The Pitchfork Music Festival is starting to roll out the acts playing Chicago’s Union Park July 17-19, with the slate for Friday night—where bands will play setlists chosen by ticket buyers—being announced. The lineup is loaded with indie’s elders: Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise (wait, who knows names of Tortoise songs?) and the reunited Jesus Lizard. Built to Spill and Yo La Tengo are obvious big names for the Pitchfork set, and Tortoise can likely coast on Millions Now Living Will Never Die But what of the Jesus Lizard? I recognize that they’re hometown boys, but outside of the possibility of getting reacquainted with lead singer David Yow’s genitals, are they that big of a deal?
I can’t embed it, but if you read the whole of that Blender list and want to wash your brain clean, here’s the Jesus Lizard flailing through “Boilermaker” from that long-promised live DVD. More »
I can’t embed it, but if you read the whole of that Blender list and want to wash your brain clean, here’s the Jesus Lizard flailing through “Boilermaker” from that long-promised live DVD. More »
Jesus Lizard frontman drops n-bomb for lolz, people get pissy. David Yow, you helped to change my life when I saw your peter as a small boy, but I have to admit I was cheering on the girl punching you in the face in this particular story. More »
