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Kendrick Lamar’s festival-closing Pitchfork set — lifeless at times and a bad impression of a neo-soul concert at others.


(Lenny Gilmore, RedEye)


(Photos by Hillary Higgins, RedEye)

His live band is definitely polished and ready for big arena sets, able to shred and groove. Lamar’s set was packed with his modern classic songs from “Good Kid, m.a.a.d City,” but the incessant need to overdo it ended up squashing his momentum. Dont kill the vibe, K. Dot!

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