2nd Boomslang is success

September 12, 2010

By: Colin Walsh

Music and art lovers were privy to a wide array of talent all weekend long as the second annual Boomslang commenced with nearly 70 acts throughout four days at seven different venues.

The event started Thursday with a kickoff party at Bar Lexington, but the music really began to pop on Friday at Busters when Sonic Boom, stage name of Pete Kember, founder of the English rock band Spacemen 3, broke in the backroom stage. Kember’s music, a mix of psychedelic rock and shoegazing, began with a long and quiet intro but gradually built its way up into a crowd-pleasing performance.

Friday’s acts were numerous and spread out across Lexington from Cosmic Charlie’s to in-store performances at CD Central on S. Limestone.

Midway through the event, coordinator Saraya Brewer was pleasantly surprised with the improvement over last year’s festival and noted several performances that she was impressed with.

“Last year it was really awesome all in all, but it was kind of new; this year it is a lot smoother overall,” Brewer said. “The Akron/Family did a really energetic performance everyone was into and had a great time. ‘Everyone lives Everyone Wins’ had a really cool multimedia thing, that was really awesome, and the crowd was really impressed.”

Saturday offered more performances and flare. Along with continuing performances on Buster’s backroom stage, the parking lot was transformed into a carnival/art show with makeshift stages for bands, comedians and other types of performance art.

As Saturday night flew by, fire dancers dazzled and twirled in tune with alt-country, Cincinnati-based indie band “The Seddy Seeds.”

Event coordinator Brewer said the event attracted people from places outside of Lexington, including Michigan and Chicago.

“They were really impressed with the show,” Brewer said.

Plenty of festival goers, and some Cats fans who weren’t too burnt out from tailgating chose to close out their Saturday at Cosmic Charlie’s, where electronic ‘Italo Disco’ band Glass Candy performed until early morning.

On Sunday, Brewer said the event was a success and an improvement, but room for improvement exists for next year.

“Everything was great,” Brewer said. “A lot of people came out to discover music and enjoy themselves, but we wish we had reached more students. We need to figure out a way to get the word out about Boomslang and WRFL, which is a great student resource.”

Music and art lovers were privy to a wide array of talent all weekend long as the second annual Boomslang commenced with nearly 70 acts throughout four days at seven different venues.The event started Thursday with a kickoff party at Bar Lexington, but the music really began to pop on Friday at Busters when Sonic Boom, stage name of Pete Kember, founder of the English rock band Spacemen 3, broke in the backroom stage. Kember’s music, a mix of psychedelic rock and shoegazing, began with a long and quiet intro but gradually built its way up into a crowd-pleasing performance.Friday’s acts were numerous and spread out across Lexington from Cosmic Charlie’s to in-store performances at CD Central on S. Limestone.Midway through the event, coordinator Saraya Brewer was pleasantly surprised with the improvement over last year’s festival and noted several performances that she was impressed with.“Last year it was really awesome all in all, but it was kind of new; this year it is a lot smoother overall,” Brewer said. “The Akron/Family did a really energetic performance everyone was into and had a great time. ‘Everyone lives Everyone Wins’ had a really cool multimedia thing, that was really awesome, and the crowd was really impressed.”Saturday offered more performances and flare. Along with continuing performances on Buster’s backroom stage, the parking lot was transformed into a carnival/art show with makeshift stages for bands, comedians and other types of performance art.As Saturday night flew by, fire dancers dazzled and twirled in tune with alt-country, Cincinnati-based indie band “The Seddy Seeds.” Event coordinator Brewer said the event attracted people from places outside of Lexington, including Michigan and Chicago.   “They were really impressed with the show,” Brewer said.Plenty of festival goers, and some Cats fans who weren’t too burnt out from tailgating chose to close out their Saturday at Cosmic Charlie’s, where electronic ‘Italo Disco’ band Glass Candy performed until early morning.On Sunday, Brewer said the event was a success and an improvement, but room for improvement exists for next year.“Everything was great,” Brewer said. “A lot of people came out to discover music and enjoy themselves, but we wish we had reached more students. We need to figure out a way to get the word out about Boomslang and WRFL, which is a great student resource.”