The Ponys – Live @ Pitchfork

July 19, 2007

The Pony’s were the first band I saw on Sunday at Pitchfork Music Festival (for some reason, Deerhunter really creeps me out). Out of all the main stage bands I saw, the Ponys seemed to experience the most sound difficulties, which was really annoying because it all but ruined a couple of their best songs. Despite the technical difficulties, they were still able to rip through some of my favorites from their 2007 album, Turn The Lights Out such as “Double Vision” and “Small Talk”.

Their lead guitarist was really fun to watch, as he played a big part in replicating the unique guitar textures from the album and was in full out shredding mode most of the set, while it seemed that the red-headed bass player held most of the other guys full attention. The band seemed a bit more static in movement than many of the other artists playing, letting the loud guitars and drowning vocals do most of the talking. Hopefully I can catch a full set of the band sometime.

MP3 Double Vision

Posted by Taylor in Festival, Live