I went to St Jerome's Laneway Festival on Sunday and it was perhaps the best festival i've been to. Good crowd, no posers, awesome music and I had macca's on the way home. Can't beat that!
I went into the experience knowing Girl Talk and Architecture in Helsinki pretty well but keen to hear some bands that I didn't know and see if they were good. I had a very open mind about the event which was definately a good thing, and going with the other half of my DJ crew was also pretty good because we have a similar music taste, which led us to the basement to hear a guy called Jack Ladder.
Jack Ladder played in the basement, which wasn't too crowded (it was early). It was great to see bands being their own roadies and having technical faults. It makes a gig seem more intimate and real. Most bands at festivals I doubt would do their own setup entirely. It was a pretty decent crowd but to start he says "Thanks for coming, ah who am I kidding you're only here because it's hot outside". Pretty funny guy. the drummer was wicked and could hardly sit down which was cool. Went to get a beer and didn't even bump into anyone on the way. There was pretty much a human made aisle to the bar. Amazing! I think I was busy soaking up atmoshpere rather than listening to him play though as I don't have a great recollection of the music. Spaz attack has the album which i'll borrow. In the mean time here's the link to his myspace, I think cased closed is my fav.
www.myspace.com/jackladder
Stay tuned for more cultural and musical musings from Laneway including, Architecture, bathrooms, and force fed Tiger beer.
Photo stolen from fasterlouder.com.au taken by Spinal Faun. I couldn't stop looking up at the buildings all day and this photo captures it so well.
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