M83 at the Empty Bottle on May 29, 2008.
Today, another round of acts has officially been added to the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival roster (to be held July 17-19 in Union Park). The new additions are M83, Black Lips, Wavves, Fucked Up, Matt and Kim, Charles Hamilton, The Duchess and The Duke and The Very Best. They will join the likes of The National, The Walkmen, Built to Spill, Jesus Lizard, Grizzly Bear and festival headliners The Flaming Lips. More bands are expected to be announced soon.
Three day passes are on sale for $75, two-day passes are $60 and single days are going for $35 a pop. Click here for tickets.
Here's the lineup so far:
Friday - "Write the Night: Set Lists by Request"
Built to Spill
The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo
Tortoise
Saturday
The National
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Fucked Up
Matt and Kim
Wavves
Charles Hamilton
The Duchess and The Duke
Sunday
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear
M83
The Walkmen
Pharoahe Monch
Black Lips
The Very Best
Vivian Girls
Jim Collins
Jim Collins follows Chicago's live music scene for the Windy Citizen with his Live Wire blog. He recently graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a master's degree in new media. Prior to that, he worked as a reporter for one of the Sun Times News Group's suburban newspapers and a small daily in southwestern Michigan. Jim's also a music junkie, who appreciates a wide range of musical tastes. From hipster to hippy, raver to rapper, he likes it all. More




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