Brooklyn outfit Liars played a vivacious set of abrasive, art rock tunes in their late afternoon set at Pitchfork Music Festival last Friday, July 16. They were the first act of the day to bring some noisy antics to the Festival after two singer-songwriters and a hip-hop group. One of the highlights of their performance was when they covered Bauhaus’ “In the Flat Field” from the 1980 album of the same name. We’ve got the sun soaked video for you to check it right here:
Chicago’s Killer Moon is the latest to be featured on the local video series Giant System, which captures local acts in their most natural habitat – the practice space. Killer Moon seems to have an affinity for 1960′s-era acid rock as their reverbed guitar, bass throbbing rock takes a slow burning journey through mind altering territory. Make sure to catch the band’s psychedelics to Metal Shaker on Saturday, July 24. Check out the video below:
Holy smokes! Did you know Pitchfork Music Festival starts tomorrow?!? In honor of this fact, let’s do the time-warp all the wayyyy back to…2009. Ah, yes, July 2009. The Gulf of Mexico was mostly oil-free, LeBron James’ heart was still in Cleveland and the Jesus Lizard had reunited for their first Chicago gig in years. And did they ever. Possibly the best Pitchfork Music Fest performance of the its brief history, the Jesus Lizard, fronted by homicidal madman David Yow, absolutely killed and left the hipster kids cowering in the dark recesses of Union Park…until Yo La Tengo calmed their nerves. There are tons of YouTube clips of the Jesus Lizard’s performance that day, but I think this clip of Yow stage diving during “Seasick” pretty much sums up the entire experience. Enjoy:
Despite having finished touring in support of their latest release, Hello Ambition!, Chicago electro-indie rock duo Coltrane Motion have just released a brand new clip for their tune, “Please Call it a Comeback”. The song is builder that begins tempered synth lines that eventually lead up to a busy, electronic-tinged jam-out finish. This Milk Products Media-directed video features a lonely man whose botched suicide attempts leads to a massive celebration. It’s positive stuff here, people. Be sure to catch Coltrane Motion at Schubas on Thursday, July 22. Now check out the clip:
We’ve kept you up-to-date on indie-psych outfit Netherfriends, brainchild of Chicagoan Shawn Rosenblatt, and their attempt to play in all 50 states. Well, we now have footage of this ambitious project. Here’s Netherfriends taking it to a house show in Richmond, VA, with his older material such as “Tac Tac” from 2008′s Feathers and Dots and “Mom Cop” and “Really” from 2009′s Calling You Out. Neverfriends’ newest release, Barry and Sherry, is currently available for download at Netherfriends.bandcamp.com. Be sure and catch Netherfriends at Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 on Saturday, July 17, on the (b)alance stage at 1:00 p.m.! Now check out the video:
We previously tipped you off to the fact that Beck has enlisted Thurston Moore and Chicago post-rock heroes Tortoise to join him for his next Record Club project. Well, word came out two weeks back that it was Yanni’s Live At The Acropolis that would be rerecorded this time around. And while the first video lacked Tortoise, they’re extremely prominent in this new video featuring a noisy, nearly free-jazz take on Live At The Acropolis‘s track two “Keys To Imagination“. Have at it Beck and friends:
Here’s an awesome video of Chicago dreamy shoegazers Panda Riot rocking the Subterranean during the huge triple bill show earlier this month with Sissy Mena and Apteka. The clip finds Panda Riot making quite a ruckus as they move right along from their song “Suspense Kiss” into “Motown Glass”, the tune for which we debuted the video back in March. Be sure to catch Panda Riot rock the Darkroom on Sunday, July 18, for a post-Pitchfork Music Festival party!
