Union Park in Chicago just got a bit more crowded with new acts added to the already packed Pitchfork 2009 Music Festival. From the official site –
And here are some more newly announced bands playing the fest: Portland pop-punk mainstays the Thermals, one man orchestra Final Fantasy, neo-folk act Bowerbirds, recent Best New Music recipients Cymbals Eat Guitars, and a pair of Chicago acts: far-out indie rock duo Michael Columbia and post-punks Killer Whales.
All the indie goodness takes place July 17 -July 19. Three day passes have sold out, but there are still single day passes up for grabs at $35.
Here is the updated lineup:
Friday – “Write the Night: Set Lists by Request“
- Built to Spill
- The Jesus Lizard
- Yo La Tengo
- Tortoise
Saturday
- The National
- Beirut
- DOOM
- Yeasayer
- Final Fantasy *
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
- Fucked Up
- Plants and Animals
- Cymbals Eat Guitars *
- Matt and Kim
- Lindstrøm
- Wavves
- Ponytail
- Bowerbirds *
- Charles Hamilton
- The Duchess and The Duke
- Disappears
- Michael Columbia *
Sunday
- The Flaming Lips
- Grizzly Bear
- M83
- The Walkmen
- The Thermals *
- Pharoahe Monch
- Blitzen Trapper
- Frightened Rabbit
- The Mae Shi
- Black Lips
- The Very Best
- Mew
- Vivian Girls
- Japandroids
- DJ/Rupture
- Women
- Killer Whales *
- Dianogah
* Just added
