FYF Fest: Four Tet, Run the Jewels, Ty Segall save anarchic first day

Such was the first day Saturday of the weekend FYF Fest at the Los Angeles Sports Arena and surrounding Exposition Park. Ten hours filled with often inspired rock, electronic pop, hip-hop and experimental music from artists including Little Dragon, Phoenix, Grimes and dozens of others was eclipsed by off-kilter planning, long lines and a labyrinthine festival layout. Want a beer? First you had to wait in a 20-minute line for the ID check. Then another half-hour for a Craftsman Heavenly Hef. That's in addition to the reported two-hour wait time for some to gain entry to the festival. I waited a half-hour for a terrible $10 hamburger.

A roster overflowing with inspiration served as an antidote: It's hard to be grumpy when Four Tet is filling the Sports Arena with deep, mesmerizing house music, or when the rap team of Run the Jewels is delivering a set every bit as hard and incendiary as Japanese experimental metal band Boris. The latter mixed deep, down-tuned riffs with crawling, post-Melvins sludge. The former, consisting of rappers Killer Mike and El-P, spewed righteous indignation while confirming a team making vital, furiously tight hip-hop.