NYC art-star photographer Ryan McGinley, who in 2003 became the youngest artist to ever have a solo show at the Whitney, has apparently found a new muse in Smith Westerns front man Cullen Omori. Gossip Wolf hears McGinley took a multitude of snaps of Omori hanging around the Pitchfork festival site.
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Tortoise drummer John McEntire, sax man Paul Mertens, and cellist Alison Chesley of Helen Money lent a local air to Broken Social Scene this weekend, jamming with the Canadian ork-pop collective during their Fleetwood Mac-inspired Friday-night set at Pitchfork; all three musicians appear on the band’s recent Forgiveness Rock Record.
Where do you think we are, Coachella? Multiple sources told Gossip Wolf that Katy Perry was backstage at Pitchfork, but a thorough investigation revealed it was just some chick with black hair in a short-shorts romper.
Native kvlt Nachtmystium head out on a tour sponsored by indie music site Stereogum later this summer, and they’re taking homeys the Atlas Moth with them. Covering parts of the midwest, the eastern U.S., and Canada, the package tour also includes southern heavies Zoroaster and Florida doom duo Dark Castle. The tour opens at Otto’s in DeKalb on September 9 and finishes at Reggie’s Rock Club on October 2.
