Falls Festival 2013
Sunny during the day and absolutely freezing during
the night, the weather did not stop a sold out Falls Festival, full of face
painted twenty something´s letting loose for 4 days in a row.
The days would start slow, with the majority of the
crowd making it to the afternoon gigs, but the line up was so good that even
the earliest bands were ones not to be missed.
Solange, The Roots, Vampire Weekend and even Neil Finn
stole the hearts of the crowd getting the biggest turn outs.
The count down was brought in by Vampire Weekend on
the Valley Stage and HorrorShow at the Grand Theatre. By this time most people
were partied out, so the count down happened and the show just went on. It felt like New Year’s Eve every night!
We have reviewed some of our favourites below. Enjoy the
galleries!
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THE ROOTS
The Roots are true performers. This award-winning hip
hop/neo soul ‘something’ band formed in 1987 just keep it coming. I saw them
first in 2004 at Paredes de Coura Festival (Portugal) and Falls festival was
just another stand out performance with an energy on stage that could made you
exhausted only watching.
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MGTM
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SOLANGE
Solange certainly had the wow factor on stage with braids
that went down to her thighs. There is no denying she was one of the stand-out
performers at Falls, with grinding dance moves to match her voice. Solange is
the sister of Beyonce but there are no real comparisons, Solange having a
unique sound of her own.
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OWL EYES
Rocked a lot of energy on stage. She performed her
songs to an afternoon crowd and came back later that night for a lil’ cameo with
Flight facilities. Her heavily dance-influenced tracks got the crowd up and
moving and really set the mood for the rest of the night.
Funny enough, In 2008 Brooke Addamo was
a finalist on the sixth season
of Australian Idol and her cover of Foster The People's Pumped Up Kicks polled at
#28 in triple J’s hottest 100 a few years ago. It is still worth checking out.
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MOUNTAIN MOCHA KILIMANJARO
Straight from Tokyo Japan, comes one of the most
energetic bands in funk. The six-piece band dressed in suits with a funky style
of their own and a real presence on stage got the crowd moving from the first
song. Well known at Australian music festivals, signed to the prestigious
P-Vine label in Japan and released in Australia through Instrumental
Recordings. These gentlemen were the soul of the Falls Festival.
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CROWDS
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AND CLARE, THE BEST ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHER AND DEDICATED REVIEWER FOR LIVEINPHOTOS @ FALLS
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