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Pitchfork Festival 2011 Lineup & Schedule Announced

Last week, the festival-going public commenced drooling for perhaps the only decent summer music gathering by announcing the dates -- July 15 through 17 at Chicago's Union Park -- for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Today, the initial lineup is unfurled for all to see and critique.At $110 for a three-day...
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Last week, the festival-going public commenced drooling for perhaps the only decent summer music gathering by announcing the dates — July 15 through 17 at Chicago’s Union Park — for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Today, the initial lineup is unfurled for all to see and critique.

At $110 for a three-day pass, this is no budget breaker. Sure, the Strokes aren’t playing it, but mid-July is an awful time of year to wear skinny jeans anyhow. Check out the bands announced so far broken up by day.

Friday, July 15:

— Animal Collective

— James Blake

— Das Racist

— Curren$y

Saturday, July 16:

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— Fleet Foxes

— The Dismemberment Plan

— Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

— Woods

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— Sun Airway

— Kylesa

Sunday, July 17:

— TV on the Radio

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— Cut Copy

— Deerhunter

— Destroyer

— OFWGKTA

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— Yuck

Pitchfork kindly points out that ticket-buyers should be off to the races at 1 p.m. ET today, and that, “last year, three-day passes sold out in five days, so don’t put it off.” Get thee to pitchforkmusicfestival.com.

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