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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 16, 2012
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Video: Pitchfork Music Festival in the words of the people

"Pitchfork 2012: The Beginning," a video of interviews with staff and fans at the beginning of the Pitchfork Music Festival
- by Leor Galil
- Tags: On Video, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, video, Aundre Larrow, Olivia La Faire, Danny Brown, Flatstock, Wu-Tang Clan, Union Park, Tim Hecker, interviews, fans, audience, crowd, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 28, 2012
And the Pitchfork lineup announcements begin

So far the Pitchfork Music Festival's lineup features Feist, Liturgy, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Willis Earl Beal, and more.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Liturgy, Vampire Weekend, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hot Chip, Willis Earl Beal

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Music, Gossip Wolf, Jan 19, 2012
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Gossip Wolf: Pitchfork predictions, round one

Cloud Nothings and Willis Earl Beal for sure—maybe Bon Iver, Chavez, or Frank Ocean? Plus: A fund-raiser for stricken DJ Jonathan Toubin and a delicious new album from Bobby Conn
- by Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Cloud Nothings, Willis Earl Beal, Bon Iver, Best Coast, Grimes, Frank Ocean, At the Drive-In, Jonathan Toubin, Radar Eyes, Outer Minds, House Sounds, Bobby Conn, Monica Boubou, Lazer Crystal, Detholz!, Union Park

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Music, Photo Pit, Jul 20, 2011
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2011 Pitchfork Music Fest: The slideshow

Photography from the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival by Andrea Bauer, Leor Galil, and Emma Arnold
- by Andrea Bauer, Leor Galil, and Emma Arnold
- Tags: Photo Pit, Union Park, Slideshow

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Music, Artist on Artist, Jul 14, 2011
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Lo-fi/psych guitarist Kurt Vile chats up Brain Idea's Joe Wetteroth

'It's different from most lo-fi, a little more mid-fi'
- Tags: Artist on Artist, Kurt Vile, Brain Idea, Pitchfork, Joe Wetteroth, Subterranean, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, Crazy Horse, Empty Bottle, Union Park

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Music, Pitchfork, Jul 14, 2011
Our guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival

Reviews of all 45 bands, a rundown of afterparties, and a free 29-song download
- by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Bill Meyer, Leor Galil, and Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Pitchfork 2011, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park

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News & Features, Politics, Jul 29, 2010
The Picture Police

Do festivals like Pitchfork and Lollapalooza have the right to restrict photography in a public park?
- by Ben Joravsky and Sam Adams
- Tags: Politics, Chicago Park District, Pitchfork Music Festival, Lollapalooza, Emily Kagan, Mauricio Vaca, Union Park, Grant Park, photography, Mike Reed, Jessica Maxey-Faulkner, Mark Weinberg, Bill Wirtz, United Center

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Music, Music Column, Jul 15, 2010
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The Self-Made MC

How Freddie Gibbs went from pimp to Pitchfork
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, Beauty Bar, Union Park, Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik, Freddie Gibbs, Gary, Indiana, Interscope, The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs, Str8 Killa, Str8 Killa No Filla, Video

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Music, Music Sidebar, Jul 15, 2010
The Reader's Guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival

Featuring Pavement, Big Boi, Freddie Gibbs, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn, the Smith Westerns, and more
- by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Liz Armstrong, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Sidebar, PItchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Pavement, Big Boi, Sleigh Bells, Delorean, Modest Mouse, Girls, Freddie Gibbs, Dam-Funk, LCD Soundsystem, American Poster Institute, Flatstock, CHIRP Record Fair, Chicago Independent Radio Project, Coterie, Rock For Kids, Reader's Biker Village, Neon Indian, Liars, Here We Go Magic, Sharon Van Ettan, Bear in Heaven, Ninjasonik, Rory Lake's Karaoke Dreams, Tesco Vee, Bitchpork, Bottom Lounge, Abbey Pub

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Music, Music Sidebar, May 27, 2010
Summer Guide: Follow the Music

The biggest and best of the music fests
- by Reader staff
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Chicago Gospel Music Festival, Millennium Park, Do-Division Street Fest, Chicago Blues Fest, Ribfest Chicago, Metronome Celebration, Taste of Randolph Street, Takin' It to the Streets, Inner-City Muslim Action Network, Marquette Park, Taste of Chicago, Green Music Fest, African/Caribbean International Festival of Life, Washington Park, Irish American Heritage Festival, Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, Welles Park, West Fest, Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Wicker Park Fest, Grant Park, Neon Marshmallow Fest, Viaduct Theater, Caribbean Festival, Union Park, African Festival of the Arts, Washington Park, Chicago Jazz Festival, Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival

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Reader, Matches blog, Feb 25, 2010
Reduced to Fractions

He's an import and he can go from zero to creepy in about an hour.
- by Heartbroker
- Tags: Mismatched: Bad Dates, Great Stories, pretense, Frankenstein, Pitchfork, Hi-Life, beeramid, imaginary, imagination, Chicago zoning, laboratory, Adam of your Labours, West Town, Union Park, sweater, autumn, bubblegum, kisses, accents, Oxford, designer jeans, Jane Austen, Alan Rickman, globular, slurping, Englishman, perfect, Brooklyn, knitted, stitched

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 5, 2010
Pitchfork Starts Its Lineup Tease

The Pitchfork Music Festival announced its first group of bands and performers, including Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, Pavement, and St. Vincent.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Pavement, Raekwon, Lightning Bolt, Union Park, Modest Mouse

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 3, 2010
This Year's Pitchfork Fest Starts Powering Up on Friday

On Friday tickets go on sale for this summer's festival and Pitchfork will reveal its first confirmed bookings.
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, Pitchfork, Union Park, Vampire Weekend, indie rock

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Music, Music Sidebar, Aug 5, 2009
Caribbean Festival

Reggae-heavy festival in Union Park this weekend.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Caribbean Festival, Union Park, Beres Hammond, Leon & the Peoples, Jamaica, reggae, Tanto Metro, Tarrus Riley, Chi-Town Idol

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 18, 2009
Pitchfork photos by Clayton Hauck, pt. 1
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Music, Visual Art, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival 2009, Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill, Union Park, music, photography, music festivals, Clayton Hauck, everyoneisfamous.com

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 17, 2009
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Three quick Pitchfork picks
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Music, Bowerbirds, The Mae Shi, The Very Best, Esau Mwamwaya, Radioclit, Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are the Very Best, Paper Planes, Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, HLLLYH, Pitchfork Festival, Union Park, music, Video

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Music, Music Feature, Jul 16, 2009
The Reader's Guide to the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival

What you need to know before you go
- by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Jessica Hopper, Monica Kendrick, Bill Meyer, Kevin Warwick, and Ann Sterzinger
- Tags: Music Feature, Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Tortoise, Yo La Tengo, The Jesus Lizard, Built to Spill, Disappears, Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Dutchess & the Duke, Plants and Animals, Fucked Up, Antlers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Bowerbirds, Final Fantasy, Ponytail, Yeasayer, Wavves, Doom, Lindstrom, Beirut, Matt & Kim, Black Lips, The National, Michael Columbia, The Mae Shi, Dianogah, Frightened Rabbit, Blitzen Trapper, Killer Whales, Pharoahe Monch, Women, Thermals, DJ/Rupture, Walkmen, Japandroids, M83, Vivian Girls, Grizzly Bear, Mew, The Very Best, Flaming Lips

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"Pitchfork 2012: The Beginning," a video of interviews with staff and fans at the beginning of the Pitchfork Music Festival

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So far the Pitchfork Music Festival's lineup features Feist, Liturgy, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Willis Earl Beal, and more.

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Cloud Nothings and Willis Earl Beal for sure—maybe Bon Iver, Chavez, or Frank Ocean? Plus: A fund-raiser for stricken DJ Jonathan Toubin and a delicious new album from Bobby Conn

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Photography from the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival by Andrea Bauer, Leor Galil, and Emma Arnold

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'It's different from most lo-fi, a little more mid-fi'

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Reviews of all 45 bands, a rundown of afterparties, and a free 29-song download

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North Coast Music Festival

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The Pitchfork Music Festival releases its lineup teaser. Tickets go on sale today at noon.

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Featuring Paul Kalkbrenner, Chemical Brothers, Flying Lotus, Moby, Benga, and more, plus afterparties

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Do festivals like Pitchfork and Lollapalooza have the right to restrict photography in a public park?

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How Freddie Gibbs went from pimp to Pitchfork

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Featuring Pavement, Big Boi, Freddie Gibbs, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn, the Smith Westerns, and more

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The biggest and best of the music fests

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He's an import and he can go from zero to creepy in about an hour.

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The Pitchfork Music Festival announced its first group of bands and performers, including Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, Pavement, and St. Vincent.

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On Friday tickets go on sale for this summer's festival and Pitchfork will reveal its first confirmed bookings.

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Reggae-heavy festival in Union Park this weekend.

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What you need to know before you go