Posted by Jack Spatafora on Jul. 29, 2009, at 4:53 pm
“I’m so blessed to / have spent the time / with my family and the friends I love/ with my short life / I have met so many people I deeply care for”
These final chanted lyrics of Yeasayer’s “Red Cave” go a ridiculously long way in summarizing exactly what my recent trip to Chicago for the fifth annual Pitchfork Festival meant to me. While I’d been to the fest several times in the past (the first three, actually), this marked the first time that a huge group of old friends (LBHS stand up!) were able to meet up and enjoy the city and the music and the drunken shenanigans together. (Pictured at right: Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips; all photos by R. Kevin Rose.)
What’d I learn? well, for starters… we are all official members of the POSI-ADULT CREW. Not straight edge — not even close — but definitely upbeat and affable. Positive, if you will. A group of kids raised on (amongst many, many other things) Bad Brains’ “P.M.A.”, Seven Seconds, Dag Nasty, Gorilla Biscuits, etc., who grew into a geographically dispersed crew of adults … all of us still kinda “Screaming For Change” in our own unique ways. (LOTS MORE PICS AND SHENANIGANS AFTER THE JUMP) Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Leilani Polk on Feb. 27, 2009, at 2:54 pm
Pictured: The Dodos at the ‘08 Pitchfork Music Fest; photo by Jen Reel.
Last year, I tried and failed to head up to Chicago for 2008’s three-day Pitchfork Music Festival. The lineup was an indie rock lovers dream — how could you expect any less from a Pitchfork.com-sponsored event? — but I simply couldn’t get it together in time to actually go. This year, I may just have to scrape the bottom of my cash barrel; while no artists have been confirmed as yet for 2009, the lineup usually includes bands that Pitchfork has been following/raving about/writing about throughout the year. Based on acts that played previous years, Pitchfork’s Top 50 albums of 2008, and reviews of albums that have come out so far this year, I’m going to hypothesize the following: Fleet Foxes, Portishead, Cut Copy, M83, Deerhunter, Erykah Badu, Los Campesinos!, Santogold, Beiruit, Lykke Li, Antony and the Johnsons, Andrew Bird, Trail of Dead, Black Lips, and TV on the Radio.
Here’s the actual press release: Read the rest of this entry »
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