Brainwaves

[dougo]

I forgot to mention, this weekend I am attending the Brainwaves Festival 2008, a three-day concert at the Regent Theater in Arlington, MA, put on by Jon Whitney, the guy behind the Brainwashed music site. Last night was great: Meat Beat Manifesto, Silver Apples, Marissa Nadler, and JG Thirlwell's Manorexia. It's awesome to be able to sit down in a comfy theater chair for an event like this, not to mention not having to roadtrip like the last two three-day music festivals I went to! There are still plenty of tickets left ($45 for today, $20 for tomorrow, all general-admission so you can sit wherever you like) so if you're in the area and want to see some great live music, you should stop by. Here's the rest of the lineup:

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - doors at noon, music begins at 1pm
His Name Is Alive
Gary Wilson
Rivulets feat. Jessica Bailiff
Major Stars
Nmperign feat. Jason Lescalleet
Glenn Jones

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - doors at 7pm, music begins at 8pm
Matmos
Threshold HouseBoys Choir (Peter Christopherson of Coil and Throbbing Gristle)
Little Annie
Reformed Faction (Mark and Robin of Zoviet France, Rapoon, Dead Voices On Air)
Andrew Liles & Jonathan Coleclough

Sunday, November 23, 2008 - doors at noon, music begins at 1pm
Stars of the Lid
To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie
Boduf Songs
Lichens
Nudge
Strategy
Windy Weber (of Windy & Carl) & Thomas Meluch (of Benoit Pioulard)

Comments

[cai.livejournal.com]

I would pay good money to see Meat Beat Manifesto. Geez. I really /really/ hate being in Alabama.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

I was really psyched to see them, and they almost lived up to my expectations—I was hoping to hear more songs that I recognized, but there were only two: Helter Skelter (aka It's In My Brain Now), and another one whose name I don't know and that doesn't appear to have a video on YouTube. (No "Acid Again" or "Psyche Out", alas.) It was also a little weird venue for them; as much as I liked sitting down and zoning out watching their crazy video montage, I kinda want to see them in a hot sweaty club now too.

yeah mbm

[cthulhia]

but, i missed that night already.

Re: yeah mbm

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Weren't you at Jonathan Coulton or something anyway?