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Music Seen: Anticon's 10th anniversary

LETTING FLY: Alias at the anniversary.

Sure, Ray LaMontagne is huge and the Rustic Overtones saw their national time, but there is something to be said for a record label co-founded by Mainers that is more than a decade old and can still sell out the Knitting Factory in New York City.

Anticon's 10th-anniversary lineup featured Alias (of Hollis), Sole (of Portland), and non-Maine artists Buck 65, Themselves, Jel, Yoni Wolf of Why, Odd Nosdam, and Pedestrian, who has been rumored to have spent some time living in someone's closet in Portland.

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The crowd was packed like sardines and quietly content. Pedestrian's entire 20 minutes was spent preaching sermon-style over a scarce beat. Alias did a rap set. Sole played a mix of new and classics. Yoni played Why songs with just a Rhodes organ (a highlight of the evening as the crowd sang along). Buck 65 broke out the classic tune "The Centaur." Jel became a new personal favorite. Dose and Yoni united for some Cloudead material. The finale had nearly everyone on stage for a mini freestyle session.

As Sole recapped it on his online forum (soleone.org), "Straight up, in all humility, this show was legendary. Not to mention the fact, that I used to be afraid to go to NY for fear of being killed. Here it is ten years later and we sell out the Knitting Factory, that's a coup, a special event."

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