So what actually happened at Pitchfork?
Friday
On Friday, the well-established bands of indie rock performed. Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, The Jesus Lizard, and Built to Spill all but confirmed the fact that their music is still influential to the smaller, more up-and-coming bands.
That is me, on the right, before the chaos — that we call P4k — ensued.
Tortoise began at around 5 p.m., which officially began the festival. The no-vocals-allowed Chicago-based band played their post-rock hits and gave the audience a good appetizer for the next band, Yo La Tengo.
Yo La Tengo as many of you know played at Pygmalion last year, so seeing them was not as much as an eye-opener as the other bands I had never seen. For Yo La Tengo, their performance was solid, playing such hits like “Autumn Sweater” and “Cherry Chapstick.”
Jesus Lizard was completely epic. When David Yow stage dived into the crowd, possessed by some magical music spirit, everyone, including us photographers were entranced by his body language.
Built to Spill. Another solid performance. Songs ranged from rather hard rock, to shoegazy goodness.
And one might ask what is it like being in the photo pit? Well, it’s like this (pardon the sound quality):
Stay tuned for more coverage from Cody on P4k’s Saturday and Sunday performances running tomorrow and Thursday at 9.am.