After a forever trek from Knoxville TN that featured an unplanned stop in a Pentacostal Worship Service, I find myself in the far less holy Union Park for the Pitchfork Music Festival’s first day.
The first act of the day, electronic duo GateKEEPER, hit the Blue Stage (the smallest stage, a cross the park from the other two) at around 3:20, just 20min after the gates to this year’s festival opened. While they were mostly boring, I have to say that their “Unsolved Mystery” vibe is almost enough. Every song, I found myself wondering “who went missing?!” But after that, the Blue Stage was totally unstoppable. I rotated around the park some, but found myself returning to the Blue. Starting immediately after GateKeeper, tUnE-yArDs delivered such a magical, stirring performance, that I can still hear people TALKING about it from where I sit. That girl is a force, and is heavily beloved. Many, many showed up wearing her signature “warpaint” and her set saw the days far and away most enthusiastic audience.
The May All Tomorrow’s Parties at Butlin’s in the UK will be curated by Animal Collective this year and they’ve just added more bands to their already diverse line-up, including Outkast’s Big Boi and Micachu and the Shapes (full line-up after the jump). We’re seeing that some rooms, two and three berth apartments, are sold out but some spots have just been released. You can buy tickets here.
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Down There will see daylight on 10/26 via Paw Tracks. It features:
1 Laughing Hieroglyphic
2 Three Umbrellas
3 Oliver Twist
4 Glass Bottom Boat
5 Ghost Of Books
6 Cemeteries
7 Heads Hammock
8 Heather In The Hospital
9 Lucky One
Last month, Animal Collective debuted a video for ‘Guys Eyes’.
MP3: Animal Collective – My Girls (Mexicans With Guns Mix)
Catch Oddsac at:
April 16th
Philadelphia, PA
International House
April 17th
Baltimore, MD
Senator Theatre
April 19th
Amherst, MA
Hampshire College
April 20th
Boston, MA
Brattle Theatre
April 21th
Silver Spring, MD
AFI Silver Theatre
April 23th
Chapel Hill, NC
Varsity Theatre
April 26
Atlanta, GA
Plaza Theatre
For further info, head here.
MP3: Animal Collective – My Girls (Mexicans With Guns Mix)
