I’m not going to review the My Bloody Valentine show, at least in the traditional sense. Any show review more than a couple of paragraphs long while taking itself very seriously is innately stupid. At that juncture, such writing is fodder-saturated music critic masturbation, an attempt at trying to connect multiple points together and relate them to a particular concert or band when all you’re really doing is trying to show the world how smart you are. Fuck that. Unless it’s the Concert for Bangledesh, a live show is nothing more than a band who wants to rock it out in front of other people besides themselves and their recording engineer. It’s as simple as that. A long review also, statistically speaking, permits the phrase “rocked the [insert venue name]” to rear its ugly dome at some point, which I will not stand for.
So instead, I’d like to stave off the pretense and simply construct a grocery list of thoughts, then provide you with a couple of videos to czech out. First, I want to talk about my day today. How was yours? Well, great, that’s good to hear. Well, mine’s been busy. Besides uploading videos and returning missed calls, I’ve been taking time to learn American Sign Language. Continue reading ‘My Bloody Valentine – 9.27.08 – The Aragon, Chicago – Videos and Setlist’
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
