FRIDAY, JULY 15 – gates at 3pm
8:30 (GREEN) Animal Collective
Pitchfork Music Festival alums close out day one with sprawling, psychedelic soundscapes;
Lumino reported that the band’s 2008 headliner at P-Fork was “entrancing.”
7:30 (BLUE) James Blake
7:20 (RED) Neko Case
6:30 (BLUE) Das Racist
6:25 (GREEN) Guided By Voices
Reunited, mid-90s line up/world class drinkers take the stage for an early evening set. Expect the “hits” plus lots and lots of “empties.”
5:30 (BLUE) Curren$y
5:30 (RED) Thurston Moore
Eternally boyish Sonic Youth front man is playing behind new Beck-produced solo album; SY covered Daydream Nation front-to-back at Pitchfork 2007.
4:35 (GREEN) Battles
NY post-rockers featured guest vocalists on new album, Gloss Drop; live show could offer surprises. Battles follow Pitchfork with a world tour that will keep them on the road until late fall.
4:30 (BLUE) tUnE-yArDs
3:30 (RED) EMA
3:20 (BLUE) Gatekeeper
SATURDAY, JULY 16 – gates at 12pm
8:30 (GREEN) Fleet Foxes
Seattle-based harmonizers headline day two with selections from new album, Helplessness Blues. Fleet Foxes played an early, afternoon set at Pitchfork 2008.
7:40 (BLUE) Zola Jesus
7:25 (RED) DJ Shadow
Instrumental hip-hop godfather will drop new record this fall; “I Gotta Rokk” EP out now!
6:45 (BLUE) Twin Shadow
6:15 (GREEN) The Dismemberment Plan
Washington, DC trailblazers tour in support of Emergency & I reissue. Band’s last shows in Chicago sold-out quickly.
5:45 (BLUE) The Radio Dept.
5:15 (RED) Destroyer
4:45 (BLUE) OFF!
Hardcore super group (ex-Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Redd Kross, Rocket from the Crypt) of 40- and 50-somethings show the kids how it’s done.
4:15 (GREEN) Gang Gang Dance
3:45 (BLUE) Wild Nothing
3:20 (RED) No Age
2:50 (BLUE) G-Side
2:30 (GREEN) Cold Cave
1:55 (BLUE) Sun Airway
1:45 (RED) Woods
1:00 (BLUE) Chrissy Murderbot Feat MC ZULU
1:00 (GREEN) Julianna Barwick
SUNDAY, JULY 17 – gates at 12pm
8:30 (GREEN) TV on the Radio
One of the best bands going returns to Chicago after the death of bassist Gerard Smith.
7:40 (BLUE) HEALTH
7:25 (RED) Cut Copy
6:45 (BLUE) Toro Y Moi
6:15 (GREEN) Deerhunter
This thrilling neo-psych outfit has roots in the Atlanta underground and on celebrated indie labels Kranky and 4AD.
5:45 (BLUE) Kylesa
5:15 (RED) Superchunk
Veteran indie rockers put Chapel Hill, SC on the map. Expect “Slack Motherfucker” and tracks from the recently released Majesty Shredding.
4:45 (BLUE) Baths
4:15 (GREEN) Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
3:45 (BLUE) Shabazz Palaces
3:20 (RED) OFWGKTA
2:50 (BLUE) Twin Sister
2:30 (GREEN) Kurt Vile & the Violators
Early set on Pitchfork’s final day for celebrated artist behind one of the year’s most buzzed about records, Smoke Ring for My Halo.
1:55 (BLUE) How to Dress Well
1:45 (RED) Yuck
1:00 (BLUE) Darkstar
1:00 (GREEN) The Fresh & Onlys
Check back in with Lumino Magazine for a three-day diary of Pitchfork Music Festival 2011, complete with set reviews, live photos and more.
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