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PHOTOS: The Most Hipster City In America Is...

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 04.26.2012

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When it comes to hipsters, everyone's got an opinion. As the comments to this article will almost undoubtedly make very clear, people either hate ...

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Why We Should Make M83's "Midnight City" the #1 Song in America

Nico Lang | Posted 05.23.2012

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What we blog about on the Internet, what we think about culture and what we choose to listen to matter. We vote with our ears, and if we choose to listen to songs we deem to be masterpieces, that's what we will get back.

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Pitchfork Festival Tickets Now On Sale

Posted 03.09.2012

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Tickets to the 2012 edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival went on sale at noon Friday. Set to take over Chicago's Union Park July 13-15, the fest...

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4 Ways Music Has Evolved Online

Posted 02.21.2012

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We've been following PBS' great OffBook series since its studies of generative art and book illustrations. Today, we explore an issue close to our hea...

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Do We Care About The Lyrics Anymore?

Lucas Kavner | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Modern Music, Indie Music, Rock Music, Kanye West, Bob Dylan, Lyrics, Bon Iver, The National, Pitchfork, Springsteen, Real Estate, Deerhunter, Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Bon Iver New Album, Bon Iver Lyrics, Culture News

Music, in general, might be missing its lyrical heroes. Who are our real poets in 2011? With Occupy Wall Street and the recession and the slipping middle class, it seems like the right time for a new icon to emerge. One that speaks more directly to us, without hiding.

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Pitchfork Planning New York Festival

Posted 12.13.2011

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Pitchfork is planning to take on the New York music scene with a CMJ-esque festival in February 2012. The online music publication has teamed up with ...

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Pitchfork Releases Full Schedule: Sample The Best Of The Fest

Posted 08.22.2011

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The Pitchfork Music Festival has filled out its lineup for the summer of 2011, and the schedule is looking pretty stacked. On top of headliners Ani...

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Hipsters Rejoice: Pitchfork Announces Dates For 2011 Festival

Chicagoist | Jon Graef | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pitchfork announced on its venerable, taste-making site the dates for the 2011 version of annual music festival: July 15-17 at the usual bat station, ...

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Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson Plays To A Hardly Interested Knitting Factory, "I'm In A Weird Sort Of Stand Still"

Brian Walter and Jonah Sprung | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's indie music scene is in many ways a dangerous place. What can from the outside seem like a utopian community of DIY artists and innovator fr...

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2010: Best Of The Fest (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival, which ran from Friday to Sunday at Union Park, brought some of the most exciting acts in the business to Chicago, a...

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PITCHFORK MANIA: HuffPost Chicago's Guide To Pitchfork Fest

Huffington Post | Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's finally here: the Pitchfork Music Festival takes over Union Park Friday afternoon. While there are a , whole, lot of guides to the festival, Huff...

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Extra Pitchfork Tickets Go On Sale Thursday

Posted 05.25.2011

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The 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival is officially not sold out. Starting at 11 a.m. Thursday morning, Pitchfork will release extra tickets to all three...

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2010: Schedules And Set Times Revealed

Posted 05.25.2011

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It's summertime in Chicago, and that means it's festival season. Streets are already closing downtown for Taste of Chicago, which kicks off this Frida...

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Pitchfork Music Festival: Outkast's Big Boi Performing?

Time Out Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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The folks behind the Pitchfork Music Festival have begun to reveal the rest of this year's lineup in code, similar to our friends at Lollapalooza. And...

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Pitchfork Music Festival: Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem To Perform, Tickets On Sale Friday

Posted 05.25.2011

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The line-up for the Pitchfork Music Festival has been officially released, and as expected, it's got some enormous acts on the bill. Pavement is prob...

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Pitchfork Music Festival: Pavement Rumored Headliner, Dates And Ticket Prices Announced

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pitchfork Music Festival will return to Chicago's Union Park this summer, and rumor has it that Pavement, the iconic indie-rock outfit that recent...

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Pitchfork Thriving Though Music Magazines Falling

Forbes | Dan Gerstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Big Four of music publishing--Rolling Stone, Blender, Spin, Vibe--became the Big Two this year. As the miserable ad climate continues its toll, o...

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Crap's Last Tape: Review of Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ipod, Itunes, Prince, Trent Reznor, U2, Greg Kot, Danger-Mouse, Bono, Death Cab for Cutie, Pitchfork, Radiohead, Media News

An informative state-of-play piece on contemporary music, Ripped suggests that technology is making it possible for a new generation of artists and fans to mess with the record business.

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Makeover For Summer...Affectations!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yachts, Ugly Sunglasses, Comedy and Satire, Makeover, Sasha Frere-Jones, Humor, Parasols, Satire, Stephenie Meyer, Affectations, Summering, Pitchfork, American Apparel, Hipsters, Dan Brown, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News

Trade in your most recent "totally ironic" cheap beer choice...and try on a brand new set of made-for-summer affectations!

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