Me and OMGIMike made it back from northern Michigan, alive, although we did get caught in 2 1/2 big-ass thunderstorms and 2 traffic jams. But it was straight because we had sandwiches that we stole from band camp and an ipod full of Indian Music. We heard that Wendys’ in MI have this special cherry frostie that doesn’t exits anywhere else in America (because it’s the Cherry State), but the Wendy’s we stopped at didn’t have them and seemed surprised that we expected them to. So I got chocolate, dammit. I thought the cherry frostie accounted for 60% [...]
I’ve been a loyal Onion AV Club reader for almost a decade and a half but those assholes have finally gotten too old for their own, and our, good. Never have I read anything as obnoxious or completely off the mark as their Festival Dairy of the Pitchfork Fest in Chicago last weekend, full of ignorant dismissals and platitudes exalting the same old indie rock fare. Since all 4 of us at this blog went together, we were all gonna post about a different element of the weekend. Because I didn’t know, or particularly care about most of [...]
The Flying Luttenbachers - The Flotation Method (highly recommended) The Flying Luttenbachers - Black Perversion "We are Star People sent here to train you for The Annihilation" said Weasel Walters, the 15 year Chicago No-Wave veteran, to a room of thirty people. People, we are sooooooooo not ready for The Annihilation. Lets hope he was speaking figuratively. It was NOT metal, NOT noise, NOT progresssive rock, NOT free jazz, and definetly NOT easy listening. Typically No Wave has an [...]
Most Pitchfork fans have a sort of love-hate relationship with the organization. People resent the across the board filtering of all music, and resent it even more when they find out about most of their favorite music from them. Everyone wants to find the good stuff on their own so they can claim it as such. Then theres the jargon filled and totally pretentious writing style. Its the whole "who do they think they are acting like they know everything?" Well the thing is, its one of the best services I've ever used in my [...]
Wow, I can´t believe anyone thought the Silver Jews performance at the Pitchfork festival was anything less than completely mesmerizing. When David Bergman began singing, his stern yet cool voice cut through the hot night air in that park and made it all worth it. All the sweat. There was so much sweat. All the I-thought-we-were-supposed-to- meet-at-that-pole-over-there. All the waiting in line. All the listening to that annoying screaming man who introduced the bands telling us to take care of our friends and so on. ( What a bastard! From now on I will never take care of any of my [...]
The Golden Boys - Berimbau Haydamaky - Listopad I wasn't going to write about the pitchfork festival but maybe I'll add something small. The guy from the onion says he's sorry to Os Mutantes that he had to leave early. I stayed and got a relatively good spot to their show. I thought there could have been better international selection(s) to the festival, but there was an excellent vibe as they took the stage for their first performance in decades. There were Brazilian flags flying [...]
Here is the video we took of the Futureheads kicking off "Hounds Of Love" at the Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend. The quality is less than professional but at least that means we wont get sued. Enjoy.
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Tinariwen - Imidiwaren Tinariwen - Nar Djenetbouba Tamashek, the language of the Kel Tamashek of the Sahara desert, contains dozens of words for camel. This tribe of wandering nomads and traders are the spirit of the Sahara desert, and you can hear it. I can only describe it like I would the desert had I ever been there. Its breezy but hot, with life springing up out of the most unexpected places. With the emergence of western technology the electric [...]
I just got back from the pitchfork music festival this morning. Both days were equally good, so I would say it really comes down to your own preferences to decide the better day. My own favorites were Art Brut, and Liars. Two decidely awesome acts with great personality on stage. We got a great video of The Futureheads playing that game they always do for Hounds of Love, which will hopefully be linked from Youtube as soon as we get the power back on at my apartment. As a whole its a strange [...]
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