Tag: Pitchfork Music Festival

Pitchfork Music Festival artist spotlight: LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem shocked the world a bit when they announced they were done creating music a few years ago.  They shocked the world again by announcing not only new shows, but also a new upcoming album this year.  Among the new shows is a Friday night performance at the Pitchfork Music Festival.

I’ve wanted to see LCD Soundsystem for several years now.  Their blend of electro, new wave, straight-up rock grooves, and biting, satirical lyrics are a great combination.  I’ve been told by friends that they put on a great show, and even clips of them performing on late night talk shows are sharp.  It should be a packed house (or rather, park) for them on July 14th.

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Pitchfork Music Festival artist spotlight: Danny Brown

Detroit’s Danny Brown is a rapper, storyteller, and outsider artist.  His unique delivery immediately gets your attention.  It’s easy to dismiss him as a guy who mostly raps about drugs and drink, but you’ll find out he’s layered like an onion if you pay attention.  Many of his songs deal with his admitted drug addictions, the agony they put on him and his family, and the trappings of celebrity.  He is brutal in his honesty, which puts him far ahead of the pack.  Clips of his live sets look like crazy shows, and I’m sure his July 14th set at the Pitchfork Music Festival won’t disappoint.  I’d like to meet and thank him for his pure expression.  We don’t get enough of that in music nowadays.

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Pitchfork Music Festival artist spotlight: Thurston Moore Group

Thurston Moore doesn’t need much introduction.  The former lead singer and guitarist of Sonic Youth has influenced more bands and musicians than we can probably count and is a guitar hero to many (much to his chagrin, I’ve heard).  His new band puts out great “wall of sound” fuzz rock, and I’d hoped to catch them at Levitation Austin in 2016, but that was cancelled due to bad weather.  He’ll be performing at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 14th, so it will be good to catch up with him.

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Pitchfork Music Festival artist spotlight: Madame Gandhi


Madame Gandhi is an electronic artist and feminist activist from Los Angeles.  She’s played drums for M.I.A. and is an accomplished musician in her own right. She has a neat style that mixes electro with trip-hop that I really dig; and, go figure, her beats are sick.  She opens the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 14th with a 1:30pm set.

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Pitchfork Music Festival artist spotlight: Priests

Washington D.C. punks Priests have unleashed a lot of post-punk / no wave protest music in the last year, and the world is better for it.  They’re smack dab in the middle of the current political climate’s hotbed, and they’re not just speaking out, they’re shouting out.  A lot of their songs build to high tension, which is an apt reflection for much of the country right now.

Priests open the Green Stage at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 14th.  It’s sure to be a raucous way to start the day.

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Pitchfork Music Festival announces full 2017 lineup.

Chicago’s annual Pitchfork Music Festival has announced its full lineup for 2017.  As usual, it’s an interesting mix of artists and genres.

At first glance, the most exciting picks for me are LCD Soundsystem, the Thurston Moore Group, A Tribe Called Quest, P.J. Harvey, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, SURVIVE, Nicolas Jaar, The Avalanches, Derrick Carter, and NE-HI.

Ticket prices have gone up at least $25.00 since the announcement and will go up more as the festival dates get closer, so don’t wait.

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