LCD Soundsystem went on, and after a few minutes, Boeckner’s ears perked up. “I saw the set list, and we should really go hear the next song.”
Boeckner, who lists Romania and China as his favorites, has become an expert on China’s regional cuisines. “I really started getting into Szechuan food,” he said, explaining the principle of ma la (literally “spicy and numbing”) flavoring that he delved into while visiting Chengdu. “People told me the best Szechuan food was actually in the municipal office — the worker’s cafeteria,” he said, recalling the narcotic effect of the peppers used there. “Before I went to China, my dad was like, ‘Be careful of the food there: It’s dirty and they’re Communists,’ meaning it’ll be industrial food. But it’s all very fresh. I told him there’s more processed food in America!”
The drummer Arlen Thompson (favorite food city: Paris) agreed. “I mean MLB Jerseys, when you drive through the Midwest, with nothing but farms around you, and all the food is processed…?” He did admit to a taste for “obscene garbage” while on tour, such as White Castle. “When in Rome. …”
The singer and keyboardist Spencer Krug said Japan is his favorite food country. (He usually gets Japanese food or “whatever my love makes for me” after he returns to Montreal after a tour, too.) “They’re so hospitable there and just take you from restaurant to restaurant,” he said. All’s well until you have to eat squid pancreas. “It’s the smell of the ocean concentrated into an explosive pill — that nauseating sea smell.”
“We’re lucky enough to have a rider” on their contract, Krug said. So when they go on tour, venues are required to provide fresh fruit and vegetables. “We once toured with a guy who brought his own nori.”
“Arlen is addicted to Taco Bell MLB Jerseys,” Krug said with a laugh, adding, “I think that America has the worst food on the planet when it comes to eating in a hurry. Anywhere in Europe, Asia, Mexico, the street food is delicious.”
Eating on the grass behind the main stage after their 100-degree set, which included songs from their new album, “Expo 86,” the Montrealers gave a world tour of food.
It turns out that the singer/guitarist Dan Boeckner developed a taste for cevapcici, the Balkan mixed-meat dish, while the band was touring in Croatia. After visiting underground clubs, the street-food staple — in this case, two hearty grilled sausages served on pita with a spicy eggplant-red pepper puree — was the perfect ballast.
The members of Wolf Parade, good eaters all, were game to try Chicago food while playing at the sold-out Pitchfork Music Festival on Saturday. Did they want to try Hot Doug’s? The Publican?
“Dan really wants you to try the Croatian food tent,” texted the Sub Pop publicist.
Christine Muhlke Pitchfork Music Festival’s cevapcici stand.
“American cheese is plastic,” opined Thompson, who always looks forward to a meal by his fiancée, who cooks at Réservoir in Montreal.
Within 10 minutes, they’d eaten their sandwiches and the one bought for multihyphenate band member Dante DeCaro, who was collapsed in their trailer after playing in the full sun.
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