• Cut Copy @ Metro 9/17/2008

    19 IX 2008, 17:35 przez aubr3y

    Wed 17 Sep – The Presets, Cut Copy

    Originally posted at http://www.radiofreechicago.org

    After my fourth stint at Metro in two weeks I can say with confidence that seeing Aussie dance commandos Cut Copy was hands down one of the most trying and yet electrified shows I have seen this year. If you were amongst the lucky handfuls who waited out the delay for Cut Copy's set at Pitchfork Music Festival this year, then you understand what I mean.


    Cut Copy came out to "Visions" soon guns were a-blazing (and by guns I mean synths and keyboards) as they went right into "Nobody Lost, Nobody Found." Looking out into the crowd I could see the opposite was true though. Everyone immediately found themselves lost in the beats the Cutters set forth into the audience. Some of them were drunk, slowly trying to sync up as best they can while simultaneously trying to maintain some sort of balance. Some of them shut their eyes and simply jumped up and down with their hands in the air, occasionally shaking their heads. …
  • Pitchfork Music Festival : Day the Third

    22 VII 2008, 3:37 przez aubr3y

    Originally posted at http://www.ninetyninetyfour.org

    Fri 18 Jul – Pitchfork Music Festival 2008

    With no rain in sight my decent upon the final day of Pitchfork began with walking into the festival just as Japanese rockers Boris took the stage. It began sounding like stingingly fast punk rock. I walked through the crowd towards the beer vendors for wristbands and tickets, all the while hearing the cries of Atsuo across the field.

    After rendez-vousing with friends and giving a twice-over on DEPART-ment, we sat in the shade and talked and drank a bit. It was soon that we saw a small crowd gathering at the curb across from the Robinson's stand.Les Savy Fav frontman Tim Harrington sat upon a powder blue blanket with various cds (obviously illegitimate copies) such as Spoon's "Girls Can Tell", strewn across it. He held up a plastic wrapped Xbox 360 game, it appeared to be some sort of foot ball game. Harrington declared it a great game and it will play on any system and that he was only selling it for two dollars. …