We’ll still be occasionally dropping in from time to time, and in no hurry, to bring you some brief recaps and highlights from the Pitchfork Music Festival. I know it already seems so long ago, and Lollapalooza is right around the corner, but we’re still coasting on high from the festival weekend in Chicago.
It’s hard to believe it was all the way back in February that we first gave Fujiya & Miyagi our We Like stamp of approval. Since that time we’ve had our ups and downs with the album. We caught the very end of one of their many performances at SXSW, but the recent Pitchfork Music Festival provided a more objective and full live performance which rekindled our admiration.
The set was delayed to an abundance of feedback and technical problems, but once underway the band chugged through Transparent Things without much dialogue from the trio between songs. While I was aware of the band’s origins, I was still enjoying the set in somewhat disbelief that these guys were not from Japan, as their name initially let me to assume.
Where “Collarbone” and “Photocopier” held down album favorites, in a live setting “Sucker Punch” and “Ankle Injuries” were the clear highlights of their performance for us. The band really set the stage and got people into their dance groove in time for Dan Deacon and Girl Talk to tear the Balance Stage apart later on that Saturday night.
Buy: Fujiya & Miyagi – Transparent Things
MP3: Fujiya & Miyagi – Ankle Injuries
Myspace: Fujiya & Miyagi
Related: Pitchfork Review – Transparent Things (8.3)
I’m sorry, but if I see another hipster with a Jazzmaster, I’m going to kick somebody in the nuts.