Reignwolf - Are You Satisfied

Reignwolf sounds a lot like Dan Auerbach in this song, with a voice like he just swallowed an entire ashtray. That fire-y grit that comes out of his mouth is a little inhuman. And that guitar - it's a little bit of a big deal. Someone definitely sold their soul for talent like this, but it couldn't have been frontman Jordan Cook because there's a hell of a lot of soul in his music. We are very very satisfied.

Glitter Pox rating: 91% contagious

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Brick + Mortar - Bangs

The pacing of the vocals in Bangs is indifferent to orderly structure - it's fast and slow and everywhere in between and outside of those two. The music chooses to match its pace or construct its own rhythm, too, so that no point in the song is ever really predictable. That mismatched disorder doesn't always work, but in the case of Brick and Mortar it works really damn well, all the way to the spaced out ending.

Glitter Pox rating: 83% contagious

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Stereophonics - Violins and Tambourines

There's a Civil Wars vibe to this song, in its old western vibe and slide guitar. It's really mellow and has a similar sound throughout the first minute, but it picks up in the end with orchestral music that crescendos until it drops dead. There's a monotone boredom until that end hits, when there's suddenly an urgency and desperation to the whole song. When the drums and violin get more energetic in the progression to the climax, it gets filthily beautiful.

Glitter Pox rating: 74% contagious

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Bunbury - Day Three

Sunday's lineup was done brilliantly. We were all exhausted and on a bloodbuzz from the past two days, and Bunbury knew we would be. So they put all the chill musicians on the last day.

We started the day off by seeing Joe Purdy, whose set was like a living room show except with a sky. It was very mellow and chill and honestly felt less like he was playing to a crowd and more like he was playing to friends and family. "Does this start with the chorus? It does today." & "My guitar solo on the record was much better than that," are things he said in the middle of his set, which was sung melodically. Laughter and good music is always a great kickoff to any day, but especially in that heat.

We needed shade after, so we found a tree to chill in and sat in its crook while listening to Gringo Star. We love relaxing and listening to new-to-us music, so it was great.

Then we went to check out Savior Adore, who we just featured the week before. They sounded pretty damn gorgeous live, and they were smarter than every other band at that fest because they wore all white. They were really lively and just enjoyed being on stage, probably because they weren't as hot as the black-cad bands.

Next we caught Bethesda's set on the lawn stage, and even though it was the hottest day of the weekend, we got shivers from the vocals. They're pretty local to us and we were excited to see their festival set - and they had most of the lawn dancing. They have a really great family folksy vibe, but even though they sound decently mellow on their recordings, their live sound is huge.

Then we walked over to A Silent Film, who sounded and performed a lot like Fun. They have that mellow energy that's both calm and electric in a way.

After that, we saw Night Terrors of 1927, who was one of our favorite sets of the weekend. It was more upbeat than most of the other Sunday bands. There's something very...alive about their live sound, and we're now dying to see them at a venue in Cleveland.

Following that, Belle & Sebastian had the whole crowd dancing, from people as young as 3-4 to 50-60. They had about 13 members on stage playing, but the lead singer brought his Scottish curse on the crowd and it started storming after their set. Bunbury did hella good with that rainstorm, though, and they put everything back together fast for The National's set as soon as the sun came out.

The National closed the weekend out, and hearing Bloodbuzz Ohio while sitting on the stairs by the Ohio river, watching people swim (and then get yelled at by the cops) was one of the coolest experiences of the festival. It closed out a perfect weekend and we can't wait to see who is playing next year, because we'll be there.

Wet - U Da Best

Wet has this vintage sound, kind of like Jazz Mills or Zooey Deschanel, but there's that new-aged dubbed feel that makes it grittier. It has a flow of old-school lullaby ambiance, but it's more modernized than that. It's full of something raw, even as it's sung gorgeously. And "I think we better quit while we're ahead," is a perfect, powerful way to end it.

Glitter Pox rating: 89% contagious

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Sleepy Sun - Open Eyes

There's some cult shit going on in this song and video, but we can understand why someone would join it because its lies sound damn good. The Sleep Party People echo-vocals in the beginning are paced with percussion that doesn't stop until a minute in, and then the song changes vibes. There's a slowed-down acoustic feel that flows in and out of clarity when that moment hits, and it's something you want to pocket. It's like a morning full of pressed snooze buttons, moments where your brain comes in and out of wakefulness. And the random guitar riffs are electrically awake in the song's sleepiness. It's just a genuinely unique non-genre-based song.

Glitter Pox Rating: 70% contagious

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Gem Club - 252

252 is simple: a piano and some haunting vocals. Though there are multiple voices in this song, they add to make one very powerful sound. Gem Club has this intentionally hollow sense to their music that makes it emotional, but not in the way that turns you off from listening. This song moves in slow motion like some metamorphosis is taking place, and in the end you are left with a feeling utterly different from when the music started.

Glitter Pox rating: 60% contagious

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