The shock of the new

Where is the music that challenges listeners? Standing in Union Park a few weeks ago, the second day of the Pitchfork Music Festival, the sun low, shadows creeping across blankets, shoulder to shoulder with hipsters chain-smoking, I had the strangest feeling, that I had been here before -- at this moment, hearing these bands. I watched Beirut perform with what sounded vaguely like a mariachi band from East...

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