BEST OF 2010 (songs) #13 Titus Andronicus - Four Score And Seven

On "Four Score and Seven," Titus Andronicus took the epic-song template and loaded it full of moments of real inspiration. Beginning with strummed guitars, mournful fiddle and harmonica, the song builds to a gorgeous fanfare of horns and percussion before the band explodes at the halfway point with a punk-inspired war cry that would make Joe Strummer proud of his children. The song proved that the band has it in them to write nine-minute epics, even if its shining brilliance somewhat underscored the mediocrity of every other lengthy track on their album "The Monitor."

Countdown to Pitchfork continued...

This week we'll be featuring some of the acts that will be playing at the Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend in Chicago. Yesterday we looked at some of Friday's acts like Modest Mouse, Tallest Man on Earth and others. Today let's check in with some of Saturday's bands...

Real Estate - "Suburban Beverage"


Kurt Vile - "Blackberry Song"


Titus Andronicus - "A More Perfect Union"


Dam-Funk - "Mirrors"


The Smith Westerns - "My Heart"