It’s time for another Pitchfork Music Festival lineup announcement! We’ve already revealed that Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Cut Copy, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, James Blake, OFWGKTA, the Dismemberment Plan, Deerhunter, and many more are on board for this summer’s fest, which goes down July 15-17 in Chicago’s Union Park. And the lineup is about to get even more stacked. The additions are: the reunited Guided by Voices, Neko Case, No Age, Gang Gang Dance, the Fresh & Onlys, Kurt Vile, HEALTH, the Radio Dept., G-Side, Shabazz Palaces, Baths, How to Dress Well, Twin Sister, and Chrissy Murderbot.
- Guided by Voices, No Age, Neko Case, Kurt Vile, Gang Gang Dance, HEALTH Join Pitchfork Festival
In a recent interview with New York magazine’s Vulture blog, Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham, better known as Pink Eyes, revealed that his band is using the money from their Polaris Music Prize win to make their own all-star-version of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’
Talking to Vulture, Abraham listed off some of the people involved: ‘David Cross, members of Vampire Weekend, TV on the Radio, Broken Social Scene, the GZA, Bob Mould, No Age, and Yo La Tengo are all confirmed. I’m still waiting on confirmation from Feist, Jarvis Cocker, and M.I.A. We wanted the biggest people we could get. If we could get a Jonas Brother on this, I would get a Jonas Brother.’
- Fucked Up Plan All-Star Cover of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
Lollapalooza | My Saturday Lineup
11:15 - 12:00 :: Band of Skulls
12:45 - 1:30 :: Living Things
1:30 - 2:30 :: Miike Snow
2:30 - 3:30 :: Los Campesinos! OR Atmosphere OR Animal Collective (DJ Set)
4:15 - 5:00 :: Blind Pilot
5:00 - 6:00 :: No Age
5:30 - 6:30 :: Santigold
6:30 - 7:30 :: Lykke Li
7:00 - 8:30 :: Diplo OR Animal Collective
8:30 - 10:00 :: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
No Age, Deerhunter, and Dan Deacon to Tour Together This Summer! ⇢
I’m not gonna lie, this sounds amazing:
“While the idea of Cali punx No Age, ATL dream-poppers Deerhunter, and Baltimore mad scientist Dan Deacon hitting the road together is pretty cool under normal circumstances, this tour is going to be extra special. All three acts will be set up at once, and they will alternate songs.”
I’m lazy, and I’m a procrastinator
All December, I was planning on actually making my very first top 10 albums of the year list. And then I didn’t do it. So now, because I’d feel weird making my best of 2008 top 10 when we’re already into 2009, let’s just say that these are some records (in alphabetical order, because that’s the classy way to do it) that came out last year that I really liked.
- Blitzen Trapper//Furr
- Bon Iver//For Emma, Forever Ago
- The Cool Kids//The Bake Sale
- Cut Copy//In Ghost Colours
- Deerhunter//Microcastle
- Diplo & Santogold//Top Ranking
- Foals//Antidotes
- Friendly Fires//Friendly Fires
- Frightened Rabbit//The Midnight Organ Fight
- Fucked Up//The Chemistry of Common Life
- Girl Talk//Feed The Animals
- King Khan & The Shrines//The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines
- Lykke Li//Youth Novels
- Man Man//Rabbit Habits
- Marnie Stern//This Is It…
- No Age//Nouns
- Ra Ra Riot//The Rhumb Line
- Santogold//Santogold
- TV on the Radio//Dear Science
- Wale//The Mixtape About Nothing
- The Walkmen//You & Me
NOTE: I know at the top of this post, I was talking about my top 10 of the year. And then I made this list by looking at everything dated 2008 in iTunes. And now that I’m looking at all these records, I’d have a hard time whittling it down to just 10. So, umm, here’s my top 21 of the year.
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