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| Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties Present "Don't Look Back" Featuring Public Enemy performing "It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold us Back" * Sebadoh performing "Bubble and Scrape" Mission of Burma performing "Vs."  Public EnemyAs one of the most influential rap groups of the late '80's Public Enemy brought hip hop to a new level.[MORE] [CLOSE] |
Animal Collective Jarvis Cocker * The Hold Steady !!! Vampire Weekend Dizzee Rascal Fleet Foxes * Caribou Jay Reatard * Titus Andronicus No Age Atlas Sound Extra Golden Fuck Buttons * Elf Power The Ruby Suns * Icy Demons A Hawk and a Hacksaw * Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar  Animal CollectiveWith their eighth full length Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective have solidified their standing as some of the most innovative and original thinkers in music today.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Jarvis CockerAs founding member and major creative force of British glam/punk band Pulp Jarvis Cocker embarked on slow and steady rise to fame.[MORE] [CLOSE]  The Hold SteadyThe band's 2005 Union Park performance almost killed us with geek-rock greatness; having survived it, there was nothing left to do but ask them back.[MORE] [CLOSE]  !!!Their fusion of funk, soul and party have made them a band whose live performance demands a relentless energy and enthusiasm.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Vampire WeekendForming at Columbia University in 2006, Vampire Weekend started out like most college bands: playing school functions, house parties and taking pretty much any opportunity they could seize.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Dizzee RascalDizzee Rascal is trying to do what few of his fellow British hip hopsters have been able to do- break into the American scene.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Fleet FoxesThe journey of Fleet Foxes began with the childhood friendship of Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset.[MORE] [CLOSE]  CaribouThe brainchild of Dan Snaith, Caribou (née Manitoba) has worked the places between IDM, pop, and (um) folktronica, blurring boundaries and tweaking expectations with each successive disc.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Jay RetardHaving performed in The Lost Sounds, The Bad Times, The Final Solutions, Angry Angles and others Jay Reatard has gone back to where he started- as a solo artist.[MORE] [CLOSE]  No AgeFormed from the remnants of beloved noise rockers The Wives, No Age has risen the ranks of LA's skate/art/punk scene while embodying everything it represents.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Atlas SoundAtlas Sound is the moniker of Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox's solo project-- a natural outgrowth of the distorted pop sound for which his Atlanta quintet has gained notice.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Extra GoldenTwo years after their formation, Thrill Jockey issued Ok Oyot System to hoards of critical acclaim and high demand for live performances.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Elf PowerElephant 6 alums and Athens, Ga., natives, Elf Power meshes a slew of strings with psych guitar and the homemade, mellotron-like tape organ on their eighth LP, In a Cave[MORE] [CLOSE]  The Ruby SunsThe psychedelic indie pop of The Ruby Suns is in large part attributable to the traveling lifestyle of singer/songwriter/bandleader Ryan McPhun.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Icy DemonsAn experimental venture of Man Man's Christopher Powell and Bablicon's Griffin Rodriguez, Icy Demons express their explorative spirit through traditional instrumentation and electronics[MORE] [CLOSE]  A Hawk and a HacksawAs the brain child of percussionist Jeremy Barnes (formerly of Neutral Milk Hotel) A Hawk and a Hacksaw released the self titled debut in 2004 on The Leaf Label.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Occidental Brothers Dance Band InternationalThey call Chicago home, but the Occidental Brothers Dance Band International are worldwide collective.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Boban i Marko Markovic OrkestarWith a sound that blends traditional Balkan music with jazz, Latin and pop inflections, the Boban Markovic Orkestar enlivens a genre steeped in tradition and history.[MORE] [CLOSE]
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Spoon Dinosaur Jr. Spiritualized M. Ward Ghostface and Raekwon Les Savy Fav The Apples in Stereo Boris Dirty Projectors * Times New Viking Cut Copy * Bon Iver Dodos Occidental Brothers Dance Band International King Khan & His Shrines El Guincho * HEALTH * High Places * Mahjongg  SpoonWith each album these acclaimed indie hands offer a lesson in rock economy: Britt Daniel and his mates write and play spare, direct pop songs but don't stint on snap, hooks, or soul.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Dinosaur Jr.As the agents responsible for the dawning of alternative rock, Dinosaur Jr. expanded the boundaries of song structure and melody.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Ghostface and RaekwonThere’s an assumed credibility when you’re a member of The Wu Tang Clan, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have to prove yourself.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Les Savy favFormed in 1995 by friends who met at the Rhode Island School of Design, Les Savy Fav took its early inspiration from the Clash, Pixies, and Fugazi.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Apples in StereoIf The Apples in Stereo are the nucleus of the Elephant Six Recording Company, then Robert Schneider is the core of The Apples.[MORE] [CLOSE]  BorisJapanese rock/metal trio Boris have dabbled in almost everything when it comes to the sound of hard rock.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Dirty ProjectorsThe mulitfarious sound of Dirty Projectors can best be explained by the eclectic and volatile tastes of one David Longstreth.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Times New VikingFrom Columbus, Oh., and Matador Records comes the six-string crunch, cymbal splash and brooding lyrics of Adam Elliott, Beth Murphy, and Jared Phillips, aka Times New Viking.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Cut CopyThe electro indie stylings of Cut Copy began in 2001 as the solo dream of Aussie songwriter, producer and DJ Dan Whitford.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Bon IverJustin Vernon decamped to a cabin near his rural roots in northwestern Wisconsin for some rest and relaxation. What he got was For Emma, Forever Ago, a powerful, simple, reflective and heartfelt debut[MORE] [CLOSE]  DodosThe brainchild of San Francisco multi-instrumentalist Meric Long and percussionist Logan Kroeber.[MORE] [CLOSE]  King Khan & His ShrinesWere it biologically possible for George Clinton and Sun Ra to procreate, King Khan would represent their seed.[MORE] [CLOSE]  El GuinchoPablo Diaz-Reixa left his Canary Islands home at the age of fourteen to pursue his dream of being a soccer and tennis star.[MORE] [CLOSE]  Fuck ButtonsThe conception of Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power began in the winter of 2004 as a vehicle for their relentless noise tendencies.[MORE] [CLOSE]  HEALTHLike No Age, HEALTH hail from the Los Angeles noise-rock scene, and the band's self-titled debut album was recorded at its home club-slash-epicenter, the Smell.[MORE] [CLOSE]  High PlacesThis feel-good collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Rob Barber and vocalist Mary Pearson formed in Brooklyn just two years ago, but their eponymous 2007 EP has already earned acclaim[MORE] [CLOSE]  MahjonggThe Chicago-based groove-traffickers and recent K Records signees of Mahjongg match tribal beats to trebly guitar licks á la Talking Heads[MORE] [CLOSE]
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Public Enemy
One of the most influential rap groups of the late 80s? Try most influential groups, full stop. Chuck D’s politically charged rhymes juxtaposed with the visual and vocal comedic stylings of Flavor Flav showed the world that hip hop can drop knowledge and still bring the party. Plus the Bomb Squads atmospheric soundscapes heralded a production style as revolutionary as the lyrics. And two decades on, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back stands undiminished, a magnum opus. You simply can’t discuss the evolution of pre-millennial pop without props to Public Enemy.
Sebadoh
The folk-pop-noise of Lou Barlow and Eric Gaffney never tried to conform; it was weird, wheedly, and aggressively lo-fi, but also strangely affecting. So it's a fortunate quirk of history, then, that Sebadoh are now seen as a pioneering act that helped set the template for 1990s alt-rock. Reunited, the pair will perform in its entirety the landmark 1993 album Bubble and Scrape, itself recently reissued in expanded form on Domino.
Mission of Burma
Mission of Burma helped define early-80s post-punk, adding tape manipulation to the typical guitar-bass-drums and pushing punk’s limits without compromising its rebellious spirit. Now almost 30 years later, the band’s debut album Vs. remains a staple; reformed since 2002, Burma will return to the Pitchfork stage to bring their masterpiece to life.
