One of his backing band members looked outright prepubescent. When they walked onstage one of my festival-going pals asked, "I wonder if they came here with parental supervision?" Well, prepare to feel old - Archy himself was born in 1994 and looks even younger than his true age, only augmented by his severely oversized button-up shirt. By appearances only, Archy Marshall and his band seemed more suited for a high school talent show. I arrived at the stage only a few minutes before he began, and by that time the crowd was only five or six people deep and tired festival-goers were able to spread out a blanket and lay down well in front of the stage's sound booth. Lisa WhiteĬhances are you missed King Krule's set over at the Blue Stage because it seemed the entire festival forgot about him. More akin to a DJ set, things got mixed up towards the end when Chicago MC wunderkind Chief Keef took to the stage to perform two tracks including his overnight sensation hit "I Don't Like." After the set ended, backstage a mob of people crowded around Keef to get their photo taken, clearly showing the hype surrounding the young rapper who stole the end of the show. He DJed a literal drum and bass heavy set, the beats shaking through the crowd as he pounded hard on his drum machine, a video letting the crowd witness his skill in creating layers of sound with the flick of a wrist and the heavy tap of a finger. Lisa WhiteĪraabMuzik might win the award for loudest set of the weekend, as I felt his bass beats vibrate off the trees towards the back of the field. OK, so you have a famous fan and got a pretty sweet record deal, but it still feels like Lamar has a bit more polishing to go before proving his worth and staying power. Halfway through his set the reports flooded Twitter that Lady Gaga was watching, and suddenly a large portion of people were too busy craning their neck to fame watch to really notice a lackluster set. His voice sounded rough around the edges, and his between song stage banter needs some work. His laid back, chill West Coast style was ever apparent, but his flow didn't seem nearly as solid as his recorded material. Sadly Kendrick Lamar didn't do much to change my mind, with a late start, a bit too much hyping, and a somewhat sloppy set. Granted Clams Casino, AraabMuzik and Flying Lotus were some of the stand out sets of weekend, but as far as actual rappers go, I found myself missing the G-Side, Das Racist and Freddie Gibbs of years past. Compared to the impressive sets of hip hop the past two years at Pitchfork, I felt this past weekend that the offerings of rappers were pretty weak besides the rowdy Southern set of Big K.R.I.T.
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