Pitchfork - The Big Screen

Pitchfork went by in a blur.
This year was more crowded. More muddy. And more muggy.

The highlights of this trip included seeing Vampire Weekend, M. Ward with a full band, the Apples in Stereo, !!! and the lead singers dance moves, the Hold Steady totally rocking out in the heat and the 312 beer. You can't beat good beer on a hot July day.

Next to the two main stages were huge screens allowing the crowd to see what was going on if they were across the park. I took a few pics of the big screen during a few of the acts. Here is my collection:

Pitchfork Music Festival 2008 - mix

I am meeting my friend Megan in Chicago on Saturday. She's driving down on Friday to hang out with her brother. I have made her a mix of some of the bands that we are going to see for her road trip. Here's the list....

1. Grass (Animal Collective)
2. Onto Something (Apples in Stereo)
3. Ruby (Apples in Stereo)
4. For Emma (Bon Iver)
5. Feel the Pain (Dinosaur Jr.)
6. Never Believe (Elf Power)
7. Ragged Wood (Fleet Foxes)
8. You Can Make Him Like You (The Hold Steady)
9. Miami Ice (Icy Demons)
10. We'll Make A Lover Out Of You (Les Savy Fav)
11. Chinese Translation (M. Ward)
12. Outta My Head (M. Ward)
13. The rRABBITT (Mahjongg)
14. Look out SOS! (The Ruby Suns)
15. Soul on Fire (Spiritualized)
16. Don't You Evah (Spoon)
17. Sister Jack (Spoon)
18. Drop-Out (Times New Viking)
19. Oxford Comma (Vampire Weekend)
20. M79 (Vampire Weekend)

Here's a video of one of the bands listed above:

Countdown to.... PITCHFORK!

I'm heading to Chicago this weekend for the fourth year of awesomeness in Union Park!
Pitchfork Music Festival!

As I study each band I'll make notes of what I believe their sound to be like.
I'll post these notes up on the blog. If anyone has extra comments about bands I should see... please give me some feedback!

Before I post the lineup below.. I'm going to say that I'm pumped to see Animal Collective outdoors. I've seen them a couple of times indoors closed off in a packed environment. And the last time I saw them (at the Dame in Lexington) they were amazing! I am looking forward to seeing Fleet Foxes. And Spoon! And Vampire Weekend.. And M. Ward!! And Bon Iver...

And the best part is meeting the people... loading on the sunscreen.. sunhats.. water... and just being in Chicago.

Here's the lineup for Sat and Sun. (I am skipping Friday so that I can see my friends BIG FRESH play in Louisville at Headliners that night. If you are in town.. come out! and see this super fun band.)

SATURDAY
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
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

more details: http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/