This morning Pitchfork begins rolling out the second batch of acts for its three-day music festival in July. We’ll keep track of the performers as they’re added to the Pitchfork mural on the side of the Violet Hour in Wicker Park.
Festival organizers began the prolonged lineup announcement last week, with Chicago artist Shelby Rodeffer painting the names of 14 acts onto a mural designed by illustrator Camilo Medina. The third and final group of performers will be revealed next week. Intrepid Reader intern Rachel Yang returns to the scene today to watch paint dry all over again. Those of you without the patience or opportunity to watch Pitchfork’s live stream of the process, we’ve got you covered—we’re compiling the full list below, along with Yang’s tweets. Plus we’re linking each act’s name to past Reader coverage wherever we can.
The Pitchfork Music Festival runs July 20-22 in Union Park. The acts announced today are:
same set up as last time except there are nicer cameras and shelby is dressed a lot warmer (insert it’s what she deserves meme) #P4Kfest pic.twitter.com/XX2T49myUW
— Rachel Yang (@_rachelyang) March 6, 2018
who could #2 be …? #P4Kfest https://t.co/GgyrFL8NEY pic.twitter.com/3BR2dqJB9V
— Rachel Yang (@_rachelyang) March 6, 2018
hmmm…? (altho i saw an earl sweatshirt banner for the next artist đź‘€) pic.twitter.com/sCPe58qySF
— Rachel Yang (@_rachelyang) March 6, 2018
Courtney Barnett
Earl Sweatshirt
Big Thief
idk yet … #P4Kfest pic.twitter.com/4w1ytyJKER
— Rachel Yang (@_rachelyang) March 6, 2018
Mount Kimbie
Moses Sumney
Smino
update on #P4kfest coverage: even though anyone walking by can see the outlines or banners w/ outline on them, the pitchfork peeps said it was “very uncool” for me to live tweet before they fully paint out the names …
— Rachel Yang (@_rachelyang) March 6, 2018
Girlpool
Syd
Kweku Collins
Zola Jesus
Julie Byrne
Berhana
Acts already announced:
Tame Impala
DRAM
Raphael Saadiq
This Is Not This Heat
(Sandy) Alex G
Japandroids
Kelela
Julien Baker
Ravyn Lenae
Kelly Lee Owens
Melkbelly
Lucy Dacus
Irreversible Entanglements
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society