We’re back at the Gorge for another day of Sasquatching it up. It’ll be difficult to top last night’s Bon Iver show, which, despite a disappointingly common late start, seemed to please the crowd more than any performance I caught yesterday. With two drummers (one of whom occasionally drummed whilst playing bass), a handful of keyboards, and a seemingly constantly e-bowed lead guitar, the arrangements shifted between barely-there atmospherics and absolute cacophony. “The Wolves (Parts I and II)” moved from one to the other, with the audience singing along sweetly at first, then ultimately absolutely wailing while the percurssionists nearly murdered their instruments. Another highlight: when Justin Vernon whipped out a beautiful antique-looking archtop guitar for “Skinny Love.”
Today, I’m looking forward to catching St. Vincent, John Vanderslice, Fences, and, actually a really solid comedy lineup featuring a Jon Benjamin/Todd Barry collaboration, Aziz Ansari, and the splendidly bearded Zach Galifianakis.
And now, something Sasquatch-related to get our day off right:
– Jeff Reguilon
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