Before I say anything else today, I want to apologize for over-hyping last Sunday’s Elvis Perkins performance at Wicker Park Fest.  If you were there, you know what I mean.  Elvis and the boys all did their thing, no doubt, but the sound people at the festival really dropped the ball and let an otherwise excellent set go completely to waste.  The vocals were nonexistent, the guitars weren’t right at all, and the whole thing was generally a mess.  I don’t go to an outdoor street festival expectin

Before I say anything else today, I want to apologize for over-hyping last Sunday’s Elvis Perkins performance at Wicker Park Fest.  If you were there, you know what I mean.  Elvis and the boys all did their thing, no doubt, but the sound people at the festival really dropped the ball and let an otherwise excellent set go completely to waste.  The vocals were nonexistent, the guitars weren’t right at all, and the whole thing was generally a mess.  I don’t go to an outdoor street festival expectin

I’ve been ready for the Pitchfork Festival to hurry up and get here for the last two weeks, but now that the weekend has finally arrived my anticipation has reached a fever pitch.  In a few short hours Kevin will be rolling in from Cleveland and the weekend will officially be underway.  We are skipping out on Friday night’s festivities, but we will be spending the majority of the day putting together a rigid schedule that will allow us to bring you the very best coverage of the festival that we