2 Days!!!!!

In two days time I will be in sunny Chicago at the Pitchfork Music Festival. Oh, I am excited!

Local Natives - Warning Sign (Live on KEXP)

Fantastic cover of the Talking Heads. 

But the big deal is gonna be seeing Pavement! I never thought I'd actually get the chance. A dream come true, if you will.  Here's the video for 'Shady Lane', directed by Spike Jonez.

Pavement - "Shady Lane"

"You've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation Of the sequel to your life"


I'll probably take some video and pics and post 'em on facebook and twitter, with a follow up blog post next week compiling the best, along with my account of the fest. If by any chance there is a particular artist you want to hear about let me know.


Here's the full schedule:

2010 Pitchfork Music Festival schedule: 

a = Aluminum Stage, b = Balance Stage, c = Connector Stage 

Friday July 16 (gates at 3 p.m.): 

3:30 Sharon Van Etten (a)
4:00 The Tallest Man on Earth (c)     *
4:35 El-P (a)
5:30 Liars (c)                   *
5:45 Hannibal Buress (b)
6:25 Robyn (a)
6:30 Wyatt Cenac (b)      *
7:15 Michael Showalter (b)   
7:20 Broken Social Scene (c)  
8:00 Eugene Mirman (b)   *
8:30 Modest Mouse (a)  *

Saturday July 17 (gates at 12 p.m.): 

1:00 Free Energy (a)
1:00 Netherfriends (b)
1:45 Real Estate (c)       *
1:55 Sonny & the Sunsets (b)
2:30 Delorean (a)
2:50 Kurt Vile (b)
3:20 Titus Andronicus (c)       *
3:45 Dâm-Funk (b)
4:15 Raekwon (a)
4:45 Smith Westerns (b)
5:15 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (c)
5:45 WHY? (b)
6:15 Wolf Parade (a)       *
6:45 Bear in Heaven (b)    
7:25 Panda Bear (c)
7:40 Freddie Gibbs (b)
8:30 LCD Soundsystem (a)    *

Sunday July 18 (gates at 12 p.m.): 

1:00 Allá (a)
1:00 Cave (b)
1:45 Cass McCombs (c)
1:55 Best Coast (b)
2:30 Girls (a)    *
2:50 Washed Out (b)
3:20 Beach House (c)   
3:45 Local Natives (b)
4:15 Lightning Bolt (a)
4:45 Surfer Blood (b) *
5:15 St. Vincent (c)
5:45 Here We Go Magic (b)
6:15 Major Lazer (a)    *
6:45 Neon Indian (b)
7:25 Big Boi (c)
7:40 Sleigh Bells (b)
8:30 Pavement (a)  *


I put asterisks by the one's I'm definitely going to see. There are some tough decisions left to make though. How do I choose between Bear in Heaven and Panda Bear? Or between Local Natives and Beach House? Or Michael Showalter and Broken Social Scene? Not fair. :)