Pictured: The Dodos at the '08 Pitchfork Music Fest; photo by Jen Reel.
Last year, I tried and failed to head up to Chicago for 2008's three-day Pitchfork Music Festival. The lineup was an indie rock lovers dream — how could you expect any less from a Pitchfork.com-sponsored event? — but I simply couldn't get it together in time to actually go. This year, I may just have to scrape the bottom of my cash barrel; while no artists have been confirmed as yet for 2009, the lineup usually includes bands that Pitchfork has been following/raving about/writing about throughout the year. Based on acts that played previous years, Pitchfork's Top 50 albums of 2008, and reviews of albums that have come out so far this year, I'm going to hypothesize the following: Fleet Foxes, Portishead, Cut Copy, M83, Deerhunter, Erykah Badu, Los Campesinos!, Santogold, Beiruit, Lykke Li, Antony and the Johnsons, Andrew Bird, Trail of Dead, Black Lips, and TV on the Radio.
Here's the actual press release:
This article appears in Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2009.