Taking a Guess at the Upcoming Pitchfork Festival Lineup

The Pitchfork Music Festival starting lineup will be announced this Friday, and you can be sure it will be filled to the brim with the current “it” bands, all of whom will all convene on Union Park in Chicago for three hot days in July.  Whether you love or hate the site, at least you should be able to agree that every year the festival is pretty awesome.  This year we are taking a stab at guessing the lineup before it is announced, and come Friday morning we’ll either be shameful or knowingly smug.  Chime in if you have any predictions of your own – do you think they blew all their dough on Pavement and won’t be able to afford other good bands?  What bygone bands will they dredge up for Friday’s lineup?  How much Goose Island will we drink?

Our predictions:

Friday night:

Mudhoney

The Sonics

Lifter Puller playing Fiestas and Fiascos in its entirety

The rest of the weekend:

Pavement (already announced)

Beach House

Toro y Moi

Sleigh Bells

Memory Tapes

Real Estate

Burial

Flying Lotus

Neon Indian

Surfer Blood

Four Tet

Raekwon

Bear in Heaven

Panda Bear

Jay Electronica

JJ

XX

Fuck Buttons

Caribou

Vampire Weekend

Micachu and the Shapes or tUnE-Yards (but not both)

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11 Responses

  1. jon behm says:

    Just want to add one I forgot about: Janelle Monae. I bet she ends up being there

  2. Soozie says:

    I dunno, but I hope Michachu is there! …Even if I am not!

  3. Soozie says:

    Micachu* It’s 2:01AM, can’t be all that pissy about my spelling errors!

  4. JonBehm says:

    I will also eat my hat if A Sunny Day in Glasgow aren’t there

  5. adam bubolz says:

    I’m still holding out for Iggy & the Stooges

  6. solace says:

    Jon Spencer Blues Explosion & Panda Bear

  7. Josh says:

    JSBX I am ok with, Panda Bear is f’n awesome.

  8. Adam Bubolz says:

    Cave? Fuck yes. Glad to be seeing these dudes playing something big like this.

  9. solace says:

    so far i really only care to see BSS, LCD, JSBX, Titus, Pavement, & Cass McCombs, but it’s a decent start

  10. zoe says:

    i guessed vampire weekend would be their big one, and i agree with beach house, xx, real estate and caribou. But they might get gonjasufi…who knows.

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