BrightestYoungThings: Big Ears in Knoxville

all werds and photos: Josh Sisk

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Last week, I went to the big ears music fest in knoxville. I saw so
many artists, but the highlights were: philip glass, michael gira
(swans, angels of light), christian fennesz (performing with a variety
of collaborators such as sparklehorse), matmos (who were kicked out of
their venue "The SQUARE room" for having homosexual-themed video
content, wtf!), negativland (performing It's All In Your Head FM, a
sort of old timey radio show about religion and science and how they
don't mix), dan deacon and the baltimore round robin (ed schrader,
cex, smart growth, adventure, dj dog dick, height, matmos again)… It
was a really great festival, small, low key, with the emphasis on the
music and the artists and not a million sponsorships. Seriously, it
was a great event and I really hope the organizers can keep it up with
this level of quality in the future! Don't miss out next year!

(PS these shots were taken for flavorpill/earplug and used here by permission)
Click here for the full set.