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May 16, 2008
Pitchfork Music Festival Three-Day Passes Sold Out!
As of right now, three-day passes for the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival are no longer available. Those suckers sold out! That'll happen with tickets to the only festival that offers the remote possibility of witnessing an interaction between Les Savy Fav frontman Tim Harrington and Public Enemy jester/VH1 reality star Flavor Flav.
But never fear, dear snoozers, you haven't lost out yet. Still available are $50 two-day passes for the Saturday and Sunday portion of the festival as well as $30 individual tickets for all three days. We recommend making your way to TicketWeb sooner rather than later.
Just a reminder: The festival takes place July 18-20 at Chicago's Union Park. Like last year, the whole shebang kicks off with an ATP/Don't Look Back night, featuring Public Enemy, Mission of Burma, and Sebadoh each performing one of their classic albums in its entirety.
For a refresher course, here's the full 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
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
And once again, the Pitchfork Music Festival is happy 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.
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.
April 18, 2008
Spoon, Les Savy Fav, Dodos
Added to Pitchfork Music Festival
The 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival is coming to Chicago's Union Park from July 18-20. We've already had the pleasure of announcing 26 of the artists who will perform, including Public Enemy doing the classic It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Mission of Burma playing their post-punk masterpiece Vs., Animal Collective, Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, Ghostface and Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan, and Vampire Weekend-- a lineup that we hope sent you scrambling to secure tickets.
Well, what if we told you that Spoon, Les Savy Fav, and the Dodos will also be appearing? And, what's more, that's not a hypothetical...Spoon, Les Savy Fav, and the Dodos actually are appearing at the festival. And performing rock music, too, not just getting onstage to wave or flash a Macca-style thumbs-up or tell you who to vote for in November-- they'll have guitars and everything.
With those three artists now on the bill, 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
Jay Reatard
No Age
Atlas Sound
The Ruby Suns
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
+ many more!
Sunday, July 20:
* Spoon *
Dinosaur Jr.
Spiritualized
M. Ward
Ghostface and Raekwon
* Les Savy Fav *
The Apples in Stereo
Boris
Dirty Projectors
Cut Copy
* Dodos *
Extra Golden
King Khan & His Shrines
El Guincho
Fuck Buttons
+ many more!
Plus, as we've mentioned before, 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.
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.
March28, 2008
Dinosaur Jr., Jarvis Cocker, Ghost and Rae, Mission of Burma to Play Pitchfork Music Festival
Plus: Dirty Projectors, The Apples in Stereo, Cut Copy, Jay Reatard and more!
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, and Spiritulized-- and we're pleased to now announce 13 more.
On Friday night, the Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present "Don't Look Back" and, along with the previously announced appearance by PE, Mission of Burma will play their just-reissued classic Vs., along with a third artist to be announced later.
Other additions to the lineup include the legendary Dinosaur Jr., Ghostface and Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan, 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, Fuck 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
* Fuck Buttons *
+ many more!
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.
March 12, 2008
Tickets on Sale Now for 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your web browsers! Tickets for the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival-- bringing music lovers the world over to Chicago's Union Park July 18-20-- are available right now for the purchasing via TicketWeb.
As in past years, we have ticketing options for people of all festival-going persuasions. Gunning for that one cherished act? The $30 individual day pass is the one for you. Weekend warrior? Opt for the $50 two-day Saturday/Sunday pass. In it for the long haul? Stretch your dollars for all they're worth with the $65 three-day full festival pass.
March 10, 2008
Pitchfork Music Festival 2008!
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 Partiespresent "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 to grace 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?
