Preliminary lineups announced...

Quote:Gather 'round, lovers of live music, summertime, the great outdoors, the Windy City, and certain festive occasions where all these things come together. The time has come to announce that annual rite of indie passage, the Pitchfork Music Festival!

The 2008 edition of our yearly sonic bonanza returns to Chicago's Union Park on Friday, July 18, Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20. We'll spare you our usual bombast and bad puns and take you straight to the initial lineup:

Friday, July 18:
Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present Don't Look Back

Public Enemy performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
+ more, to be announced

Saturday, July 19:

Animal Collective
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Dizzee Rascal
No Age
Atlas Sound
Fleet Foxes
+ many more!

Sunday, July 20:

Spiritualized
M. Ward
Boris
Extra Golden
El Guincho
+ many more!

Of course, that's just the beginning, so look for further lineup announcements in these pages in the near future.

And you read that correctly: Pitchfork is once again partnering with All Tomorrow's Parties to bring the Don't Look Back series-- in which artists play their classic albums in full-- to the Pitchfork Music Festival. The opening night of the fest will feature Public Enemy parading through hip-hop hallmark It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

Tickets for the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival go on sale this Wednesday, March 12 at 12 p.m. CDT, and as always, they're quite inexpensive. Three-day passes will run you $65, two-day passes for Saturday and Sunday can be yours for $50, and individual day passes cost $30. So you can use all that extra money you're saving to buy something nice for Mom. I mean, why not?

I could get pretty excited for Public Enemy, Spiritualized, Boris, !!!, and M Ward. We shall see how it rounds out. Too bad about ticket prices starting to creep up, although its still a bargain compared to other fests.

niuhuskie84 Wrote:Preliminary lineups announced...

Quote:Gather 'round, lovers of live music, summertime, the great outdoors, the Windy City, and certain festive occasions where all these things come together. The time has come to announce that annual rite of indie passage, the Pitchfork Music Festival!

The 2008 edition of our yearly sonic bonanza returns to Chicago's Union Park on Friday, July 18, Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20. We'll spare you our usual bombast and bad puns and take you straight to the initial lineup:

Friday, July 18:
Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present Don't Look Back

Public Enemy performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
+ more, to be announced

Saturday, July 19:

Animal Collective
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Dizzee Rascal
No Age
Atlas Sound
Fleet Foxes
+ many more!

Sunday, July 20:

Spiritualized
M. Ward
Boris
Extra Golden
El Guincho
+ many more!

Of course, that's just the beginning, so look for further lineup announcements in these pages in the near future.

And you read that correctly: Pitchfork is once again partnering with All Tomorrow's Parties to bring the Don't Look Back series-- in which artists play their classic albums in full-- to the Pitchfork Music Festival. The opening night of the fest will feature Public Enemy parading through hip-hop hallmark It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

Tickets for the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival go on sale this Wednesday, March 12 at 12 p.m. CDT, and as always, they're quite inexpensive. Three-day passes will run you $65, two-day passes for Saturday and Sunday can be yours for $50, and individual day passes cost $30. So you can use all that extra money you're saving to buy something nice for Mom. I mean, why not?

I could get pretty excited for Public Enemy, Spiritualized, Boris, !!!, and M Ward. We shall see how it rounds out. Too bad about ticket prices starting to creep up, although its still a bargain compared to other fests.

That's not too bad of a price for three days. I was thinking about maybe going to Rothbury, but the tickets are like $265 for the 4 days. Click the link for the line up.

Is Zooey Deschanel gonna be playing with M. Ward?

blah Wrote:That's not too bad of a price for three days. I was thinking about maybe going to Rothbury, but the tickets are like $265 for the 4 days. Click the link for the line up.

Wow, theres a whole lot of gross in there. Save your money dude.

Well, I got my 3 day pass.

Come on people, Spiritualized!

niuhuskie84 Wrote:

blah Wrote:That's not too bad of a price for three days. I was thinking about maybe going to Rothbury, but the tickets are like $265 for the 4 days. Click the link for the line up.

Wow, theres a whole lot of gross in there. Save your money dude.

I concur. Some great bands, but not worth that price for them and the rest.

The 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival invades Chicago's Union Park from July 18-20. We've already revealed 13 of the 41 scheduled acts-- including Public Enemy doing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Animal Collective, Spiritualized, and Vampire Weekend -- and now, we're pleased to announce 13 more.
On Friday night, the Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present "Don't Look Back". Along with the previously announced performance by Public Enemy, Mission of Burma will play their just-reissued 1983 post-punk classic Vs.! A third "Don't Look Back" act will be added in the coming weeks.
Other additions to the lineup include the original lineup of the legendary Dinosaur Jr., Ghostface and Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan performing together, and Jarvis Cocker, who will be making his first Midwest appearance in more than 12 years.
Also set to appear: the Apples in Stereo, Dirty Projectors, Cut Copy, Jay Reatard, King Khan & His Shrines, **** Buttons, the Ruby Suns, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, and Chicago's own Occidental Brothers Dance Band International.

With those additions, the festival lineup to date is (latest additions starred):

Friday, July 18:
Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present "Don't Look Back"

Public Enemy performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
* Mission of Burma performing Vs. *
+ one more to be announced

Saturday, July 19:

Animal Collective
* Jarvis Cocker *
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Dizzee Rascal
Fleet Foxes
No Age
* Jay Reatard *
* King Khan & His Shrines *
Atlas Sound
* The Ruby Suns *
* A Hawk and a Hacksaw *
* Occidental Brothers Dance Band International *
+ many more!

Sunday, July 20:

* Dinosaur Jr. *
Spiritualized
M. Ward
* Ghostface and Raekwon *
* The Apples in Stereo *
Boris
* Dirty Projectors *
* Cut Copy *
Extra Golden
El Guincho
* **** Buttons *
+ many more!

And if all that onstage goodness isn't enough, the Pitchfork Music Festival is thrilled to announce that its new radio partner, KEXP, will broadcast live from Chicago in the days leading up to the festival. KEXP DJs John Richards and Cheryl Waters will do their shows from the festival grounds on Saturday and Sunday, and throughout the weekend KEXP will air select live festival performances.
Tickets for the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival are on sale now. As in previous years, we've worked to ensure you get the most bang for your buck. Three-day passes run $65, two-day passes for Saturday and Sunday go for $50, and individual day passes can be yours for $30. If you like listening to great music outdoors in the summertime in one of the world's great cities and don't want to spend a lot of money doing it, you can buy your tickets here.

Recent additions contain Spoon, Les Savy Fav, and the Dodos

SPOON? Which night. I might be in.

dynovinyl Wrote:SPOON? Which night. I might be in.

Sunday...you really cant go wrong with that ticket

The Sunday Lineup looks like the winner again.
The following four bands alone are worth twice the price of admission.
Spoon
Dinosaur Jr.
M. Ward
The Apples in Stereo

dynovinyl Wrote:The Sunday Lineup looks like the winner again.
The following four bands alone are worth twice the price of admission.
Spoon
Dinosaur Jr.
M. Ward
The Apples in Stereo

Spiritualized, Boris, Cut Copy are all "dont misses" as well. And the rest arent half bad either from what i've heard.

Well, Sebadoh was just announced which is actually kind of "meh" for me. But the Hold Steady... Woo hoo!

The FINAL lineup is:

Friday, July 18:
Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present "Don't Look Back"

Public Enemy performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
* Sebadoh performing Bubble and Scrape *
Mission of Burma performing Vs.

Saturday, July 19:

Animal Collective
Jarvis Cocker
* The Hold Steady *
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Dizzee Rascal
Fleet Foxes
* Caribou *
Jay Reatard
* Titus Andronicus *
No Age
Atlas Sound
Extra Golden
* Elf Power *
The Ruby Suns
* Icy Demons *
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
* Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar *

Sunday, July 20:

Spoon
Dinosaur Jr.
Spiritualized
M. Ward
Ghostface and Raekwon
Les Savy Fav
The Apples in Stereo
Boris
Dirty Projectors
* Times New Viking *
Cut Copy
* Bon Iver *
The Dodos
King Khan & His Shrines
El Guincho
**** Buttons
* HEALTH *
* High Places *
* Mahjongg *