Hip-hop was center stage at East Rutherford, New Jersey’s Bamboozle festival this year. So much so, that the Genre had it’s own dedicated ‘B-Boy’ tent featuring artists like Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Mike Posner & More. Included in the group was D.C born rapper Wale, or Olubowale Victor Akintimehin as his mother would call him.
Girl Talk aka Mike Gillis united the festival last Sunday with his “something for everyone” brand of mash-up madness. Gillis’ set was a sonic cornucopia that broke rules and blended genres. Be it Metallica, Weezy, or Avril, you can bet the farm that it was in the soup. & Throughout the entire show, one thing held true… This was about having a good time and getting people moving.
I LOVE THE AQUABATS and I’m proud of it! & while it feels a bit like coming out of the closet, I suppose, (I’m straight and stoked) It also feels good to stand up for what’s true and beautiful in this world… Pure unadulterated Ska music! Today, Ska music may not float atop the main-stream, but it’s undercurrents will forever run strong in the hearts of it’s two-toned followers.
Grammy award winning Chicago quartet OK Go got the crowd pumping last Sunday at East Rutherford, New Jersey’s Bamboozle Festival. In a typically colorful set, lead singer Damian Kulash and the boys mixed fresh gems from their new album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky with classics like Here It Goes Again, aka “the treadmill dance song,” as most people know it.
It was hard to take your eyes of guitar player Andy Ross’s candy apple red 2 piece and bass player Tim Nordwind’s pink button up but concertgoers were kept on their toes by a constant stream of crowd surfers that peppered the crowd like croutons on your salad.
Weezer was in full effect Sunday night as the long-standing rock institution headlined New Jersey’s Bamboozle festival. The event [Bamboozle] marked the beginning of the east coast summer festival season and attracted over 60,000 concertgoers with over 100 bands.
You wouldn’t know it by the high energy, edge of your seat, romp the band put it on, but front-man, songwriter-savant Rivers Cuomo recently recovered from fractured ribs and an injured back sustained in a tour bus accident last December. Enjoying his new-found health, Cuomo was 100% and so was the band’s Mega-Set which featured a surprise medley of MGMT’s “Kids” and Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” In an ironic / surreal moment, Andrew and Ben (MGMT), watched from the crowd as the rock legends played their song to the captive audience.
The first time I saw MUTEMATH perform [at a festival in St. Petersburg Florida] it was 110 degrees with 100% humidity. I vividly recall, and will probably never forget, drummer Darren King, finishing the final downbeat of a mesmerizing set, rushing side stage, and puking like day one of high school football hell week. Without a doubt, MUTEMATH goes big, a reputation that has earned them a Grammy nomination and an Alternative Press review as “the #1 band you need to see live before you die.”
Hailing from Glasgow Scotland, 4-piece Alternative Rock Outfit Twin Atlantic made quite a splash at this year’s Bamboozled Festival. The boys got the Aquarium Stage rocking as they murdered the mid-day 2:15 slot. Read the full story