Pitchfork Music Festival 2010

Press guff just now sent around:

The 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary this year at Chicago’s Union Park, on Friday, July 16 - Sunday, July 18. This three-day event will once again showcase a variety of cutting-edge, global performers on three stages in one of the most comfortable and positive festival environments in the country, all brought to fans at a fraction of the price of any other nationally renowned music festival.

In previous years, the Pitchfork Music Festival has provided attendees the opportunity to see performances by some of the world’s most innovative and flourishing young acts, often acting as a barometer for what will be popular in the coming years. Over the years artists including Animal Collective, Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Andrew Bird, Owen Pallett, The National, The Antlers, Yeasayer, amongst many others, have been invited to perform at burgeoning moments in their careers. The festival has also presented a diverse mix of internationally renowned and beloved acts, such as The Flaming Lips, The Jesus Lizard, Spoon, Yoko Ono, Public Enemy, Sonic Youth, Tortoise, Dinosaur Jr., Cat Power, Silver Jews, Yo La Tengo, Slint, Os Mutantes and Iron & Wine.

An independently run, consistently sold-out event, the Pitchfork Music Festival attracts 50,000 fans of all ages from 45 states and 11 countries. In addition to presenting an outstanding musical line-up at a reasonable price, the festival also offers a vast array of other activities for attendees to enjoy. With 50 individual vendors, as well as specialty fairs, the fest not only supports local businesses and the local economy, but also promotes the Chicago arts community as a whole.

Tickets for the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival will be on sale Friday, February 5th, with single-day tickets for $40 and three-day passes for $90. The first round of bands will be announced on Friday, February 5th as well. Two-day passes will not be available for purchase. This year, Friday’s performances will begin earlier to present fans with a longer first day of music. Tickets can be purchased at www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com.

Hmm, this is getting to be almost as expensive as Lollapalooza.

more like 'pitchDORK'
amirite?

Would go to this if I lived in/near Chicago and not Texas.

burgeoning moments in their careers

burgeoning

Pavement reunion happening at Pitchfork Music Festival

http://hipsterpuppies.tumblr.com/post/371147316/dill-cant-wait-for-them-to-announce-the-pitchfork

i really, really liked pfork fest the year i went, but i think i'm gonna go to whatever festival has Faith No More

no Jim Martin, no credibility

King For A Day and Album of the Year were dope albums.

Would go to this if I lived in/near Chicago and not Texas.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, February 4, 2010 4:18 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark

we have SXSW tho-better and way way cheaper

we have SXSW tho-better and way way cheaper

Ha! I almost said this, but didn't want to rub it in too much. ;)

"Way cheaper" is debatable, though.

Initial lineup announced:

The 2010 Pitchfork Festival Lineup so far:

Friday

Modest Mouse

Saturday

LCD Soundsystem
Raekwon

Sunday

Pavement
St. Vincent
Lightning Bolt
Cass McCombs
Here We Go Magic
Sleigh Bells

Tickets are on sale today at 12 PM CST at www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com. Single-day tickets can be purchased for $40 and three-day passes for $90. This year, Friday will feature more bands, providing festival-goers with a longer day of music. There will be no two-day passes for sale. Purchase your tickets early, as three-day passes are sure to sell out quickly!

At least five good reasons there not to go. Thanks for convincing me Ned!

Ned, I'm confused by your interest here.

(Also by the fact that you're up at the ass-crack of dawn.)

so is Modest Mouse going to do the usual Friday night thing where they play a "classic album" in full? I'd vote for "The Lonesome Crowded West" but it'll probably be "Moon and Antarctica" huh.

The fact that Friday is a longer day of music makes me think that that might not happen this year.

Ned, I'm confused by your interest here.

I'm on the PR list for this thing and figured others would be interested, so why not share.

(Also by the fact that you're up at the ass-crack of dawn.)

I regularly get up by 5:30 on weekdays so I can be at my job around 7, since I'm responsible for opening the library in the morning. And there ya go.

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Too kind!

one year this thing's lineup will finally entice me into buying a plane ticket. but not this year.

funny that having pavement on a festival bill is now kinda "so what?" at this point. Dudes are playing a lot of festivals!

Most reunited bands of decent stature play festivals, it's where a lot of the $$$ is!

one year this thing's lineup will finally entice me into buying a plane ticket. but not this year.

that can't be the full list of performers, tho. if it is, it is a very weak lineup.

no, daniel, the first day of this three day festival is really just modest mouse with no opening act!

they always announce it in small chunks which makes it difficult to make an informed decision about going

xxxpost yeah, just funny how quickly they went from being the ultimate "get" to being fixtures of the 2010 concert schedule.

no, daniel, the first day of this three day festival is really just modest mouse with no opening act!

well no band is more deserving of a full-day to themselves

maybe the lead singer will yelp passages from the 2010 farmer's almanac

no, daniel, the first day of this three day festival is really just modest mouse with no opening act!

― to' netta blues (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, February 5, 2010 10:16 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

rofl

As the announcement did say, 'so far'

this is an amazing festival to attend -- i'm pretty sure i'm gonna go this year, lcd is the best live band on the planet and it's not even close imo -- also thank god they did away with the 'retirement home fridays!' thing

WGW did have me so looking forward to a full day performance from my favorite band

maybe the lead singer will yelp passages from the 2010 farmer's almanac

I frankly don't care what he chooses to fucking yelp from, so long as I'm not around to suffer through it.

yes, this ^^^^^

sorry, attendance is mandatory

Well hell, I'd go with a complimentary festival ticket, plane ticket and hotel -- that's a different story entirely!

Jordan u gotta come to ATP this year imo

i'm not much of a noise bro

Saturday

LCD Soundsystem
Raekwon

"Eric B. and Raekween"

i'm going to fucking atp this year

i can meet the real surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally :D

"Hey... is that Juelz Santana? I didn't know he was into Merzbow"

i don't know what you think ATP is J0rdan, but you have it way wrong

i should've used fuck buttons huh? i think they've been camping out at the atp new york site since the last one took place

i fucks with Sleep and i need i love the idea of a show in a hotel.

whiney i almost reached out to you the other day to bring you in as an expert interview for this music video game the agency i work for is doing. our office is above other music. i'm all around you.

i dont know why the words "i need" are in that post

JS: i don't think you have to be a noise dude to like Fuck Buttons. If you like a lot of DJ Quik's stuff you should be into Fuck Buttons imo

sgwot: Shit man, that sounds like fun!

we got joe levy and some other dude instead

the real reason i just go to pfork is cuz i w/in driving distance -- i would like to see them reach w/ the rap choices tho but i know that's a pipe dream

Stage C:
1:00 pm Sleigh Bells
2:00 pm The Smith Westerns
3:00 pm Wacka Flocka Flame
4:00 pm Owen Pallett
5:00 pm Abe Vigoda

i should've used fuck buttons huh? i think they've been camping out at the atp new york site since the last one took place

Seriously huge LOL.

some older local lady who was hanging round Kutchers the day after asked me what Fuck Buttons was. I played her some on my ipod and told her it was two guys. she goes "What, is one Fuck and the other Buttons?"

:)

hahahaha

ew @ you giving an old lady your headphones tho

alright there, bubble boy

...revive?

Is it safe to assume that's a live stream on the site? Wolf Parade seems to be playing right now. What a weird choice to not have any context for that video window! Nothing explaining what you're seeing when you open the page.

i hope they're gonna archive these in full instead of posting just one song like they normally do

yeah i already bitched about this on the 'pitchfork is dumb' thread but i'm sure they're proud to be able to stream their festival but it's a total dick move to just blast it at you as soon as you go to the front page, no questions asked

What's going on with the live Panda Bear set? The stream is just trippy visuals, is he playing in front of those? It's weird they aren't showing him at all.

maybe he didn't sign whatever the acts probably had to sign to film & broadcast their sets

My new question: why is Mo Rocca playing guitar for LCD Soundsystem?

watching now

i didn't realize lcd soundsystem was a full-band.

Jeez they r so embarassing to watch =/

What's going on with the live Panda Bear set? The stream is just trippy visuals, is he playing in front of those? It's weird they aren't showing him at all.

Isn't the Internet stream basically whatever is playing on the Jumbotrons? I assumed that Panda Bear wanted the visuals to be playing on the Jumbotrons, so nobody bothered to record what was happening on stage.

i'm liking the LCD live stream, i'm sure it's a blast to actually be there.

is "Tribulations" LCD's best song? i'm beginning to think so.

"Yeah" was astonishing, way to make up the crowd go into a frenzy. i wish i was there!.

into "Someone Great"

where is my live blogger partner ksh tonight?

anyways that was an OK ending but never have liked "New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down."

up

xxxpost

where is my live blogger partner ksh tonight?

i'm here! was taking a break from ILX that was supposed to last until this past Thursday, but decided to extend it a bit until I saw your post and decided to stop by

anyway, i'll hang around here tomorrow night for Pavement's set, at least

My new question: why is Mo Rocca playing guitar for LCD Soundsystem?

― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, July 17, 2010 6:36 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

That's obviously Jonathan Lethem.

LCD were great tonight. Way better as a band than I'd expected.

My other favorite today was Delorean. Big rave pop sound, went over well with the crowd.

Small stage stuff I caught was mediocre to terrible. But Panda Bear was worst of all - epic, jazz-odyssey levels of pointless self-indulgence.

Girls are on now. Not really feeling this, though in some sense I think this is exactly the kind of thing that in principle I like -- singer sounds good, instrumentation works, but the songs are just kind of lying there. Crowd looks bored apart from a few stalwarts at the very front. Lead singer used to be in a band with Matt Fishbeck apparently!

Oh, here's what I think is the hit, "Lust for Life." I mean, I've heard this. Catchy! But not funny enough.

Wait, finally they have my attention with what I take to be a cover of "Kill Surf City," but no, it is a song somewhat of their own composition called "Big Bad Mean Motherfucker."

Beach House substantially more interesting.

Lightning Bolt. These songs sound like they would be difficult to play.

did lightning bolt set up in the crowd?

so Pavement will apparently be on in about an hour and twenty minutes

wait who's that on now?

Major Lazer

the schedule says they were supposed to start playing at 6:15. i think P4k's just replaying their performance from earlier right now. they were playing what looked like some prerecorded stuff not too long ago and then this just started up

It's amazing how badly they shit the bed with this stream (not just in terms of how they could have monetized it and turned it into repeat traffic, but in terms of how much better they could have made it for their visitors!).

i'm just kinda grateful that i'm able to see anything that's going on, really. that being said, though, i think it also would've been cool if they were streaming every performance from every stage, maybe each on a different page? i understand that that would probably be way more expensive to do, though, and maybe they also wanted to save some stuff just for the people who actually paid to see the shows

yeah i already bitched about this on the 'pitchfork is dumb' thread but i'm sure they're proud to be able to stream their festival but it's a total dick move to just blast it at you as soon as you go to the front page, no questions asked

― some dude, Saturday, July 17, 2010 8:22 PM (Yesterday)

as an aside, I gotta say that I'm with some dude on this one. there are very few, if any, cases where a website in 2010 should automatically start playing sound the moment you navigate to it. I understand that they'd want to draw attention to the stream and make it really easy for people to watch/listen to, but I think that could be accomplished just by either setting it up on a separate page that would've taken the place of the P4k main page for the weekend or something

The times listed are central times.

that would explain a lot to me right now

so Major Lazer is/was (not watching the stream atm) live

So maybe they are live. Diplo can chew gum and dj at the same time.

Big Boi and Pavement still to come.

i really hope they stream big boi instead of neon indian or sleigh bells. does anyone know if they've streamed anything from the C stage ?

http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/media.php

6:15 Major Lazer
7:25 Big Boi
8:30 Pavement

One feature that would be awesome for the stream is if it said somewhere who was playing, or what year it was from

awesome!

x-post. If you click on the separate player site, rather than the home page stream, you can find more information

so happy that pfork is providing me a live stream to the "so fresh, so clean" video

What happened? St. Vincent and Major Lazer were live, but now no video stream just audio.

Big Boi rapping along to his videos............

wtf is going on, seems like the just removed Pavement from the stream schedule, that sucks a lot :(

original thought was that Big Boi has a little more leeway in bargaining over what they can show of his performance than the bands whose careers are heavily dependent on Pitchfork do, but I guess they're just doing as they did with Panda Bear and showing the big screen stream?

will be sad if they don't stream the pavement show. good thing i have tickets for milwaukee.

original thought was that Big Boi has a little more leeway in bargaining over what they can show of his performance than the bands whose careers are heavily dependent on Pitchfork do, but I guess they're just doing as they did with Panda Bear and showing the big screen stream?

― Merdeyeux, Sunday, July 18, 2010 8:49 PM (5 minutes ago)

unless i was tripping they showed him performing "shutterbug" a minute ago - they're back to the video for "player's ball" tho

wait, so Pavement has been cancelled?

i just got home.

I don't think they cancelled, I just think they cancelled the stream.

fuck, i wanted to see how modern Pavement looked live.

Big Boi now definitely streaming live performance.

Pavement's still listed on that page I linked too. maybe they were just having technical difficulties with the video stream?

big boi blows.

Creezto, do you know Liz?

who?

http://www.balloni.gr/images/stories/liz_phair_exilein_guiville.jpg

is she not down with big boi?

ooooooh.... i get it now.

;-)

yeap, this thing looks over :(

no pavement live feed?

omg

nope

at least we still have the Altered Zones archives to occupy ourselves with for a little bit tonight

maybe pavement got too tired to play, and retired to the hotel for hot cocoa and cookies before an early bedtime.

Stream concludes at 8:30 PM CT. Thanks for watching Pitchfork Music Festival 2010!

oh! must just be an unfortunate coincidence

lol Daniel

haha

so who's stream was the best today?

i would think that it would have been Lightning Bolt.

xxxpost

guys, there's always http://search.twitter.com/search?q=pavement for reactions to P4k for stopping the stream now and, uh, reactions to the set we're apparently not gonna hear or see

you know, maybe they're not streaming it because Pavement's gonna put out a live tour DVD and they knew someone would inevitably capture the stream of this show and put it up on Vimeo or YouTube and that would maybe impact sales or something? no idea. they could be allowing other people to film this for all I know. it's difficult for them to prevent people from doing that anyway, with so many people owning smartphones and stuff

so who's stream was the best today?

yeah, either lightning bolt or major lazer. that shit was crazy.

apparently (per twitter) some weird comedian is giving a long intro to pavement and nobody likes it?

re lightning bolt stream -- i watched it with a certain stunned interest for 10 mins. despite not liking the music at all so I guess it was a good stream?

xpost

Ryan Murphy, some old Q101 DJ, is introducing Pavement is describing P4K fest as the "warm-up league" for lollapalooza. He has NO IDEA ...
2 minutes ago via txt

rgreasons
Richard Reasons

http://twitter.com/rgreasons/statuses/18878939157

poorly shot photos now appearing on Twitter . . . I guess we're only gonna get people's tweets until the inevitable post-festival P4k wrapup/indie rock blog post deluge

It's sort of captivating to follow it on Twitter, actually.

some of the better pictures ppl have been tweeting

http://tweetphoto.com/33582260
http://tweetphoto.com/33582224
http://twitpic.com/26nrcl

Confirmed: The Rockin' Ryan act a put-on by guy who put out 1st Pavement album. He's the Tony Clifton of rock!
3 minutes ago via mobile web

SennettReport
Frank Sennett

http://twitter.com/SennettReport/status/18879809333

the guy who introduced Pavement maybe wasn't "Ryan Murphy, some old Q101 DJ"? whatever. without the stream, following this on Twitter is getting old. guess I'll just wait for the post-show reports to be posted

R. Murphy from Drag City duder

I have no idea what was going on and was just relaying what ppl were saying on Twitter

word, just sayin, that guy

gotcha!

i'm feeling kind of blue looking at the steady stream of tweets from the youth walking out on Pavement:

" aedmark: I'm sorry, but after the shenanigans today at B stage, Pavement just seems so 15 years ago. #pitchfork "

" PulpAffliction: Watching all these middle-aged men get suuuuper into this Pavement set is hysterical/adorable. "

" Anthelonious: Saw 30 minutes of Pavement at #P4K and verified that they are not my thing. St. Vincent owned today. 'Til next year, Union Park. "

etc.

you people are bad at rock music

Liars did Bauhaus!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxfoYCoZ4S0

wait markers is ksh right

yes

j0rdan use the display name key in my display name

A++

i'm still calling you ksh

maybe markers if shit gets heated

by renaming yourself "markers," you have seriously diminished your brand.

http://rampersad.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/logo-personal-branding_3.jpg

Pavement kind of really ruled, actually. Damn, I am definitely going to have to go to that Pritzker Pavilion show in Chicago now. damn as if I am not spending enough $$ on live music this summer. but Pavement were that good. None of the Malkmus indifference/superciliousness I had been led to expect. none at all actually. just some really great jamming from the whole 5 piece. very nice

Sleigh Bells were totally great too

and Lightning Bolt.

so ruling

lightning bolt was the most kickass shit ive ever seen that is totally not my cup of tea

yeah lightning bolt melted my face, and i'd never seen them before. and I've heard their music and know they have been around for like 8 years. I just missed them I guess. Totally sweet set tonight tho

Chippendale was basically playing variations on the 'Amen' break much of the time

bery interesting..

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/07/pavement-band-member-quashed-pitchfork-stream-of-festival-set.html

haha what assholes

"we're so mad at pitchfork that we're gonna take the thousands of dollars they paid us to play this festival but we're gonna make it impossible for our fans who couldn't afford the tickets to the festival or couldn't get off work to come see us play the opportunity to watch this set on the internet. see you on our luxury tour bus, bitches!"

I bet it was Spiral. And it's Perpetua (who's a Pavement DIE HARD) that he's mad at.

http://perpetua.tumblr.com/post/434685777/heres-my-10-0-review-of-pavements-best-of-quarantine#disqus_thread

haha definitely spiral

xp

i'm an adult named spiral stairs! wah wah! music critics make me ANGRY! wahhhhhh!

i hope me telling spiral stairs to suck an elephant dick doesn't affect the live stream of ilm festival 2023

XD

http://i26.tinypic.com/w19tw9.png

ಠ_ಠ

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13547-the-real-feel/

Whereas he was once the Milhouse Van Houten to Malkmus' Bart Simpson, he had devolved into being an incoherent indie equivalent of Milhouse's dad mewling "Can I Borrow a Feeling?"

Ouch.

omg, we missed Pavement because Spiral was mad at Fluxblog? haaaa

Perpetua should go to their next show, hold up a Flip, and stream the entire thing on the main page of his site

ha, that must hurt -- isn't fluxblog like the biggest pavement fan in the universe?

http://perpetua.tumblr.com/post/819135740/pavement-stereo-live-in-pomona-4-15-2010-in-a#disqus_thread

Meanwhile the horrible, flabby divas of Pavement have been letting WFMU stream their set from Primavera Sound for weeks now.

Pitchfork - the death of music?

xpost

that's just because they don't know Perpetua controls the radio yet

He actually does show up and work at WFMU from time to time, usually on Best Show and whenever they're telethonning.

I hope Spiral doesn't find out!

omg someone mp3 the shit out of that stream now, game over

this truly is a clash of the titans.

in 2010, everything is a controversy

^ controversial

hahaha wtf

Comforting to see that ksh dove right back into the image posts upon his return!

Hmm, so apparently one of the members of Pavement wouldn't allow the streaming of their set because he has issues with the Pitchfork editorial staff, according to this article.

That's what we've been talking about for the last 13 hours.

Oh, totally missed it in the cut, sorry. Just saw this article.

anyone have any leads on which pavement member it was

I said I was sorry guys!

i think it was Gary Young

I can't imagine, honestly, that Nast, Westy or Ibold give two shits about simulcasting, and it's already been hinted that it wasn't Malkmus, so that just leaves Spiral. It seems like a very Spiral thing to do, tbh.

Didn't they also trash his solo record from last year?

hahaha dude you really should view all posts in this thread

jesus christ read the thread already

lol xp

basically Spiral is bitter about Matt Perpetua not digging his solo stuff

which seems kinda catty/nonsensical considering they're ALREADY PLAYING A PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL but whatever

I'm just going to leave this thread now. I must be blind. I saw one passing reference to Perpetua.

But before I go, did you guys know Pitchfork had a music festival this past weekend? A reunited Pavement played.

But their set didn't stream live on the site.

hahaha

wait Pavement reunited!? Someone tell fluxblog!

apparently noone remembers this thread/review from 4 months ago:

POLLVEMENT QUARANTINE THE POLL: SUMMER POLL (POLL VERSION)

anyway it's funny how mad people are that one particular band wasn't part of a webcast that nobody paid for and nobody knew about or expected before the day of the festival.

i didn't even know they were streaming sets at p-fork until yesterday. makes me so mad.

i'm sure there's going to be a million youtubes of this boring festival dude

was kidding. don't really give a shit.

Pitchfork: I read that you guys are into hip-hop, who's your favorite rapper right now?

Bethany Cosentino: We all love Drake. He's really good at singing and rapping, which is rare. And his lyrics are relatable and awesome.

(link)

ILX rap heads to thread

Ali Koehler: I like how he writes all his lyrics on his BlackBerry. And he's not afraid to sing about wimpy shit.

Bobb Bruno: He's emo but has the perfect amount of hip-hop swagger.

Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.

Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.
Bethany C.: I would literally pee my pants if I ever got to work with Drake.

Ryan Dombal: I'm peeing my pants right now

LMFAO

Pitchfork (to Washed Out): When I was here last year, I was talking to Ryan Schreiber, who is the founder of Pitchfork, and I was like, "What are you listening to?" and he was like, "I just got this thing from this dude and he records as Washed Out and it's really trippy and it's really cool." So I went back and I think I looked on either your website or your MySpace. I thought it was interesting how last year someone mentioned you to me and this year you're playing. And not only that, but you had a huge audience today.

what a unique tale

so interesting tell us more about this mythical "Ryan Schreiber"

Why don't they just play records over the PA system and have a big circle jerk instead?

xxpost

Sarge you should do interviews and make that your response when your interviewee says boring shit

i'm trying not to make a joke about fergie

Sarge you should do interviews and make that your response when your interviewee says boring shit

― markers, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:39 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what a unique post

a webcast that nobody paid for and nobody knew about or expected before the day of the festival.

They had a webcast last year, so I assumed they'd have one this year, too. I came home from running errands on Saturday and was like, "Oh, I should check out the P4k stream."

just because al shipley got mad when he went on pitchfork.com and was unexpectedly met with a web stream doesn't mean that the rest of us had no idea it was happening

so interesting tell us more about this mythical "Ryan Schreiber"

I saw him stumble in and out of the VIP area on Sunday, wearing sunglasses and shorts.

ha, figures that the washed out review was zach kelly...

Pitchfork: So you guys did that Gucci Mane cover at Coachella. How did that come about?

VL: We were on tour and whenever we're on tour we fall in love with songs and that song is one of the songs we liked. We started hearing it in a certain way and we were en route to Coachella and we were like, "We can play this, we can play this." In our minds we were like, "It's more evil. It's evil."

this is dope

anyone buy a ticket for the Cokemachine Glow Fest yet

oh ok, didn't know they had a stream last year and everyone else seemed surprised when it happened this year

Pitchfork: I read that you guys are into hip-hop, who's your favorite rapper right now?
Bethany Cosentino: We all love Drake. He's really good at singing and rapping, which is rare. And his lyrics are relatable and awesome.

(link)

ILX rap heads to thread

― markers, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:26 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

God, she gets more and more embarrassing doesn't she?

she was probably stoned

anyway her opinions of drake aren't half as vile as the act of collaborating with kid cudi

I'll take my liking of Kid Cudi to my grave as far as ILM is concerned, apparently. But yeah, that Converse track they all did is quite shitty.

so you go to the last page of the P4k fest wrapup piece and there's nothing about Pavement's set at all beyond "Pavement [8:30 p.m.; Aluminum Stage]" and a picture of Malkmus being all

http://www.cyberpaydayloan.com/images/hands-full-of-money.jpg

malkmus gave out money?

Slightly more off topic, but I don't get what people are hearing in Drake anywhere. Jim DeRo (yeah, I know he is suspect anyway) was holding it up there as one of the best rap albums of the year during his Big Boi review and almost hinting that, even though he loved the Big Boi, he wished it was more like Drake. Ugh.

liking the drake album p much invalidates any other opinions about music

as for what people see in them... who cares -- i don't really care about WHY raccoons eat garbage

who cares at this point, anyway

"We were in Norway a few weeks ago and it was really funny seeing the Norwegian black metal dude in his natural habitat." - Neon Indian

Yeah I know it was out of nowhere, just thinking about it bcz of DeRo's Big Boi review I just heard today. Its not really that I care if people like him, but I feel compelled to find out why some people think he is like some amazing talent, because dude is one of the least talented rappers I've heard in forever.

Pitchfork: So you guys did that Gucci Mane cover at Coachella. How did that come about?

VL: We were on tour and whenever we're on tour we fall in love with songs and that song is one of the songs we liked. We started hearing it in a certain way and we were en route to Coachella and we were like, "We can play this, we can play this." In our minds we were like, "It's more evil. It's evil."

this is dope

― de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 3:45 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the interview response or the cover? 'cause i looked up the cover on youtube and it seems pretty terrible.

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rather

re: drake check the pitchfork & village voice reviews... they're the ones off the top of my head that were rather effusive in their criticism

Pitchfork: So you guys did that Gucci Mane cover at Coachella. How did that come about?

VL: We were on tour and whenever we're on tour we fall in love with songs and that song is one of the songs we liked. We started hearing it in a certain way and we were en route to Coachella and we were like, "We can play this, we can play this." In our minds we were like, "It's more evil. It's evil."

this is dope

― de jong and the restless (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 3:45 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the interview response or the cover? 'cause i looked up the cover on youtube and it seems pretty terrible.

well i think the cover was cool enough for something that was obv just a lark, but i like the idea of the beach house chick being all "this could be more evil!" without relying on salem-level hackery

So that working on a new posting style during your break didn't really work out did it? (insert jokey/smiley emoticon here)

\(^o^)/

I feel like this girl is missing the point:
http://stephzilla.livejournal.com/834425.html

Also p. sure the band didn't play an encore b/c of curfew laws, etc.

looooool @ that livejournal

Love that her favorite band ever "almost completely ruined" it for her by opening with "Cut Your Hair".

noa gonna read that whole entry, but this is hilarious to me:

They played a lot of really depressing slow songs which surprised me, and it was kinda a downer.

music scene is crazy

bands start up each and every day

I saw another one just the other day

I wonder if any bands started on 9/11

a special new band

here's the first sentence of a Pitchfork review of an SS solo record. Can't imagine why the dude hates Pitchfork

The short of it: This album has all the charm of a flaccid penis protruding out from beneath a fold of flesh on a balding, middle-aged man.

On the one hand it's kinda funny that people are all surprised by Pavement's half-assedness since that's been their MO since day 1. On the other hand, I can totally understand why they feel frustrated. Being expected to revel in their lazy shenanigans was annoying way back in the olden days of yore, so why should it be any less annoying today? I guess it's one of those "Fool me once" situations.

What's really funny is the different reactions to the same show. What some people call "half-assed" some people called "wonderful."

Wasn't 'wonderfully half-assed' the whole point of the band? (Signed, Never Really a Fan)

Totes. Which is why I think she's missing the point. I'm also not sure why she thought a reunion show would somehow not focus on the band's most popular songs.

I mean, I think Pavement fandom is reasonably meritocratic -- a lot of their most popular songs are their best! Did she really want them to play "Nothing Ever Happens" instead of "Frontwards?"

I went to this shindig and also felt a little ambivalent about Pavement's performance, although I sorta feel like it had nothing to do with the band's performance or song selection and more with the fact that in hindsight they probably aren't the best band to close out a festival, even if they've influenced half of the other bands there. I didn't go to any of the other nights but I would kind of assume that the dance party of LCD and/or the anthems of Modest Mouse would have probably been more feel-good and unifying than Pavement's irony and sarcasm.

That said, I was further to the back of the crowd so maybe I was just around more people that didn't care all that much. You could see that the people up front were really into it. I was surprised that they didn't play "Rattled by the Rush" or "Summer Babe" but someone did tell me that Pitchfork gets fined something like $10,000 for every minute they go over 10 pm.

I did like Bob's comment about missing the vuvuzela with the aside about Diego Forlan scoring another goal. Soccer humor!

I heard that they mentioned my friend's festival. Something like "Everyone should go see Psychedelic Horseshit and Times New Viking at Bitchfest," which is pretty hilarious.

Yeah Malkmus definitely said that before leaving the stage. You friends with Rotten Milk? He was my mover last summer.

Mile is a bro, but I've known C00per and the rest of the Cave dudes for years.

Milk, duuuuuh

Bitchpork was dope, too.

On the one hand it's kinda funny that people are all surprised by Pavement's half-assedness since that's been their MO since day 1. On the other hand, I can totally understand why they feel frustrated. Being expected to revel in their lazy shenanigans was annoying way back in the olden days of yore, so why should it be any less annoying today? I guess it's one of those "Fool me once" situations.

Moodles OTM. I have seen both great and terrible Pavement shows and am largely ambivalent about them as a live band as a result. I don't think I've ever seen a band perform with more contempt/disregard for their audience (with the possible exception of those noise rock dudes who opened for Pavement on the Terror Twilight tour whose name I am blanking on - difference being they were great that night and Pavement sucked)

don't think I've ever seen a band perform with more contempt/disregard for their audience

You've never seen the Magnetic Fields???

I have - I didn't detect any contempt tho, seemed very workmanlike for the most part, except for the number where Merritt went upstairs to sing a song from the opera seat/balcony. They were totally boring tho

the other three magnetic fields do not have contempt for their audience...stephin does though!

True, and I don't think it's real contempt, I think it's shtick -- but it stings!

yes, he is a lovable curmudgeon

Shakey, wasn't that US Maple? It was pretty funny watching them empty out the El Rey during their set, but I loved 'em.

(with the possible exception of those noise rock dudes who opened for Pavement on the Terror Twilight tour whose name I am blanking on - difference being they were great that night and Pavement sucked)

I saw them on this tour and US Maple opened for them - is that who you mean?

Did anyone else see Michael Showalter? Dude self-destructed like I've never seen.

I like that guy! What happened?

You could hear Broken Social Scene from the main stage as he came out and it just instantly put him in a bad mood. He talked about other times he's done comedy near/after bands and how horribly it's gone and he threatened to just dj from his laptop the whole time, which was kind of funny but he lost interest in it pretty quickly. Then he did start one joke about asking a girl to join the mile-high club, saying she should join him in the bathroom after about 15 minutes because he's going to take a huge shit first. It was pretty funny, but it just sort of petered out without a punch line (I don't know his stand-up, so I don't know if that's his style or not). Then he mentioned reading her text message where she called him a hipster, to which he replied "I'm not a hipster you stupid bitch." Someone in the audience laughing got his attention and he said "Oh, you think you're not one? I bet you're a vegan. I fucking hate you." It wasn't bold confrontation of the audience (who were pretty supportive, even as it became clear we weren't going to get a real show), it was just a mean-spirited guy losing his shit. After that it was maybe 15 minutes or so of little more than him spacing out or talking about how bad the show was going. He left us with a story of seeing a play where the actor forgot his line and said it's good for an audience to see someone waste their time at least once. We'll never forget it.

And Eugene Mirman won a lot of esteem from me for coming on after that, to the same background of Broken Social Scene and a smaller audience, and still putting on a real show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xB9xBxBFaQ
Looks like I got some details wrong, and that's not the worst of it, but it'll give you an idea

I like Eugene Mirman even more! I wish I could find video of his Pitchfork set.

I saw them on this tour and US Maple opened for them - is that who you mean?

yep. they were awesome. crowd was VERY antagonistic but they ate it up and spit it back.

Showalter set sounds kinda funny to me and I'm not really a fan (I did like the Michael & Michael show tho)

the whole comedians in a tent at a festival telling jokes with bands playing off in the background thing is deeply weird and wrongheaded, the sooner people stop trying to do it the better

they should just pay a bunch of comedians to walk around a festival telling jokes

tbh I like BSS and still wouldn't want to put on a comedy show while they were playing "World Sick" in the background

so do they not have like a big archive of video on p4k.tv or am i just dumb