Pitchfork Music Festival Lineup Still Growing
By
Craig Clark (CHARTattack) April 17, 2009 4:08 pm

Canadian bands Japandroids, Plants And Animals and Women have been added to the growing lineup of July's Pitchfork Music Festival.
Yeasayer, Blitzen Trapper, Mew and Disappears will also be a part of the July 17-19 event in Chicago's Union Park. They join the likes of the previously announced Flaming Lips, The National, Grizzly Bear, Black Lips, The Walkmen and Fucked Up.
The festival will launch with the "Write The Night: Set Lists By Request" series, where Built To Spill, The Jesus Lizard, Yo La Tengo and Tortoise's set lists will be chosen by fans. Those who purchase tickets from Ticket Web will be sent a confirmation email with a link to a web page where they can vote for what songs they want to hear from each band. The groups will tailor their set lists accordingly after voting ends on June 12.
More bands are yet to be announced. Here's the schedule for the Pitchfork Music Festival so far:
Fri. July 17
Built To Spill
The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo
Tortoise
Sat. July 18
The National
Yeasayer
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Fucked Up
Plants And Animals
Matt And Kim
Wavves
Charles Hamilton
The Duchess And The Duke
Disappears
Sun. July 19
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear
M83
The Walkmen
Pharoahe Monch
Blitzen Trapper
Black Lips
The Very Best
Mew
Vivian Girls
Japandroids
Women
Yeasayer, Blitzen Trapper, Mew and Disappears will also be a part of the July 17-19 event in Chicago's Union Park. They join the likes of the previously announced Flaming Lips, The National, Grizzly Bear, Black Lips, The Walkmen and Fucked Up.
The festival will launch with the "Write The Night: Set Lists By Request" series, where Built To Spill, The Jesus Lizard, Yo La Tengo and Tortoise's set lists will be chosen by fans. Those who purchase tickets from Ticket Web will be sent a confirmation email with a link to a web page where they can vote for what songs they want to hear from each band. The groups will tailor their set lists accordingly after voting ends on June 12.
More bands are yet to be announced. Here's the schedule for the Pitchfork Music Festival so far:
Fri. July 17
Built To Spill
The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo
Tortoise
Sat. July 18
The National
Yeasayer
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Fucked Up
Plants And Animals
Matt And Kim
Wavves
Charles Hamilton
The Duchess And The Duke
Disappears
Sun. July 19
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear
M83
The Walkmen
Pharoahe Monch
Blitzen Trapper
Black Lips
The Very Best
Mew
Vivian Girls
Japandroids
Women
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