Yeah, we know Pitchfork is this weekend.
If you can’t make it to Union Park and love your information in short 140 character-bursts, then make your way over to @loudlooppress and @bengrieve (Contributor Ross Meyerson’s twitter) and read some unintentionally hilarious tweets live from the Pitchfork Music Festival.
We’ll probably write about how it’s too cold or the beer lines are too long or that some dude next to me won’t stop swaying and it’s annoying. Yeah, pretty in-depth journalistic coverage right here, no doubt.
Anyway, if you aren’t making it to P4K…don’t worry. There will still be music around town all this weekend. So here’s a few choice locales…
Fucked Up
Subterranean’s PITCHFORK AFTER PARTY! or so says their website. Quasi-hardcore, Pitchfork-darlings and Profanity-named Fucked Up brings their crazy youthful antics the small stage before playing a P4K Festival tomorrow in the sunlight. Total Abuse, Brain Killer & Manipulation open.
9:00 PM. Friday, 7/17. Subterranean. $12.
Unicycle Loves You
If you are attending this year’s Pitchfork Festival, specifically on Saturday, but have no interest in sticking around for Matt and Kim, The Black Lips, or The National perhaps you’ll want to hop on your bike and take the short ride to the Bottom Lounge to catch local excitable and cuddly favorites Unicycle Loves You. They’ll be opening for Sybris and Cymbals Eat Guitars, who play their Pitchfork set at 1pm that day. I’m just saying if the heat and crowd have worn you down a bit but you aren’t ready to call it a day go out and support some great local bands.- Ross Meyerson
8:00 PM. Saturday 7/18.Bottom Lounge. $10.
Elton John & Billy Joel
Yeah, that’s right. Tired of lightening fast distortion-drenched guitars or emotionally charged acoustic soul tunes? How about some classic piano rock anthems? Tickets are probably sold out, but it’s at Wrigley, so anywhere in that general area should be a nice spot.
8:00 PM. Tuesday 7/21. Wrigley Field. $23878907530982380238049204.
See you guys on Twitter in a few!
By Richard Giraldi \ comments