The Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago is the greatest music festival for music fans who like the kind of trend setting music that music bloggers tend to go crazy over.
In this article you will find a short paragraph about each of five of the best bands who will be performing at this year's Pitchfork festival.
Animal Collective may just be Pitchfork's favorite band (after their lukewarm review of Radiohead's The King of Limbs.) Personally I'm of a few different opinions when it comes to this band. While I respect that they make music that really challenges me, I don't always really enjoy listening to it. That said; I have had some unique listening experiences with Animal Collective and I would love to see them perform live (I have not yet.)
Fleet Foxes make serene music that puts a slightly modern twist on the late '60s sounds of Simon & Garfunkel and Crosby, Stills, & Nash. If you love acoustic guitar playing, poetic lyrics, and lovely vocal harmonies then you should definitely give Fleet Foxes a listen.
Guided By Voices have 16 studio albums to their name from 1987's Devil Between My Toes to 2004's Half Smiles of the Decomposed. 1994's Bee Thousand and 1995's Alien Lanes are considered by many Guided By Voices fans to be their best work so I would probably start there if you're new to the group.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti has to be one of the strangest bands I've ever listened to. I am not really all that sure I like their music that much but I do find them quite interesting and I do love "Round and Round." Their shtick seems to be doing strange reincarnations of cheesy '80s style pop music.
Battles creates intense rhythmic music. You are very unlikely to hear yourself singing a Battles tune in the shower. They make the kind of stuff that I can very much enjoy if I'm in the right mood for it but that I find pretty annoying most of the rest of the time.
In this article you will find a short paragraph about each of five of the best bands who will be performing at this year's Pitchfork festival.
Animal Collective may just be Pitchfork's favorite band (after their lukewarm review of Radiohead's The King of Limbs.) Personally I'm of a few different opinions when it comes to this band. While I respect that they make music that really challenges me, I don't always really enjoy listening to it. That said; I have had some unique listening experiences with Animal Collective and I would love to see them perform live (I have not yet.)
Fleet Foxes make serene music that puts a slightly modern twist on the late '60s sounds of Simon & Garfunkel and Crosby, Stills, & Nash. If you love acoustic guitar playing, poetic lyrics, and lovely vocal harmonies then you should definitely give Fleet Foxes a listen.
Guided By Voices have 16 studio albums to their name from 1987's Devil Between My Toes to 2004's Half Smiles of the Decomposed. 1994's Bee Thousand and 1995's Alien Lanes are considered by many Guided By Voices fans to be their best work so I would probably start there if you're new to the group.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti has to be one of the strangest bands I've ever listened to. I am not really all that sure I like their music that much but I do find them quite interesting and I do love "Round and Round." Their shtick seems to be doing strange reincarnations of cheesy '80s style pop music.
Battles creates intense rhythmic music. You are very unlikely to hear yourself singing a Battles tune in the shower. They make the kind of stuff that I can very much enjoy if I'm in the right mood for it but that I find pretty annoying most of the rest of the time.
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