‘The idea that pop can’t be artful, or can’t be meaningful in any way, is snobbery. Get yourself a band that can do both.’

Over 2,000 musical acts performed at the festival this year. Here are some of our favorites, from clear-eyed, British gothpop to California garage rock.

The band kept the part going for ten nights at Brooklyn Steel in Bushwick

"It’s really like you’re looking at another person, but you know at the same time that it’s actually you”