(photo by Kate Gardiner/NewsHour)
And Yawnfork continues. Sad to say, the first part of day two at the Pitchfork Music Festival has continued in the sleepy spirit of Friday, with nothing as yet to energize a sold-out crowd of 18,000 baking in the 92-degree heat.
(photo by Kate Gardiner/NewsHour)
Day two ended with the uneven mix of a few highs and a whole lot of lows that has characterized the fifth (or sixth) annual Pitchfork Music Festival, the weakest to date -- though there's still the hope that day three will redeem 2010 tomorrow.
(photo by Kate Gardiner/NewsHour)
In 2008, touring in support of their first album "The Airing of Grievances," Patrick Stickles and his bandmates delivered an edgy set of twisted art-punk. With the release of their second album, the historical concept effort "The Monitor," their sound has taken a turn toward simpler song structures with anthemic choruses and dramatic dynamic shifts -- a sound, needless to say, ideally suited for motivating a bored, over-heated crowd in the wide-open spaces of a baseball field.
(photo by Kate Gardiner/NewsHour)
And Yawnfork continues.
Sad to say, the first part of day two at the Pitchfork Music Festival has continued in the sleepy spirit of Friday, with nothing as yet to energize a sold-out crowd of 18,000 baking in the 92-degree heat.
While we're in the full-on Pitchfork mode, and because a couple of readers have emailed with questions about my thoughts on past festivals, here are some links to my festival coverage in years past. (I'm missing a few, it seems, but blame the beyond-sketchy quality of my former employer's Web site.)
Robyn at Pitchfork Music Festival (Photo by Kate Gardiner/NewsHour)
The first serious signs of life on day one of Pitchfork 2010 came courtesy of the 31-year-old native of Stockholm, Sweden, Robin Miriam Carlsson, better known simply as the dance-pop artist Robyn.
Bounding about onstage as if she was leading an aerobics class, Robyn’s defiantly retro, synth-laden grooves and chant-along choruses were nothing new: Think of Cyndi Lauper fronting an amalgam of every ridiculously coiffed English pop band in heavy rotation on MTV circa 1984. But the sheer exuberance of it all was invigorating and undeniable, and the sun-baked crowd came to life as the unassuming Everywoman led them through a high-octane workout.
Lollapalooza can have Lady Gaga. Robyn owned day one of Pitchfork.
Broken Social Scene (Photo by Kate Gardiner/NewsHour)
