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Photos/Review: Chris
Aaron & Bryce Dessner's Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival wrapped up on Saturday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for its third and final day, featuring performances by some of indie's most prominent and promising figures. The festival was organized in such a way that reminded my very much of ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror festival in Asbury Park last year, in that you could very easily find a great spot to watch acts within minutes of them taking the stage. Not to mention accessible food and drink stations throughout, and a very fan-friendly vibe.
The first act we caught was Brooklyn's Caveman, a band that I've heard a lot about recently but have heard very little of. Luckily, seeing them in BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House for the first time was probably the greatest introduction I could have had to the band. Featuring highly infectious beats, and lots and lots (and lots) of reverb, Caveman remind me of the best aspects of peers Bear in Heaven and Animal Collective, all the while having a very original, and most importantly, very live sound to them. It was difficult to not get caught in a trance watching them, with frontman Matthew Iwanusa pounding on a tom drum and bass player Jeff Berrall holding down some truly memorable bass lines. You can listen to Caveman's 2011 album Coco Beware on Spotify (we embedded it below as well).
