Comments on: pfork day 3: flaming lips, japandroids

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:29:47 +0000

Yes, Yes, Yes, I agree with you regarding the Lips, and have been yammering about the same thing to anyone who will listen. I also have been longing to see them without the carnival. The songs speak for themselves I wish Wayne would stop pestering the crowd to cheer louder and focus on his performance. I can’t believe they released that live DVD where Waynes voice is totally blown out. I guess it was more important to capture the spectacle?

By: toyballoon

toyballoon — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:22:41 +0000

I agree with you about the Flaming Lips set. A spit in the face of every fan who voted.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:07:52 +0000

Yeah, i watched a little of Grizzly Bear and they did nothing for me at all. And I’m seriously bummed I didn’t go over to watch the Very Best, especially given how the Flips panned out. Bah!! Bah!! I want a do-over!

By: Daniel, Esq.

Daniel, Esq. — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:56:15 +0000

I saw (via video-clip) Grizzly Bear singing over Girl Talk’s song collages at last year’s Pitchfork special. It was almost breathtaking. OTOH, most artists benefit from the fresh context that Girl Talk gives them, at least until his gimmick wears thin.

But I can see where Grizzly Bear could be boring on their own.

By: Jayson Greene

Jayson Greene — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:25:36 +0000

Yeah, ptolemy, gotta agree with you re: Grizzly Bear. That set was an immaculate, mistake-and-energy-free snooze-fest.

By: ptolemyclark

ptolemyclark — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:08:07 +0000

I just noticed that you completely skipped over the other heavyweight entry of the day, so I’ll add my two-cent review in four words — Grizzley Bear: Still Boring.

By: ptolemyclark

ptolemyclark — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:50:03 +0000

I wasn’t as close as you to the stage for Japandroids, Joe, but I’ve got to disagree slightly (only slightly) with you…yes, it was a very rough start but I really thought they picked up 3-4 songs in and from then on I thought they pretty much ruled–except for the fact that they did every song from the album EXCEPT (quite surprisingly) “Wet Hair”. Had they done that I would have wholeheartedly searched out some French girls to french kiss. Seriously. I love love love Blitzen Trapper, but after the extrasuperveryfantasiclyawesome FRabbits show Flamgirl & I settled on the blanket towards the back of the crowd. I’d love to see them in a smaller venue or the side stage, because it just didn’t really work, especially on the quieter Furr songs. Flaming Lips bored me by the time the big ball rolled back to the stage (during the first song, no less), and same with Flamgirl…I was so glad when she said “do you wanna go check out that other band instead”. The Very Best was DEFINITELY the OMG moment of the entire festival for me. I still can’t quite put it into other words yet except OMG…it was just that damn unexpected and damn awesome.

By: joe

joe — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:44:17 +0000

It was just him with a turntable, but it worked really well!

By: Daniel, Esq.

Daniel, Esq. — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:11:13 +0000

“DJ/Rupture, which I loved. Rupture dug hard into a reggae groove, and his dank dub was the perfect remedy for a restless crowd.”

I love his 2008 record, too. Seems more like fall or winter music to me, but I’m envious. How does he perform? I mean, is it him at a turntable with electronic gizmos behind him, or does he have live instrumentation?

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:55:58 +0000

My feelings exactly re: The Flaming Lips.