Badbadnotgood is the most unique band on the line-up whenever I've seen them perform. They're essentially a jazz trio. They do covers of current tunes, they bring a horn section on stage to join them, and they have a crowd-surfing lion mascot. I've seen them at Field Trip 2014, at Panamania (pictures of that show are still coming up) and at this year's Time Festival.
The thing that blows me away about this band even more than their remarkable musicianship, is the reaction they get. On the surface, this is not a "cool" band that would have a wide appeal. However, they get amazing crowd reactions and they seem to be higher up the bill each time I see them. Good for them!
Time Festival is back this year at Fort York on August 15, presented by Embrace, and they've just announced the line-up. It's a diverse festival with elements of dance music, jazz, indie/alternative and Die Antwoord, a spectacle all their own.
The line up includes headliners Die Antwoord along with Mac Demarco, Badbadnotgood, Ariel Pink, Yung Lean, Ryan Hemsworth, DIIV, Alison Wonderland, Tory Lanez, Tommy Kruise, Lobby, and Eliot Vincent Jones.
BADBADNOTGOOD were up next, over on the Fort York stage. They were a band whose name I had heard, but whose music was an unknown quantity. I got into another zone entirely for their set. It's so cool that we've got young talented musicians forging ahead in genres like jazz. And that they're playing at festivals in front of hundreds.
This is what festivals are all about; introducing music fans to great music. You may come out to see Interpol or Chvrches, but you end up going home loving BADBADNOTGOOD or The Darcys or Austra. I know it's a cool thing for me and at the end of the day, I'm just a music fan, too.
"Can't Leave the Night"
"Hedron"
"UWM"
"Rotten Decay"
I took pics at Field Trip with my iPhone. Hopefully next year, I'll be in the photo pit with my better gear.
