It's a little late, but here it goes.
Albums
tUnE-YarDs - w h o k i l l
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
Cut Copy - Zonoscope
James Blake - James Blake
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
Honorable Mentions
Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings for My Halo
The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Panda Bear - Tomboy
G- Side - The ONE.. COHESIVE
Some Things to Listen To
Cults - Cults
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
The Antlers - Burst Apart
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
The Weeknd - House of Balloons
Some Things I'm Looking Forward To
Kimya Dawson - Thunder Thighs
Das Racist - RELAX
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Moonface - Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Pitchfork After-Parties
FRIDAY 7/15/2011
Official Pitchfork After-Party
Das Racist/Smith Westerns/ Pitchfork DJs
Doors 10 PM - Lincoln Hall - 18+ - SOLD OUT
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Sun Airway/ PS I Love You
Doors 11 PM - Schubas Tavern - 18+ - $12/$6 with wristband
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Gang Gang Dance/Nguzunguzu
Doors 10 PM - Empty Bottle - 21+ - $15
SATURDAY 7/16/2011
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Moonface/Shabazz Palaces
Doors 10:30 PM - Lincoln Hall - 18+ - $15
Official Pitchfork After-Party (all DJ sets)
Deerhunter/Twin Shadow/Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti/Pitchfork DJs
Doors 10 PM - Beauty Bar - $5
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Kurt Vile and the Violators/Woods/Arc in Round
Doors 9:30 PM - the Subterranean - 17+ - $15
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
John Maus/Twin Sister
Doors 11 PM - Schubas Tavern - 18+ - $14/$7 with wristband
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Cages/Anatomy of Heart
Doors 7 PM - Empty Bottle - 21+ -$5/FREE with wristband
SUNDAY 7/17/2011
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Yuck/Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Doors 10:30 PM - Schubas Tavern - 18+ - $14/$7 with wristband
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Fresh & Onlys/Brain Idea/Paperhead
Doors 9:30 PM - Empty Bottle - 21+ - $10
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Real Estate/Dent May
Doors 9:30 PM - Subterranean - 17+ - $12
See also this three day event at the Cobra Lounge
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I am personally attending Das Racist/Smith Westerns and Moonface/Shabazz Palaces.
Check back later for more updates!
Official Pitchfork After-Party
Das Racist/Smith Westerns/ Pitchfork DJs
Doors 10 PM - Lincoln Hall - 18+ - SOLD OUT
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Sun Airway/ PS I Love You
Doors 11 PM - Schubas Tavern - 18+ - $12/$6 with wristband
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Gang Gang Dance/Nguzunguzu
Doors 10 PM - Empty Bottle - 21+ - $15
SATURDAY 7/16/2011
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Moonface/Shabazz Palaces
Doors 10:30 PM - Lincoln Hall - 18+ - $15
Official Pitchfork After-Party (all DJ sets)
Deerhunter/Twin Shadow/Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti/Pitchfork DJs
Doors 10 PM - Beauty Bar - $5
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Kurt Vile and the Violators/Woods/Arc in Round
Doors 9:30 PM - the Subterranean - 17+ - $15
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
John Maus/Twin Sister
Doors 11 PM - Schubas Tavern - 18+ - $14/$7 with wristband
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Cages/Anatomy of Heart
Doors 7 PM - Empty Bottle - 21+ -$5/FREE with wristband
SUNDAY 7/17/2011
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Yuck/Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Doors 10:30 PM - Schubas Tavern - 18+ - $14/$7 with wristband
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Fresh & Onlys/Brain Idea/Paperhead
Doors 9:30 PM - Empty Bottle - 21+ - $10
Unofficial Pitchfork After-Party
Real Estate/Dent May
Doors 9:30 PM - Subterranean - 17+ - $12
See also this three day event at the Cobra Lounge
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I am personally attending Das Racist/Smith Westerns and Moonface/Shabazz Palaces.
Check back later for more updates!
Monday, July 11, 2011
Pitchfork Picks
Pitchfork is less than a week away and it's time to finalize some of these decisions. I am under the assumption that Green is the main stage, Red the second stage in the main arena, and Blue the back stage.
My main plan for Friday is to paint my face like Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs when she was recently in Minneapolis. Getting established at Blue stage early means no EMA or Battles, but we will likely see Battles this fall in Minneapolis. I am a big fan of Das Racist and James Blake, but I'm not sure a short festival set is how I want to see them for the first time. Instead we're gonna transfer to Green stage and watch Thurston Moore from a distance. From there we can either camp at Green and get decent spots for Guided by Voices and Animal Collective or move between the two main stages to get closer to Neko Case. Animal Collective should have a great light show from anywhere and be playing mostly new music. If we work our way back gradually we can get out and get to the Das Racist/Smith Westerns after-party while the intro DJs are still playing.
Saturday is a bit more of moving around, starting off relaxed with some Woods at Red stage. With the recent set switching of No Age and Gang Gang Dance, we can now see G-Side at Blue and have plenty of time to watch the end of No Age from a distance and get established at Green for Gang Gang Dance, who I have very high hopes for. Following the dance outside in the summer vibe, we're gonna watch Destroyer at Red and get a good spot for DJ Shadow's set, which I have high hopes for. If the mood hits us we can catch a glimpse of Zola Jesus at Blue, then head to Fleet Foxes, who should be good from any distance.
Sunday we're setting up for How to Dress Well, which might be hit or miss, and then heading straight for Kurt Vile, who is playing an after-party Saturday night that we aren't going to. Depending on the energy of the crowd, we're gonna try to move in on Odd Future. They're a group we'd love to see, but the crowd will likely be rough at any venue. I would recommend seeing Shabazz Palaces at this time, but we're catching him at the Moonface show Saturday night. I have seen both Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Baths live, and think that Baths will put on a better show at the small stage. From there we're gonna move to Red in hopes of being close for Cut Copy, since we are also seeing TV on the Radio this fall.
A complete list of our tentative schedule follows. Any bands listed as "from a distance" are bands we plan to watch while camped at the other main stage. Make sure to have time to enjoy the incredible food and, of course, Flatstock!
My main plan for Friday is to paint my face like Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs when she was recently in Minneapolis. Getting established at Blue stage early means no EMA or Battles, but we will likely see Battles this fall in Minneapolis. I am a big fan of Das Racist and James Blake, but I'm not sure a short festival set is how I want to see them for the first time. Instead we're gonna transfer to Green stage and watch Thurston Moore from a distance. From there we can either camp at Green and get decent spots for Guided by Voices and Animal Collective or move between the two main stages to get closer to Neko Case. Animal Collective should have a great light show from anywhere and be playing mostly new music. If we work our way back gradually we can get out and get to the Das Racist/Smith Westerns after-party while the intro DJs are still playing.
Saturday is a bit more of moving around, starting off relaxed with some Woods at Red stage. With the recent set switching of No Age and Gang Gang Dance, we can now see G-Side at Blue and have plenty of time to watch the end of No Age from a distance and get established at Green for Gang Gang Dance, who I have very high hopes for. Following the dance outside in the summer vibe, we're gonna watch Destroyer at Red and get a good spot for DJ Shadow's set, which I have high hopes for. If the mood hits us we can catch a glimpse of Zola Jesus at Blue, then head to Fleet Foxes, who should be good from any distance.
Sunday we're setting up for How to Dress Well, which might be hit or miss, and then heading straight for Kurt Vile, who is playing an after-party Saturday night that we aren't going to. Depending on the energy of the crowd, we're gonna try to move in on Odd Future. They're a group we'd love to see, but the crowd will likely be rough at any venue. I would recommend seeing Shabazz Palaces at this time, but we're catching him at the Moonface show Saturday night. I have seen both Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Baths live, and think that Baths will put on a better show at the small stage. From there we're gonna move to Red in hopes of being close for Cut Copy, since we are also seeing TV on the Radio this fall.
A complete list of our tentative schedule follows. Any bands listed as "from a distance" are bands we plan to watch while camped at the other main stage. Make sure to have time to enjoy the incredible food and, of course, Flatstock!
FRIDAY
3:20 - Gatekeeper - Blue4:30 - TuNe-YarDs - Blue
Eat & Move to Green
5:30 - Thurston Moore - Red from a distance
6:25 - Guided By Voices - Green Stage
7:20 - Neko Case - Red from a distance
8:30 - Animal Collective - Green Stage
AFTER-PARTY
Das Racist/Smith Westerns/P4K DJs
Doors 10:00 Lincoln Hall
SATURDAY
Lunch @ gate open & Move to Red
1:00 - Julianna Barwick - Green from a distance
1:45 - Woods - Red
2:50 - G-Side - Blue
Shopping
Shopping
4:15 - Gang Gang Dance - Green
5:15 - Destroyer - Red
Eat & Move to Red
6:15 - Dismemberment Plan - Green from a distance
7:25 - DJ Shadow - Red
8:10 - Zola Jesus
8:30 - Fleet Foxes
AFTER-PARTY
Moonface/Shabazz Palaces
Doors 10:30 Lincoln Hall
SUNDAY
Lunch @ gate open & Move to Blue
1:00 - Darkstar - Blue
1:55 - How to Dress Well - Blue
2:30 - Kurt Vile - Green
3:20 - Odd Future - Red (3:45 - Shabazz Palaces - Blue)
4:45 - Baths - Blue
Eat, Shop & Move to Red
6:15 - Deerhunter - Green from a distance
7:25 - Cut Copy - Red
8:30 - TV on the Radio - Green
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