VIDEO: Alex Bleeker and the Freaks -"Animal Tracks" @ Union Pool

More goodies from that maaagical night at Union Pool. Man, never thought I'd see those terms all in the same sentence. At least not since that one summer night when I witnessed a group of kids shotgunning PBR's, making out, and vomiting all over the backyard fountain. Oh, Union Pool, how we love to hate thee.

Er, anyway. Here's Bleek and the Freaks makin' magic, makin' magic magic. Watch the Freaks cover "Animal Tracks" by the lovely women of Mountain Man. Martin Courtney from Real Estate is chillin on bass, Alex "the Gator" Steinberg on guitar. See Matt Mondanile (Ducktails, Real Estate) frrreak on drums. In the farers he reminds us of Guy "Shades" Patterson. (It's pronounced "oh-need-ers" remember?) And of course, feast yer eyes on Bleek-the-Freak Bleekalicious Bleekditty himself.

Woo... is it hot in here or is it just us?

VIDEO: Underwater Peoples Showcase

Alex Bleeker and the Freaks! Lo-fi Neil vibes. Jersey lovin to the max<3.

Family Portrait. Oh man oh man oh man... These dudes are the ultimate in face meltery.

Beach Fossils with the jungle pop heat and psychedelic surf-rock energy!

Ducktails was there. Oh man! The scene leader himself! It was suuuper hypnagogic.

OKAY, so, silly labels aside, this was the best NYC show evz. Those who stuck around and braved heat stroke can/will attest. The highlights were the super sexy sweaty smokin set by Family Portrait, some sweet-ass covers (Fluffy Lumbers on the Cranberries' "Dreams," Liam the Younger on Nirvana's "Territorial Pissings," Real Estate on Weezer's "Sweater Song"), a v-chat sesh with Julian Lynch live on clarinet from UW in Madison... Underwater Peoples has stolen my heart. Stay tuned!

Shooting at Market Hotel is hard, man. I wish the image quality was better. All videos will follow in the coming days. 9 hours of footage... I've been up for days running on just cigarettes and blueberries... pplz bear with me!