It’s hard to blame him: The 50-year-old album was largely a solo endeavor, and Wilson's band at Pitchfork-coaxed along by Beach Boys guitarist Al Jardine-left little room for him to participate in his own oeuvre. Throughout his Saturday performance of Pet Sounds, Brain Wilson seemed affectless if not downright miserable. Carly Rae Jepsen Photo: Cousin Daniel The Worst A despondent Brian Wilson Based on the sheer number of people singing along with Jepsen's every word, the vocalist was responsible for a sizable chunk of Pitchfork's Friday crowd. The wildcard of the weekend-a pop star at Pitchfork-pulled in some of the festival's largest crowds. Paak and Moses Sumney, in one of the best cameos of the weekend, punctuated Sufjan Stevens' set with a pitch-perfect tribute to Prince. Chance and G Herbo, of course, joined Jeremih BJ the Chicago Kid popped in with Anderson. Dev Hynes of Blood Orange also popped up to back Carly Rae Jepsen, who returned the favor the next day singing “Better Than Me” with Hynes. It wasn’t enough for Whitney trumpeter Will Miller to anchor the band’s Friday afternoon set he went on to join both fellow hometown heroes Twin Peaks and folksy rocker Kevin Morby for their performances. Which, on that note: Crazy collaborations Sets by BJ the Chicago Kid, Mick Jenkins, Homme, Whitney, Twin Peaks, RP Boo, Circuit des Yeux, and Jeremih-plus Chance and G Herbo-left the festival with an overall communal tint. Pitchfork has a solid track record when it comes to booking locals, but this year felt like a backyard barbecue. Sumney's music (and set) largely defied categorization fans of innovators like Prince and Michael Jackson had best keep an eye on the rising star. This powerhouse vocalist took the stage amid serious soundbleed from Twin Peaks' set across the park, but it only took a few minutes for Sumney to build his own wall of sound with little more than a vocal looper. Dre, Snakehips, and Kaytranada-performed as if his life depended on it Saturday, bouncing across Pitchfork's intimate Blue Stage with a fervor that invoked James Brown. The rapper, singer and drummer-who made a splash this year with a knockout LP and appearances with Dr. Paak is not headlining Pitchfork in a few years, it will be only because he’s gotten too big. Despite her late start Sunday afternoon (the standard at Pitchfork's technically insufficient Blue Stage), the songstress wowed crowds with a fierce backing band, powerhouse vocals, and effortless dance moves in the day's poppiest moment. Miguel Photo: Cousin Daniel NAO arrivesĮast London soul singer Neo Jessica Joshua (a.k.a. He was also the weekend's first performer to directly address this month's spate of police shootings, taking nearly 10 minutes out of his set to address matters outside the music festival and calling for a festival's worth of arms raised in solidarity with the fight for equality. Sexy, woke, charming-what’s not to like about Miguel? The singer, who's often unfairly compared to Frank Ocean, made an irrefutable case for himself Sunday evening, bolstering his dense lyrics with a full band that upstaged the weekend's rock headliners. The South Side R&B crooner's homecoming set was wild in its own right-and on his birthday, no less-but an appearance by local emcee Chance the Rapper (and, later, G Herbo and Jeremih's mother) pushed things to full-on mayhem:Ĭhance the Rapper joins Jeremih onstage and #p4kfest loses its mind /EDju3v2n5m #P4kFest /hRkTEvssZhĮven more refreshing than sets by Kamasi Washington, the Sun Ra Arkestra, and Thundercat-Pitchfork's rare jazz and funk billings-was the fervor with which people welcomed them. Sufjan comes on channeling Kurt Cobain, punctuates it wish a banjo smash. By the end of the night, the dude was covered in balloons, singing Prince's "Kiss" along with Moses Sumney, and giving one of the weekend's most energetic performances. But Saturday night, Sufjan Stevens came out clad in neon, tinsel, and monstrous swan wings, and drew heavily on his peppier previous release, The Age of Adz. When you tap as a headliner the guy whose most recent release quietly explored, among other things, his relationship with his drug-addicted, bipolar, and schizophrenic mother, you're probably not planning on a sunny closer. The Best Sufjan's surprisingly uplifting set
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