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Sat 30 Aug – Fuck Yeah Fest V
Y'know i really wish there was a festival where i had at LEAST five bands i wanted to see but alas that day is yet to come. I usually go for just one band. ONE AMAZING band..usually. At the Fuck Yeah Fest that band was....The Strange Boys. Missing them the uh..four times they came last year was devastating...i had reasons..i did. Anyways...the fest. It was....fun. Going in early...2..3...4..it was bright outside but as soon as you got in to the echoplex it was night and had all the good things that a night out had. Music, drunks, talking, y'know. I went straight in and straight out spent a good while at the park drinking, smoking walking back to the echo my friend and i met Frank. A pretty damm good guitarist who was playing later at the rec room for the fest...very lucky. Well we went inside the echo and there they were The Strange Boys. They were i mean...sigh...great. Lead guitar sounded so clear and so close. The vocals were just....perfect. Hot, loud but oh so fun! Leaving that set we headed over hear Frank. I gotta say i liked it when he played earlier just for us outside in the sunshine but he was very good onstage. I think he played volin, banjo and guitar all of which he played wonderfully. We couldnt stay since earlier we'd see a growler roaming around and headed over to the Echo Curio where The Growlers played such a good set it hurt. Oh so yes Fuck Yeah Fest was fun hopefully next year theres more bands i wanna see but honestly if its just the one i'll go...all the people, the close park, the atmosphere, and the bands...its worth it.

Sat 30 Aug – Fuck Yeah Fest V
I only went this year to see Glass Candy and High Places. Some people said the volume of the vocals were far too low for High Places but it was still a phenomenal set. Then Glass Candy came on and that's when things get a little fuzzy for me. I'm embarassed to say I jumped on stage twice and was kicked out of the echoplex!



After that I bummed around the other shows alone but that wasn't so bad since I was wasted and sociable.

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Sat 30 Aug – Fuck Yeah Fest V

If last week's Sunset Junction Festival and this week's F Yeah festival were siblings, the former would be the older, more sexually experienced sibling. The latter festival would the younger, more precocious and wide-eyed sibling. Although the younger sibling may want to grow up as soon as possible, there is a certain charm to its youth. Only at F Yeah can one watch Austin, Texas’ Best Fwends in a tiny annex while standing next to cheery Matt Johnson of Brooklyn’s Matt and Kim, and later, moshing with Jonathan Gray of L.A.’s The Mae Shi. This would not be happening on Sunset Junction’s watch. Welcome to the fifth year of F Yeah Fest, curated by Sean Carlson and Keith Morris. Although this year’s festival suffered a huge setback when a financial backer pulled out at the last minute (they are over $15,000 in debt), Carlson and the crew decided to just make it a one-day event instead of canceling it altogether. Nevertheless, the spirit of the fest was very much alive and energetic—just like a younger sibling would be.

The Echo, in addition to the "F Yeah Fest Annex" and Echoplex, played host to a myriad of musical acts including Philadelphia hardcore punk band Paint it Black. At the first chord of Josh Agran’s guitar, the crowd instantly split like the Red Sea. The audience had a choice to make: mosh and slam into each other or stand to the side and avoid being kicked in the face. With old songs like “Election Day” mixed in with some new tracks off this year’s “New Lexicon,” the crowd grew into frenzied circle pits. Bassist Andy Nelson encouraged it—even joining in by attempting to crowd surf.

Canada’s Fucked Up, another hardcore punk band, played below at the Echoplex. Imagine a chap scaling the scaffolding on the side of the stage. More than halfway up, he jumps—headfirst—into the crowd. Now imagine the lead singer of Fucked Up—who revealed to the audience that he was around 300 pounds—jump from the stage into the crowd. Lastly, imagine that multiple people are crowd surfing, pushing, and jumping off the stage…at the same time. This is what a Fucked Up show is like (no pun intended). It only lasted 30 minutes—each set that night was about that long—but being unprepared in the thick of it made it seem like forever.

This year’s affair saw a string of punk bands, including L.A. darlings No Age, Mika Miko, and Abe Vigoda. However, there was also a cornucopia of comedians at the Rec Center, including Jonah Ray, Bob Odenkirk, and Jeff Garlin. Bands like High Places were also an exception to the punk rock world. Ethereal and dreamy, this Brooklyn band was a welcome respite. Songs off their upcoming self-titled debut conquered the majority of the duo’s set. Unfortunately, the drum machines, samplers, and music shakers overtook Mary Pearson’s vocals. Frustrated patrons continuously yelled to “Turn up the vocals!” but to no avail. The set therefore ended up being pretty beats with no substance to hold.

Synthy keyboard plays the introduction to Europe’s “Final Countdown.” The crowd unabashedly starts dancing. This is the start of a Matt and Kim show. With energetic onstage banter and audience favorites (“Yea Yeah,” “No More Long Years”), the show quickly became an enjoyable dance party. Yes, there was crowd surfing and moshing—a running theme of the night, but with keyboard interludes of Top 40 covers and just the overall adorableness of this Brooklyn duo, the fun became infectious. This, of course, is the appeal of a younger sibling. Although they may sometimes be annoying (really guys, I do not appreciate your fist to my face), at the end of the night all you can do is appreciate them and dance along. May F Yeah never grow old.