Picture Show: Siren Music Festival
To be quite honest, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest would’ve attracted us to Coney Island more easily than the lineup at this weekend’s seventh-annual Siren Music Festival, but that’s not to say it wasn’t a heck of a time in the shadow of the Cyclone. This year’s lineup seemed a little weak on paper, but that didn’t stop the New York Times today from publishing a review more glowing than Mike Scioscia at the Springfield Power Plant.
Our resident photographic genius Danfun headed down to Coney Island on a sunny summer Saturday for a taste of M.I.A., the New York Dolls, Dr. Dog, Voxtrot, Elvis Perkins in Dearland (above), The Detroit Cobras (below) and the rest of the artists on the bill, and he’s got a whole slew of photos up on his Flickr site.
So click here to check out Dan’s great shots, and then move on to this link to read all about the hipster happenings on the southern tip of Brooklyn.
I have to agree that the lineup was pretty weak this year. But I am a sucker for free music and the weather was prefect.
Those pics are hipster porn
Well, the only reason I took the 75-minute subway ride out there was to see The Twilight Sad. And they didn’t disappoint. I can’t get enough of these four guys from Glasgow and are excited to know they will be coming back for a full gig in the Fall.
yeah, not the greatest lineup, but a few decent bands. How was the White Rabbits set? All the hip-hippies will be PTing about them soon
I thought White Rabbit were pretty good. Tt was my first time hearing them and I look forward to checking them out again.
None of you young’ins are talking about how great the New York Dolls were. Come on! Black Lips were great too. A beautifull day, I must say.