Festival Guide: Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL
Date: July 17-19, 2009; $35-$60
Pitchfork Media's fourth annual self-titled festival will take over Chicago's Union Park with a multi-genre roster ranging from established artists ( The Flaming Lips, Built to Spill) to emerging acts ( Grizzly Bear, Antlers.) The three-day music extravaganza includes a new feature this year dubbed "Write the Night," which allows fans to vote on certain bands' setlists on the festival website.
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Lineup (subject to change):
Built to Spill
The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo
Tortoise
The National
Beirut
DOOM
Yeasayer
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear
M83
Final Fantasy
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Walkmen
The Thermals
Black Lips
F---ed Up
Plants and Animals
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Matt and Kim
Lindstrom
Wavves
Ponytail
Bowerbirds
The Duchess and The Duke
Antlers
Disappears
Pharoahe Monch
Blitzen Trapper
Frightened Rabbit
The Mae Shi
The Very Best
Mew
Vivian Girls
Japandroids
DJ/Rupture
Women
Killer Whales
Dianogah
Michael Columbia
Pitchfork Music Festival website

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