Liars, Mr. Lif, Cage Added to Pitchfork Music Festival

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 [MORE...]

MP3: Various Artists: eMusic Pitchfork Music Festival Sampler

Broken Social Scene Get With Mascis, Ravers

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The WEMF is just one of a bazillion festivals BSS are playing this summer; in fact, they love festivals so much, they're curating their own, taking place June 24 on Toronto's Olympic Island, featuring Bloc Party, Feist, Raising the Fawn, and Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis. With everybody in town, BSS and Mascis decided to team up for a benefit show at Toronto's Mod Club on June 23. "Broken Mascis Scene" will perform Dinosaur Jr. songs at this one-off event, with proceeds going to the AMMA Foundation of Canada, an organization devoted to helping the poor. Here's what Broken Social Scene's busy schedule looks like: [MORE...]

Video: Broken Social Scene: 7/4 Shoreline

Ghostface, Walkmen, Furnaces Rock Cincinnati

We've got another live one for ya. Pull out those summer music festival maps and add Cincinnati, Ohio's Desdemona Festival to the list. From June 23-25, the not-so-lil' Midwestern town will be home to a big fat weekend of rock (and electro and hip-hop).

Taking place right on the Ohio River at Sawyer Point Waterfront Park, the brand new fest features performances from Ghostface Killah, the Walkmen, Fiery Furnaces, Annie, Apples in Stereo, Stellastarr*, the Stills, Mates of State, Radio 4, Enon, Heartless Bastards, We Are Scientists, Rogue Wave, Northern State, Richard Swift, Saturday Looks Good to Me, the Double, Au Revoir Simone, Aberdeen City, and many more.

All that, and kids under 10 get in free! Britney and K-Fed! Brangelina! Bennifer! Bring Sean Preston, Shiloh, Maddox and co. along! "Introduce a young child to indie rock-- it's the right thing to do," sez the Desdemona website. True dat.

According to the man behind the fest, organizer Nick Spencer, the event "is a non-profit effort driven by Cincinnati Tomorrow, an organization working to make Cincinnati a more attractive place for young and creative people." Well, good luck with that.

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