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This is the, what, third time I’ve referenced Sesame Street on this blog. I love Sesame Street. If I wasn’t a lame 9-to-5er, I would still watch it. So today’s news roundup is brought to you by the letter B – Boredoms, Benoit Pioulard, Boduf Songs, Bedhead, the /b/ board, baseball, booters, and the Bear Market Bailout. Botta bing!
Anyway, there are so many songs (11 MP3s to be exact), and so much content here, that I have no idea what to categorize this entry as. So consider this your News and Super Swingin’ Mix for the day. I’m not posting again today, this post is epic and I’m tired.
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As reported not too long ago, Boredoms are celebrating their favorite holiday – the incidental triple digit date – with a bicoastal 88 drummer performance led by Eye. Each performance will start at 8:08 P.M. (local time) on August 8th. The prestigious list of drummers includes members of Animal Collective, Dead Meadow, Entrance, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Crystal Antlers, Psychic Ills, Sic Alps, Beachwood Sparks, and many more Decibel Tolls-relevant artists. I can’t make it out to either date (I live in flyover country, you see), nor can I afford the cost of airfare, so if anyone is going please take photos and I’ll credit you and relish you with props if you send some to me! Thanks P4K for the news update! Continue reading ‘The 88Boadrums’ 88 Drummers’
There’s no “I” in blogosphere, dood. If you weren’t there for Animal Collective, some serious teamwork will help take you back in time and put you there. My best blog buddy Matt, who runs a tight ship at the helm of YANP, just uploaded the zipped RAR files containing the full bootleg of Animal Collective’s stratospheric Pitchfork performance. I grabbed those files, separated them, pieced together the set list by way of my memory of the show and a swift cross reference of my AC catalog, and sequenced the tracks by, ya know, determining which jams segue the best (as Animal Collective is wont to seamlessly weave each song together when playing live). So yeah, good hustle everyone.
Anyway, this is a particularly good performance, so I’m quite stoked to have this recording available. The sound is decent enough, though there are a few hiccups from the original rip. That shouldn’t distract you too much, however, since Animal Collective brought the pain with new, rearranged, and rarely performed songs not to be missed. Though I never focused much on the lyrics of the Danse Manitee version, the vocal-present live rendition demonstrates that “Essplode”… is like totally filthy! Damn, Avey. Looks like Tare’s gonna up and join Three 6 Mafia before we know it. Okay, I’ll shut up now – enjoy, and somebody, please make a Successory poster out of this entry’s opening sentence.
Live @ Pitchfork Music Festival :: Chicago, IL :: 7.19.08
Animal Collective – Chocolate Girl
Animal Collective – Comfy In Nautica (Panda Bear Surprise!)
Animal Collective – House
Animal Collective – Lion in a Coma
Animal Collective – Peacebone
Animal Collective – Daily Routine
Animal Collective – Bearhug
Animal Collective – Fireworks / Essplode
And here’s the visual – discotheque lights plus bucket hat plus epic new jam. Animal Collective slays me.
Straight from my view from the cheap seats, here’s the Decibel Tolls’ preview for some choice artists I’m anticipating seeing at this year’s festival. My prophecies for these shows have been gleaned from my experience with a couple of these artists in the past, general intuition, and my magic 8-ball. First, it should be noted that the clouds are currently graying here in Chicago, and it looks like the first day of rain we’ve had in, oh I dunno, two weeks or so will conveniently happen during the festival. Just our luck, right? Should be a delightfully apocalyptic time!
It’s somewhat unfortunate that Caribou was slotted for a 2 p.m. show. As with any psych group worth their salt, Caribou offers very enthralling visual aspects including background images that look like they were taken out of a Julian House book. No matter, Caribou has the chops to engage with or without seizure-inducing lights. They hang tough with two drummers, including Dan Snaith himself. When I saw Caribou with Battles at the Metro in November, it was an exercise in percussive fortitude. Since he’s not promoting a particular album at this point, it’s a safe bet that Caribou will dig deep throughout his catalog, which is generally the preferred position for me. Caribou is absolutely not to be missed. [Saturday : 2 p.m. : Connector Stage]
I had the privilege of being involved with two different Animal Collective shows, and if I was smart, would’ve started this blog back then. When you help run a concert through either a venue or your college radio station, it’s easier to score interviews and sound bites. But enough about my stupidity… The first show was in the last wake after Sung Tongs in the spring of ‘05, right at the time the group was moving away from more acoustic material. Jane (Panda Bear and friend Scott Mou) was getting ready to drop the excellent but zoned out Berserker, and you certainly heard a lot of that. It was very droney, and the crowd seemed somewhat polarized by the lack of Sung Tongs songs played. It was great nonetheless, but would’ve been better to see in a theater instead of a standing room recital hall. Animal Collective understands this to an extent, so I would be surprised if the outdoor Union Park setting didn’t encourage the more pop-oriented side of their repertoire (with a little Here Comes the Indian thrown in for good measure and to draw a line in the sand). The second time was at The Dame in Lexington in May of ‘07. AC toured sans Deakon, and considering the electronic structures on what was to be Strawberry Jam, it didn’t much matter. The performance was unrelenting. They played non-stop, with all three members in queue facing the side of the stage instead of the front, and swaying in unison like a cult. It was a sinister, but dare I say, upbeat and almost danceable performance. Every song morphed into the next, and most songs were unrecognizable until Avey Tare throated out the first lyrical yelp. Every Animal Collective show is different, and that’s part of what makes them one of the most exciting, relevant groups of today. Panda Bear is a super rad dude, by the wayz. [Saturday : 9 p.m. : Aluminum Stage]
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Boris has a wealth of source material to choose from, with their prolific output of releases and collaborations. Though some of their best stuff to date has come from their work with Michio Kurihara of Ghost and Sunn O))), Boris, either out of respect or functionality, will probably not perform these songs. And I certainly would be surprised if we heard anything from their Merzbow split Rock Dream. No matter what the show shapes up to be, Boris will be the loudest band, and most immovable object, at Pitchfork. I’m not a bettin’ man, but I would put money on that (unless Spiritualized shows up with, like, 30 goddamn dudes). If “Blackout” from Pink starts rumbling from the PA at 10,000 watts of evil, all bets are off. Shut down the park, call the police. [Sunday : 2 p.m. : Connector Stage]
This might be wishful thinking, but I want, as mentioned, Spiritualized [Sunday : 7 p.m. : Aluminum Stage] to show up with 30 goddamn dudes. Like this:
If you didn’t get tickets yet, well, they’re gone except for tonight’s performances. But, you can catch some streaming live intarweb action at the festival’s website.
Pitchfork Music Festival 2008
