ATP New York 2009: Babies and Drums
- story Peter Macia
- photo Abbey Braden
Boredoms’ drummer Yojiro (YO2RO) Tatekawa was carried into the main performance space on a platform carried by eight dudes, ten minutes into the already heart-exploding Boadrum 9 reprise at ATP New York last Sunday. He bashed on his drums so hard, it was unclear whether they would be able to hold him up. They did, and an hour later, Tatekawa and his bandmate Yoshimi were walking around with a bunch of awesome little Boredoms babies, on their way to participate in Oneida’s marathon 13-hour performance and then check out Boris’ volcanic replay of their album Feedbacker. Jim Jarmusch looked pretty psyched on Boris too. This was basically the vibe at Kutsher’s Country Club, a tarnished gem of the Catskills social set, where VIP is nonexistent and there was always something happening that was going to destroy your eardrums for, as of post time, at least two or three days.
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posted on Sep 15, 2009 in MUSIC NEWS tags Animal Collective, Antipop Consortium, Atlas Sound, ATP New York 2009, black dice, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Boredoms, Boris, Boss Hog, Crystal Castles, David Cross, Deerhoof, Deerhunter, Dirty Three, Grouper, Melvins, Menomena, No Age with Bob Mould, Oneida, Panda Bear, Shellac, Sufjan Stevens, Suicide, Super Furry Animals, The Drones, The Feelies, the Flaming Lips, The Jesus Lizard
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
