Closing Arguments

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Jul 192011
 
Closing Arguments

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 [...]

Odd Future

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Jul 172011
 

You know you walk into your hotel after a long day walking around, and it feels like it must be 50 degrees cooler? That’s what is was like walking away from the Odd Future mosh pit back into the 100 degree day. It was such a relief it felt like air conditioning. Yes, it was absolutely crazy. And pretty scary at times. I thought my legs were going to melt. Truth is, the group wasn’t [...]