MX Beat 2009: an amazing festival in Mexico City this weekend featuring such acts as Vampire Weekend, N.E.R.D., Primal Scream, Black Kids, Calvin Harris and Etienne de Crecéy. Read about the many more artists here.
I went to the festival with a few friends from Pachuca. The music was incredible especially considering my deprivation of this sort of event since coming south of the border. People were clad in hipster attire and I couldn't resist! Yay for plaid shirts and skinny jeans. But we were definitely still in Mexico... tacos were about the only snacks you could get, beers were $1, and Pharrell was enticing the crowd with chants of me gusta. I dug the electronic tent a lot although I can't say which artists were which in there. Vampire Weekend was fantastic live as I suspected they would be... they played a new song, White Sky, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
My favorite act of the night was Calvin Harris, an electronic genius and recently added to my top 5 favorite artists of the month. I just can't get enough of Disco Heat. Listen to it here. Glorious! The music and light show were incredible even sans mind-inducing drogas. Check out the state of the art cube technology of Etienne de Crecéy here. Hot damn! Our group had amazing dance skills too, especially by the end of the night. I was pleased to meet some fellow crazed dancers of Mexican descent ;)
All in all an amazing weekend. Looking forward to MX BEAT 2010!
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