Sunday, July 6, 2008

Festival for the Eno, Part II

Went back to the Festival for the Eno. Saw several more great bands, but two stood out today.

Fiddlefoxx is composed of a fiddler, a guitar player, and a beatboxer. This combination gives a unique sound that they really take advantage of on both new songs and old favorites.

Midtown Dickens throws technique out the window, bouncing from instrument to instrument and style to style in a kind of inspired chaos. Their set was infectiously joyful, full of starts and stops and random errors that seemed somehow to fit the music rather than interrupt it. The list of instruments they play, and each song seemed to be played using a different combination.

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