Chicagoist: Pitchfork Music Festival Recap: Day Three

E

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:04:46 -0600

Brandon from Deerhunter?

Marcus Gilmer

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:19:16 -0600

jmagic - also, the "info day of the game" claim is kinda ridonkulous. It was info TB got AFTER CC landed and made it to Union Park.

lamgray

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:58:09 -0600

PS Cut Copy played the Download fest in San Fran this weekend too, hense the travelling.

Stephen

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:41:59 -0600

Tankboy, you should know by now that any respectable blogger doesn't name sources. That's what keeps teh intarweb interesting and fact-free. Name-dropper :-)

Tankboy

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:05:19 -0600

Um, jmagic, how is identifying my source to clarify an issue name-dropping? Now if I were to tell you how Scott Kannberg grabbed me backstage and complimented me on my Pavement t-shirt, then you could accuse me of name-dropping. Oh, wait.

jmagic

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:01:33 -0600

"I talked to the guys in Cut Copy afterward and they were stuck on the tarmac for 5 hours" not only do you name drop - you provide us with information that would have been important day of game -- whatever, the Avalanches would have been a much better show.

lamgray

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:36:27 -0600

zac - Most likely b/c they played another show or fest the eve before. Spoon headlined the evening before in Denver and flew in the day of the show too.

zacatx

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:07:26 -0600

I don't understand why Cut Copy didn't fly in the night before. You would think coming from Australia you would want to make sure you got acclimated to the time change and also make sure you got there on time. Even if they did sit on the tarmac for five hours... they could have come in the night before and saved themselves the hassle. Anyway, they were still entertaining, but it was a real big let down over all.

ricky

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:03:29 -0600

Ghostface sucks and needs to move on in life.

HateBrianClub

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:38:04 -0600

No love for Ghostface and Raekwon?

Marcus Gilmer

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:00:41 -0600

The first announcement anyone at the stage heard was when Brandon from Deerhunter came out to announce it, which was, as noted, around 40-45 minutes after Cut Copy was supposed to start. Of course, to be fair, Bon Iver didn't finish until around 8:20 or so (5 minutes before CC was to play).

hotwater30

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:23:29 -0600

The B stage was running behind all day. My wife was seriously bummed to miss Cut Copy, the one band she was really excited about. We waited around for awhile, but no announcement. We bailed to get home due to babysitting arrangements. Lame.

Stephen

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:01:35 -0600

I talked to the guys in Cut Copy afterward and they were stuck on the tarmac for 5 hours And this information couldn't be communicated to the folks at Pitchfork earlier? Pitchfork couldn't communicate this to the audience earlier? Someone dropped the ball, for sure. That announcement wasn't made until Spoon was already playing (fully 40 mins after Cut Copy was supposed to have taken the stage). I didn't even know Cut Copy played until this morning, and I would have much rather seen them than Spoon. Based on all the gushing reviews people are giving about them, it sounds like I missed out big time.

JoeM500

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:28 -0600

Dinosaur Jr played an amazing set, which reminded us how everyone ripped off their sound in the early 90's. King Khan and Boris were also very good. I survived another day without ever hearing a song by Spoon.

Tankboy

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:44:26 -0600

I talked to the guys in Cut Copy afterward and they were stuck on the tarmac for 5 hours ... had they're flight left even close to on-time, they would have had no problem getting to the festival.

rkdb

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:39:16 -0600

Cut Copy needs a better manager - the airport delay sounded a little bogus ! They sign up to perform at pitchfork and schedule a flight that close to a show. Poor planning does not show allot of respect to your fans ! When they did perform they sound was not that loud and they did little to change up the songs ! For a sophomore act they were not that great on stage.

smussy

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:15:53 -0600

i've only seen spiritualized once, and it was at the ... vic? it was definitely a different experience being enclosed with the show culminating in a crazy-ass light show. i definitely would rather see him/them at a smaller space rather than at a festival from here on out.

ack

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:47:16 -0600

My Les Savy Fav moment was closing with 'Precision Auto'. Holy Crap.

Tankboy

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:31:30 -0600

I also liked when he was trying to get the Sears Tower to "come closer."

tc3

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:29:15 -0600

Tim Harrington doing his Oscar the Grouch impression was the high point of the day.