A later start on Sunday meant the first act that I caught was This Piano Plays Itself on the second stage. Based solely on the soccer shorts that several of the members were wearing, their “wall of sound” post-rock hit be entirely by surprise. Via an overwhelming number of pedals, the five piece was able to generate an exciting and chaotic amount of sound that was crafted into powerful and accessible compositions.

I unfortunately missed what looked to be a great set by Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun in lieu of US Soccer. I returned in time to catch the end of Grinder Nova’s energetic, big band style rock set. At this point I found out that Jeffery Butzer was going to be playing solo rather than with The Midwives. I was temporarily disappointed, but Jeffery put an end to that with a delightful set of eastern european accordion songs and witty banter with no one in particular.

Next up on the main stage was A Fight to the Death, a five piece that plays in a sort of western/ gypsy folk genre. They make well written and rhythmically complex songs sound effortless and dramatic. Accordion, pedal steel, ukulele, along with traditional rock instruments rotate through the arrangement.

The Soulphonics and Ruby Velle changed things up with some straight up soul music on the second stage. They came across as more of a party band, but Ruby did provide the best female James Brown impression I’ve come across. I’d like to see them in a different environment.

Batata Doce and Cordero made up the world music portion of the afternoon. Both were capable with interesting moments, but neither really grabbed my attention all that much.

Twin Tigers were next up on the second stage and did not disappoint. Young Antiques played a set of pop punk tunes followed by some pretty good bleep bloop sample collage stuff from Mini Destroy. Then Judi Chicago played an entertaining set of electro that the crowd seemed to really dig. These guys know how to put on a show, and the stage/barrier didn’t stop Ben from venturing into the crowd halfway through one song. I believe this was the first time for me to see Judi Chicago sporting a live drummer. While they previously sounded fine without him, I think it is an improvement and certainly helped the sound given the festival atmosphere.

At this point I was more than ready to leave, but I stuck it out through a gradually improving set by Abby Go-Go that closed with a burner that stood out as the song of the festival for me. I waited out Western Civ. Finally it was Dead Confederate, essentially a grunge band to close out Corndogorama. These guys bring it. As far as heavy rock music goes, there wasn’t much more you could ask for from Dead Confederate. The songs were varied and powerful. The band was talented and energetic.