4:15 PM: Willis Earl Beal. That Reader piece on him a year ago captured the enduring awesomeness of lo-fi freaky antifolk.
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5:00 PM: At this point start tweeting about how stoked I am for Dirty Projectors, a band that frequently makes me feel as if I am experiencing music for the first time.
8:20 PM: Skip Purity Ring because it sounds like Christian birth control, then sort of lazily half-listen to Feist and maybe remember that time I defused a Thanksgiving crisis at my house by playing Feist for my mom and aunt from a laptop in the kitchen.
More Friday itineraries:
- Peter Margasak, Reader staff writer
- Leor Galil, Reader contributing writer
- J.R. Nelson (aka Gossip Wolf)
- Nadine Nakanishi, co-owner of Sonnenzimmer
Your day’s not over yet. There’s lots more to do at Pitchfork’s afterparties.
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