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Home » Music » Pitchfork

Category: Pitchfork

The outline of a human shape, with a festival wristband on one arm and a butterfly perched on the other hand, contains the blue skies, fields, stages, and fans of the PItchfork Music Festival.
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A guide to Pitchfork for the resonant body

by Annie Howard September 2, 2021September 3, 2021

Since 2015, my first year living full-time in Chicago, the Pitchfork Music Festival has been a watershed moment in my summer. In its regular July slot, the fest has created a fulcrum point in the season—it’s a place to unexpectedly bump into forgotten friends and rest in the leafy tranquility of the Blue Stage, where […]

Posted inCity Life

Pitchfork fashion ‘rules’

by Isa Giallorenzo July 25, 2019August 18, 2021

Festivalgoers share their tips for looking stylish in extreme weather.

Posted inMusic

PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes with Grapetooth at Pitchfork

by Tim Nagle July 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Photographer Tim Nagle went behind the scenes with Grapetooth at their Pitchfork 2019 performance.

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PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes with Ric Wilson at Pitchfork

by Tim Nagle July 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Photographer Tim Nagle went behind the scenes with Ric Wilson at his Pitchfork 2019 performance.

Posted inMusic

PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes with Tasha at Pitchfork

by Tim Nagle July 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Photographer Tim Nagle went behind the scenes with Tasha at her Pitchfork 2019 performance.

Posted inMusic

Charli XCX claimed her pop crown at Pitchfork

by Ed Blair July 22, 2019August 18, 2021

She’s long been an expert collaborator, but she’s finally ready for stardom on her own terms.

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The quest to be Pitchfork’s perfect consumer

by J.R. Nelson July 21, 2019August 18, 2021

What happens if you indulge every corporate sponsor at Pitchfork? Does the Chase Sapphire Lounge have to let you in?

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Mavis Staples sanctified Friday night at Pitchfork

by Matt Ford July 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Even when Mavis Staples wasn’t singing gospel at Pitchfork, her powerful spiritual voice could bring together generations.

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Here’s who is on the Pitchfork/Silver Room Block Party/ComplexCon cover (and the winner of our contest!)

by Brianna Wellen July 18, 2019August 18, 2021

How many did you guess correctly?

Posted inMusic

What happens to the trash at Pitchfork?

by Dave Cantor July 16, 2019August 18, 2021

And how does the festival stack up against its peers on the sustainability front?

Posted inMusic

A streamable mixtape of Pitchfork’s Chicago sounds

by Leor Galil July 16, 2019August 18, 2021

This year Pitchfork booked enough acts from in and around Chicago to fill one side of a 90-minute cassette.

Posted inMusic

At Pitchfork, all the world’s onstage

by Anna White July 16, 2019August 18, 2021

Cate Le Bon, Black Midi, Ibeyi, and Chai are among the acts from abroad at the festival this year.

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Valee runs up a high score

by Leor Galil July 16, 2019August 18, 2021

In recognition of Valee’s Pitchfork debut, the Reader attempts to quantify the Chicago rapper’s braggadociousness.

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Pitchfork finally makes its own pop moment

by Justin Curto July 16, 2019August 18, 2021

Robyn, Sky Ferreira, Haim, and Charli XCX aim a little to the left of the Top 40—and give the Pitchfork crowd something to dance about.

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Why haven’t the Isley Brothers conquered the rock market?

by James Porter July 16, 2019August 18, 2021

The legendary R&B band can rock hard too, but they’ve never crossed over like Sly Stone or Prince.

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