Paste's Guide to Pitchfork Music Festival 2009

July 17-19
Chicago
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Highlights: Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo, The Flaming Lips, Tortoise, The Jesus Lizard, M83, The National, Vivian Girls, The Walkmen

The Pitchfork Festival, held in Chicago’s Union Park, opens with “Write the Night: Set Lists by Request”—four shows with set lists picked by ticket holders: Built to Spill, the recently-reunited Jesus Lizard, Yo La Tengo and Tortoise. Also, by providing free bike parking and 80 recycling bins on the grounds, P4K ’09 organizers are encouraging fans to go green. 

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