Wow. It's a long way down from this past weekend's euphoric highs, but to help ease everyone back into the day-to-day we present to you, faithful readers, a photo-happy, interview-accented set of features, our capstone to the three-day weekend bonanza that was the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival.

From Slint to Sonic Youth, the Twilight Sad to Yoko Ono, Deerhunter to De La Soul-- and despite a few more sound problems then we'd have liked-- the event once again proved momentous, and we couldn't have done it without all of you. Thanks to everyone who came to the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival. We hope you had a weekend to remember, and we look forward to seeing you again next year.

Thanks also once again to our Friday night partners in crime, Barry Hogan and All Tomorrow's Parties (and their Don't Look Back series), as well as all the sponsors, vendors, and volunteers whose tireless efforts and contributions help keep this festival pretty ridiculously cheap. Thanks to our photographers as well-- Jason Bergman, Jana Green, Leigh Ann Hines, Karra McDonald, Joseph Mohan, Akmal Naim, Jen Reel, Nolan Wells, and Kathryn Yu-- whose shots you'll see below.

And for even more multimedia festival coverage, check out the official Pitchfork Music Festival podcast, featuring interviews with Sonic Youth, Stephen Malkmus, Slint, Clipse, Dan Deacon, Klaxons, the Cool Kids, ATP's Barry Hogan, and Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber. Thanks to Anders Lindall for his work on this and the all the previous Backline podcasts.

Finally, our hats go off to Mike Reed and the fine people at At Pluto and Pitchfork's associate publisher Chris Kaskie for orchestrating another landmark Pitchfork Music Festival.

For coverage of Friday, click here. For Saturday, click here.

Sunday, July 15

Deerhunter [Connector Stage; 1 p.m.]





Photo 1 by Jason Bergman; photos 2-3 by Jen Reel

Interview: Bradford Cox of Deerhunter| [Interview by Paul Thompson]

Pitchfork: When Deerhunter took the stage today, you guys were introduced as Deerhoof. Why was that?

Bradford Cox: Because I told them to!

Pitchfork: You joker. You seemed a little nonplussed about your set.

BC: First of all, the stage was like 250 degrees. I couldn't stand anywhere because I was barefoot, and it was on a black stage, so it was literally like walking on hot coals. I kept thinking of going offstage and getting my shoes, but they wouldn't have matched the dress. And I'd rather be in pain than not coordinate. And we're not a daytime band! We're children of the night. Or something.

Pitchfork: Have you seen anybody good so far?

BC: My favorite's been Beach House, Grizzly Bear, the Ponys. Girl Talk was amazing, Dan Deacon was amazing. I haven't seen anything that I didn't like so far. Every single band I saw yesterday was awesome, and I like them as people.

Pitchfork: I saw you onstage during Girl Talk with the dudes from Grizzly Bear.

BC: Yeah, I got a text from Ed Droste [from Grizzly Bear] that said, "Come to the Balance stage, we're gonna sing 'Knife'." It was originally going to be me and Ed and Victoria from Beach House, but it was nuts, pandemonium. [Girl Talk's] really insane, amazingly good. I've seen him a couple times, but I've never seen him with all this energy. The shows I've seen were more club.

Pitchfork: I hear you met Clipse.

BC: So I'm walking around with Daniel and Ed from Grizzly Bear and Victoria from Beach House, and they were talking about how Clipse and Beach House were sharing a trailer. And I was like, "No shit, I wanna meet Clipse, I really wanna hang out with Clipse." And Victoria was like, "No no no, he's got his girl in there, he's got a bottle of Hennessey, he's just trying to chill out."

So finally I convince Victoria to take me in there. I say [affects high voice], "Hi Mr. Clipse, can I have your picture?' So I had a picture with Clipse. And he [Pusha T - Ed.] was the coolest fucking guy! He was so awesome! And he let me touch his diamond necklace. It said "Clipse." I lifted it, and it weighed five or six pounds. That was real shit! Five pounds of real shit. Crystal and diamonds. And he's walking around with it. If I walked around like that, I'd be hunched over! He was so cool. He was one of the coolest people I've ever met. So chill. He was really nice.

Pitchfork: I hear you met Thurston, too.

BC: Yeah, Thurston was funny. I enjoyed my experience with Thurston. I was in the catering room getting a bottle of water, and this tall figure comes next to me. I didn't actually look at him, because I was digging [in the bucket of ice]. He reaches in and grabs this Rehab with his giant hand. I didn't know who it was because I didn't look up, and I hear this booming voice go, "Huh huh huh, Rehab, funny name for an energy drink." I look up, and he snaps open the lid, and he drinks the entire Rehab in one gulp, with his giant larynx fluctuating.

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Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra [Balance Stage; 1 p.m.]









Photos 1-3 by Jason Bergman; photos 4-5 by Jen Reel

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The Ponys [Aluminum Stage; 1:30 p.m.]





Photos by Jason Bergman

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Recreation



Photos by Jason Bergman

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Menomena [Connector Stage; 2 p.m.]







Photos 1 and 2 by Kathryn Yu; photos 3 and 4 by Jason Bergman

Interview: Menomena | [Interview by Tyler Grisham]

Pitchfork: When did you get in?

Danny Seim: We got in from New York on Saturday around four. So we got to see a few bands. We saw Yoko and Mastodon-- Clipse was good. It was fun, and we've just been kind of taking it easy.

Pitchfork: What's your favorite show been so far?

DS: That's a good question. [pause] I'll think of something [laughs]. I think Yoko Ono. I just didn't know what to expect. I think it was great that she played some of her older stuff, the Rising stuff.

Justin Harris: Considering I only saw one and a half bands, I'd have to say De La Soul [laughs]. They were crazy. I missed all of yesterday and most of today. I was tired.

Pitchfork: Well, you guys have been touring for a while. Where are you going next?

DS: Home. We're going straight back to Portland. It's been a while. This has been our longest tour, our longest time away from home. By the time we get home it will be pretty darn close to two months. We played the states, and then we played Europe for the first time. We actually drove to Chicago, we toured the first three weeks through the States, parked our van in Chicago and flew to Europe for the first time and played for two weeks.

Pitchfork: How were the European crowds?

DS: They were great. I'd actually never been to Europe; I didn't know what to expect. But everybody was really nice. Some cities got a little rough; there was a little pressure. But it was a good time.

Pitchfork: What did you think about the festival crowd?

DS: I've never been a huge fan of festivals, just because of the logistics going into them, usually no sound checks...if a set goes too long, you get rushed, and if you slow down, you can screw up the rest of the festival. So going into this I had my reservations, but this has been really good. It has renewed my faith in huge, teeming throngs of people.

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Brightblack Morning Light [Balance Stage; 2 p.m.]





Photos by Jason Bergman

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Fans





Photos 1 and 3 by Joseph Mohan; photo 2 by Jen Reel