On a bit of a delayed posting schedule here — too much Bumbershoot to see & do, so little time to type about it! For now, a few pictures from Saturday are posted.

In this batch: St. Vincent solo at the KEXP stage working multiple microphones, a drum pad full of loops, and a guitar; Carrie Akre and her band at the Mural Amphitheater, Crowded House inducing unexpected nostalgia at the Mainstage, the Shins packing the stadium and inducing the occasional stage rush and crowd surf (really, as pretty, perfect, and “life changing” as it is, I didn’t think I’d ever see a day when it caused a pack of teen guys in neon-outfitted braces to charge the stage at full speed. It’s a lighter’s in the air song, people!).

Later, Ellen Forney’s hilarious multimedia extravaganza on radio death songs, the sexual landmarks of Seattle, and a date with Camille Paglia [insert amazing rock riff here], followed by Indigo Blue, a burlesque dancer who took the “when life gives you lemons” mantra to heart [er, skin], the Zepesque D.T.’s, and “firecracker emcee” Whitney Pastorek who wrote a Bumbershoot song on the spot and convinced the crowd to sing along to Poison while stalling through lemonade cleanup time.

Menomena brought a multitalented choir in monk’s robes along for their show at the Broad Street stage. Every so often, one of the cue-card reading backup singers would pull out a trumpet or guitar, as necessary. Finally, Grand Archives played in front of a giant light show and Panic! at the Disco closed out the Mainstage to a dedicated core of bouncing teens and an equal number of confused onlookers.