We liveblogged the Plug Awards in New York City, and while we're still smarting about Patton Oswalt stealing our line by calling the awards them the "Anti-Grammys," great sets from White Denim and St. Vincent more than compensated.
Now that the dust has settled, here are a few more photos from the show. The reason they're all from the same angle is that I was in Dell's bloggers zone (free Rolling Rock). Please keep in mind that I'm not a professional photographer.
White Denim kicked things off with a bang. Note random entourage behind the drumset.
White Denim soldier on sans entourage:
Annie Clark-led St. Vincent knows what they are doing:
St. Vincent's set became more intense with each chord:
The violin bits amped things up another notch or two:
No, she's not taking a bow, that's just St. Vincent's rock meter increasing.
Here comes the guitar pedal-based sonic freakout:
And finally a bit of clarinet:
