Date: March 7, 2010
Venue: Rosies, Brisbane
Acts: Lou Barlow, CanCan, New Pants, OneOne, DZ, No Anchor, AXXONN
Out of the last-minute collapse of the Lost Weekend festival, local promoters Fans have cobbled together Lost & Found. This eclectic mini-festival sports (among others) Lou Barlow as well as two different meldings of Deerhoof and Tenniscoats — OneOne and CanCan. Barlow plays a straight-laced acoustic set, while the other two turn in quirky performances that must be nine parts whimsy to one part serious rock. The weirdness peaks when Tenniscoats’ Ueno Takashi and Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier as CanCan balance a guitar on the back of a crouching compadre and proceed to poke at it like a pair of demented schoolchildren. I’m fairly sure there’s no deep meaning to the spectacle; it’s “merely” a trio of friends enjoying the hell out of confusing everyone. Read more