This weekend the annual Pitchfork Music Festival will once again unfold at Chicago's Union Park. Say what you will about Pitchfork, they know how to put on a festival. Every year festival organizers fill the bill with some of the most legendary independent musical acts alongside buzzworthy newbies. Every year I have attended I have come across a new act that caught my attention, and old ones that I grossly underestimated. It's also always a great place to chill with friends, eat affordable local food, check out some cool art and record label swag, as well as people watch while waiting in line at the port-o-potties. Being in Chicago, it kind of feels like a regional event as well, and because of that I'm going to take this week to feature some of the acts playing this year's festival. I won't be able to feature everyone here, but I'll try to highlight some of the best on deck, of which there are plenty. So enjoy as I gild the lily over the next few days...and remember if you hear something here you don't already have, well...you know what to do. Get down to the store and pick it up. You don't want to be that loser that doesn't know what song Big Boi or Washed Out is playing, do you?Here is a taste of some of Friday's acts, including an amazing live performance by Modest Mouse:
The Tallest Man On Earth - "The Gardener"
EL-P - "Stepfather Factory"
Liars - "Scissor"
Liars "Scissor" from A Bruntel on Vimeo.
Broken Social Scene - World Sick
Modest Mouse - "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine"
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