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Pitchfork Music Festival: Nine bands and artists not to be missed

This weekend, Pitchfork Music Festival will open its gates to music lovers from all over and celebrate its 13th year.

The festival, taking place Friday to Sunday (July 20 to 22) at Chicago’s Union Park, provides a canvas for the folks at Pitchfork to bring their website to life, giving attendees a chance to see a well-woven tapestry of heavy hitters and up-and-coming artists performing on the large stage. It also maintains an intimate and laid back feeling when compared to some of the mega festivals out there.

This year’s headliners include acts such as Tame Impala, Courtney Barnett, Fleet Foxes, War On Drugs, and Lauryn Hill, who provides a 20th anniversary performance of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Creativity, diversity, and passion are equally celebrated at the festival, not just on the stage, but also amongst the various activities being presented this year -- with fairs for crafts, records, posters and books taking place throughout the weekend. Pitchfork is also partnering this year with RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) to bring an eye and an ear to the cause of fighting sexual violence.

Tickets, both single day admission ($75) and 3-day passes ($175), are still available. For those attending, or those still on the fence, we've compiled a quick preview highlighting nine bands and artists worth circling on the schedule. With a lineup as deep at Pitchfork Music Festival's, we could have gone longer, but these are the acts that we're most excited to catch this weekend.

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Tame Impala, performing Friday @ 8:30 p.m.

Tame Impala are not one of the up-and-coming acts that Pitchfork does such a great job of showcasing at their festival, but they absolutely are a band not to be missed when given the chance to see them live. The band (Kevin Parker + a crew of touring mates) have only gotten better on record and on the stage as each year progresses. Evolving to — and darting between — retro fuzz-laden psych jams all the way to dance grooves so tight that Mark Ronson recruited Parker into his inner circle, Tame Impala lay it all out during the performances. It doesn’t hurt that they employ a pretty spectacular laser show that will help bring Friday’s lineup to a dazzling conclusion.

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