2010 Virgin Mobile Free Fest The folks over at VEVO.com have set up a playlist featuring live footage from this year’s Virgin Free Fest. The featured videos include performances by LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., Matt & Kim, Yeasayer, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes, Thievery Corporation and many others. You can view all the 2010 Virgin…
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LCD Soundsystem Headlining Treasure Island Festival + Virgin Free Fest Pics
LCD Soundsystem at Virgin Free Fest (09/25/10) Photo: Jon Klemm Here’s a little review of LCD’s headlining performance at last month’s Virgin Free Fest: …[A]fter a crushing Pavement set, 15 minutes of blasting fireworks from the pavilion rooftop, and another 15 minutes of anticipation, LCD took the stage with the opening track from their last…
Trombone Shorty Playing Red Hot + New Orleans at BAM, Virgin Free Fest Pics
Trombone Shorty at Virgin Free Fest (09/15/10) Photo: Jon Klemm Andrews and his bandmates, Orleans Avenue, spent nearly an hour effortlessly leap-frogging among nimble jazz, classic New Orleans brass, viscous funk, silky soul — they even puffed their chests out for a take on Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop.” But audience members didn’t move their leaden feet…
Thievery Corporation Played Virgin Free Fest, Playing Beacon Theatre w/ Massive Attack, Greatest Hits Comp Out Now
Thievery Corporation at Virgin Free Fest (09/25/10) Photo: Jon Klemm Thievery Corporation opened their unseemly early 5:15 set with their quintessential Lebanese Blond. Gotta love a live sitar – which I had never seen before. The spinning duo along with several singers, a badass bassist, and their sitar player, amongst others played “Shadows of Ourselves”,…
Jimmy Eat World Released A New Record, Playing Terminal 5 + Virgin Fest Pics
Jimmy Eat World at Virgin Free Fest (09/25/10) Photo: Jon Klemm Of all the performances, Jimmy Eat World was probably the least exciting. I’m not saying that they weren’t good, because they were. But as far as early 2000′s bands go, they weren’t exactly the go-to band that everyone had targeting on the day. They…
Matt and Kim Played Virgin Free Fest, Releasing New Album, Tour Dates (Webster Hall)
Matt and Kim at Virgin Free Fest (09/25/10) Photo: Jon Klemm Stream: Matt and Kim – “Cameras” “You know things are going well when Kim has to take off her bra after the first song.” – Matt I worry about Matt and Kim. I worry that one day, Matt and Kim will just up and…