[Photos by Jen Maler]
“This is music for two dudes to hate fuck to.”
Gotta love our associate editor and his blunt way with words. Especially when it has to do with Tool and Day Two of All Points West, a.k.a. the Day When God Decided To Stop Being a Vengeful Prick and Start Bathing Us All in Sun. Not that it dried the grounds enough to make all the mud pits tolerable. No, we spent most of the day hopping from sinkhole to sinkhole, eventually ending up backstage, where we watched most of the day via a live TV feed. Not My Bloody Valentine, though; we had to see them up close, letting their sonic annihilation approach wash over us like the world’s greatest form of primal scream therapy. (And unlike last time, we were sober for the whole thing.)
Also worth a look from the side of the stage: Arctic Monkeys, who continue to play tighter sets than most bands twice their age and deliver singles like “I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor,” “Fluorescent Adolescent” and “Brianstorm” like they’re mission statements. We’ll have an interview from them later this week. For now, some photos…
