Treasure Island Music Fest 2011 -- day 1 in pics (Chromeo, DFA1979, Shabazz Palaces, YACHT, Cut Copy & more)
photos by Autumn Andel
The Treasure Island Music Festival went down over two days on a small island in the San Francisco Bay, juggling two stages and acts that ranged from Death From Above 1979 to Cut Copy to St Vincent. The bands and sets were staggered so that changeovers allowed for the audience to see all of each band which, on day 1, included appearances from Death From Above 1979, Geographer, Aloe Blacc, The Naked & The Famous, Shabazz Palaces, YACHT (who play NYC in December), Battles, Dizzee Rascal, Chromeo, Buraka Som Sistema, Flying Lotus, Cut Copy, and Empire of The Sun…
“Sometimes a performance impresses you simply because of its natural and flawless flow. This was Chromeo on Saturday [10/15 at Treasure Island Music Festival]. The Montreal duo known for creating modern 80s-inspired electro-synth pop got one of the largest crowds of the day moving immediately as they opened with “Fancy Footwork.” The hits kept coming with classics like “Don’t Turn the Lights Off,” “Bonafied Lovin,” “Tenderoni” and set closer “Night by Night.” Chromeo over the years has cemented themselves as one of the more fun and original acts in electronic music, Saturday was no disappointment whatsoever.”
-[SF Station on the highlights at TIMF]
Chromeo, who since played Moogfest, play their first of two shows at Terminal 5 tonight (11/4).
Belated pictures from day 1 of the Treasure Island Music Festival (which happened on 10/15) continue, more YACHT and Chromeo included, below…
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Geographer
Aloe Blacc
Shabazz Palaces
YACHT
The Naked and Famous
Battles
Dizzie Rascal
Buraka Som Sistema
Chromeo
Flying Lotus
Cut Copy
DFA 1979
Empire of the Sun