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April 25, 2008
Hold Steady, Sebadoh, Caribou Complete P4k Fest Bill!
Plus: Times New Viking, High Places, Bon Iver, Elf Power, HEALTH, Mahjongg, Icy Demons, Titus Andronicus, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
And there you have it! With this announcement you're reading right now, the lineup for the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival-- descending on Chicago's Union Park July 18-20-- is officially complete. And just which artists are we pleased to welcome to the bill this time out?
Well, filling out Friday's Don't Look Back festivities (held in conjunction with our pals at All Tomorrow's Parties), we have lo-fi giants Sebadoh, who will perform their soon-to-be-reissued 1993 album Bubble and Scrape in its entirety. They join Mission of Burma, blasting through Vs., and Public Enemy, turning back that clock to 1988's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.
Then on Saturday, the Pitchfork Music Festival welcomes a bar band of arena proportions-- the mighty Hold Steady-- along with the percussion-heavy psych-pop of Caribou, the sunny day stylings of Elephant 6 affiliates Elf Power, Jersey barnstormers Titus Andronicus, the offbeat jazzy experiments of Chicago's Icy Demons, and the Balkans' own Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar.
Finally, on Sunday, the epic bill expands to include a quintet of impressive relative newcomers: folkie Bon Iver, noisemakers Times New Viking, chaos-mongers HEALTH, rhythm-happy Brooklyn duo High Places (full disclosure: featuring the sister of a former Pitchfork staffer), and high-energy genre-melders Mahjongg. Whew!
Here's what all that looks like in convenient list form (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
* 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
Fuck Buttons
* Elf Power *
The Ruby Suns
* Icy Demons *
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
* 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 *
Dodos
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
King Khan & His Shrines
El Guincho
* HEALTH *
* High Places *
* Mahjongg *
Tickets for the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival are on sale now, and they're going fast. 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 seeing awesome bands 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.
And once again, the Pitchfork Music Festival is thrilled to remind you 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.
From 06 and 07 PMF
• Video-Dan "Deacon-Crystal Cat"
• Video-GZA "Duel of othe Iron Mic"
• Video-Girl Talk [ft. Grizzly Bear] "Knife"
• Video-Stephen Malkmus "We Dance"
• Video-The New Pornographers
"The Bleeding Heart Show"
• Video-Liars "A Visit from Drum"
Pitchfork Music Festival
and All Tomorrow's Parties
Present "Don't Look Back"
Featuring
Public Enemy performing
"It Takes a Nation
of Millions To Hold us Back"
* Sebadoh performing
"Bubble and Scrape"
Mission of Burma performing
"Vs."
Public Enemy
As one of the most influential rap groups of the late '80's Public Enemy brought hip hop to a new level.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Animal Collective
Jarvis Cocker
* The Hold Steady
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Dizzee Rascal
Fleet Foxes
* Caribou
Jay Reatard
* Titus Andronicus
No Age
Atlas Sound
Extra Golden
Fuck Buttons
* Elf Power
The Ruby Suns
* Icy Demons
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
* Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
Animal Collective
With their eighth full length Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective have solidified their standing as some of the most innovative and original thinkers in music today.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Jarvis Cocker
As founding member and major creative force of British glam/punk band Pulp Jarvis Cocker embarked on slow and steady rise to fame.[MORE] [CLOSE]
The Hold Steady
The band's 2005 Union Park performance almost killed us with geek-rock greatness; having survived it, there was nothing left to do but ask them back.[MORE] [CLOSE]
!!!
Their fusion of funk, soul and party have made them a band whose live performance demands a relentless energy and enthusiasm.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Vampire Weekend
Forming at Columbia University in 2006, Vampire Weekend started out like most college bands: playing school functions, house parties and taking pretty much any opportunity they could seize.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Dizzee Rascal
Dizzee Rascal is trying to do what few of his fellow British hip hopsters have been able to do- break into the American scene.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Fleet Foxes
The journey of Fleet Foxes began with the childhood friendship of Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Caribou
The brainchild of Dan Snaith, Caribou (née Manitoba) has worked the places between IDM, pop, and (um) folktronica, blurring boundaries and tweaking expectations with each successive disc.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Jay Retard
Having performed in The Lost Sounds, The Bad Times, The Final Solutions, Angry Angles and others Jay Reatard has gone back to where he started- as a solo artist.[MORE] [CLOSE]
No Age
Formed from the remnants of beloved noise rockers The Wives, No Age has risen the ranks of LA's skate/art/punk scene while embodying everything it represents.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Atlas Sound
Atlas Sound is the moniker of Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox's solo project-- a natural outgrowth of the distorted pop sound for which his Atlanta quintet has gained notice.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Extra Golden
Two years after their formation, Thrill Jockey issued Ok Oyot System to hoards of critical acclaim and high demand for live performances.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Elf Power
Elephant 6 alums and Athens, Ga., natives, Elf Power meshes a slew of strings with psych guitar and the homemade, mellotron-like tape organ on their eighth LP, In a Cave[MORE] [CLOSE]
The Ruby Suns
The psychedelic indie pop of The Ruby Suns is in large part attributable to the traveling lifestyle of singer/songwriter/bandleader Ryan McPhun.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Icy Demons
An experimental venture of Man Man's Christopher Powell and Bablicon's Griffin Rodriguez, Icy Demons express their explorative spirit through traditional instrumentation and electronics[MORE] [CLOSE]
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
As the brain child of percussionist Jeremy Barnes (formerly of Neutral Milk Hotel) A Hawk and a Hacksaw released the self titled debut in 2004 on The Leaf Label.[MORE] [CLOSE]
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
Dodos
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
King Khan & His Shrines
El Guincho
* HEALTH
* High Places
* Mahjongg
Spoon
With each album these acclaimed indie hands offer a lesson in rock economy: Britt Daniel and his mates write and play spare, direct pop songs but don't stint on snap, hooks, or soul.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Dinosaur Jr.
As the agents responsible for the dawning of alternative rock, Dinosaur Jr. expanded the boundaries of song structure and melody.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Ghostface and Raekwon
There’s an assumed credibility when you’re a member of The Wu Tang Clan, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have to prove yourself.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Les Savy fav
Formed in 1995 by friends who met at the Rhode Island School of Design, Les Savy Fav took its early inspiration from the Clash, Pixies, and Fugazi.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Apples in Stereo
If The Apples in Stereo are the nucleus of the Elephant Six Recording Company, then Robert Schneider is the core of The Apples.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Boris
Japanese rock/metal trio Boris have dabbled in almost everything when it comes to the sound of hard rock.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Dirty Projectors
The mulitfarious sound of Dirty Projectors can best be explained by the eclectic and volatile tastes of one David Longstreth.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Times New Viking
From Columbus, Oh., and Matador Records comes the six-string crunch, cymbal splash and brooding lyrics of Adam Elliott, Beth Murphy, and Jared Phillips, aka Times New Viking.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Cut Copy
The electro indie stylings of Cut Copy began in 2001 as the solo dream of Aussie songwriter, producer and DJ Dan Whitford.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Bon Iver
Justin Vernon decamped to a cabin near his rural roots in northwestern Wisconsin for some rest and relaxation. What he got was For Emma, Forever Ago, a powerful, simple, reflective and heartfelt debut[MORE] [CLOSE]
Dodos
The brainchild of San Francisco multi-instrumentalist Meric Long and percussionist Logan Kroeber.[MORE] [CLOSE]
King Khan & His Shrines
Were it biologically possible for George Clinton and Sun Ra to procreate, King Khan would represent their seed.[MORE] [CLOSE]
El Guincho
Pablo Diaz-Reixa left his Canary Islands home at the age of fourteen to pursue his dream of being a soccer and tennis star.[MORE] [CLOSE]
Fuck Buttons
The conception of Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power began in the winter of 2004 as a vehicle for their relentless noise tendencies.[MORE] [CLOSE]
HEALTH
Like No Age, HEALTH hail from the Los Angeles noise-rock scene, and the band's self-titled debut album was recorded at its home club-slash-epicenter, the Smell.[MORE] [CLOSE]
