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Gather ’round, lovers of live music, summertime, the great outdoors, the Windy City, and certain festive occasions where all these things come together. The time has come to announce that annual rite of indie passage, the Pitchfork Music Festival!

The 2008 edition of our yearly sonic bonanza returns to Chicago’s Union Park on Friday, July 18, Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20. We’ll spare you our usual bombast and bad puns and take you straight to the initial lineup:

Friday, July 18:

Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow’s Parties present “Don’t Look Back” Public Enemy performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
+ more, to be announced

Saturday, July 19:

Animal Collective
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Dizzee Rascal
No Age
Atlas Sound
Fleet Foxes
+ many more!

Sunday, July 20:

Spiritualized
M. Ward
Boris
Extra Golden
El Guincho
+ many more!

Of course, that’s just the beginning, so look for further lineup announcements to grace these pages in the near future.

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!!! – Is This Thing On? – Rub N Tug Remix
Vampire Weekend – Campus

Tags: Animal Collective, Chk Chk Chk, Dizzee Rascal, Pitchfork, Vampire Weekend

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