Taking support bands into account, possibly the best all-round shows I've been to this year. Dirty Projectors were occasionally infuriating but mostly brilliant- the additional band members really enhanced the Bitte Orca stuff, and the female vocal harmonies were on occasion utterly out-of-this-world. And tUnE-yArDs was worth the price of admission alone- I've rarely, if ever seen someone with such incredible vocal control. She does some very unusual things with her voice, and uses loop pedals, a ukulele and a drum to create a sound akin to a one-woman Animal Collective. Certainly left-field, but rather brilliant- the greatest support band discovery I've made in 2009.
(Photo: David Emery (Flickr)
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