Pitchfork: Pitchfork Music Festival Expands! First Acts, ATP Collaboration Revealed

Pitchfork Music Festival Expands! First Acts, ATP Collaboration Revealed

Friends, it's on! Nevermind the layer of snow caking Chicago right now-- launder the picnic blankets and start stockpiling the suntan lotion, because Pitchfork is proud to announce the first round of acts for the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival.

Last year we had a ball, with Os Mutantes, Silver Jews, Devendra Banhart, Yo La Tengo, Spoon, Art Brut, and 35 more of your favorite artists playing beneath the gorgeous Chicago skyline during one famously hot summer weekend. This year we up the ante, expanding the festival to three days by opening Union Park Friday night to present the North American premiere of All Tomorrow's Parties' "Don't Look Back" series.

For the unfamiliar, ATP and Don't Look Back invite music legends to perform their seminal albums live -- in their entireties. We aren't quite ready to reveal Friday's performers, but trust us: You will not be disappointed.

And that, of course, is just the beginning. The festival continues Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15-- as you know-- and we're pleased to announce the first round of artists, with many, many more to be announced soon.

Cat Power
Clipse
Of Montreal
Iron and Wine
Girl Talk
Jamie Lidell
Grizzly Bear
Professor Murder
Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound

Tickets go on sale THIS MONDAY, MARCH 12 AT 12 PM CDT via Ticketweb, and yes, they are still ridiculously cheap. A Saturday/Sunday pass runs you $35, while Saturday or Sunday individual passes go for $25. Friday's only $15-- and, for the truly adventurous, act fast to score one of an extremely limited number of three-day passes for a measly $45.

Keep up on all the latest festival news and details by bookmarking the Pitchfork Music Festival webpage and by tuning into the Pitchfork Music Festival podcast.