Lollapalooza 2010 and Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 came and went, but if the massive festivals were just too much for your feeble little body and out of your price range, don’t stress. Many Lollapalooza and Pitchfork acts have already booked return trips to the windy city.
Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed.
• The New York Times went and hung out at the newly re-opened Fireside Bowl in Logan Square.
• Fresh off a hot set at the Pitchfork Music Festival, Jon Spencer had a few choice words regarding “fucking asshole” Jim DeRogatis.
• Gaper’s Block took some time to chat with Jason Davis of the prolific Archeology
• The Smashing Pumpkins benefit concert at Metro for Madina Lake bassist Matthew Leone netted over $80K and featured an appearance from Gov. Pat Quinn.
• Andrew Bird wrote two new songs and the score to the soon to be released independent film “Norman.”
“Take Five” is a new interview series that will focus on Chicago’s ever-growing music scene by giving you insight on the city’s best local acts via the best source possible: the acts themselves. We ask five questions, and they give five answers. Here is the first installment featuring Chicago’s own Netherfriends
Netherfriends have been busy as of late with an ambitious “50 Songs in 50 States Tour” in which the Shawn Rosenblatt-lead indie, psych pop act are trying to play in all 50 states in one year. Additionally, they’re working to promote a brand new digital-only LP titled Barry and Sherry, and they’ve just released a video for the Barry and Sherry track “Brett Easton Ellis Novel”. Most impressive is how they’ve done all of this with no record label. Luckily, we found some time in Rosenblatt’s busy schedule for an interview the afternoon after his incredible opening performance to Pitchfork Music Fest’s hot and sweaty Saturday.
The Pitchfork Music Festival is a week behind us so I wanted to take a quick look back at what took place, and break down the various good and bad aspects of the fest.
It’s hard to argue that the event wasn’t a resounding success. Outside of the oppressive heat that always seems to show up around P4K weekend there are few major complaints from me and from what I gather most everyone else that attended.
Chicago’s CAVE provided a must needed adrenaline shot to Pitchfork Music Festival on Sunday morning. If there was one complaint about the Friday and Saturday’s schedules, aside from Liars set on Friday afternoon, there wasn’t much in terms of big, noisy, riffy rock. Luckily, even after a 15 minute delay to start the set because of the early afternoon downpour that caught everyone by surprise, CAVE plugged in and chugged away with their psych-leabing, prog-rock antics, which thrilled the crowd at the Balance stage. Here’s a video of the band performing their song “Teenager” from their latest release, Pure Moods. Also, be sure and catch the band on Saturday, August 7, at the Hideout. :
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:
That’s all she wrote. After three days of sunshine, music and a lot of heat, the 2010 edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival is in the bag. We’ve brought you complete coverage throughout the weekend of Day One and Day Two. Here’s where I give my thoughts about Day Three, and where you begin the countdown to next year’s Pitchfork Fest…
Lollapalooza 2010 and Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 came and went, but if the massive festivals were just too much for your feeble little body and out of your price range, don’t stress. Many Lollapalooza and Pitchfork acts have already booked return trips to the windy city.
