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If you 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 rumble between a group of bands, maybe over several days, with sets running concurrently. Lo and behold, the summer music festival battle royale—Pitchfork, a recent entry into the contender field, recently announced the heavy-hitting headliners for the third annual Pitchfork Music Festival.

This year, the Pitchfork Music Festival starts off nostalgic as they team with All Tomorrow’s Parties to host hip-hop legends Public Enemy's performance of 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, late-July event 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, with Lollapalooza happening only two weeks later 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, festivalgoers will have to sacrifice a limb to the great deity Oi!-Yll just to get there. Tickets go on sale March 12.

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