LIVE: Company of Thieves @ PearlPalooza, 9/24/11

Hot on the heels of LarkFest (see review & photos here), Albany’s second big rock ‘n’ street festival took over Albany’s North Pearl Street curb-to-curb on Saturday for an all-day bash featuring 11 bands on two stages.

Yes, PearlPalooza was back for a second go-round, and the crowds were considerably larger than they were at the inaugural fest.

In fact, as Nippertown contributing photographer Sebastien Barre puts it, “If this festival keeps getting better like this every year, it will give LarkFest a run for its money.”

Here’s what he saw on Saturday when he pointed his camera at the Chicago indie rockers Company of Thieves:

Photographs by Sebastien Barre. See more of his photos from this show here.