Pitchfork Music Festival News

 
Take it outdoors — Fests abound this summer
Chicago Sun-Times
By JENNIFER BURKLOW May 23, 2012 5:44PM Jennifer Hudson will headline the Petrillo Music Shell on July 11 as part of this year's revamped Taste of Chicago lakefront festival. | GETTY IMAGES Memorial Day Weekend heralds the beginning of summer and with ...
Fests abound come summerLake County News Sun

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Fernet-Branca Launches US Digital Campaign To Send Your Band On A Trip To The ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Fernet-Branca USA announces the launch of Fernet-Branca Band Fest, a Facebook contest that focuses on viral fan interaction and partners the spirits company with the Pitchfork Music Festival.

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Summer's Pop and Jazz Festivals Load Their Lineups
New York Times
However, thanks to the recent explosion of electronic dance music, there are some timely additions: the star DJ-producers Avicii, Calvin Harris and Kaskade; lollapalooza.com. PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL Chicago, July 13-15. The young music aesthete's Web ...

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A.V. Club Chicago
Japandroids, Chromatics added to Pitchfork Music Festival lineup
A.V. Club Chicago
by Tyler Fisher May 21, 2012 Japandroids and Chromatics will perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park on Friday, July 13, and Saturday, July 14, respectively. With Feist, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Vampire Weekend already headlining ...


 
Time Out Chicago (blog)
Booking Ahead | Justin Bieber, Peter Gabriel, Sebadoh and Taste of Randolph Street
Time Out Chicago (blog)
AA 13–15 UPDATED 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival Union Park. Japandroids and Chromatics added. $45. 20 Panoramic & True + Reds and Blue + Arc in Round Hideout. $8. 20 Secret Colours + The Noise FM + Aktar Aktar + North by North Subterranean. $10.


 
Musical Nirvana: A Preview of Summer Music Festivals
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
Pitchfork Music Festival, July 13-15, Union Park in Chicago, IL: Pitchfork has long been an institution in the indie music world, celebrated by some as a definitive tastemaker and discounted by others as self-important hipster scum.

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Multi–act shows, longtime favorites highlight 2012's summer concert season
nwitimes.com
While on a smaller scale than Lollapalooza, the annual Pitchfork Music Festival is preferred by a slew of music fans over the Perry Farrell–founded multi–day showcase. On the bill for this year's festival, which is slated to run June 13–15 at Union ...