Sometimes making music can be much like making a great culinary dish. You have the ingredients, you decide on the quantities to use, the quality of products to place in the dish, and all of this results in the essential decision on how finished or high-end the result will be. Sometimes you want something on the higher end of the spectrum like fougeres and then there are times you are just happy eating something easy and no-frills but delicious like hamburger helper. Yeah, there is a lot in-between the two, but as much can be said for each end of the scale. more ›

The Pitchfork Music Festival rolled to a triumphant close yesterday with a much-delayed set by Cut Copy literally stealing the show from the headlining Spoon. A few scheduling changes led to minor confusion between crowds from time-to time, but the organizers did a good job of trying to constantly remind people where they should be and when from the various on-stage announcements delivered by either Tim Tuten or Damon Locks throughout the day. It was also the dryest and warmest day of the weekend, but folks were looking out for each other and helped each other cope with the bright heat that settled over Union Park. more ›