這個週末7/13-15 Pitchfork Festival將會在芝加哥的Union Park 舉辦。這個音樂季不算大，自從2006開始由pitchfork media每年夏天舉辦，去年更擴大舉辦到巴黎(底下有宣傳影片)。2008跟 All Tomorrow's Parties 一起合作過主題舞台"Don't Look Back" Stage，這個舞台有趣的地方在於ATP邀請樂團表演過去的專輯作為一個set，曾經表演過的有：
Belle & Sebastian – If You're Feeling Sinister
Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
Iggy and The Stooges – Raw Power
Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2012
Pitchfork Festival的宣傳是這麼說的：
乾草叉音樂節是一個為期三天的活動，有三個舞台、40組以上獨立音樂最好的樂團和藝術家。現在有這麼多大型音樂節試著挖光樂迷口袋裡的鈔票，只限於不舒服狹小的空間和昂貴的飲料食物，我們的目標是做正確的事：那是建立一個合理的價格的夏季音樂節，為觀眾和音樂家提供了一個非常正向、舒適和充滿樂趣的夏日音樂體驗。
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| I'm surfing~~ |
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| shit...才第一天就搞成這樣 |
Pitchfork Festival邀請的樂團大都是indie Rock、hip-hop、electronica和dance music，可想而知陣容幾乎都是得過Pitchfork高分樂評，今年Pitchfork Festival Chicago的樂團有：
Vampire Weekend, Feist, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Beach House, Dirty Projectors, Hot Chip, Sleigh Bells, Wild Flag, Flying Lotus, Japandroids, Chromatics, Real Estate, A$AP Rocky...等一堆(詳細名單)。11/1-3在巴黎的陣容有
M83, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Robyn, Sébastien Tellier, the Walkmen, Liars, Japandroids, Chromatics, Fuck Buttons, the Tallest Man on Earth, Factory Floor, Cloud Nothings, Twin Shadow, Chairlift, Wild Nothing...等(詳細名單)。如果這週末你趕不到芝加哥參加，沒關係！Pitchfork.tv on YouTube有現場轉播，以下是節目單。
Friday, July 13:
Gates at 3 p.m.
8:30 Feist (GREEN)
8:20 Purity Ring (BLUE)
7:20 Dirty Projectors (RED)
7:15 Clams Casino (BLUE)
6:25 Big K.R.I.T. (GREEN)
6:15 Japandroids (BLUE)
5:30 A$AP Rocky (RED)
5:15 Tim Hecker (BLUE)
4:35 The Olivia Tremor Control (GREEN)
4:15 Willis Earl Beal (BLUE)
3:30 Lower Dens (RED)
3:20 Outer Minds (BLUE)
Saturday, July 14:
8:40 Grimes (BLUE)
8:30 Godspeed You! Black Emperor (GREEN)
7:40 Danny Brown (BLUE)
7:25 Hot Chip (RED)
6:45 Chromatics (BLUE)
6:15 Sleigh Bells (GREEN)
5:45 Schoolboy Q (BLUE)
5:15 Wild Flag (RED)
4:45 Nicolas Jaar (BLUE)
4:15 Flying Lotus (GREEN)
3:45 Youth Lagoon (BLUE)
3:20 Cults (RED)
2:50 Liturgy (BLUE)
2:30 Atlas Sound (GREEN)
1:55 Lotus Plaza (BLUE)
1:45 Cloud Nothings (RED)
1:00 The Atlas Moth (BLUE)
1:00 The Psychic Paramount (GREEN)
Sunday, July 15:
8:30 Vampire Weekend (GREEN)
7:40 The Field (BLUE)
7:25 Beach House (RED)
6:45 King Krule (BLUE)
6:15 AraabMUZIK (GREEN)
5:45 Oneohtrix Point Never (BLUE)
5:15 Chavez (RED)
4:45 Kendrick Lamar (BLUE)
4:15 Real Estate (GREEN)
3:45 The Men (BLUE)
3:20 Ty Segall (RED)
2:50 Thee Oh Sees (BLUE)
2:30 Iceage (GREEN)
1:55 Milk Music (BLUE)
1:45 Unknown Mortal Orchestra (RED)
1:00 A Lull (BLUE)
1:00 Dirty Beaches (GREEN)
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| Yuck Photo by Marty Perez |
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| HEALTH Photo by Francis Chung |
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| 場子上隨處可見的白人鬍子男 |
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| Nice take! 攝影師應該不會是躲在草叢裡吧... |
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| Pavement |
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| Fleet Foxes |
來源：Pitchfork