Tyler the Creator Robert Pollard waltzed out, sporting a well-worn Ohio t-shirt, and asked the crowd, “Are you guys ready for some quality, professional rock ‘n’ roll?” The festival stages at Pitchfork increasingly seem designed to separate the professionals from the up-n-comers and ever more so from those not yet ready for prime-time. The sure-fire professionals: Guided by Voices, Neko Case, Superchunk, No Age, James Blake, Off!, Yuck, Kylesa, Deerhunter. That list represents the groups [...]
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Yuck Old-fashioned indie-rock? Is that a thing now? I dunno, but that’s what Yuck sound like to me. Hopefully, in the tradition of old-fashioned indie rock, their live show will sit right in that sweet spot between endearingly sloppy and a big, fat mess. How to Dress Well Does anyone even know what Tom Krell looks like? This is a big mystery that might not survive the Sunday sun, but I’m extremely excited to see [...]