Day 1 of the 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival started sweat-soaked and lively with impressive turns from artists playing amid oppressively hot heat and a dazzling Friday finale from Björk.
Humid conditions that saw a "low" of 90-degrees by nightfall sapped little energy from fest-goers. There were no hula hoopers or cosmic jam dancers (maybe they were all at Northerly Island for Phish?) but we did spy one man being led out of Björk's performance in a headlock.
As a nice gesture/safety precaution, Pitchfork Fest staff posted a few clean garbage pails of bottled water for fest-goers to grab for free; within 90 minutes, little more than wilted labels and melting ice were left behind.
(See more photos of the festival below.)
Here's a look at some of the Friday highlights:
Arrived just in time for the tail end of Canadian Mac DeMarco's set which consisted entirely of a strange array of...
Humid conditions that saw a "low" of 90-degrees by nightfall sapped little energy from fest-goers. There were no hula hoopers or cosmic jam dancers (maybe they were all at Northerly Island for Phish?) but we did spy one man being led out of Björk's performance in a headlock.
As a nice gesture/safety precaution, Pitchfork Fest staff posted a few clean garbage pails of bottled water for fest-goers to grab for free; within 90 minutes, little more than wilted labels and melting ice were left behind.
(See more photos of the festival below.)
Here's a look at some of the Friday highlights:
Arrived just in time for the tail end of Canadian Mac DeMarco's set which consisted entirely of a strange array of...
- 7/20/2013
- by Kim Bellware
- Huffington Post
Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin Björk Biophilia
For her album “Biophilia,” Björk and her team invented new instruments to challenge and stimulate listeners as they ponder the disk’s theme, the exploration of the natural world. In concert last night at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, the city where she was born in 1965, Björk demonstrated how well these instruments can serve her songs – and not only those from her new release. (For more on “Biophilia,” click here)
Performing...
For her album “Biophilia,” Björk and her team invented new instruments to challenge and stimulate listeners as they ponder the disk’s theme, the exploration of the natural world. In concert last night at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, the city where she was born in 1965, Björk demonstrated how well these instruments can serve her songs – and not only those from her new release. (For more on “Biophilia,” click here)
Performing...
- 10/26/2011
- by Jim Fusilli
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
One of the sad realities of the short-form medium is that so few people watch them. Even Oscar-nominated shorts are going to be seen by fewer people than a "Party Down" episode during its first run. It's a shame, too, and you'd think that in our Add society, the short-form medium would be a bigger draw.
How do we change that? Maybe Lady Gaga, who with her music video for "Born This Way" has created something more interesting than most of what you'll find at your local multiplex. Putting aside the woman's music and personae, she makes a mean music video, an art form sorely lacking since Spike Jonze and Mark Pellington moved to feature films.
The video for "Born This Way" is weird and creepy and gross and fascinating and provocative and a little bit sexy. The first three minutes may blow your mind, and then the music starts and it's more Madonna 2.0. Still,...
How do we change that? Maybe Lady Gaga, who with her music video for "Born This Way" has created something more interesting than most of what you'll find at your local multiplex. Putting aside the woman's music and personae, she makes a mean music video, an art form sorely lacking since Spike Jonze and Mark Pellington moved to feature films.
The video for "Born This Way" is weird and creepy and gross and fascinating and provocative and a little bit sexy. The first three minutes may blow your mind, and then the music starts and it's more Madonna 2.0. Still,...
- 3/1/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
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