Remember Pitchfork? The three-day blowout is just a few months past, but some of the festival’s best acts are already returning to Chicago. As with the three stages at Pitchfork, October 8 presents fans with a choice between three festival alums: piano balladeer Tobias Jesso Jr. at the Empty Bottle, beat master DJ Jamie XX […]
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See 826 Chicago students interview Peter Cottontale, Single Mothers, Mourn, and more
The Reader followed four intrepid teenage journalists while they interviewed musicians during the final day of this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival.
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See 826 Chicago students interview Parquet Courts, Protomartyr, and Jimmy Whispers
The Reader followed a few intrepid teenage journalists while they interviewed musicians at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival.
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Our photo recap of the Pitchfork Music Festival
A bunch of bands played, a bunch of rain fell, and a bunch of fun was had at the annual summer shindig.
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The Reader’s guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival 2015
A roundup of the hometown heroes on this year’s roster, a chart that tracks the shifting genre makeup of the fest’s bookings over the years, a series of “cage matches” between great acts with overlapping sets, and more
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Pitchfork Music Festival cage match: Vic Mensa vs. Sleater-Kinney
What to do when the festival drops two of your favorite acts into the same time slot?
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Pitchfork Music Festival cage match: Waxahatchee vs. The Julie Ruin
What to do when the festival drops two of your favorite acts into the same time slot?
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Pitchfork Music Festival cage match: Tobias Jesso Jr. vs. Panda Bear
What to do when the festival drops two of your favorite acts into the same time slot?
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Pitchfork Music Festival cage match: Iceage vs. Chvrches
What to do when the festival drops two of your favorite acts into the same time slot?
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Pitchfork Music Festival cage match: Vince Staples vs. Ex Hex
What to do when the festival drops two of your favorite acts into the same time slot?
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Pitchfork Music Festival cage match: Parquet Courts vs. A$ap Ferg
What to do when the festival drops two of your favorite acts into the same time slot?
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Pitchfork Music Festival cage match: Perfume Genius vs. Courtney Barnett
What to do when the festival drops two of your favorite acts into the same time slot?
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Pitchfork Music Festival cage match: ILoveMakonnen vs. Jessica Pratt
What to do when the festival drops two of your favorite acts into the same time slot?
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Want to win a three-day VIP pass to this year’s (2015) Pitchfork Music Festival?
All you have to do is name as many people as you can (and more people than everyone else) on our annual Pitchfork Music Festival B Side cover.