![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well, not really, but the Dance Forest was the first stage to fire up at just past noon and the overachiever scene – clad in neon green Geico gym sacks – was gathered to see Eclectic Method. I love the sound of thunderous house music in the morning. If FreeFest 2011 will be remembered for anything, it will be as the year organizers bought wholesale into electronic dance music’s “unique niche of pop dominance.” The festival featured stalwarts from indie rock (TV on the Radio, Okkervil River) and traditional rock (Black Keys, Grace Potter) circles, but really, from Cut Copy and !!! to Deadmau5 and Empire of the Sun, this year was all about the beat, and it would not be confined to any “Dance Forest.” The line-up certainly lacked the marquee names of 2010, but how could organizers have been expected to top a year featuring Pavement’s reunion tour, LCD Soundsystem’s farewell tour (as it turned out to be), and M.I.A. ![]() You know God’s a huge Deadmau5 fan, right? There was no way he was going to let some rain clouds block his view of this shit. Words: Phil Runco and Colin WilhelmĪfter what felt like 40 days and nights of rain, the heavens miraculously cleared on Saturday and we were blessed with sunshine and moderate temperatures (and bees) for the third Virgin Mobile FreeFest at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Photos: Jeff Martin (with people and pavilion watching shots by Franz Mahr and Ben Droz). ![]()
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