CABINFEST V: ALIVE!
Welcome to 2008's edition of the greatest festival money can't buy! We are proud to announce the initial lineup for Cabinfest V, to be held August 14th-17th in beautiful Andes, NY, at the legendary Up-Da-Hill Cabin festival grounds:
Wounded Buffalo Theory
Softhammer Percussion (late night)
The Hippocampus
Mark Wise and the Schizophrenics (preforming "Lowering the Bar" in it's entirety)
Tara Lynne Band
Zahnart
TSU
Josh McMillan (acoustic)
Black Mountain Symphony
John Blanton or the Blantones
Zach Hurd (acoustic)
DJ Robonitronicus (late night)
Justice Once
Torn Asunder (late night)
DJ Thad (late night)
DJ Triplomat (late night)
DJ Mike F. (late night)
John Dennison(acoustic)
Blacklite
Japan on the Moon
The Return of the Son of Super Jam
Live Visuals by Dance Hall Media
This year, we celebrate our 5 year anniversary of bringing incredible music and even more incredible people to everyone's favorite middle of nowhere. Like every other year, ticket purchase will include beer for the entire weekend (over 21 of course), bathroom amenities, camping, and much more, including Yoga, our 1st annual Cabinfest 1K race, and movie night!
Clear your calendar and quit your jobs! It's Cabinfest! And it's back, Thursday - Sunday, August 14th - 17th! See you there!
Started in 2004, CabinFest has become an east coast phenomenom, melting dozens of brains in its brief but thusfar memorable tenure as the finest festival money can't buy.
The first shows at CabinFest took place on April 21st, 2004; the event became the first official festival at historic and beautiful UpDaHill Cabin, a staple of the Blanton family for, um, years. or something. Brothers Past headlined the inagural show, and proceeded to take the pristine mountain landscape and twist it into hyperspace, slamming two of the darkest, sickest sets of music any of us has ever seen into the night sky, while their lights slanted and cut across the darkened hills like aurora borealis. Wounded Buffalo Theory was proud to open up the day with a long long set of apocolypse rock, much of which became the recorded groundwork for their first studio EP, Red.
CabinFest II: Festivus Cabinus took a great idea and ran real fast with it, expanding the already monumentally successful festival to more bands, more people, and more incredible music in the middle of nowhere. Featuring 3 huge sets from WBT, 2 nights of Softhammer Percussion, the very first La Fiesta Party Band show, skull crushing music from Downstairs, and acoustic preformances everywhere the eye could see, the second year's show affirmed in most people's minds that CabinFest was a permanent addition to each of their lives.
CabinFest III: Retox took place on August 11th-13th and was once again an event of remarkably large and unprecedented production. This year featured not 4 but TEN! acts on three different stages. Joining the infamous Mountain Stage was the outdoor Rock Stage for acoustic acts, and the Lake Stage, the new home away from home for the Paprika drum ensemble. The first day featured acoustic sets by an abbreviated Enemys, 2 hours of brainmelting rock/everything fusion from Justice Once, Mike B.'s blistering set of live beatbox/keyboard/guitar madness, Kieran Murphy's first set of 700 that weekend, and a late night insanity chamber featuring Softhammer Percussion, Sigourney's Beaver, and Wounded Buffalo Theory. The second date saw Paprika play indoors and way out, bringing the mountains to their knees from the middle of the lake, 2 more mammoth WBT sets, the final La Fiesta Party Band show taking place where it all began, a full Enemys brigade, Thadius Kosiuscko, We Hump Cats, Kieran Murphy all on the Rock Stage and a superjam late night featuring John Blanton, Kieran Murphy, Mark Wise, Joe Dimino, Michael Ogushowitz, Tamika Enemy, and the Justice Once boys that literally brought on meteor showers.
CABINFEST IV:The RAGEFEST sprawled over 3 days, August 9th-11th 2007, and was a large step up from it's lofty predecesors. Once again increasing in scope exponentially, Ragefest featured 20 different acts on 3 stages, yoga classes, sex toy trivia, and nearly non-stop music from daylight till dawn.
Beginning with a late night jaunt with JAPAN ON THE MOON on Thursday night, Cabinfest proved to be a excercise in total stimulatic experience, featuring a monstrous light array and a projector showing various images throughout the sets. Lighting work by Michael Ogushowitz, and design by Kate Contino, Mike Frederick, and more transformed the beautiful UpdaHill cabin into a cauldron of sight and twisted sound. Friday afternoon saw WOUNDED BUFFALO THEORY play it's first of two sets celebrating the work of founding guitar player John Blanton as he made his departure from the band, and also showcased the new incantation of WBT, featuring Jay, Rob, Justin Wood, and John Deming. In addition, Mark Wise and John Dennison showed up for historic guest appearances in a "History of WBT" segment. Meanwhile, WILL DITHERIDGE took Cabinfest by the proverbial balls with his unique versions of the best songs ever, plus his instant Cabinfest Classic: "The Ninja Song." BADGERPANTS followed suit by whipping out some mid-afternoon thunder, opening with a stellar improvisation off the Police classic "Driven to Tears," and never looking back. Next, THE CHANNELS traveled from Massachusets to deliver their classic take on smart songwriting and power punk to the Cabinfest faithful in a headlining slot to remember. "I Couldn't Be Worse" nearly destroyed the strong walls of the cabin, and their take on "Henry the 8th" near the end of the set was fist-pumpingly good. Cabinfest veterans JUSTICE ONCE finally were able to bring their entire ensemble to Andes, and it resulted in a mind-blowing set of remarkable songwriting, a sonic wall of noise, and a late night opening slot that showed why people leave Cabinfest each year with this band's songs stuck firmly in their shaken heads. DJ REMINAK (Thadeus) was next, spinning his electronic insanity deep into the night, and in addition to an acoustic set the next day, was all over Ragefest. THE BLACK SPIRAL, featuring members of WBT, SOFTHAMMER PERCUSSION, and the LA FIESTA PARTY BAND, smashed up a combo of trance, DnB, and industrial dance music, all live, and carried on it's firm tradition of causing great confusion, panic, ecstacy, and resolution to all in attendance. Finally, DJ Triplomat finished out day 1 with a 2 hour set of dirty DnB in the DJ booth, making sure the music would only stop at the break of dawn.
Saturday didn't give the cabinfest weary throng much time to recover, but bouyed by the beautiful landscape, people came out strong in the early afternoon for a quartet of acoustic preformaces; JOHN DENNISON, KIERAN MURPHY, JOHN BLANTON and FRIENDS, and JAY COWIT and the ENEMYS each preformed profound sets from the very steps of the cabin, backset against the scenic front spread of the property. In stark contrast, THE MARK WISE EXPERIENCE sprawled to the very ends of sanity, featuring ambient guitar work by Wise and backing bass by Rob Malko, as wel as a short country set and spoken word comedy CONSIDER THE SOURCE followed with their blinding dexterity, perhaps proving to be the most diverse of any Ragefest act. With speed metal/prog rock rythems providing backdrops for etheral guitar work, the band provided the perfect set for some mid-afternoon introspection. More Cabinfest veterans followed, with the TARA LYNNE BAND, finally amassed completly at Ragefest. plowing through their set like a bulldozer. "Relief" allowed for ample headbanging and TL had the whole floor shaking from dancing, and there was no doubt which band came to the Cabin with the best head gear. Following a guest spot playing bass for TL, THE INVISABLE MAN MIKE B. took over Cabinfest once again, exploring the very edges of solo musicianship, while creating a sound bigger than many full bands. Mike would also hit the turntables later that night to spin some classic hip hop. With all of this music, one would figure Cabinfest to be spent by this point. On the contrary, with the original Cabinfest partners in crime still to play, Saturday night was just getting warmed up.
SOFTHAMMER PERCUSSION played one of the best sets of it's history, and without the multiple guests of years past, the cabinfest crowd got pure unadulterated Softhammer, like a shot of bliss in the neck. Featuring a rediculous "I Don't Even Believe" and a "Gothic" encore featuring Tammy, drummer for TL Band, Softhammer's dual sets were perhaps the greatest dance party in the history of Cabin. The fact that the floor survived is a near miracle. Raising the bar for WOUNDED BUFFALO THEORY would not be an issue, as the band was ready to rage off into the sunset, specifically for the John Blanton era of Buffalo. Blanton, the proprietor of UpDaHill and guitarist/songwriter/singer of WBT for 5 years, was moving on to greener pastures, but he was inspired to leave his indelible mark on the minds of cabinfest folk for years to come. Leaving very few old school WBT songs on the cutting room floor, the final main stage act of Cabin played a FOUR AND A HALF HOUR SET, with no break, featuring most of the WBT catalouge. The final notes resonated at around 5:30am, but...this isn't madness...this is RAGEFEST! Following WBT's marathon, DJ TORN ASUNDER played an abbreviated set, followed by DJ ROBONOTRONICUS bringing it all home till 7am. The dust had finally cleared, but the memories remained. And all would be happy to reminisce about this years manic successes, and look foward to next year's adventure.
8. Glowing upstairs lounge (thanks to crystal and mike!) (2007) 7. The Channels (2007) 6. "Gothic" with Softhammer and Bill et al (2006) 5. Mark and Meteor showers (2007) 4. Sigourney's Beaver "Mass Hysteria" Ghostbusters teases (2006) 3. BP soundchecking "Crutch" in a freakin' living room. Amen. (2004) 2. Paprika on the rocks (2006) 1. "Once in a Lifetime > Won't get Fooled Again", and the longest "McGuirks" ever played (2005)
5. Getting our tent frogged by Will at 7am (2005) 4. Hearing Chris scream "i'm a creep" from all the way down at the pond. (2005) 3. Swimming in the pond (every year) 2. The full Band of Enemys on the mainstage (2006) 1. The four-hour WBT set (2007)
Prancing around the pond while being sprinkled with Paprika. Rick jogging up the driveway in front of the BP van, and not stopping until the top of the Mtn. Chatting around the campfire in 5 degrees of friendship. Dancing out of your skin in the living room with WBT. Music. Hei Yaah>>>>
definitely have to second brian and ryan directing traffic. brett, benach and farris' attendance nate's reaction to our mayhem playing uno with the guys from bp and sh*ttalking way too much (which was shortly followed by) me falling near the staircase, kieran picking me up...claiming that he's had enough of my clumsy-ness, esp. after bonnaroo
the thunderdome, obviously. rob raging the gui-tar from the floorboards. sobik serenading me with the only answer, me not being there but hearing it echo through the hills of Andes. Paprika's drum circle.
ok, that was more than 5, sorry. hope i can make it this year!!
I know I haven't been in attendance since the third one, but I wanted to respond to your call for favorite cabinfest memories. . .
Hands down most impressive cabinfest was the one planned by Sobik, Crystal, and Mike. . . way to book Brothers Past!
Favorite memories from that particular Cabinfest:
John's state of panic that gradually subsided with each glass of wine Brian Faulk's presence Brett Seretani's presence (anyone heard from him recently??) Brian and Ryan "assisting" with the parking Natalie's presence (our carpool to CF2 was pretty memorable as well!) Mark becoming too intoxicated to continue producing Jen Farris's presence (where have you been all my life???) Giving Kieran the people's elbow for taking too long in the bathroom when I had to pee! sorry about that - kind of :) CWD talking about coming, but never showing up!
I think it's so fabulous that you guys still carry out this gathering!
Anyway, lots to do this summer, won't be making it again, but I hope all goes well!
Looking forward to seeing lots of you at various weddings this summer!!
I miss so many of you guys!
xoxo Kelly
P.S. - Special thanks to Christen and Mary for always cleaning up after all the animals that have been invading your house every year for the last decade or so! :)
We're coming back to Albany this Friday with some new tunes and old favorites! We're psyched to come back to one of our favorite towns! Hope to see you all there!
Friday, May 30th The Lark Tavern 10pm 453 Madison ave Albany, New York 12210 $5 Also playing: The Disposable rocket band @ 10pm Consider the Source @ 11pm
HeLLo, So what North east festivals are CabinFesters hitting this summer? I am Checking out: orbfestival. com (AWesome dark trance) grassrootsfest. org (world music) The eclipse festival QC (PSford & trance) Anybody going to these? Recommendations?
T.S.U. is opening for the ROOTS on May 11, 2008 at Crocodile Rock. You can get tickets @ www. myspace. com/tsumusic or on my Profile. For more information, Check out www. TSUphilly. com Tell the WORLD!!!
What's goin on Albany! We have an exciting show at Savannah's this Thursday! First we have our local Albany friends "The Disposable Rocket Band" kickin off the night with their funky electro rock stylings. Then is our good friends Jimkata from Ithaca. There a mix between rock, reggae and prog. They rock something fierce and are damn tight, definitely check them out! Then we go on with a kickass set of brand new tunes and ideas to rock out for you all. Hope to see you there!
Hi Cabinfest, Mike, Wayne, Josh, Ryan and I have purchased our tickets for The Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance- A music lover's paradise. As always it is the third Thur-Sun in July. (grassrootsfest.org) This festival is dear to our hearts. We would love for you to do us the honor of gracing us with your presence at our campsite. Trust us, grassroots is a one of kind party that will change your soul. (I'm talking to you,You)
What's goin on Cabinfest? Just wanted to drop you an invite to our show at Savannah's this Thursday, February 7th. We'll be debuting some new tracks and new merch! Hope to see you there!! Please keep us posted on future Cabinfest happenings
Savannah's 1 S. Pearl st Albany $5 CTS @ 9:30 Justice Once (Myspace.com/justiceonce)@ 10
