Pitchfork Music Festival

In David's absence, I feel the need to post something Pavement-related. Stephen Malkmus is performing at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. Also, GZA the Genius is performing the album, Liquid Swords all the way through. Finally, Sonic Youth is doing the same with their album, Daydream Nation.

GB: I'm getting the album in the mail tomorrow.

"Best" Music Festivals

MSN decided that they know something about music (they don't) and compiled a list of the world's "best" fests.
Here's their list:

1. Bumbershoot
2. Edinburgh International Festival
3. Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival
4. Exit Music Festival
5. Fuji Rock Festival
6. Glastonbury
7. Monterey Jazz Festival
8. SÓNAR
9. Spoleto Festival

Seeing as how I know next to nothing about most of these, I can't judge the list except for the fact that Bumbershoot tops it which means the list can't be good even if some are decent.
Now for my usual Gogol Bordello connection: they've been confirmed for both Bumbershoot (along with Wu-Tang Clan and DeVotchKa) and Glastonbury.

http://travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=395363&GT1=10142

By the way, Ducks won the Cup!

Download Festival Boston

Yeah so the Download festival is coming cross the Atlantic and it's coming to Boston. On August 18 Wolf Parade, Band Of Horses, Neko Case, Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Guster will be at the tweeter center. Tickets are some amount of money that I don't know yet... More to come later