Pitchfork Festival 2009

[rage patton]

i think he said they'll do half. the flaming lips don't usually play too many songs. i hope they dig further back into their catalog.

Good point. A long FLips set is like 15 songs.

*crosses fingers for A Spoonful Weighs A Ton*

[Kid B]

Holy wow

[shakermaker113]

I don't know this song. in fact, thinking about it I don't know the good majority of their back catalog. the requests thing could end up being a ton of songs I don't know.

[zenidogx]

Enthusiasm for Life Defeats Existential Fear - whoa. i like how they chose to play a song that hardcore fans requested instead of a song that was in popular demand. very cool.

[buddy]

race for the prize
new song
bad days
Enthusiasm For Life (Defeats Internal, Existential Fear) (It's from a comp)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Song

[shakermaker113]

I wonder how they distinguished between a song requested by a few hardcore fans, and a song that is just unpopular.

[Kid B]

YeahYeahYeahYeahYeahYeahYeahYeahYeahYeahYeahYeahYe ahYeahYeahYeahYeah

At War With the Mystics<3

[zenidogx]

eh, looks like a more typical set is in the works. I wonder if they'll do any more new songs. there has to be at least one more wtf song.

[wmgaretjax]

really... #7?

fuck, that album sucked.

[shakermaker113]

I love the balloons.

[zenidogx]

really... #7?

fuck, that album sucked.

:(

Fight Test! they haven't done that in a while. i've never seen it myself.

[shakermaker113]

what?? they've played it every one of the four times I've seen them.

I don't like this naked version of it though. not in concert, anyway. they'll do the same with yoshimi.

[rage patton]

A slowed down Flight Test? Crazy.

Flight Test was amazing at Sasquatch last year. They played the regular version.

[Kid B]

I actually really liked that version

[rage patton]

I don't know about these new songs...

[zenidogx]

i like the new songs. i enjoyed that slowed down version of Fight Test. i didn't know they did it in the last couple of years. bastards are hiding it from me.

[Kid B]

The one's that leaked a while back were pretty good. I enjoyed them a lot.

[shakermaker113]

this one is awful.

[shakermaker113]

flattering the crowd will get you everywhere. but it does nothing for the internet viewers.

[zenidogx]

sweet jesus shootin' heroin, that's from In A Priest Driven Ambulance!

[zenidogx]

"Mountain Side"

[rage patton]

race for the prize
new song
bad days
Enthusiasm For Life (Defeats Internal, Existential Fear)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
Flight Test (Slow)
New Song
Mountain Side

[rage patton]

She's A Black Belt in Karate
Hey! Hey!

EDIT: Fuck I love this song and I love the sing a long even more. Probably the greatest sing a long I have ever partaken in.

[pancakespancakes]

I can't believe they played Enthusiasm for Life! That's my friend's all-time favorite Lips song. And I missed watching it. I didn't even know it was a well-known enough song. Do they ever play it live?

[shakermaker113]

someone should have requested yoshimi as they played it three years ago. bleh.

[shakermaker113]

I can't believe they played Enthusiasm for Life! That's my friend's all-time favorite Lips song. And I missed watching it. I didn't even know it was a well-known enough song. Do they ever play it live?

you do know people got to vote on what songs they play, right?

[shakermaker113]

hmm. request the songs they always play. great idea.

/cynicism.

[rage patton]

I can't believe they played Enthusiasm for Life! That's my friend's all-time favorite Lips song. And I missed watching it. I didn't even know it was a well-known enough song. Do they ever play it live?

Wayne said they haven't played that song is years and he said this show would be the very last time they ever play it.

[pancakespancakes]

you do know people got to vote on what songs they play, right?

That's why I pondered "I didn't even know it was a well-known enough song."


Wayne said they haven't played that song is years and he said this show would be the very last time they ever play it.

Hahahahaha wow. I shouldn't have even asked. I hope my friend doesn't find out this little bit of information... he would have traveled all the way out to see it performed I'm sure :(

[bmack86]

who wants to bet they'll have a very similar set at ATP as well.

[zenidogx]

hmm. request the songs they always play. great idea.

/cynicism.

true. but, it's the F-Lips at the end of the day!

[shakermaker113]

who wants to bet they'll have a very similar set at ATP as well.

well the whole write the night thing only caused them to deviate, what, 3 songs from a standard setlist? 4?

[rage patton]

Really? They are only playing for an hour and 15 minutes? And Do You Realize was #1? Really?

[pancakespancakes]

hmm. request the songs they always play. great idea.


I know but what did you honestly expect? The diehard Lips fans only make up about 5% of the audience here I'm sure... and outside of that I'm sure everyone just likes the same group of 15-ish songs... it's cool that Wayne did songs that were voted in at #66 because he's aware that only the passionate fans would even own and listen to the album that whatever that song was came from.

[bleep]

who wants to bet they'll have a very similar set at ATP as well.
if i end up going, i'll be sure to take off once Boredoms is done.

[MissingPerson]

I'm disappointed that my Arcade Fire homies didn't make good on their vows to flood the request poll with demands for Freebird.

[rage patton]

if i end up going, i'll be sure to take off once Boredoms is done.

That would be just plain silly.


I'm disappointed that my Arcade Fire homies didn't make good on their vows to flood the request poll with demands for Freebird.

If they would have made it crack the top 10, I garuntee they would have played it.

[bleep]

That would be just plain silly.
sorry, just not a fan. given 'em plenty of chances, same shtick each time.

[wmgaretjax]

who wants to bet they'll have a very similar set at ATP as well.

i wonder if they'd even realize how ironic that is given all the other acts.

[MissingPerson]

If they would have made it crack the top 10, I garuntee they would have played it.

You're right. That's way too plausible, and now I wish I'd said Année Sans Lumiere or something.

My internet connection has been too shit to stream anything for the last while, but the running commentary has me stoked for seeing them. Going to have to start doing my back catalogue homework though.

[rage patton]

Pitchfork Setlist

Race For The Prize
New Song
Bad Days
Enthusiasm For Life (Defeats Internal, Existential Fear)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
Flight Test (Slow)
New Song
Mountain Side
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Slow)
She Don't Use Jelly
Do You Realize?

[summerkid]

the first new song was called silver trembling hands i only saw the first half so i dont know what other new song they played.

[menikmati]

And, Verse Chorus Verse or Sappy or whatever this Nirvana song goes by. Laundry Room>

Sappy.

[bmack86]

I'll give it to this set: I'm currently listening to In A Priest Driven Ambulance and realizing that the Flaming Lips were so much fucking better prior to everyone knowing them and them making sub par imitations of The Soft Bulletin.

[suprefan]

Yeah, fun times.....

[buddy]

i actually like the yoshimi album. i know it's getting a lot of dislike recently. im hoping the new one is on a bullentin or transmissions level, but that's a lot to hope for.

[bmack86]

I like Yoshimi quite a bit actually, but then they did another album that sounds like The Soft Bulletin but not as good. Diminishing returns from such a relentlessly shifting band should probably be expected, but it's still disheartening.

[wmgaretjax]

I think Yoshimi was quite good as well.

[bmack86]

I saw them first about a year after Yoshimi came out, and it was fantastic. They've been on a downhill slope since then, it's seemed. Every show has seemed more theatrical and less musical. I'd go to theater for that, not a concert.

[schoolofruckus]

Point taken, but when I saw them last at Monolith 2007, they played for almost two fucking hours with very little horsing around. Sure, there was tons of confetti, beach balls, fireworks, etc., and he definitely tried climbing up Red Rocks in the bubble. But for the most part, they were there to play songs, and they played a ton of them. I think that show was longer than all three previous times I'd seen them (Coachella, Hollywood Bowl, and NYE at USC) combined.

[Boourns]

i actually like the yoshimi album. i know it's getting a lot of dislike recently. im hoping the new one is on a bullentin or transmissions level, but that's a lot to hope for.

Seriously. Do You Realize, Yoshimi, Flight Test...all ace.

[bmack86]

Point taken, but when I saw them last at Monolith 2007, they played for almost two fucking hours with very little horsing around. Sure, there was tons of confetti, beach balls, fireworks, etc., and he definitely tried climbing up Red Rocks in the bubble. But for the most part, they were there to play songs, and they played a ton of them. I think that show was longer than all three previous times I'd seen them (Coachella, Hollywood Bowl, and NYE at USC) combined.

If they could constantly do that, it'd be great. Unfortunately, it's rare at this point.

[pancakespancakes]

I just don't get why everyone thinks they're going downhill...

They've been around for 25 years now, put out 11 full-length albums, and the last one they did wasn't as good as the two that came before it. It's one thing if a band is in a continuous uphill movement towards greatness and they suddenly stop their climb to the top in a new album that's pretty mediocre... but the band has a put out a couple other lackluster LPs in the past, too. They've never been gloriously consistent. And is At War With the Mystics an atrocious album? No, it's second-rate... it's definitely not outstanding but it has a couple moments.

Is it all just the live show?

[bmack86]

Nope. Yoshimi was good, but not great. I like it quite a bit (and a large part of that, I'm sure, is that I was in high school when it came out and it sounded so fresh) but it's nowhere as good as The Soft Bulletin. It's derivative of that album, and Mystics continued that trend. Not something they'd ever been accused of before, and the ep they sent to ticketholders for forthcoming shows suggests they've moved beyond that sound.

But the live show has become cloying at this point. Play more songs, please.

[pancakespancakes]

Yeah, I'm not familiar with their older albums at all, I'm sure that would change my opinion of their current state (as it should). I'm actually not very familiar with their current material either... just an outsider to the band. But I was kinda curious.

All my friends that love them also discovered them through Yoshimi, during high school, that might be why their current stuff is so meaningful to them too...

[pancakespancakes]

Sorry for derailing the thread. I know there's a Lips thread now too but I already derailed that one :D

[faxman75]

Anyone have a review of The National set? I read a bit on some blog and it sounded like it was pretty damn great.

[JSam67]

Just back from an awesome Pitchfork weekend. Some really great sets the past couple days (Flaming Lips, M83, Beirut, The National, The Antlers...). The Lips are going downhill? Seriously? Yoshimi is a great album and their live show continues to be a blast. Last night was my fourth Lips show and happened to be favorite one.

Faxy, Saturday was my first time seeing The National and I really loved the set. Very impressed. Tough to follow that Beirut show, though, wow.

[samiksha]

the beirut show made me realize that i really dont like their music

[hawkingvsreeve]

It's ok. We all make mistakes.

[stinkbutt]

The Jesus Lizard was A(fucking)MAZING they had more energy than most those other much younger bands

[samiksha]

i have to admit, i wasn't really planning on watching them - i was just sort of sitting on the grass eating dinner and waiting for built to spill to start when they came on. once they started though i had to get up and go over there. it was awesome. one of my favorite shows of the weekend.

[bleep]

anyone caught Women's set?

[stinkbutt]

I didn't at Pitchfork because when they opened up for Mogwai they were very dissapointing

[rage patton]

Stinkbutt, what did you think of the Flaming Lips?

[bobert]

Nope. Yoshimi was good, but not great. I like it quite a bit (and a large part of that, I'm sure, is that I was in high school when it came out and it sounded so fresh) but it's nowhere as good as The Soft Bulletin. It's derivative of that album, and Mystics continued that trend. Not something they'd ever been accused of before, and the ep they sent to ticketholders for forthcoming shows suggests they've moved beyond that sound.

But the live show has become cloying at this point. Play more songs, please.

It's pretty strange criticism to say that Yoshimi and Mystics are derivative of The Soft Bulletin. The Soft Bulletin was derivative of the 8 Flaming Lips albums that came before it. Almost any non-debut release is going to derive from previous work. I get what you're saying - you think The Soft Bulletin was their best album and no album since has measured up. I just find your word choice to be cloying.

[mountmccabe]

It's pretty strange criticism to say that Yoshimi and Mystics are derivative of The Soft Bulletin. The Soft Bulletin was derivative of the 8 Flaming Lips albums that came before it. Almost any non-debut release is going to derive from previous work. I get what you're saying - you think The Soft Bulletin was their best album and no album since has measured up. I just find your word choice to be cloying.

You misinterpret.

Yoshimi drew more from The Soft Bulletin than The Soft Bulletin drew from all previous Flips albums. Yoshimi may be a good album but on it we hear different variations on what the Flips did for The Soft Bulletin.

The Soft Bulletin was a sea change for the band. The shift can be seen in lyrics, it can be seen in the music and arrangements. It's like they took what they learned when making Clouds Taste Metallic and Zaireeka and went an entirely different direction with that foundation.

Yoshimi is like they listened to The Soft Bulletin and said, whoah, people liked that; we can do that again!

[bmack86]

That's correct. Prior Flaming Lips albums were more rough and "rock" than The Soft Bulletin. On that album, they definitely upped the lushness and the almost symphonic psychedelia became a great way to express the humanity in Wayne's lyrics. Yoshimi does the same thing, but not quite as well, and Mystics is similar in that respect.

[suprefan]

Mega post and review coming in a bit..

[suprefan]

This weekend was pretty amazing, despite getting a te start due to NIN putting tickets onsale while Friday was happening. The Jesus Lizard killed it, Built To Spill was ok, everyone liked to talk a lot instead of watching them play, it kind of killed the vibe. It rained a bit on Saturday and everyone cheered, while a zillion umbrellas popped out for 10 mins, then went back down. Highlights of course Beirut, Doom was great, Fucked Up tore it up early on. Ponytail got the crowd going so much that part of the railing broke. The Black Lips killed it too. The National were good too, Ill watch their full set in NY for sure.



For now....

Beirut

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Doom

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Flaming Lips



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M83

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Fucked Up

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[SoulDischarge]

LeDVPiUpW-g

Greatest entrance ever.

[Still-ill]

Ahahahaha... that was incredible... and incredibly inappropriate, I might add.

[suprefan]

I filmed part of that, it was great. And where is all the audio bootlegs from the webcast? I wanna listen to Grizzly Bear and Beirut again.

[JSam67]

Looking for M83 (who were fucking INCREDIBLE, I might add), Beirut and FLips boots too. If you find them, please PM me, supre. Great pics, too.

[suprefan]

Thanks, some more..


DJ Rupture

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Killer Whales

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Lindstrom

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Japandroids

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[suprefan]

The Thermals

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The National

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Blitzen Trapper

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[suprefan]

The Walkmen

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Pharoahe Monch

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Grizzly Bear

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[SoulDischarge]

Pharoahe Monch is one ugly dude.

[bleep]

thank you x infinity for this sweet pic of my old man.


http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4654/img30413.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/i/img30413.jpg/)

[suprefan]

Z7DJHvZNLgU

[stinkbutt]

Picture and review time:

So we left around 1 pm Thursday afternoon and arrived around 7 pm. Traffic as usual sucked getting into the city (took an hour) but once we were in it was easy to get around. It was my best friend's birthday Friday but we decided to go out for a good meal on Thursday night since we'd be at the festival the rest of the weekend. So we went to a steakhouse that I can't remember the name of now but there were these 32 oz rib-eyes that were the best steaks any of us had ever had

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We ended up bar hopping and then went to bed.

Friday

We wondered the city during the day went to the Art Museum, then over to Grant Park (lolla grounds) which is way bigger than I remember, then to the lake.

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Then on to the festival where Tortoise was playing first. Tortoise was a very tight live band and played everything I wanted to hear. I was a little worried at first I would get bored during their set but I didn't it was just really good post rock and a nice mellow way to start off the night.

Tortoise (8/10)
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Yo La Tengo we just kinda sat back and watched while we ate and drank beer which much to my dismay was now 5 dollars instead of 3 like last year. Still a decent deal when compared to Coaachella prices.

Yo La Tengo (7/10)


It started to rain while we were waiting for the Jesus Lizard to start which got me excited because singing "Seasick" in the rain seemed like a good time, but it stopped by the time they hit the stage. This was my most anticipated set of the weekend and they did not disappoint it was the best set of the weekend for me. Even though they were probably the oldest people there this weekend they easily had the most energy David Yow spent a good time of the set in the crowd. They played an amazing set, everything anyone wanted to hear they did.

The Jesus Lizard (10/10)

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After The Jesus Lizard we were all beat so we just sat back for Built To Spill. I'm really not a huge fan of them but after seeing them live I may have to go back and listen again. Sounded really tight like they had been playing together for a long time and according to my buddy Dan who is a big fan played quite the setlist.

Built To Spill (6/10)

We went to the Fucked Up aftershow later that night at this really interesting venue called Subterranean this place was really dark and dingy but had a neat observation deck from the second floor. That's where we were the opening bands for Fucked Up were awful and all sounded the same but I guess that's how Punk goes. Thank goodness Fucked Up was much better and while not a huge fan of the music the stage presence was great

Fucked Up (7/10)

Me and the statue above the stage
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The band
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Saturday and Sunday later...

[zenidogx]

This weekend was pretty amazing, despite getting a te start due to NIN putting tickets onsale while Friday was happening. The Jesus Lizard killed it, Built To Spill was ok, everyone liked to talk a lot instead of watching them play, it kind of killed the vibe. It rained a bit on Saturday and everyone cheered, while a zillion umbrellas popped out for 10 mins, then went back down. Highlights of course Beirut, Doom was great, Fucked Up tore it up early on. Ponytail got the crowd going so much that part of the railing broke. The Black Lips killed it too. The National were good too, Ill watch their full set in NY for sure.


wow. this makes me feel like i was there. and these bands play "rock 'n' roll" music, you say?

[suprefan]

The crowd and stuff....


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[suprefan]

iC45GXktjso

pHDSN3tcZww

[rage patton]

That Mount Wroclai video was amazing.

[suprefan]

I try my best..