Last Minute Plans: Bitchpork
By Jon Graef in Arts & Entertainment on Jul 15, 2011 7:00PM
A stridently underground music festival consisting mostly of Chicago-based acts, Bitchpork is a low-cost alternative to "low-cost" "alternative" music festivals.
Held at DIY venue Mortville, Bitchpork is a three-day festival which, in past years, has been played by the heavy-hitting local likes of White Mystery, Cave (who made the ballsy move of name-checking Bitchpork on stage during their Pitchfork set last year) and Ga'an, whose prog praises we've sung before.
Daily admission for the July 15-17 fest is a measly $10 suggested donation. Compare that to the $45 per day of Pitchfork, and that's some serious savings.
This year's lineup is chock-full of underground goodness. What's drawing our attention?
The reunion of Warhammer 48K, whose album was Permanent Records very first release, and whose members would later go on to form Cave; dependable local noise-makers like Radar Eyes, Mayor Daley, Chandeliers, Lazer Crystal, and Mahjongg (pictured above); oddballs like eccentric collective Names Divine (whose second album will rock our turntables very soon) and the flamboyant, theatrical Bobby Conn. And plenty more. (English Softhearts!)
Via the Bitchpork Tumblr, here's the full schedule. If nothing else, Ministry Loves Company has to be good for a hoot or two, based on the name alone. Schedule arranged by day, time, and stage.
FRIDAY
1:30am A Warhammer 48K (Columbia MO)
12:50am B Lazer Crystal
12:10am C Sich Mang
11:30p A English Softhearts
11:00 B Bad Drugs
10:40 C Ministry Loves Company
10:10 A Rio Turbo
9:50 B Milk Money
9:20 C Andy Cigarettes (Portland)
8:50 A Angels in America (Baltimore)
8:20 B Hott Lunch (Columbia MO)
7:50 C Work/Death (Providence)
7:30 A Lake Breeze
7:10 C Lolly Jesserit (Baltimore)
6:50 A Ami Dang (Baltimore)
6:30 B Toilet (Minneapolis)
6:10 A Box (Oakland)
SATURDAY
2:00 A Mahjongg
1:15 B Fat Worm of Error (Massachusetts)
12:30 C Metalux (NY/Baltimore)
11:50 A Chandeliers
11:10 B Mayor Daley
10:50 C Castle Freak (Los Angeles)
10:20 A ONO
9:50 B The Queen of Mortville
9:20 C Brain Paw (St. Louis)
8:50 A Cloud Becomes Your Hand (Brooklyn)
8:30 B Lechuguillas
8:00 C Skein Kopf (Baltimore)
7:30 A Cow Palace
7:10 B Concrete Shiva (Portland)
6:50 C Sissisters (Portland)
6:30 C Tarr
SUNDAY
1:15 A Turtle Powder (Count Dracula Africa)
12:30 B Akhkhazu
11:50 C Tracey Trance (Washington)
11:10 A Bobby Conn
10:30 B Running
10:00 C Xina Xurner
9:20 A Wume
8:50 B Nude Sunrise
8:20 A Radar Eyes
8:00 C Black Chicken & the Mad Cattle (Iowa City)
7:40 B Names Divine
7:10 A Forced Into Femininity
6:50 C Shree Shrine
6:30 B Redeemer
6:10 A Landscaping