Music Fest Bang For Your Buck? Pitchfork Wins

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 9, 2010 3:20PM

Look, we love Lollapalooza's three day long smorgasbord of music that allows you to wander around Grant Park and sample a little of this and a little of that. But we have to give the prize for the most solid ROI on every dollar spent on a ticket line-up to the Pitchfork Music Festival this year. Their line-up is laser focused and we suspect that by the end of the hot July weekend it occupies, Union Park will just be a smoking crater in the ground.

The opening salvo of Pavement, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, LCD Soundsystem, etc. was more than enough to justify our standing in the summer heat with huge smiles plastered across our collective mug. But yesterday's announcement that the line-up would be rounded out by Big Boi (as we suspected), Free Energy, and Robyn -- among others -- has ensured that we will just set up a pup tent and not leave the park for three solid days.

The 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival is on on July 16 - 18 at Union Park. Tickets are still available.

View the line-up so far after the jump.

Friday, July 16

Modest Mouse
Broken Social Scene
Robyn
Liars
El-P
The Tallest Man on Earth
Sharon Van Etten

Saturday, July 17

LCD Soundsystem
Panda Bear
Wolf Parade
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Raekwon
Titus Andronicus
WHY?
Delorean
Real Estate
Bear In Heaven
Free Energy
The Smith Westerns
Dâm-Funk
Kurt Vile
Freddie Gibbs
jj
Netherfriends

Sunday, July 18

Pavement
Big Boi
Major Lazer
St. Vincent
Lightning Bolt
Beach House
Girls
Sleigh Bells
Neon Indian
Cass McCombs
Here We Go Magic
Surfer Blood
Local Natives
Washed Out
Best Coast
Cave
Allá