Os Mutantes Added to Pitchfork Music Festival Lineup

The Pitchfork Music Festival, taking place July 29 and 30 in Chicago's Union Park, isn't only going to be two days of happy people getting drunk and rocking out. It's also going to be an historic event.

The event producers just announced that Brazilian Tropicália gods Os Mutantes, reunited and performing live for the first time since 1973, will play the second day of the Pitchfork Music Festival. The psych-rock pioneers have scheduled just a handful of shows this summer, and they have been lucky enough to score their only American festival appearance. As Os Mutantes themselves once said, everything is possible--including getting to see a group of living legends play on the same bill as members of the younger musical generation they helped inspire, all for a ridiculously low ticket price.

Here's how the Pitchfork Music Festival schedule looks now:

Saturday, July 29

Main stage:

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

Biz3 stage:

• Dominik Eulberg
• Matmos
• Ada
• Ghislain Poirier
• 8 Bold Souls


Sunday, July 30

Main stage:

• Os Mutantes
• Spoon
• Yo La Tengo
• Devendra Banhart
• Mission of Burma
• Aesop Rock
• The National
• Jens Lekman
• Tapes 'n Tapes
• Chin Up Chin Up

Biz3 stage:

• Diplo
• Tarantula A.D.
• Tyondai Braxton
• Bonde Do Role

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for many more additions, including many more to the Biz3 stage-- featuring the best in hip-hop, jazz, electronic, and experimental music. We will also announce some exciting new additions to the festivities, including a pre-party and more extracurricular activities that will join the WLUW record fair and DEPART-ment craft and clothing fair on site at Union Park during the festival.

Be sure to check out the Pitchfork Music Festival websitenformation about the bands, as well as lodging, location, onsite activities, vendors, sponsors, directions, and more. http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com

posted by nscafuro @ 8:29 AM