Despite this year's subpar sound, the
Pitchfork Music Festival has firmly established itself as one of the most laid-back and all-around-enjoyable fests around. The weather was ideal, the
Ice Cream Man was in full effect, and we left Chicago with the revelation that all festivals should be required by law to feature at least 3 legendary hip-hop acts. Here are our top 5 highlights from the fest, accompanied by a shit ton of Polaroids™:
1.
De La Soul bringing out
Prince Paul to DJ and just hang out. Whoa.
2.
The Clipse busting out "What Happened to That Boy" and "Grindin'," as well as a generous helping of
We Got it For Cheap jams. These guys seemed genuinely psyched to be there, and their energy was unmatched all weekend (except maybe by De La).
Malice and
Pusha T also reminded us that no matter what Pitchfork or anyone else thinks,
Hell Hath No Fury was the album of the year.
3.
This:
Clipse Power4.
GZA tearing through an abridged version of
Liquid Swords (with help from fellow Clan member
Cappadonna), then revisiting a few Wu-Tang classics. I don't think he had any idea what Pitchfork was.
Update: Read Gza's
thoughts on gorilla vs. bear here.
5.
Grizzly Bear,
Victoria Legrand from
Beach House, and
Bradford from
Deerhunter joining
Girl Talk for a live "Knife" mashup. This will probably never happen again, but it worked better than you might imagine, and Victoria's awesome drunk-dancing was one of the best things I saw all weekend.
We also thoroughly enjoyed
Jamie Lidell, the
Cool Kids,
Grizzly Bear,
Cadence Weapon, and
Menomena. Check out some of our shots from the weekend below, and be sure to visit our friends at
You Ain't No Picasso,
Muzzle of Bees,
MFKWCRG, and
Stereogum for more comprehensive coverage...
girl talk + man man
the gza
chan marshall
iron & wine
malkmus
Kevin Barnes: Of Montreal (photo by
Matt Picasso)
the clipseCheck out even more polaroids
after the jump (yeah, I brought a lot of film)...

jamie lidell

posdnuos of De La Soul

kim gordon

The Cool Kids

Kid Sister

Cappadonna of Wu Tang + crew

Jared of Voxtrot/Sparrow House

the Ice Cream Man

Girl Talk + Dan Deacon

Grizzly Bear + Professor Murder

Victoria from Beach House + Daniel from Grizzly Bear + Bradford from Deerhunter

Trugoy the Dove: De La Soul
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