Melissa Fossum
It was weird, wild, and wet last weekend. We're talking about Summer Ends Music Festival, Lucky Man Concerts' three-day extravaganza scheduled for Tempe Beach Park. But mother nature had other plans, and after the second huge rainstorm to hit the Valley in month dumped more than an inch of rain, the city of Tempe shut down Tempe Beach Park, forcing organizer Tom LaPenna to scramble to find a backup venue for his festival.
Lucky Man Concerts' Facebook page
Luckily, LaPenna has another venue at his disposal, the Marquee Theatre, and he was able to move the bulk of his festival indoors. However, that meant there was only one stage, and the local acts got the short end of stick, getting bumped from the lineup.
No one can blame LaPenna for that decision. Surely, the major headliners are responsible for the bulk of ticket sales. It's just a shame that the bulk of the local bands whom he deputized to sell tickets for the festival didn't get a chance to reap the rewards of their efforts. Lost in time, like tears in Tempe rain.
So the show went on, albeit not exactly as planned. The Descendents played what was supposedly their first club show in two decades (does the Marquee count as a club?) and kicked ass, and the Replacements were golden, even if Taking Back Sunday had a sub-par show.
It was a weekend of great music, regardless. The quantity might not have been there, but the quality was. Here's what we learned. --David Accomazzo
Lindsey Stirling is absolutely ridiculous live Lindsey Stirling is a proud Gilbert product, and her appearance on America's Got Talent has enabled her to achieve a level of success most artists around town wouldn't dare to dream of. She's a talented violinist and dancer. There's no other act in the country quite like her. And she's so frickin' sweet and has such a vivacious spirit that writing anything critical of her feels like punching a puppy, but... call me a crush video (too soon?), because there's something about Sterling's act that just feels so limiting. On the stage at Tempe Beach Park on Friday, she strutted around stage dressed in zebra-stripe tights and a black top, and for the most part, she delivered a great performance. Gone were the flubs that so irked Piers Morgan on America's Got Talent. But as she strutted across the stage, kicking her legs and playing sixteenth-note arpeggios over EDM- and hip-hop-inspired backing tracks, Stirling's unique flavor started to get a little old, like a piece of gum that's been chewed too long. There's only so many times you can watch her prance, sprite-like, across the stage before you start craving a beer and need to leave. I can't help but think that Stirling's music and live performance would be so much more interesting if she didn't constrain herself to predictable dramatics of power-pop and electronica. The talent is there, but the musical adventurousness and exploration is not. --D.A.
Entities 0 Name: Tempe Beach Park Count: 3 1 Name: Tempe Count: 2 2 Name: Stirling Count: 2 3 Name: LaPenna Count: 2 4 Name: America Count: 2 5 Name: Lindsey Stirling Count: 1 6 Name: Piers Morgan Count: 1 7 Name: Valley Count: 1 8 Name: Melissa Fossum Count: 1 9 Name: David Accomazzo Lindsey Stirling Count: 1 10 Name: Tom LaPenna Count: 1 11 Name: EDM Count: 1 12 Name: Gilbert Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/YMdYbT Title: UNITED WE DANCE (Relive Ultra Miami 2014) Description: UMF FILMS & FINAL KID Present: UNITED WE DANCE - a short film about ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2014. Music: UNITED WE DANCE Artist: ?? Created by FINAL KID http://ift.tt/10eSDZU Miami Tickets on sale Sept. 30 - http://ift.tt/xDrbKy Special thanks to the City of Miami and the Bayfront Park Management Trust.
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