My Pitchfork Thoughts

Well, I had a FABulous time at P4K 2009. :) Like the rest of my postings, I'm going to keep this review brief!




HIGHLIGHTS

• Yeasayer - They were on my list of "must sees" and I had pretty high expectations for them, and yet they still blew me away. (Dancing in the rain to Yeasayer = favorite Pitchfork moment of 09) Way to be really awesome Yeasayer and turn an existing fan into a exciting fan. :)

• Final Fantasy- I love a good one-man band, and what Owen Pallett did to that violin was inspiring.

• The Labels - not any one band, but the many booths of labels representing. I have especially warmer and fuzzier feelings now towards Polyvinyl, Cardboard Sangria, Hometapes, and AEMMP Records.

BIGGEST DISSAPOINTMENT

• The Walkmen - Not only are they "above" playing the song that made them famous, but their set was blah overall. So sad.

HAPPY MOMENTS

• Seeing that Whole Foods had gigantic bags of cherries available for sale as a healthy snack. Those were delicious and refreshing.
• Perusing the poster artists - found a few promising designers.
• Randomly running into folks from Moxie Motive, Loyal Divide, Verona Red and Bully in the Hallway.
• Making the most awesome picture buttons ever. :)
  
• Pretty much every moment, as music festivals are my heaven-on-earth.

SAD MOMENTS

• Realizing that the crazy, colliding fans I burried myself in for Matt & Kim actually squished all the ripe and juicy cherries in my purse, getting cherry juice on my purse, my pants, my sweater, my hand, my boyfriend, my phone, etc.

• Losing one of the most awesome picture buttons ever. :(
• Watching some drunk loser cut off some handicap guy waiting to use the handicap porta-potty. All the folks in my porta-potty line gave him the stink eye when he got out. Loser.

Check out some more images from my 2009 P4K experience

See clips of P4K performances from Yeasayer, Final Fantasy, Flaming Lips, Black Lips, Matt and Kim, and Bowerbirds HERE.

Recommended Song of the Day + P4K Day 2

Brooklyn, NY

7/18/09: Bear, by The Antlers

Listen to it HERE

Antlers is one of the many bands playing Pitchfork today that I'm excited to see! MOST pumped about Yeasayer, Final Fantasy, Matt and Kim, and Bowerbirds.

DAY 2
The National Beirut Doom Yeasayer Final Fantasy The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Fucked Up Plants and Animals Cymbals Eat Guitars The Black Lips Matt & Kim Lindstrom Wavves Ponytail Bowerbirds The Dutchess and The Duke Antlers Disappears

Tracy :)

Recommended Song of the Day

1/24/09: Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare, by Matt and Kim

I'm a big fan of this.

Tracy :)

Brooklyn, NY

Props to OT.

2010 Coachella Line-up Announced

and I SO wish I could go :(

I will certainly be at Lollapalooza and Pitchfork again this year, but I really hope I can find a way to make it to Coachella or CMJ or SXSW or Bonnaroo too. Either way, I posted the Coachella line-up below for your reference, and I also called out which bands made me immediately excited. The bands are listed in relative order of excitement. :)

Muse
LCD Soundsystem
Passion Pit
SPOON
Florence and the Machine
Owen Pallett
Hot Chip
Yeasayer
King Kahn
Phoenix
She & Him
White Rabbits
Girls
Pavement
Them Crooked Vultures
Avett Brothers
MGMT
Gossip
Beach House
Gorillaz
Temper Trap
The xx
Matt & Kim
Dirty Projectors
Vampire Weekend
Hockey
Grizzly Bear
Tokyo Police Club
Sia

Some Good Upcoming Chicago Shows

SO much good music playing in Chicago soon. :)

Click their pic to buy

8/20/09: Coltrane Motion at Double Door, FREE
8/21/09: Verona Red at Reggie's Rock Club, $15 <-- Rock 4 Autism benefit!
8/25/09: Modest Mouse at Aragon Ballroom, $29.25

8/26/09: Empires, Big Science and Pet Lions at Schubas, $10

8/28/09: Nine Inch Nails at Aragon Ballroom, $55
While I only know one NIN song, I love that one song SO much, it was my inspiration for starting this blog.

8/28/09: Loyal Divide at Beat Kitchen, $8/$10

8/29/09: Mucca Pazza at Bottom Lounge, $12

Also, some upcoming September shows I'm really excited for include Royal Bangs, Matt & Kim, and YACHT. :)