VIDEO - Holy Ghost! The Roots, and Bear Hands at Googa Mooga (Brooklyn)
HIT THE JUMP FOR VIDEO OF HOLY GHOST! THE ROOTS, BEAR HANDS AND PICS ON PICS
HOLY GHOST!
The first band I checked out was Holy Ghost! - I will admit I thought it was going to be a dj set from the interviews I've read previously - BUT I was pleasantly surprised to catch a well polished set from some real stars of the indy rock scene. They were also humble - mentioned it was an honor to open for the Roots and would be for anyone who was a teenager in the late 90s. Also - they brought a modular synth out to Prospect park which is just damn cool. They actually used it too - along with the fancy drum kit in the middle of the stage pictured above. Also I noticed the drummer was really tight - almost cut copy like and his kit sounded great.
BEAR HANDS
Wow! Another total surprise and such a good one - I feel like this kind of magic is going to be surrounding me at Bonnaroo on the 6th - 8th of June. Actually Googa Mooga is organized by the same people that are bringing me to Manchester. Dylan Rau (Lead Vocals//Korg//Guitar) launched into What a Drag and his hometown crowd caught a hold of the energy in an incredible way. Like Holy Ghost! they had extra percussion on stage and musicians (like Val Loper on Bass//High Hats) played multiple instruments. Caught some video - sorry for the terrible audio quality.
THE ROOTS
I've seen the Roots three times now. Actually I met Black Thought once - he was in Pittsburgh with
?uest for a guest set at the former Privelege nightclub (I believe Nugget and Zimmie were involved with this one) The legendary crew always brings a party, and Googa Mooga was no exception. They launched into their well known renditions of Sir Duke, Apache, Jimmy Castor Bunch's "It's Just Begun, and Brass Constructions "Movin"
The video I shot captures "You Got Me" the breakthrough single, as well as some of the apache medley.
GO CHECK OUT THE REST OF THE PICS ON FACEBOOK
Comments
Post a Comment
Someone Cares