Dylan in Prospect Park, Wilco at McCarren Pool, Trey Anastasio’s triumphant return to full-on electric shredding with Classic TAB at All Points West and the Music Hall of Williamsburg — and that’s just the stuff I missed.
The shows I managed to catch weren’t too shabby either: Animal Collective driving a sun-blitzed afternoon crowd wild, Kings of Leon, a heavy Roots throwdown with Immigrant Song tease just across from Ellis Island, Radiohead’s stunning second night at APW, Bob Weir’s Masters of War, a blissful seaside evening with the Allman Brothers, and perhaps best of all, the U.S. premiere of Manuel Göttsching’s seminal electronic piece E2-E4, accompanied by the mesmerizing Joshua Light Show at Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors Wordless Music event. Rhys Chatham’s A Crimson Grail — a piece for 200 electric guitars — had to be canceled due to the rain, but Beata Viscera’s performance of the music of Pérotin was gorgeous.
A few clips of varying quality:
Animal Collective: Fireworks
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The Roots: Next Movement
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Trey Anastasio Band: Gotta Jibboo (part II)
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Ratdog: Masters of War
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Radiohead: 15 Step
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Radiohead: Ideoteque
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Radiohead: Reckoner
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E2-E4 with the Joshua Lights
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Kathryn Yu has some great shots from the 800 Years of Minimalism event.