RH Pitchfork Festival Schedule
Over the last 13 years Pitchfork Music Festival has become one of the most important and highly curated music festivals in Chicago, which says a lot considering that Chicago has the most summer festivals of any city in America. This year's festival is dominated by internationally known stars like Ms. Lauryn Hill (celebrating the 20th anniversary of her legendary album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill) and Tame Impala headlining, but earlier in the day there are a lot of upcoming rappers and singers from Chicago and beyond like Kweku Collins, Ravyn Lenae and Berhana. Because music festivals can get overwhelming we decided to put together a list of the shows that we're looking forward to seeing.
Friday
4:00 Open Mike Eagle @ Blue Stage
4:15 Tierra Whack @ Green Stage
5:15 Saba @ Red Stage
6:15 Syd @ Green Stage
8:30 Tame Impala @ Green Stage
Saturday
1:00 Paul Cherry @ Green Stage
1:45 Berhana @ Red Stage
3:20 Nilüfer Yanya @ Red Stage
4:15 Moses Sumney @ Green Stage
5:15 Raphael Saadiq @ Red Stage
7:45 Kelela @ Blue Stage
Sunday
1:00 Nnamdi Ogbonnaya @ Green Stage
2:30 Kweku Collins @ Green Stage
3:20 Ravyn Lenae @ Red Stage
4:15 Smino @ Green Stage
5:15 Noname @ Red Stage
6:15 DRAM @ Green Stage
7:25 Chaka Khan @ Red Stage
8:30 Ms. Lauryn Hill @ Green Stage
[Album] Nnamdi Ogbonnaya: "Feckin Weirdo"
You may not know the name Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, but I can guarantee some of you have at least seen him around. Ogbonnaya is arguably one of the most talented, multitool artists in Chicago right now. For their "2013 People Issue," the Chicago Reader featured Ogbonnaya as "The Drummer," and adequately so, a the musician drums for a multitude of Chicago bands, including Itto, The Para-Medics, and Pisces at the Animal Fair. While Ogonnaya is mostly known as a drummer in Chicago's punk scene, he's branched out to explore other musical ventures, namely in the hip hop realm. Enter: Feckin Weirdo.
Officially titled Feckin Weirdo: Nnamdi's spectral adventures through a pubulous conundrum, canceling out the burrowing burden and ambiguity of his pre?-?zuberant tooth shine., Ogbonnaya's debut full-length album is an experimental hip hop journey through one of the city's most illuminatingly eccentric minds. Ogbonnaya channels Tyler, the Creator with his irreverent imagery with hints of Del the Funky Homosapien sprinkled over production rife with horns and synths. Other write-ups of Feckin Weirdo have described the album as an acid trip, which is honestly the most effective way to describe Ogbonnaya's quick lyrical delivery that's oftentimes pitch-altered, furthering the eccentricity that sets the sonic and thematic t0ne of the album. Ruby Hornet favorite KSRA also makes an appearance on Feckin Weirdo alongside other guests Luscious Duncan, Julia Steiner, Ian Sutherland, Ace Da Vinci, Alicia Walter, and Julia Bard.
Listen to Feckin Weirdo and watch the videos for "2% Chest" and "Vasectomy" below.
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