Pitchfork Music Competition 2024 has formally wrapped! Right here’s a have a look at among the finest units of the weekend.
Friday, July 19, 2024
Black Pumas’ Soulful, Communal Celebration
Black Pumas’ set reached its zenith early on, throughout “Know You Higher,” when frontman Eric Burton leapt off the stage and into the gang. Dancing, snapping selfies, and hugging followers, Burton turned the soulful live performance right into a communal celebration. “Look, I don’t even want safety,” he joked. “Somebody tickled me, although.”
–Boutayna Chokrane
Jeff Rosenstock Brings His DIY Punk to the Blue Stage
As fame creeps up on Jeff Rosenstock, he refuses to commerce in his morals; between Hellmode songs about self-doubt and local weather change, the DIY punk stalwart thanked pageant employees for taking excellent care of artists in a single breath and shamed companies for privatizing water in one other. His followers saved it actual, too: After serving to Rosenstock crowdsurf whereas taking part in saxophone, they lifted an older lady within the moshpit and crowsurfed her to the entrance. The set had a large turnout, making Jeff Rosenstock and his band the newest act to hitch the storied checklist of artists getting too huge to play the Blue Stage.
–Nina Corcoran
Rosali’s Nonchalant Folks-Rock
Wearing an all-black outfit and outsized sun shades to match, Rosali carried out onstage with the easy stance of your coolest pal nursing a hangover—whereas nonetheless trying suave, after all. The North Carolina singer-songwriter led her band by the nice and cozy Americana, basic rock guitar solos, and lackadaisical people strums of her new album, Chunk Down, giving the music an additional edge with witty retorts and cheeky one-liners. As Rosali and her bandmates spun folk-rock made for again porch beers and lazy afternoons, she sang coolly, “Child, I don’t give a shit.” We all know, and her nonchalance is infectious.
