Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
So was the Pitchfork Music Festival a successful three days of indie-rock and hipster utopia? Did it send us reeling? Did the experience cause fans to have any sensual after-rock effects from all the sun-drenched melodic mayhem? Did the fans conquer the festival and leave with their live music-obsessed souls soaked in pleasure or pain? [...]
When I “saw” St. Vincent earlier this year I questioned whether or not concert fans need their eyes to enjoy a concert, or if music writers really need their eyes to write a concert review. And after reading an excerpt from one of the best books about the five senses, I’m starting to see concerts [...]
Now, we all know that there’s more than one way to enjoy a show and that we don’t always need our eyes to help us write concert reviews, right?
In less than five days after they made the initial announcement of the headliner and partial lineup including the reunited Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, and Raekwon, the three-day passes for the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival sold out.
