Pitchfork Music Festival announces first round of acts

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Tickets go on sale at noon today for the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival, July 15-17 in Union Park, and this morning the fest announced its first round of performers, including Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, the Dismemberment Plan, James Blake, TV on the Radio and Cut Copy …

The complete first round of acts is:

FRIDAY

Animal Collective

James Blake

Das Racist

Curren$y

SATURDAY

Fleet Foxes

The Dismemberment Plan

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

Woods

Sun Airway

Kylesa

SUNDAY

TV on the Radio

Cut Copy

Deerhunter

Destroyer

OFWGKTA

Yuck

Tickets are $45 each day or $110 for a three-day pass, available at noon at pitchforkmusicfestival.com.

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