Northside Fest Highlights day 4

The last day is always somewhat exciting for an event like Northside Fest. You know that there are usually some great bands coming, so you have to pull together what little energy you have to go see them. My day started with another awesome brunch at Moto (I ate very well this weekend). I then headed over to see Air Waves.

This was the biggest surprise of the weekend. Maybe it had a lot to do with all the let downs I had the day before with bands, but I really liked this band. Their lyrics were very sincere, and it was music I could move to. I would definitely see them again if I had the chance. I was disappointed that their only merch they had was giving away cassets. I know it's the cool thing to do these days, but damn it I don't own a cassete player anymore; Katrina ate it! Click HERE to see some footage I shot from the performance. I then darted over to Studio B to see one of my favorite bands of last year, the Dodos.

I am a big fan of these guys, but damn it Studio B, you know how to kill a good time at a day party. It was too dark (so much so that I kept running into people) and hot so I only made it through a couple of songs before heading out to go shopping. Click HERE though to hear the fabulous song Jodi, and watch a bunch of people walk in front of me. I then had a few hours to blow before our man Bill Callahan at the Music Hall of WIlliamsburg.

Not too much more great things I can say about this man. He is a true genius. If you have an opportunity to see him live, do. You will see what a passionate person looks like when he steps on stage. And now for a shout out to the Douch Bag who said I was hovering over him just because I was standing next to his drunk ass while he was sitting down on the balcony. Thanks for making my night that much worse and I hope you threw up all over your drunk ass and all your friends who didn't try and put some common sense into you. All of you are horrible human beings.

Overall I enjoyed the Northside Fest. I got to see a lot of bands I love, and some bands that I have never heard before. That is what makes things like this so great. My complaints are that a majority of the acts ran late which make it very difficult to plan when to leave one venue to another and it makes it confusing as to who is on at a given moment. Things like this should be fixed with experience and understanding that even the hole in the wall venues need to have good stage managers to handle up. Just go to SXSW and see how they do one year. I would definitely go back again.

Be sure to check out our YouTube Channel to see a bunch of the live performances I shot over the weekend.