Pitch Fork ( Fuck New York part 3) Hello sylvia

A long one, strap in. So i ended up stuck in new york again. Some how those morally adept motherfuckers changed my direct flight to Chicago to 3 hours earlier than it should have been. So i had to take a flight to jfk first. Those rotten rotten motherfuckers. Did you know that almost all flight delays in north America are caused by the 3 airports in new york? those pretentious pieces of shit.

On the plane I was in an exit row and the man-stewardess asked if i could operate the door sort of jokingly. It is a joke because i never really need to know how to operate the door. There is such a small percentage of a chance that a plane accident happens, but if there is we're all fucked. A plane accident isn't scratching your dad's lexus in the 7-11 parking lot it's a couple of tons of Boeing manufactured steel full of people and jet fuel just sort of falling out of the sky. see ya.

Chicago is a beautiful city. Sylvia took me to the museum, asian food, down town, all around the l , the bean, and to all this cool stuff. We stayed at a hostel. Hostels are cool and weird. The bathroom smelled like old spice and cigarettes which is what jesus smelled like. So that was cool. I met a guy from new zealand who lives in ice land and for a living rips the assholes out of sheep.

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The show was pretty sweet. I am going to run-down the high-lights alphabetically. Overall the sound at the show was pretty bad, so pitchfork hire better sound guys. Um, the weather was cloudy ish, which was better then wicked hot. Also i think i saw everything American Apparel ever produced and a lot of pretentious fuckers, but in general people were nice/stoned.

-Black Lips- one of the most wild and dangerous things I've ever been a part of. I started off like 30 people back and when the first guitar chord was struck i was 2 people back. A guitar was destroyed during the first song and thrown in to the audience and shit never stopped from that point. They were really good and people moshed their hearts out. Their sixties sound made me feel like this was what it was like when distortion was first invented. Fucking nuts . I had my metal necklace ripped off. The band also incited a riot telling the crowd to rush the stage. The main singer shot a fire extinguisher at everything. Fucking great.

-Beiruit- Remember when you were 7 and creamed yourself when you first got Goldeneye? It was like that with horns. The drummer was all smiles probably because of the wonderful music being made. Zach Condon owned the crowd with his coy smile and messy hair. I've never heard louder cheers for a trumpet. Sorry highschool band kids that no one wanted to touch your penis. The bassist was really fucking good. They played as the sun set and it was wicked rad to see it with Sylvia.

-Bowerbirds- Why the fuck were you out of time? This is a REAL festival.

-Built to Spill- besides looking really bored they were sick. Lots of cool solos and stuff. Stab was amazing. The only song they played poorly was big dipper.

-The Duchess and The Duke- boring indie-folk with a male-female singer dynamic. good melodies

-Flaming Lips- If Jesus had a live show it would be like this . The band came out of a giant vagina. There were bouncing balls, girls dressed as rabbits, confetti, rabbit men, and ape, and wonder. It was fucking awesome they played all the good stuff. Maybe Wayne Coyne is God.

-Frightened Rabbit – Amazing. The drummer played his heart out and looked like a rabid wolf. The band really owned it. Very impressive set with great singing and guitar work They charmed the pants off the crowd with a couple of sad songs and shy Scottish accents.

-Fucked Up- Another 3 guitar attack but in a punk- hardcore way. The lead singer was a booty shaking fat man who bit and wore beachballs that were bouncing around the crowd. Very fun show the yelling and punk attitude was a nice change. The chick bassist was hot.

-Grizzly Bear- I don't like them . I am the only one. in the whole world. ever.

-M83- So Fucking amazing. I didn't expect the digital dance party to translate live, but it did. Anthony Gonzalez and some pretty girl aided by these huge musical machines with a mac on top made a european dance party. The drummer fucking kicked ass behind a plexiglass wall that allowed his drums to have cool effects. The only song that sounded shitty was their best song Kim and Jessie.

-Mae Shi- mediocre. Lots of bad semi-singing over digital bleeps. Run to your grave was pretty alright.

-Matt and Kim- Sucked. The sound was so bad (not their fault). Also no one cares about your stories because they are not good or funny. This isn't a basement show. I like you on record your perky fuckers.

- Pains of being Pure at heart- like a sad tilly and the wall if the dude sang the whole time. wicked cute keyboard chick who can't sing

-Ponytail- energy in band form. The charm city band was so much fun. The little lead singer danced all over, you didn't know what she was yelping but you didn't care. The 2 guitarists traded solos while the drums provided the beat and only bottom (no bass).

-The Thermals- The singer looked like Stu from mad t.v. which was wicked distracting. Sylvia pointed that out. He wore a pink polo shirt and looked like a middle schooler in a band. I like them but they were real bad live. The singing was pretty awful. The cool black bassist chich did her best to hold it down.

-Yeasayer- whatever.

- Yo La Tengo- Sort of like seeing a Larry bird play in his final seasons, still amazing but clearly old. The band a was a little messy but otherwise kicked ass. Ira kaplan at one point really fucking shredded a guitar and tuned and detuned it during a solo and then traded it out for a tuned one to finish the solo. bad ass. Sugar Cube was great.



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