Pitchfork Music Festival announces inital lineup

If you really think about it a battle of the bands is really passé; who wants to watch one band at a time, when you could hop between four? What’s cool these days is a battle of a group of bands, maybe over several days with sets running concurrently. Lo and behold, the summer music festival battle royal, and Pitchfork Music has recently entered into the fray.

This year the Pitchfork Music Festival starts off nostalgic as they team with All Tomorrow’s Parties to bring Hip-Hop legends Public Enemy performing the entire It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back album (take that Roger Waters and Coachella). Other artists confirmed for the three day event in late July include Animal Collective, Vampire Weekend, !!!, M. Ward and others.

The news is especially a boon to Chicago Natives, where the Pitchfork Festival will again be held in Union Park, as Lollapalooza happens only 2 weeks after in Grant Park. Even without a full artist listing fans of music will appreciate the cost, a mere $65. The downside is with today’s gas prices festival goers will have to sacrifice a limb to the great deity Oi!-Yll just to get there. Tickets go on sale March 12th.

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