Video: Ganglians | Woodsist / Captured Tracks Festival | 7.04.2009

photos by Tim Griffin , words by Andrew Frisicano The Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival 's Day One (7/3) was moved inside the Market Hotel. Thankfully, the weather held out for its second, 4th of July lineup, which went off as planned in the grassy, rock-filled lot of 979 Broadway Backyard. I arrived just as Real Estate was going on, and the New Jersey band nearly stole the show with dreamy rock that seemed to be [...]

Dum Dum Girls The Fresh & Onlys Ganglians Woods Some people spent their Fourth of July watching fireworks. Others barbequed with friends. One guy spent his eating 68 hot dogs in ten minutes . Me? I hang out in an empty lot underneath the JMZ line in Bushwick Brooklyn watching a whole bunch of awesome bands on the [...]

This past weekend was all about the USA, and nothing says America quite like a day full of shitgaze in a graffitied, degenerated yard under some train tracks in Bushwick (or "East Williamsburg," if your real estate agent is shady). The rosters of the Woodsist and Captured Tracks labels joined lo-fi forces with Todd P for a two-day outdoor festival this past Independents weekend, but since the threat of rain on Friday moved that day's action into the sweltering DIY space Market Hotel, our attendance was limited to Independence day proper. But even getting just one day's slate [...]