Unlike other americana acts that I enjoy, I doubt I could ever get tired of seeing Neko Case live. I’ve only seen her a couple of times, but it seems there are no diminishing returns on her show. Her show at Pitchfork wasn’t the flashiest or most powerful set of the festival, but it was [...]

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I expected Guided By Voices’ set to be a drunken, but nostalgicly great, mess. It was a bit of that, but mostly just a powerful set by a classic act that I never expected to see live. They group were so fierce in 2011 that it made me wonder how incredible it would’ve been to [...]

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I think that with very little change, Thurston Moore’s set could have been a perfect midday festival set. The laid back, acoustic songs would have been great in the hot sun if not for one needless thing. Nearly every song had a two-plus-minute minor-key acoustic instrumental section as the introduction. It was fine for one [...]

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Incredible, incredible show. This was my first time catching Tune-Yards live, but I know it won’t be my last. After a performance like this, you can’t help but hunger for your next chance to experience it again. If Merrill was a sports team, I’d have season tickets. I understand now why Owen Pallett said that [...]

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2011 begins today in Chicago, IL. I made it here in great time, so I should be there when the gates open. Time permitting, I’ll be doing updates this weekend with lots of photos. UPDATE: Neko says she plans on hitting the stage with GBV. Awesome news!

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