{"id":37110,"date":"2018-11-10T14:41:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T13:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=37110"},"modified":"2018-11-10T14:59:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T13:59:52","slug":"pitchfork-in-paris-the-low-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/pitchfork-in-paris-the-low-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitchfork in Paris. The low-down."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recounting what went down at\u00a0Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2018<\/strong> is as hard a feeling to convey as heated enchantment laced with freezing temperatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all started with us bouncing around the 11th arrondissement to catch some of the acts we were really looking forward to. From Starchild & The New Romantics<\/a> to Lauren Auder on the first of two days for Pitchfork Avant-Garde to Black Midi<\/a> via Kelsey Lu and topping the second night off with the great R&B crooner Cautious Clay<\/a>. It\u2019s hard to say which act I enjoyed best if not all of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pitchfork Avant-Garde<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I had covered pretty much all artists previously on Sodwee.com but hadn\u2019t seen them live and was pleasantly surprised. Starchild & The New Romantics<\/strong> came on set at Supersonic with utmost confidence, breaking into his set with fancy footwork and gracious moves to an already conquered audience whom Starchild (a.k.a. Bryndon) invited to dance along to his Prince-esque music. A few glitches in the accompanying tracks never phased the New Yorker. Always on point and kept on trucking to deliver a stellar set to the Pitchfork Avant-Garde crowd here to see him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in the evening I had started this week long music marathon with the somewhat dark and moody set by Lauren Auder<\/strong>\u00a0at the Caf\u00e9 de la Danse. A set that reflected the breadth of the young artist\u2019s musicality and genuine poetic talent he has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We close the first night of this year\u2019s Avant-Garde walking back to base in cold temperatures. Clearly bracing for what was going to be a hardcore week of music, live events and survival in this cold Parisian Autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n