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Pitchfork Music Festival 2011: The report

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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Three days, three stages, 45 bands. I’m one man, I didn’t see them all. But here’s the table of contents from this blog’s dispatches during another great year at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park:

FRIDAY

Guided by Voices, Neko Case

Battles

James Blake

tUnE-yArDs, Animal Collective

Gatekeeper, EMA

SATURDAY

DJ Shadow, Fleet Foxes

The Dismemberment Plan, Twin Shadow

No Age, Off!

Cold Cave

SUNDAY

Cut Copy, TV on the Radio, Deerhunter

Yuck, How to Dress Well, Kurt Vile

Odd Future (interview with Hodgy Beats, plus more Q&A)

ETC.

The CHIRP Record Fair (plus someone’s find)

Sunday’s heat, cooling opportunities

Take your photo with Rahm Emanuel

Pitchfork festival heads to Paris

VIDEO

Odd Future’s show, the crowd, and fan reactions

Keeping cool in the heat

Out in the crowd

Interview with Battles

Interview with James Blake

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