photos by P Squared Photography
Florence and the Machine were the first act to put on a show worthy of a headliner. Drenched in warm golden light, Florence hopped around on one leg as she led the crowd in sing-alongs of hits such as What the Water Gave Me and Shake It Out. Her performance felt quite reserved compared to that of St Vincent, who brought out a pink Aztex-style pyramid and two backing dancers in chrome jumpsuits before putting on the performance of the day. Tracks like Marrow felt hugely aided by her band’s saturated, chunky and almost shoddy-sounding synths, while St Vincent danced in sync with her troupe, who tottered around like Daryl Hannah’s dying replicant in Blade Runner. The crowd were addressed as “citizens of New York city” and she stopped proceedings for a Thomas Pynchon-esque short story about an imagined storm in New York in which you grab an Arthur Russell record and Susan Sontag’s diaries and hide out in a cupboard. [The Guardian]
Annual NYC music festival Governors Ball went down this past weekend on Randall’s Island. Day 1, Friday (6/5), had Drake‘s hits-filled set, Ezra Koenig‘s guest appearance during Chromeo‘s set, an unfortunate Rae Sremmurd injury, St. Vincent, The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Florence + the Machine, Ratatat, Death From Above 1979, Odesza, Rudimental and more.
Day 3 pictures HERE. Day 2 HERE. More day 1 pictures below…
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Rudimental
Odesza
Death By Above 1979
Ratatat
St. Vincent
The Decemberists
Chromeo
Florence and the Machine
My Morning Jacket
Drake
