February 8, 2010 - Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem and a reunited Pavement head the initial lineup unveiled by organizers of the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival.
June 24, 2009 - When Newsweek spoke to Trent Reznor this week about putting Nine Inch Nails on hiatus, the magazine also asked him what music he's currently listening to. He named the psych-folk group Grizzly Bear. "There's a beauty and a musicality there that I wish would have been in vogue in the late '80s, when I was forming bands," Reznor was quoted as saying. "The aesthetic I was tuned into was a more dumbed-down kind of thing."
July 21, 2008 - Just as quickly as the ground crew got to work unclogging drains blocked by yet another night of rain, the crowds started guzzling down breakfast beers to refill them. It's Day 3 at P4K, and folks are already looking crispy.
July 19, 2008 - It rained all night in Chicago. And all morning. But around 1:30 p.m., when Jay Reatard took the stage to play a furious half-hour set, the weather finally broke.
July 18, 2008 - It's tough to launch a festival after work on a Friday (7/18), but the crowds braved late-afternoon heat, a sudden downpour and ridiculous public-transit waits for the Pitchfork Music Festival, or as it is known by the kids in the know, P4K.
March 31, 2008 - More than a dozen acts have been added to the roster for the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival, to be held July 18-20 at Chicago's Union Park. Among the newly announced acts are Dinosaur Jr., Jarvis Cocker, Ghostface & Raekwon, and The Apples in Stereo. Previously announced performers include Public Enemy (performing "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"), Animal Collective and Spiritualized. More than a dozen additional artists will be announced in upcoming weeks., according to a press release.
March 11, 2008 - The 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival will feature hip-hop legends Public Enemy performing their 1988 album "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" in full.
July 16, 2007 - Thousands of indie rock fanatics--a good mix of fresh, young folks and music-loving grown-ups--visit the Pitchfork website for news and reviews, and at least 17,000 of them are now turning up every year to see the bands they've been reading about online.
April 26, 2007 - Yoko Ono will headline the second day of this year's Pitchfork Music Festival, according to the event's organizers, who also announced several other additions to the three-day festival.
