Chicagoist: Pitchfork Day 1: All Tomorrow's Parties

Bill V

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:18:18 -0600

Slint was fine, good musicians, too many slower parts of the album killed it for a lot of people. I'm not into hip-hop, would say Clipse and De La Soul were way more fun that GZA. Sonic Youth was way better than I thought they were going to be. Their set kicked ass for me.

Tankboy

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:49:24 -0600

#1 and #8, did you actually read the review, or yesterday's preview? If so, I'm not sure how you think I'm denigrating Slint in any way. My point is exactly that they HAVE been incredibly influential in the Chicago scene (some even praise / blame them for the WHOLE post-rock movement).

guest

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:43:15 -0600

I agree that Chicagoist really needs better music reviewers. If you view Slint's "Spiderland" as some far-away holy rare record, you really shouldn't be reviewing any music in Chicago. Although they were from Louisville, that Slint record has a lot to do with the infamous "Chicago post-rock" sound of 90's indie-rock. This isn't about having the "right" records or some hipster b.s., but if Chicagoist is gonna review something like Pitchfork, you should get a music writer with an understanding past the VHI/Rolling Stone history of rock, since that ain't where that festival is coming from.

giuseppe

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:31:33 -0600

I was a bit suprised to see no mention of how the DJ during GZA's set fucked up three or four times to the point of the set sucking. I mean they did stop two songs because of a skipping record and the DJ cutting one of the songs short.

guest

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:40:42 -0600

It's unclear to Guest what a Time Tuten is. Is it similar to "Darn Tootin!"? Regards, Guest

Tankboy

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:35:31 -0600

They were a tad impatient, since they had been made to wait quite a bit while the band's techs painstakingly set up the gear onstage. By the time Tim got up to introduce the band, he was met with lots of boos and few empty beer cups were flung his way.

Jocelyn Geboy

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:32:11 -0600

why was the sonic youth crowd "hostile?"

uremindmeofthebabe

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:13:23 -0600

I disagree with comments about the GZA. I think at minimum a 1/3 of the people were disinterested. yes, they shout along to "Wu Tang Wu Tang..." but familiarity with the material went no further and for these kids Wu Tang was certainly no defining moment in music. I agree that most people have only a vague idea of who Slint is and may have expected something different. I have rarely seen a band that was as synchronized as Sonic Youth. I guess that comes with being a 20 year old band. Even their noisy stuff all kind of mushed together well. It's exciting to see live tinkering with instruments that always has the potential to go very wrong.

guest

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:52:05 -0600

You know, the most annoying thing about the Chicagoist isn't the writers, or the stories, it is the commenters who won't shut up. If you want professional music reviews go read Rolling Stone. I, for one, appreciate getting reviews and pictures of the show the very next morning.

guest

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:17:24 -0600

Chicagoist really needs a better music reviewer. And who cares about backstage?