Friday night with the New Colossus Festival

Photos by Stacie Joy 

Top shot at the Francis Kite Club on Avenue C 

OK! Back at it for night 4 (!!!) of the New Colossus Festival, the 190-band indie-rock extravaganza playing out in a dozen East Village-LES venues through tomorrow (Sunday). 

First stop — The Parkside Lounge for the Ernest Jenning Record Co. day party ... where we caught the New England mod-punk trio Perennial in matching stripes...

We stayed for a set by the Brooklyn-based Upper Wilds and their take on spacerock/noiserock...

Then it was off to Sour Mouse on Delancey for the Latin Lense Showcase featuring, among others, local fave Pinc Louds...

We moved on to the main room at Pianos for the US debut of the UK-based Lip Filler, a stylistically diverse quintet blending a little indie, dance pop, and hip-hop...

To end the night, we had to see another high-energy set from EVG faves Pop Music Fever Dream at Francis Kite Club on Avenue C...

The stage is on the small side, but PMFD made some room...

Anyway, see you at a show later...

Bands we like: Pop Music Fever Dream (PMFD)

Photos by Stacie Joy 

We’ve seen Pop Music Fever Dream (PMFD) several times, including last August as part of a Show Brain bill in Tompkins Square Park. 

And each time, we weren't sure what we might be in for. This held true again on April 25 at Night Club 101 on Avenue A, where PMFD opened the night as part of the record release show for Um, Jennifer? 

PMFD — vocalist-guitarist Tim Seeberger, guitarist Nicole Harwayne, bassist Carmen Castillo and drummer Violette Grim — took the stage in full clownface, a tribute to horrorcore rap duo Insane Clown Posse and Juggalo culture. The night was intended as an homage, complete with the spirit — if not the presence — of Faygo, the soda closely associated with ICP performances. 

When asked about the missing Faygo, the band explained they couldn't find any but assured that "the Faygo was there in spirit."

The sold-out crowd was then swept into PMFD's unrelenting punk fury and no-wave dissonance.

PMFD's last show until July is Saturday night at The Broadway as part of a 10-year-anniversary show for Radio Free Brooklyn. Find ticket info here. 

We'll leave you with the band's most recent video, "Elegy for a Memory."