the friday night headliner last year was feist, the worst act out of r. kelly/belle & sebastian/bjork is >>>>>>>>> feist from both a business and quality perspective (imo)
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
xpost -- Quite true, that.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
Feist > Belle and Sebastian; that shit is str8 garbage
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
you know, i'm a mild feist fan i guess, but my wife loves her, anyway i got good tickets and took her as a surprise...and i have to say, feist was probably the artists that most exceeded my expectations as a live act....it was pretty rocking, and her band and arrangements were great, she played a lot of fingerstyle electric on a les paul jr that was cool.
this was a really nice small amphitheater though, she seems more suited to a venue like that
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
idk to me they feel like they're from a different era. nothing wrong w/that necessarily but it's like when there's a metalfest and the headliner is Testament I'm like, fuck yeah I rep for Testament but that's past-master stuff not Where It's At Now y'know? at any rate if anybody needs me I will be marshalling all forces to try to persuade or compel R to play U Saved Me from beginning to end as his entire set
― available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
has anyone ever done a "major headliners are only allowed to play the other headliners' songs" concert?
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
belle & sebastian are the new neil young
― :C (crüt), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
btw as far as gate numbers go I fucking guarantee you Feist does bigger U.S. business than B&S, B&S not even remotely on Feist's level in those terms
― available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
No one argued otherwise but thanks for bandsplaining
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
...
― castle grayscale (Lamp), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, February 1, 2013 1:49 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― zero dark (s1ocki), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
i think for PF demo that b&s is a bigger draw than feist but i of course that's just a hypothesis
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
time to test it
― zero dark (s1ocki), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
i assume that the headliner with the least drawing power gets put on friday (or is it sunday?), so i guess we'll see how the bands are slotted
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
this is gonna be crazy
― zero dark (s1ocki), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
bandsplaining!!!
― Mordy, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
a+ whiney. this is as good as tumblr whites!
― s.clover, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
no, no its not
― castle grayscale (Lamp), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
tumblr whites is all-time
― pandemic, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
ok, sorry, didnt see that jordan was dumb enough to think belle and sebastian could fill more seats than feist
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
apology accepted
― frogbs, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol learn to read
― available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
i'm starting a pitchfork music festival gate numbers gambling ring. there will be a smoked meats raffle in the betting tent.
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
FWIW, pretty sure Feist plays smaller theatres in Chicago than B&S does.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
Though B&S tours a fractions as much, so it's hard to say if they sell out bigger places due to pent up demand or what.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
Fraction, sorry.
Fwiw, the last two times Feist has played a theater in Chicago it has been at the 2,500 capacity Riveria. B&S's most recent appearance was at the 3,600 capacity Chicago Theater (they played the Riv in 2006).
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
ooh look at mr. tough guy
Ryan Schreiber @ryanpitchforkAlso just want to thank @rkelly for weeding out the lames this year. <3
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
let's see how happy Ryan is when R Kelly pisses in his face
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
weeding out the lames! that's as good as "bandsplaining"!
― tylerw, Friday, 1 February 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
i'm p sure that in reality all the lames bought tickets on pre-sale before the lineup was even announced
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
pee sure
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 1 February 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
a state of emergency is where Fork wants to be
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
laming out the weed
― keef qua keef (Jordan), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
Having R. Kelly is probably a reaction to the general awkwardness The People's List created.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 1 February 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
lol m@tt:
RT @ryanpitchfork: Also just want to thank @rkelly for weeding out the lames this year.- says the guy who also booked belle & sebastian
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
r. kelly to weed out the lames, bjork to weed out the norms, belle & sebastian to weed out the people with good taste in music
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
who's bringing the weed
― :C (crüt), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
everybody throw your zebra pens in the air
― Z S, Friday, 1 February 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
doesn't r. kelly play in chicago pretty regularly?
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
is this year's festival going to be taped for schreiber's episode of My Super Sweet 16?
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
xp:
brent dicrescenzo @bdicrescenzoR Kelly plays Chicago like 4 times a year. You could have gone to see him if you cared in a non-ironic fashion.
R Kelly plays Chicago like 4 times a year. You could have gone to see him if you cared in a non-ironic fashion.
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
boom
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
The last time R. Kelly played, about a month ago, it was at the shit-ass Arie Crown, and it involved women in cages, iirc.
Also iirc, the last time Feist played here, beside the fork fest, was in 2011, at the Riv. I want to say before that it was the Vic, both smaller than B&S, who last played the Chi Theatre, preceded by the Riv, but before that I want to say the Congress. They really haven't played Chicago much, but neither has Feist, I don't think.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
Man its like my post didn't exist.
Feist has also played Ravinia at least once.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 February 2013 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
I saw your post, just saying I don't think she played the Riv twice. But I totally forgot about the, er, Rav!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
gonna make big bucks by smuggling in no-doz and jolt and selling them right before the B&S set
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, February 1, 2013 11:50 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
(because they are a snooze)
Have you ever seen Belle and Sebastian live?
I'm excited about these headliners b/c I'm guessing they'll all be really great *entertainers* in a live festival setting. More so, for instance, than Animal Collective or Vampire Weekend or the National.
― jaymc, Friday, 1 February 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, February 1, 2013 2:52 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― skeet-skeet-gate (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 1 February 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
love that