Looking ahead to Solid Sound Festival 2011
Photo of Glenn Kotche by Jeremy D. Goodwin, 2010
So, we’re heading toward the end of June and the Solid Sound Festival II is fixin’ to get nasty at MASS MoCA up in North Adams this weekend. Last year, it proved a very mellow weekend of pleasant surprises. This second take boasts two completeish shows by Wilco, plus sets from Thurston Moore and his partially acoustic five-piece, Thurston and Nels Cline together as the Pillow Wand duo, Dave Douglas and the cats he’s apparently plain’ with these days, and Glenn Kotche under his own name as well as joining with On Fillmore partner Darin Gray for an in-gallery, all-improv set on found instruments of various types. And of course the de rigueur bout of falconry.
I’ll be propagating various bits of data, photos, video, analysis and the like throughout the festival, via various venues I can talk about later. Last year, I managed to come away with some pretty decent photos and I hope to this year again as well.
Fun fact of the day: when asked, in a pre-festival interview, G. Kotche told me he and Jeff Tweedy would love to mount a live Loose Fur gig, but Jim O’ Rourke can apparently be summoned from his adoptive Tokyo for no deed. Alas!
