Exactly one week after announcing an initial wave of acts led by Tame Impala, Raphael Saadiq, and DRAM, Pitchfork has announced a second wave of artists for the 13th edition of its Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park. They did so by literally asking viewers to watch paint dry, as an artist painted the names of each of the newly announced performers onto a mural in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Among those recently added to the Pitchfork lineup are The War On Drugs, Earl Sweatshirt, Courtney Barnett, Moses Sumney, and Zola Jesus, along with a headlining set from Chaka Khan, who we wouldn’t necessarily expect to see on a Pitchfork lineup, but we’re glad is finally getting her hipster-recognition due.
The Pitchfork Music Festival is set to take place from July 20-July 22. A complete (at least until the third wave is announced next week) list of performers is below, with new additions noted in bold. Tickets for the festival are currently on sale here.
Friday, July 20
Tame Impala
Courtney Barnett
Mount Kimbie
Big Thief
Earl Sweatshirt
Syd
Julie Byrne
Lucy Dacus
Melkbelly
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society
Saturday, July 21
The War on Drugs
Raphael Saadiq
This Is Not This Heat
Moses Sumney
Kelela
Girlpool
Julien Baker
Zola Jesus
berhana
Sunday, July 22
Chaka Khan
DRAM
Kelly Lee Owens
Irreversible Entanglements
Japandroids
(Sandy) Alex G
Smino
Ravyn Lenae
Kweku Collins