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Post by thepiratepenguin on Jul 23, 2023 21:53:25 GMT -5
Definitely not a Bon Iver set for the old-heads, but every time I hear Justin's voice, I sit in wonder about how someone's voice sounds like that. Just angelic.
Mdou Moctar is sick. He was a random downtime catch for me at No Picnic last year and fully won me over.
If they were the last set of the day for anyone it was the perfect way to go out. Just smiles all around and great energy.
Today really felt like a signature day at the fest. Warm weather but not suffocating. Lines for things still were not crazy long at any point. The most Pitchfork of scheduling was Rachika Nayar into Lucrecia Dalt with Florist overlapping. Blue Stage was def the spot to be at all day especially with the Palm addition. They need to go back to either having an earlier Blue act or a proper stage closer against the headliner.
you all (didn't) ask for it!!! here's my words on the other bands I saw last weekend:
It's hard to talk about Saturday without talking about the weather delays that happened. Of course, there's not much the festival can do if they're ordered to stand down...except they can decide when the music stops and when to evacuate. I thought this part was handled poorly: in years past, when a weather delay happened, they evacuated everyone immediately but this year they just stopped the music without warning multiple times and let everyone mill about anyway. pretty dumb! I complained about it in the survey so I won't relitigate much, but here's my thoughts on all the Saturday bands anyway:
-700 Bliss: I caught a bit of this set and I think the main takeaway is that given how serious a lot of her music is, I think people forget Moor Mother has a sense of humor, too. Upon finishing one song, she surveyed the crowd and said "Everyone here has a PhD" and almost one laughed. come on!
-Black Belt Eagle Scout: yeah the crowd for this set was enormous too, which was pretty inspiring. I really liked this set. This is unfair on my end, but because BBES guested at last year's uninspiring Sleater-Kinney set at Riot Fest, I assumed this set was going to be pretty boring too, but it reminded a lot more of say, 2017 Japanese Breakfast, where there's a dreamier/folkier end to the music that's obviously present but the guitar tones are a lot heavier than you expected. So overall I was really surprised, which I liked!
-MJ Lenderman: At this set I was mostly thinking about how much I love pedal steel guitar, which really surprised me in a real turn of events from when I was a teenager. First set of the weekend with two drummers for those keeping score at home.
-Yaya Bey: She was so high during this set lol, and I think that resulted in a lot of short songs being dragged out longer than they might have needed to be. But even then, I had a lot of fun at this. She was funny and the album was good so it was hard to miss!
-Charlotte/Bolis: yeah yeah I liked this, blah blah blah, but I think what's more telling is that usually after a festival ends I don't want to listen to any music at all, but in the past few days I've mostly just wanted to listen to songs from Topical Dancer. If you listen to the lyrics, you know that Charlotte is naturally funny and charismatic, but what I thought was more telling is that in YouTube videos I've seen Bolis has mostly just stood behind his synths; at this show, during "Ceci n'est pas un cliché" he walked right up to the front of the stage to play that instantly-memorable riff. It's important for the synth guys to have presence too, as we'll see soon.
---Sunday---
Ariel Zetina: I, like pretty much anyone who goes to clubs in Chicago, have seen Ariel Zetina quite a few times, so I wasn't sure to expect when she said she was preparing a live/DJ hybrid set. But I'm glad we got this. The songs themselves were pretty straightforward, with the either catchy or annoying tendency of ballroom/house songs to repeat the same hook over and over and over again, but seeing Ariel dance to the songs with a crew of the finest local performers, from Cae Monae to Angelica Grace, felt special.
Palm: I also saw a bit of Palm!
Rachika Nayar: Up until the moment Rachika dropped an amen break about 40 minutes into the set, everything about this set felt cinematic, from the string drone notes to the heavily strummed ambient guitar. hopefully someone realizes this soon and gives her a lot of money to do a really good movie score!
Lucrecia Dalt: garageland had been hyping this set up for months for me, so I felt like I was letting him down when I thought this set was just good and not life-changing. But it was worth it to check it out, if not for the very unusual drumming setup (which was sort of Battles-like) over the ambient textures of the set.
-Jockstrap:
edit: oh yeah I forgot to mention Taylor Skye had basically no presence as a synth guy. God bless Georgia Ellery for putting all the work as a live band lol
-JPEGMAFIA: I'd never seen Peggy before, and unfortunately, I was super fucking exhausted by this point, trying to basically nap in the shade of the rails at the Red stage. which is a shame, because although this set was plagued with technical difficulties, it was a lot of fun. I get why he and Danny Brown make such a good combo: in spite of any past fuckups, Danny Brown is still a really good technical rapper live, and JPEG in spite of his goofiness manages to keep things on track and professional.
-Illuminati Hotties: I love this band on record. Why are they so disappointing live? Sarah Tudzin is clearly funny and has the charisma to be a good live performer, but I don't think it clicks and everyone I've spoken to feels the same. I think it's because the songs are too slow live, but I don't think it can *just* be that, right?
-Killer Mike: Didn't catch a whole lot but while the new album sucked shit but the live concept of having him backed up by four gospel singers was great.
-Hurray For the Riff Raff: This is the inverse of Illuminati Hotties, in a way: I didn't like their new album but live the songs were really good. I think I said to pmo something to the effect of we were all bobbing our head and dancing a lot to these really serious songs about the evils of ICE and fentanyl overdoses.
-Kelela: I was hoping that she was going to overcome how boring her new album was with a really good live performance like she had in the past. I was wrong!
-Mdou Moctar: This dude is an amazing guitarist, you already know that, but now that I was further back and unable to pay attention to him as close I was able to appreciate how good the rhythm section in his band is. It takes a lot of talent to keep up with a performer like that!
-Bon Iver: I was entranced by the lights and the quality of the band and even by how good Bon Iver's hyper-manipulated voice sounded live and then on Monday I looked at the lyrics to "715 - CRΣΣKS" and remembered he put so much effort into making the lyrics "Goddamn, turn around now, you're my A-Team" sound beautiful.
you all (didn't) ask for it!!! here's my words on the other bands I saw last weekend:
It's hard to talk about Saturday without talking about the weather delays that happened. Of course, there's not much the festival can do if they're ordered to stand down...except they can decide when the music stops and when to evacuate. I thought this part was handled poorly: in years past, when a weather delay happened, they evacuated everyone immediately but this year they just stopped the music without warning multiple times and let everyone mill about anyway. pretty dumb! I complained about it in the survey so I won't relitigate much, but here's my thoughts on all the Saturday bands anyway:
-700 Bliss: I caught a bit of this set and I think the main takeaway is that given how serious a lot of her music is, I think people forget Moor Mother has a sense of humor, too. Upon finishing one song, she surveyed the crowd and said "Everyone here has a PhD" and almost one laughed. come on!
-Black Belt Eagle Scout: yeah the crowd for this set was enormous too, which was pretty inspiring. I really liked this set. This is unfair on my end, but because BBES guested at last year's uninspiring Sleater-Kinney set at Riot Fest, I assumed this set was going to be pretty boring too, but it reminded a lot more of say, 2017 Japanese Breakfast, where there's a dreamier/folkier end to the music that's obviously present but the guitar tones are a lot heavier than you expected. So overall I was really surprised, which I liked!
-MJ Lenderman: At this set I was mostly thinking about how much I love pedal steel guitar, which really surprised me in a real turn of events from when I was a teenager. First set of the weekend with two drummers for those keeping score at home.
-Yaya Bey: She was so high during this set lol, and I think that resulted in a lot of short songs being dragged out longer than they might have needed to be. But even then, I had a lot of fun at this. She was funny and the album was good so it was hard to miss!
-Charlotte/Bolis: yeah yeah I liked this, blah blah blah, but I think what's more telling is that usually after a festival ends I don't want to listen to any music at all, but in the past few days I've mostly just wanted to listen to songs from Topical Dancer. If you listen to the lyrics, you know that Charlotte is naturally funny and charismatic, but what I thought was more telling is that in YouTube videos I've seen Bolis has mostly just stood behind his synths; at this show, during "Ceci n'est pas un cliché" he walked right up to the front of the stage to play that instantly-memorable riff. It's important for the synth guys to have presence too, as we'll see soon.
---Sunday---
Ariel Zetina: I, like pretty much anyone who goes to clubs in Chicago, have seen Ariel Zetina quite a few times, so I wasn't sure to expect when she said she was preparing a live/DJ hybrid set. But I'm glad we got this. The songs themselves were pretty straightforward, with the either catchy or annoying tendency of ballroom/house songs to repeat the same hook over and over and over again, but seeing Ariel dance to the songs with a crew of the finest local performers, from Cae Monae to Angelica Grace, felt special.
Palm: I also saw a bit of Palm!
Rachika Nayar: Up until the moment Rachika dropped an amen break about 40 minutes into the set, everything about this set felt cinematic, from the string drone notes to the heavily strummed ambient guitar. hopefully someone realizes this soon and gives her a lot of money to do a really good movie score!
Lucrecia Dalt: garageland had been hyping this set up for months for me, so I felt like I was letting him down when I thought this set was just good and not life-changing. But it was worth it to check it out, if not for the very unusual drumming setup (which was sort of Battles-like) over the ambient textures of the set.
-Jockstrap:
edit: oh yeah I forgot to mention Taylor Skye had basically no presence as a synth guy. God bless Georgia Ellery for putting all the work as a live band lol
-JPEGMAFIA: I'd never seen Peggy before, and unfortunately, I was super fucking exhausted by this point, trying to basically nap in the shade of the rails at the Red stage. which is a shame, because although this set was plagued with technical difficulties, it was a lot of fun. I get why he and Danny Brown make such a good combo: in spite of any past fuckups, Danny Brown is still a really good technical rapper live, and JPEG in spite of his goofiness manages to keep things on track and professional.
-Illuminati Hotties: I love this band on record. Why are they so disappointing live? Sarah Tudzin is clearly funny and has the charisma to be a good live performer, but I don't think it clicks and everyone I've spoken to feels the same. I think it's because the songs are too slow live, but I don't think it can *just* be that, right?
-Killer Mike: Didn't catch a whole lot but while the new album sucked shit but the live concept of having him backed up by four gospel singers was great.
-Hurray For the Riff Raff: This is the inverse of Illuminati Hotties, in a way: I didn't like their new album but live the songs were really good. I think I said to pmo something to the effect of we were all bobbing our head and dancing a lot to these really serious songs about the evils of ICE and fentanyl overdoses.
-Kelela: I was hoping that she was going to overcome how boring her new album was with a really good live performance like she had in the past. I was wrong!
-Mdou Moctar: This dude is an amazing guitarist, you already know that, but now that I was further back and unable to pay attention to him as close I was able to appreciate how good the rhythm section in his band is. It takes a lot of talent to keep up with a performer like that!
-Bon Iver: I was entranced by the lights and the quality of the band and even by how good Bon Iver's hyper-manipulated voice sounded live and then on Monday I looked at the lyrics to "715 - CRΣΣKS" and remembered he put so much effort into making the lyrics "Goddamn, turn around now, you're my A-Team" sound beautiful.
My high of the whole weekend was walking unnecessarily far to wait out the delays on Saturday drinking margaritas that I thought were delicious and you thought were shit.
Last Edit: Jul 26, 2023 22:24:27 GMT -5 by pmo - Back to Top
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you all (didn't) ask for it!!! here's my words on the other bands I saw last weekend:
It's hard to talk about Saturday without talking about the weather delays that happened. Of course, there's not much the festival can do if they're ordered to stand down...except they can decide when the music stops and when to evacuate. I thought this part was handled poorly: in years past, when a weather delay happened, they evacuated everyone immediately but this year they just stopped the music without warning multiple times and let everyone mill about anyway. pretty dumb! I complained about it in the survey so I won't relitigate much, but here's my thoughts on all the Saturday bands anyway:
-700 Bliss: I caught a bit of this set and I think the main takeaway is that given how serious a lot of her music is, I think people forget Moor Mother has a sense of humor, too. Upon finishing one song, she surveyed the crowd and said "Everyone here has a PhD" and almost one laughed. come on!
-Black Belt Eagle Scout: yeah the crowd for this set was enormous too, which was pretty inspiring. I really liked this set. This is unfair on my end, but because BBES guested at last year's uninspiring Sleater-Kinney set at Riot Fest, I assumed this set was going to be pretty boring too, but it reminded a lot more of say, 2017 Japanese Breakfast, where there's a dreamier/folkier end to the music that's obviously present but the guitar tones are a lot heavier than you expected. So overall I was really surprised, which I liked!
-MJ Lenderman: At this set I was mostly thinking about how much I love pedal steel guitar, which really surprised me in a real turn of events from when I was a teenager. First set of the weekend with two drummers for those keeping score at home.
-Yaya Bey: She was so high during this set lol, and I think that resulted in a lot of short songs being dragged out longer than they might have needed to be. But even then, I had a lot of fun at this. She was funny and the album was good so it was hard to miss!
-Charlotte/Bolis: yeah yeah I liked this, blah blah blah, but I think what's more telling is that usually after a festival ends I don't want to listen to any music at all, but in the past few days I've mostly just wanted to listen to songs from Topical Dancer. If you listen to the lyrics, you know that Charlotte is naturally funny and charismatic, but what I thought was more telling is that in YouTube videos I've seen Bolis has mostly just stood behind his synths; at this show, during "Ceci n'est pas un cliché" he walked right up to the front of the stage to play that instantly-memorable riff. It's important for the synth guys to have presence too, as we'll see soon.
---Sunday---
Ariel Zetina: I, like pretty much anyone who goes to clubs in Chicago, have seen Ariel Zetina quite a few times, so I wasn't sure to expect when she said she was preparing a live/DJ hybrid set. But I'm glad we got this. The songs themselves were pretty straightforward, with the either catchy or annoying tendency of ballroom/house songs to repeat the same hook over and over and over again, but seeing Ariel dance to the songs with a crew of the finest local performers, from Cae Monae to Angelica Grace, felt special.
Palm: I also saw a bit of Palm!
Rachika Nayar: Up until the moment Rachika dropped an amen break about 40 minutes into the set, everything about this set felt cinematic, from the string drone notes to the heavily strummed ambient guitar. hopefully someone realizes this soon and gives her a lot of money to do a really good movie score!
Lucrecia Dalt: garageland had been hyping this set up for months for me, so I felt like I was letting him down when I thought this set was just good and not life-changing. But it was worth it to check it out, if not for the very unusual drumming setup (which was sort of Battles-like) over the ambient textures of the set.
-Jockstrap:
edit: oh yeah I forgot to mention Taylor Skye had basically no presence as a synth guy. God bless Georgia Ellery for putting all the work as a live band lol
-JPEGMAFIA: I'd never seen Peggy before, and unfortunately, I was super fucking exhausted by this point, trying to basically nap in the shade of the rails at the Red stage. which is a shame, because although this set was plagued with technical difficulties, it was a lot of fun. I get why he and Danny Brown make such a good combo: in spite of any past fuckups, Danny Brown is still a really good technical rapper live, and JPEG in spite of his goofiness manages to keep things on track and professional.
-Illuminati Hotties: I love this band on record. Why are they so disappointing live? Sarah Tudzin is clearly funny and has the charisma to be a good live performer, but I don't think it clicks and everyone I've spoken to feels the same. I think it's because the songs are too slow live, but I don't think it can *just* be that, right?
-Killer Mike: Didn't catch a whole lot but while the new album sucked shit but the live concept of having him backed up by four gospel singers was great.
-Hurray For the Riff Raff: This is the inverse of Illuminati Hotties, in a way: I didn't like their new album but live the songs were really good. I think I said to pmo something to the effect of we were all bobbing our head and dancing a lot to these really serious songs about the evils of ICE and fentanyl overdoses.
-Kelela: I was hoping that she was going to overcome how boring her new album was with a really good live performance like she had in the past. I was wrong!
-Mdou Moctar: This dude is an amazing guitarist, you already know that, but now that I was further back and unable to pay attention to him as close I was able to appreciate how good the rhythm section in his band is. It takes a lot of talent to keep up with a performer like that!
-Bon Iver: I was entranced by the lights and the quality of the band and even by how good Bon Iver's hyper-manipulated voice sounded live and then on Monday I looked at the lyrics to "715 - CRΣΣKS" and remembered he put so much effort into making the lyrics "Goddamn, turn around now, you're my A-Team" sound beautiful.
My high of the whole weekend was walking unnecessarily far to wait out the delays on Saturday drinking margaritas that I thought were delicious and you thought were shit.
to clarify a few points for the audience:
-We did try going to the Cobra Lounge first. -It was probably unnecessarily far to walk to Federales but I really did think I was going to impress you with their specialty cocktail menu. -(I did not.) -I thought the draft maragaritas were shit, however, more importantly, they were very cheap.
