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Pitchfork Festival Announces Final Lineup

The online indie-rock bible Pitchfork Media has announced the details for its ambitious, genre-crossing Pitchfork Music Festival, taking place in Chicago, Illlinois' Union Park on July 13- 15. The three-day outdoor who's who of alternative music features headliners Mastodon, De La Soul, Klaxons, and a rare live appearance by Yoko Ono.

On the first day of the festival, the webzine will premiere a program devoted to its Don't Look Back format, where iconic bands will perform classic albums from beginning to end. Sonic Youth will perform 1988's indie-rock blueprint Daydream Nation, Slint will rock through 1991's post-rock masterpiece Spiderland and rapper GZA will replicate the odd genius of 1995's Liquid Swords.

This is the lineup:

Friday, July 13:

Sonic Youth perform Daydream Nation
GZA/Genius performs Liquid Swords
Slint perform Spiderland

Saturday, July 14:

Yoko Ono
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues (w/ members of Dirty Three, the Delta 72, and Blues Explosion)
Clipse
Mastodon
Iron and Wine
Battles
Grizzly Bear
Voxtrot
Califone
The Twilight Sad
Girl Talk
Dan Deacon
Oxford Collapse
Professor Murder
Fujiya & Miyagi
Beach House
William Parker Quartet
Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound

Sunday, July 15:

De La Soul
The New Pornographers
Of Montreal
Stephen Malkmus
Jamie Lidell
The Sea and Cake
Junior Boys
Menomena
The Ponys
Deerhunter
Klaxons
The Field
Cadence Weapon
The Cool Kids
Craig Taborn's Junk Magic
Nomo
Brightblack Morning Light
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
05.29.07