Video: The Jesus Lizard Brightens Up Pitchfork Music Festival
- story Rosemary Simon
We made it to Union Park in Chicago this past weekend just in time to catch a sideshow of indie rock babies, an unwelcome whiff of global warming, and of course, the 4th annual Pitchfork Music Festival. We spent most of the cloudy, spring-like weekend watching known FADER favorites The Very Best, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Wavves, Lindstrom, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart etc, but the real highlight of the entire thing was The Jesus Lizard.
We’re not usually big on reunion shows or scrotal showcases, but David Yow brought back his intense, zig-zaggy stage swagger minus the “Tight and Shiny”— doing push-ups on stage, giving the audience hula lessons, spitting everywhere and diving into the audience within the first three seconds of the show—with grand mastery. We caught a little bit of it on our Flipcam—watch closely for some ancient hula styles and Yow’s tiniest fan taking stage diving notes from the sidelines.
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posted on Jul 22, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags babies, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Lindstrom, Pitchfork Music Festival, The Jesus Lizard, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Very Best, tight and shiney, Wavves
Video: MGMT, “Kids”
- story THE FADER
Remember that time your mom went out of town and instead of her breast milk you got some lukewarm Yoo-hoo from your dad? Oh that’s right you don’t remember that because you were a baby. Well, it messed you up. Trust us. It made you get drunk in high school and make out with losers after college. It might even be the reason you are wearing those pants. Just saying the disclaimer that “No children were harmed in the making of this video” for “Kids” by MGMT seems a little dubious considering they scared the living shit out of this little dude and probably for more than one take. Then he watches a psychedelic puppet show and THEN turns into an animated cheeseburger. Here’s our disclaimer: Do not let Ray Tintori babysit for you even if he has really good references. Watch the video after the jump.
