. Sleepy Kitty invoked the LouFest crowd with an early rush of energy during their set. It was easy to get addicted to their unique rock vibe on stage. They welcomed fans with a seductive blend of rock, and experimental punk music. To find out more on Sleepy Kitty check

out their latest news at:http://sleepykittymusic.blogspot.com

and connect with them on facebook at:https://www.facebook.com/sleepykittymusic.com A rain storm quickly passed through the area midday Satur-day. Music continued onstage with Little Barrie from London, England taking on the late sum-mer shower. Son Volt geared up on a damp

Orange Stage for a large group of devoted fans from all over the world. It was cool and refresh-ing after the show. The weather did cut back on the extensive heat from this past summer. Guests packed under tents, trees, vechicles, umbrellas and nearby shelters to stay dry and cool during the storms.

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Jay Farrar - SOn Volt

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Phantogram - Blue stage

Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel of Sara-toga Springs, NY create a sonic universe on stage and in the studio known as Phantogram. They performed a wet version of ‘Don’t Move’ live for the LouFest crowd on the Blue Stage. The rain returned intermittently during their set, but the

band kept the energy going strong with their indie-pop style of music. Phantogram pulled down one of the best sets of the week-end on Saturday. Their diehard attitudes during their set showcased the band’s soul and tenacity. The set was saturated with fresh northeast beats

that has been getting tai-lored across the country with their recent full-scale tours. Browse Phanto-gram music online at:

http://phantogrammusic.virb.com/

Stream their live Twitter feed to find out updates on their upcoming album and more at:

https://twitter.com/Phantogram

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dinosaur jr. - 2012 LouFest Music festival

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Girl talk

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Pernikoff Brothers - 08/26

Sunday’s music started with the Pernikoff Brothers kicking things off on the Orange stage with Dave Grelle sitting in on keys. PB serenaded guests with original tracks, and acoustic clas-sic rock covers from The Beatles and Led Zeppe-lin. The brothers har-monize collectively on several tracks with Dan Germain on drums. The sun streamed down on the crowd early Sunday. It was reported that there were to be thunderstorms in the area all weekend, but the weather stayed reason-ably manageable both Saturday and Sunday. The Seattle-based hip-hop female duo, known as THEEsatisfac-tion raised spirits and got the LouFest crowd shak-ing and dancing to their bass heavy R & B beats. At times their use of vo-cabulary on stage could have been tailored a little more fitting for the different types of family in the audience. Overall they performed well, and stayed dry throughout their performance.

Schlafly provided guests with some free drinks during the first hour of each day during the event. Other ven-dors like Chipotle setup interactive experiences for fans to dive deeper

with the company. Sony and Spotify also stopped by Central Field on their tour buses with interac-tive gameplay, photos, giveaways and great people helping out at every stop.

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theesatisfaction

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Someone Still loves you borris yeltsinArtist Signing with

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LouFest Music Festival - 08/26 ThreeoffinestmusiciansfromNewYorkCitytooktheBlueStageonSundaywithaneastcoastbreakthroughsetofsoft,psychedelicindie/rock.IaskedoneoftheguestshowtheywoulddescribetheCultsstyleofmusic.“Heroinsurf”ishowthewordstheyused,andsaiditwaslikelayingoutonthebeach. Cultsreleasedademoofthealbumontheirbandcamppageat:http://cults.bandcamp.com/

Overthepasttwoyears

theindiebandhasgrownintoaColumbiabackedartistperformingbigshowsalloverthecountry. CultsbroughtinalargecrowdfortheirmiddaySundayset.ThesouthernCaliforniamusi-ciansknownasDawesstartedtogettheirequip-mentsetupontheBlueStageduringtheendoftheCultsperformance.Dawesstirredthecrowdupwiththeirpolishedandyouthfulstyleofacousticrock. AftertheDawes

set,musicdidstopforaboutanhour.Oneofthefestivalorganizersstoppedbyandtalkedwithmeforabitonthestagesetup.“IronManbroughtinthestages,soundandmostofthelightsforthisweek-end.”DavementionedthatthiswashissecondyearworkingwithLouFest,andheiscurrentlystudy-ingmusicbusinessinthenortheast.TheentireLouFeststaffdidastel-larjoboftakingcareofguestsandalloftheunex-pectedevents.

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Dawes - 08/26

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Dr. Dog - Orange Stage

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“We are here to play. These fans are ready to go, so we are going to do this thing.” - Wayne Coyne

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Dr. Dog closed down music on the Or-ange Stage Sunday night, and The Flaming Lips shut down music on the Blue Stage. Both bands gave ambitious perfor-mances in the humid weather. Right before The Flaming Lips took the stage, Wayne C. and I were able to briefly talk about playing in wet weather. Wayne seemed not bothered at all by the rain, and was a little excit-

ed that the crowd was so amped. The Flaming Lips are known to captivate and attract audiences large and small all over the world. This audience was hulked out and psyched for a set by the band live on a LouFest stage. Pink Floyd covers and teases were mixed in throughout the set, as well as several classic originals from the band. This set was a great example of how the

crowd and community came together despite weather condictions to put on a once and a lifetime performance. For more on The Flaming Lips pop on their main site at:

http://flaminglips.com/ Overall the Third Annual LouFest Music Festival was another suc-cessful year for the event. For more on the festival look over their main web-site at:

http://loufest.com/

The Flaming lips - blue stage

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2012 Loufest music festival

The flaming lips - 08/26

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The flaming lips

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