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Carol Rennebohm Auditorium, Music Hall
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Despite various logistical and technical problems at the various Pop Fests, they've always had good line-ups and been fun shows to see, and this one appeared to continue in that vein. But after missing Baby Teeth due to falling asleep on Friday, we wound up missing everybody we wanted to see on Saturday due to the parking crunch caused by football, hockey and something at the Overture Center. Of the bands I'd penciled into the schedule, the Selfish Gene are local, and easily seeable later, but Montreal's Malajube probably won't be back in the immediate future. On top of that, there's a general lack of good shows coming up in Madison for the rest of the year -- the Box Social play Thanksgiving weekend at the King Club, and that's basically it. But if this was going to all we saw of the Pop Fest, and nearly the last show we saw in 2007, it was a nice one to see, and a good reminder of the solid construction of the PYG sound. The new songs they played were enjoyable, and the band's growth is clearly giving them new avenues to explore.
Posted by Aaron S. Veenstra ::: 2007:11:19:08:00
hell of a generalization to make for the fest as a whole considering you are basing it off of the one show you saw. love your blog, but man, you really kill me sometimes with the negativity.
What generalization are you talking about? Have there not been logistical and technical problems at the three Pop Fests? The line-up for Joanna Newsom, stuff falling out of the rafters at this show, equipment suddenly not working at Rainer Maria, etc. (To be fair, the equipment failure seems to happen in Club 770 at a lot non-Pop Fest shows, too.) If you mean the "continue in that vein," line, the point is that this year appeared to be another good line-up.