Friday, August 3, 2012  Forecastle Festival X - Day Two  A
little rain couldn't spoil a festival literally named for people
who live on a ship. Well, it was actually a lot of rainenough to
push back the start time for the second day by an hour and a
half or so. Luckily, the rain let up quickly enough that each
band just cut a couple songs from the set list, and nobody had
to go home without taking the stage.  Wye Oak was the first stop
of the day. Something about Jenn Wasner's voice has always
reminded me of The Cranberries. It's got this really melancholy
hurt to it, which came off as cripplingly depressing in a live
setting. So much so that I found myself clenching my jaw without
even noticing. But, as stated earlier, I find joy and an excuse
to bounce my knees at even the most somber of sets, and this was
no exception. The musicianship between Wasner and
keyboardist/percussionist Andy Stack was impeccable. Stack plays
the drums with one hand, the cymbals with his feet, and uses his
other hand to play the k