On Sunday I made the long trek from Brooklyn up to Morningside Heights. I knew it was a bad omen when I realized that the 2/3 wasn’t running between Manhattan and Brooklyn only once I got to the station. After taking the 4 to the 1 to the 2, I finally made it up to Columbia. I was initially excited for this event, but the rain moved it into the Barnard Gymnasium, which definitely wasn’t the most inspiring place to see bands. It also didn’t help that being surrounded by college kids made me hyper-reflective about my I-can’t-believe-it-was-already-two-years-ago college existence. I couldn’t really take it, so I wandered in and out. I only managed catch Jana Hunter’s band, Burning Star Core, Blues Control, and Cold Cave. Jana Hunter was rad, as always. Burning Star Core plays some pretty intense violin-based noise. Blues Control, another noise band, have some absolutely inspired jams, led by really cool jangly keys. Give the song below a listen. Don’t let it scare you off at first; it’s pretty accessible in the end. Cold Cave was awful and boring and just stand there all in a row singing uninspiring sad songs. Though to be fair, I was in a pretty bad mood by the time they came on and only stuck around for three songs. Music journalism, music shcmernalism. Anyways, I took photos. You can look at them here at Impose.
