19.Jul.2010 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival: Pavement
Thousands of people came to Union Park to see indie-rock icons, Pavement, reunite. No one came to Union Park on Sunday for Rockin’ Rian Murphy. Yet, there he was, up on the big stage, introducing the night’s headliners. And from the moment he opened his mouth, it was a disaster. First, he said he was [...]
2010 Pitchfork Music Festival: Sunday’s Notes from the Red Reporter’s Notebook
* It’s a point I’ve made numerous times throughout the weekend, and a point worth repeating. This year’s Pitchfork Music Festival had some serious talent issues, namely there was too much pop early in the day. Look at that dude in the picture. Does that dude look like he wants to sit back and relax [...]
2010 Pitchfork Music Festival: Lightning Bolt
At approximately 3:45, a text message was sent from a music critic to his photographer. It read, “All these bands are boring the sh*t out of me.” At approximately 4:15, the maniacal Lightning Bolt took to the A stage. Goodbye, boring. Hello, thrashing. To imagine the sound of this Providence, Rhode Island two-piece, think of [...]
2010 Pitchfork Music Festival: Beach House
Look, we all know chill is in. Who out there in the festival crowd didn’t want a little more chill as the temperatures reached 90 for a third consecutive day. Water was cut to $1. That’s chill. Ice Cream Man would occasionally make his way through the crowd. That’s very chill, especially if you managed [...]
2010 Pitchfork Music Festival: Girls
Like Cass McCombs before them, San Francisco pop-outfit Girls failed to find much traction with the early festival crowd on Sunday afternoon. Not that there’s anything wrong with their dreamy-eyed jangle-pop of “Lust for Life,” “Ghostmouth,” and “Laura.” It was simply a case of wrong day and wrong stage. To their credit, Girls did kick [...]
18.Jul.2010 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival: LCD Soundsystem
Thank you, LCD Soundsystem. Thank you, for not being Panda Bear. Thank you, for bringing your wits, your bad-a** beats, and your explosive melodies to a festival short on ace performances. Thank you, for giving everyone in the crowd a memorable moment with which to frame their 2010 festival experience. That one two punch of [...]
2010 Pitchfork Music Festival: Saturday’s Notes from the Red Reporter’s Notebook
* It happens at every festival. Someone is going to follow a band that flat out kills it and they end up totally f*cked. Wolf Parade was totally f*cked having to follow the Blues Explosion. * More than one person has commented to me how the crowd at the Pitchfork Music Festival has changed. It’s [...]
2010 Pitchfork Music Festival: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
To quote the man, Jon Spencer, “The Blues Explosion is number one in Philadelphia, in DC, number one in Chicago, number one in Detroit, in Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angles, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver… Number one in New York City, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Cincinnati, Mississippi…” And on this day, The Blues Explosion were [...]
