I Pitchforked Your Mom

Hello friends,

As many of you may know, the Rainbows in Disguise crew made a trip to Chicago this weekend, wading through the sea of hipsters and Goose Island beer that was the Pitchfork Music Festival 2007. I'll leave the more in-depth analysis of the festival to our resident music journalist, but I figured since I'm sitting here watching Tanner play video games, I'll offer up a festival "report card" on the bands we were able to see:

Friday (ATP/Don't Look Back)

Slint (Performing "Spiderland"):
Sound: B+
Energy: B
Hipster Factor: B-
Overall: B

GZA/Genius w/Cappadona (Performing "Liquid Swords"):
Sound: B
Energy: A
Hipster Factor: B
Overall: A

Sonic Youth (Performing "Daydream Nation"):
Sound: B-
Energy: B+
Hipster Factor: A
Overall: B

Saturday

Califone:
Sound: B-
Energy: C
Hipster Factor: C+
Overall: C

Grizzly Bear:
Sound: B+
Energy: B
Hipster Factor: A-
Overall: B

Beach House:
Sound: A-
Energy: C-
Hipster Factor: B+
Overall: B+

Fujiya & Miyagi:
Sound: A
Energy: A-
Hipster Factor: B
Overall: A

Oxford Collapse:
Sound: C
Energy: B
Hipster Factor: B
Overall: C

Clipse:
Sound: A-
Energy: A
Hipster Factor: B+
Overall: A

Girl Talk:
Sound: F
Energy: C (it seemed like people in the front were having fun)
Hipster Factor: A
Overall: D-

Sunday:

Menomena:
Sound: A-
Energy: A-
Hipster Factor: A-
Overall: A-

Stephen Malkmus:
Sound: C
Energy: C-
Hipster Factor: A
Overall: C+

Of Montreal:
Sound: A-
Energy: A
Hipster Factor: A
Overall: A

New Pornographers:
Sound: C+
Energy: C+
Hipster Factor: B
Overall: B-

De La Soul:
Sound: B+
Energy: A+
Hipster Factor: B+
Overall: B+

Toddy/Tanner, chime in where you will...