Pitchfork: Liars, Mr. Lif, Cage Added to Pitchfork Fest

Liars, Mr. Lif, Cage Added to Pitchfork Fest

At last! The final additions to the Pitchfork Music Festival lineup have been made! We're pleased to announce that joining us in Chicago's Union Park on June 29 and 30 will be art-punks Liars and Def Jux rappers Cage and Mr. Lif (who will perform with Aesop Rock). What a way to finish, right?

So, here it is, once and for all, the Pitchfork Music Festival lineup:

Saturday, July 29

Silver Jews
The Walkmen
The Futureheads
Ted Leo/Pharmacists
Art Brut
Destroyer
Mountain Goats
Band of Horses
Man Man
Chin Up Chin Up
Hot Machines

Biz3 stage:

A-Trak
Matthew Dear
Matmos
Spank Rock
Ghislain Poirier
Tyondai Braxton
Chicago Underground Duo
Flosstradamus
8 Bold Souls

Sunday, July 30

Os Mutantes
Spoon
Yo La Tengo
Devendra Banhart
Mission of Burma
Aesop Rock and Mr. Lif
Liars
The National
Jens Lekman
Danielson
Tapes 'n Tapes

Biz3 stage:

Diplo
Dominik Eulberg *
Glenn Kotche
Ada
Tarantula A.D.
Cage
CSS
Bonde Do Role
Jeff Parker/Nels Cline Quartet

* sponsored by Summer Dance

Remember, we sold out of our initial allotment of two-day festival passes, so now only an EXTREMELY LIMITED amount are available. Single day tickets for Saturday and Sunday are dwindling as well. So buy now, because you don't want to miss seeing how Liars deliver "The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack" live.

To get everyone psyched for the big weekend, our friends at eMusic have put together a FREE 24-track compilation of Pitchfork Music Festival artists, available HERE for your downloading pleasure. It features advance songs from the new Yo La Tengo and Mountain Goats records, a cut from Tapes 'n Tapes' fabulous debut album The Loon, which is not available on any digital music store other than eMusic, as well as music from Destroyer, Chin Up Chin Up, Futureheads, Ghislain Poirier, Mission of Burma, Jens Lekman, Matmos, Danielson, the National, Aesop Rock, Matthew Dear, Chicago Underground Duo, Spoon, Ted Leo, Devendra Banhart, Nels Cline, Art Brut, the Walkmen, 8 Bold Souls, and more!

Along with the compilation, eMusic is also offering the opportunity to receive 50 free downloads when you sign up for an eMusic trial. So basically, you're getting 74 free songs. Pretty sweet deal, huh?

And speaking of sweet deals, we've got a week's worth of pre-festival activities taking place Sunday, July 23 through Friday, July 28 all around the city of Chicago. The fun begins on Sunday, July 23 from 2-8 p.m., when the Pitchfork Music Festival and Rock for Kids co-sponsor an opening party for the acclaimed rock-poster gallery show Graphic Noise, featured as part of the City of Chicago's Public Art Program. It's taking place at the Page Brothers Building, located at 191 N. State Street.

The space will also serve as the Pitchfork Music Festival Box Office for the entire week, starting on that Sunday. One-day passes will be for sale daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

From Sunday, July 23 to Wednesday, August 2, the Gene Siskel Film Center, located at 164 N. State Street, will host screenings of two awesome music documentaries expressing the spirit of the Pitchfork Music Festival. The first film, Screaming Masterpiece, directed by Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon and released in 2005, is a documentary about Icelandic popular music featuring interviews with and performances from Björk, Sigur Rós, Amiina, Múm, Jóhann Jóhannsson, and many others. It will be screened on July 23 at 5 p.m., and July 24 and 27 at 8 p.m. The second film, Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars - The Motion Picture, directed by the legendary D.A. Pennebaker, chronicles the 1973 concert that would be David Bowie's last in his Ziggy Stardust persona. It will be screened at the Siskel Center July 29 at 8 p.m., July 30 at 5:30 p.m., and Aug 2 at 8 p.m.

From Monday, July 24 through Friday, July 28, the Chicago Cultural Center's Randolph Café, located at 78 E. Washington Street, will dedicate its LunchBreak concert series to Chicago bands handpicked by the city's leading clubs. All of the shows start at 12 p.m., and here's what the schedule looks like:

07-24 Martyrs' presents - The Singleman Affair
07-25 Metro presents - Walter Meego
07-26 The Empty Bottle presents - The Hoyle Brothers
07-27 Schubas Tavern presents - Office
07-28 The Hideout presents - A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield featuring Abraham Levitan (Pearly Sweets/Baby Teeth), Max Crawford (Poi Dog Pondering/The Sea and Cake), Steve Frisbie (Frisbie), Nora O'Connor, and more

We'll kick off the festival weekend on Friday, July 28, with a pre-party at the Metro club, featuring performances by Sunset Rubdown, Voxtrot, Joggers, and comedians Eugene Mirman, Todd Barry, and Aziz Ansari, as well as the Life During Wartime DJs. Tickets are on sale now!

And remember that in addition to the bands, the Pitchfork Music Festival will also host a variety of activities and attractions, including the Flatstock 9 Poster Convention, the WLUW record fair and the DEPART-ment craft and clothing fair.

Plus, as an added bonus, attendees with Pitchfork Music Festival ticket stubs will be admitted free to the Empty Bottle, Hideout, Martyrs', Metro, or Schubas following the festival on the nights of Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30, thanks to the League of Chicago Music Venues. (Each day's ticket must be relinquished at club to receive free admittance-- Saturday's festival ticket for Saturday night admission and Sunday's festival ticket for Sunday night admission.)

Man, just reading about all that stuff is exhausting--in a good way, of course.

To help keep track of all the Pitchfork Music Festival excitement, we've teamed up with Opt It to start a little text messaging community. Sign up by texting "Pitchfork" to 46786 or by clicking HERE. After you sign up, you'll get exclusive and secret info during the week of the festival, as well as chances to win some really cool giveaway items, and maybe even tickets to a sold out show. Once again, a VERY limited amount of $30 two-day passes, as well as $20 one-day passes, are on sale now . Be sure to check out the Pitchfork Music Festival website. There, you'll find information about the bands, as well as lodging, location, onsite activities, vendors, sponsors, directions, and more.

Only five weeks to go! Get excited!