Pitchfork
I arrived back at home this afternoon after a weekend in Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Overall, this weekend was pretty great. I went with Lenny and we stayed at his friend/former co-worker's place (her name is Corey), just a couple miles away from the park where the festival was at. A couple other awesome people also stayed there for the weekend for the festival. Hanging out at the house was arguably more fun than the festival itself. Corey's mom made us breakfast each morning, and it was amazing.
Day one: bacon, toast, eggs, and cantaloupe.
Day two: bacon and blueberry pancakes
We also played Monopoly one night for at least two hours I'd guess. We never officially finished....we just called the game off after everyone else realized that I couldn't be beat ;)
Oh! They also have the cutest kitten and puppy ever. The kitten is Lyla, and she was sooo soft and cuddly. She was incredible. The puppy is Bailey, and he's very playful and rambunctious. He was also awesome. He likes to bite Lyla's head and chase her around the house, but once Lyla gets up on the couch where Bailey can't reach she just taunts him. It's great entertainment.
Mmmmkay, I guess I can talk about the festival a bit...
This is who I actually stood in front of the stage for and watched play:
Saturday
Dan Deacon
Oxford Collapse
Girl Talk
Voxtrot
Battles
Professor Murder
Sunday
Menomena
Junior Boys
Stephen Malkmus
Klaxons (just a little bit)
I also listened to a lot of bands from a distance, while sitting on the grass chilling and/or eating.
A lot of bands had to deal with technical problems, and that was kinda shitty. Hopefully Pitchfork takes care of that next year.
Battles was my favorite band at the festival. They kinda blew my mind. Their live performance sounded practically identical to their recorded material, and that really amazed me. They were awesome to watch and they had really good energy.
Battles!
Dan Deacon was incredible. They actually cut his set 20-30 minutes short because the crowd was too big, and all of the dancing and crowd surfing resulted in people getting squished up front. Unfortunately, he was right before Girl Talk, and that set wasn't quite as rowdy because they threatened to cut him off as well if the crowd got too crazy.
I really regret not attempting to get up front for Of Montreal's set. I figured that after seeing them five times already I wouldn't miss out on too much by not being up close, but I was wrong. I just wanted to dance through their whole set, but I also wanted to be with everyone else who was dancing, where the music was loud and the band was up close. That probably would have been my favorite performance if I had actually been in the crowd.
I don't have much to say about the following, but I want to mention a few things:
The New Pornographers sounded good, but Neko Case and Destroyer weren't there.
I wish I would have seen Clipse and Mastodon, based on what I've heard from people who watched their sets.
I haven't heard much about Cat Power's set, but I'm also sad that I missed her.
Yoko Ono is crazy.
The past two years of Pitchfork were better, in my opinion, but I still had a great time this year. This time around there weren't any bands that we really wanted to see, so we soaked up the atmosphere a little more, instead of waiting around at one stage all day long. It was nice. It was also a positive that the weather was in the 80s instead of the 100s this year.
Ah yes, good times.
Day one: bacon, toast, eggs, and cantaloupe.
Day two: bacon and blueberry pancakes
We also played Monopoly one night for at least two hours I'd guess. We never officially finished....we just called the game off after everyone else realized that I couldn't be beat ;)
Oh! They also have the cutest kitten and puppy ever. The kitten is Lyla, and she was sooo soft and cuddly. She was incredible. The puppy is Bailey, and he's very playful and rambunctious. He was also awesome. He likes to bite Lyla's head and chase her around the house, but once Lyla gets up on the couch where Bailey can't reach she just taunts him. It's great entertainment.
Mmmmkay, I guess I can talk about the festival a bit...
This is who I actually stood in front of the stage for and watched play:
Saturday
Dan Deacon
Oxford Collapse
Girl Talk
Voxtrot
Battles
Professor Murder
Sunday
Menomena
Junior Boys
Stephen Malkmus
Klaxons (just a little bit)
I also listened to a lot of bands from a distance, while sitting on the grass chilling and/or eating.
A lot of bands had to deal with technical problems, and that was kinda shitty. Hopefully Pitchfork takes care of that next year.
Battles was my favorite band at the festival. They kinda blew my mind. Their live performance sounded practically identical to their recorded material, and that really amazed me. They were awesome to watch and they had really good energy.
Battles!
Dan Deacon was incredible. They actually cut his set 20-30 minutes short because the crowd was too big, and all of the dancing and crowd surfing resulted in people getting squished up front. Unfortunately, he was right before Girl Talk, and that set wasn't quite as rowdy because they threatened to cut him off as well if the crowd got too crazy.
I really regret not attempting to get up front for Of Montreal's set. I figured that after seeing them five times already I wouldn't miss out on too much by not being up close, but I was wrong. I just wanted to dance through their whole set, but I also wanted to be with everyone else who was dancing, where the music was loud and the band was up close. That probably would have been my favorite performance if I had actually been in the crowd.
I don't have much to say about the following, but I want to mention a few things:
The New Pornographers sounded good, but Neko Case and Destroyer weren't there.
I wish I would have seen Clipse and Mastodon, based on what I've heard from people who watched their sets.
I haven't heard much about Cat Power's set, but I'm also sad that I missed her.
Yoko Ono is crazy.
The past two years of Pitchfork were better, in my opinion, but I still had a great time this year. This time around there weren't any bands that we really wanted to see, so we soaked up the atmosphere a little more, instead of waiting around at one stage all day long. It was nice. It was also a positive that the weather was in the 80s instead of the 100s this year.
Ah yes, good times.