so this thursday, me and a couple of friends are hopping on a plane to Chicago to attend the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival. this year's festival proves to be one of the year's best festivals for the cheapest price. $60 two-day passes in which one can see a plethora of the best in contemporary indie rock/hiphop/electronic. Luckily, my friend Sean and I were able to get press passes. Him and I will be interviewing a couple of bands and taking a hell of a lot of photographs that will make for a pretty fuckin' rad blogspot post.
To take photos I needed a camera-- a practical one at that. My high-school friend Aileen gladly let me borrow her digital Nikon to snap photos at the festival and around the city. And as a giant, magnified "thank you", I made her a mixtape comprising songs that I've either been listening to at the moment or thought she would enjoy.
here's the track list.
1. discovery - i wanna be your boyfriend (feat. Angel Deradoorian)
2. grizzly bear/lil' wayne - 2 weeks till' prom
3. atlas sound - walkabout (live) (feat. Panda Bear)
4. toro y moi - blessa
5. broadcast - black cat
6. deerhunter - hazel st.
7. cam'ron - la bumba (feat. vado)
8. cass mccombs - when the bible was wrote
9. major lazer - keep it goin' (feat. nina sky & ricky blaze)
10. the very best (esau mwamwaya & radioclit) - tengazako
11. prince - let's go crazy
12. nina sky - move ya body (feat. jabba)
13. mos def - auditorium
14. wale - the freestyle (roc boys)
i have never heard of Toro y Moi until Edward Droste (Grizzly Bear) posted up a link on his twitter about him and, man, he's great!
he's supposed to release two full lengths next year and Carpark, the label from which he resides, currently released a 7" for his song Blessa.
when you listen to the song you'll notice how air-y it sounds. there's a lot of space from which to reverberate sounds and it seems as if toro y moi takes advantage of all the space he has to create lots of delay, noisy flush, and beachy harmonies. this is kind of a great summer song.
here's a stream iMeem.
Blessa - toro y moi
