2011 PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL IS JULY 15-17 AT CHICAGO’S UNION PARK

As previously announced, the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival will be taking place on Friday, July 15th through Sunday, July 17th at Chicago’s Union Park! Tickets went on sale on March 4th, and, as predicted, three-day passes sold out in a record time of 24 hours! That said, eager prospective festival goers should fear not, as single-day passes are still available for the totally reasonable price of $45. Tickets can be purchased here: http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com.

And now, without further ado, the newest additions to the 2011 Pitchfork Festival lineup! Friday will see the addition of Guided By Voices and Neko Case; Saturday’s lineup will feature No Age, Gang Gang Dance, G-Side, and Chrissy Murderbot; Sunday’s stellar lineup now includes The Fresh & Onlys, Radio Dept., HEALTH, Shabazz Palaces, Baths, How To Dress Well, Kurt Vile, and Twin Sister. Stay tuned for more bands still to be announced in the coming weeks!

An independently run, consistently sold-out event, the Pitchfork Music Festival attracts 50,000 fans of all ages from 45 states and 26 countries. In addition to presenting an outstanding musical line-up at a reasonable price, the festival also offers a vast array of other activities for attendees to enjoy. With 50 individual vendors, as well as specialty fairs, the fest not only supports local businesses and the local economy, but also promotes the Chicago arts community as a whole.

THE 2011 PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL SO FAR

FRIDAY
Animal Collective
Neko Case*
Guided By Voices*
James Blake
Das Racist
Curren$y

SATURDAY
Fleet Foxes
The Dismemberment Plan
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
No Age*
Gang Gang Dance*
G-Side*
Woods
Sun Airway
Kylesa
Chrissy Murderbot*

SUNDAY
TV on the Radio
Cut Copy
Deerhunter
Destroyer
OFWGKTA
HEALTH*
Kurt Vile*
Yuck
The Fresh & Onlys*
Radio Dept.*
Baths*
Shabazz Palaces*
Twin Sister*
How To Dress Well*

* New addition

Pitchfork is the essential guide to independent music and beyond. With more than three million unique readers and 30 million page views per month, the site has earned an extremely loyal following and a reputation as being the world’s most trusted music publication.

Iron & Wine, Deerhunter, Boss Hog, special performances by Boredoms performing BOREDRUM 2009, No Age, Caribou and Deerhoof + More added!

Festival Set For Sept 11-13, co-curated by The Flaming Lips

Limited Single Day Tickets Now On Sale:

Friday single day pass is $75 + booking fee
Saturday or Sunday single day passes are $95 + booking fee
Weekend passes are $235 + booking fee

Accommodations available at Kutsher’s and the nearby Raleigh Resort.

Bus Tickets from NY to ATP – details will be announced on atpfestival.com in the coming weeks.

All Tomorrow’s Parties (ATP) is happy to announce its return to Kutsher’s Country Club in Monticello, New York for the 2nd annual ATP New York festival. The event will be held Sept 11-13, 2009.

Last year’s festival, co-curated by My Bloody Valentine, was a critical and cultural success with rave reviews from media and fans. This year’s Fest will be co-curated by The Flaming Lips.

Friday will feature a first New York show in a long time by The Jesus Lizard and newly announced, ATP favourites Iron and Wine. They will join the Don’t Look Back shows also taking place on Friday: The Feelies performing Crazy Rhythms, New York’s finest Suicide performing their first LP, Dirty Three performing Ocean Songs and The Drones performing Wait Long By The River… The evening will be rounded off with the Comedy Stage hosted and curated by the one and only David Cross.

Saturday is curated by ATP and is headlined by Animal Collective and an exclusive performance by Panda Bear. Other confirmed acts include the newly announced Boss Hog, Deerhunter and Bridezilla, plus the previously announced Melvins, Black Dice, Dead Meadow, Autolux, EL-P, Akron Family, Antipop Consortium, Atlas Sound and the hotly tipped Sleepy Sun.

Sunday is curated by the outlandish Flaming Lips. Every act that plays will perform an exclusive special show, bespoke for this event. First up are the Boredoms who will continue their BOREDRUM series, performing with 9 drummers on stage. No Age will perform a whole LP by Husker Du including special guest vocalist. Deerhoof will perform with special visuals by Martha Colburn. Caribou will perform as Caribou Vibration Ensemble, with a 4 piece horn section, 4 drummers and a choir and guests that include Kieran Hebden (Four Tet/Fridge/Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid), Koushik (Stones Throw Records), John Schmersal (Enon, Brainiac), Kathryn Bint (One Little Plane), Ahmed Gallab (Sinkane) and more. Finally Stardeath and White Dwarf also join the line-up, with lots more to be announced!

The cinema for the weekend is hosted by Criterion. Expect more of the same greatness in 2009, with no-holds-barred programming both musically and otherwise. Capacity limited to just 3000 people!

The full line-up so far with new additions in bold…

Friday

The Jesus Lizard
Iron and Wine
Don’t Look Back: Dirty Three Performing ‘Ocean Songs’
Don’t Look Back: Suicide Performing First LP
Don’t Look Back: The Feelies Performing ‘Crazy Rhythms’
Don’t Look Back: The Drones Performing ‘Wait Long By The River’
Comedy Stage -Hosted and curated by David Cross

Saturday: curated by ATP

Animal Collective
Panda Bear
Deerhunter
Melvins
Boss Hog
Autolux
Dead Meadow
EL-P
Anti-Pop Consortium
Autolux
Atlas Sound
Akron Family
Sleepy Sun
Bridezilla

Sunday: curated by The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips
Boredoms perform 9 drummer BOREDRUM
No Age perform Husker Du
Caribou perform as Caribou Vibration Ensemble
Stardeath and White Dwarf
Deerhoof with Martha Colburn

Seattle, WA – January 23, 2009 – The Free Yr Radio (www.FreeYrRadio.com) campaign, created by Toyota Yaris and Urban Outfitters to generate awareness and support for partner independent radio stations, today announced the release date of the campaign’s benefit compilation album for January 27, 2009.

The Free Yr Radio 2008 Benefit Compilation features tracks from bands that participated in this past year’s Free Yr Radio tour. All profits from sales of the compilation will be donated to the Free Yr Radio partner radio stations. The compilation will be available exclusively at Insound.com for 99 cents, and buyers of the album will be encouraged to add a “tip” on top of the 99 cents as a way to donate more funds and show their support of independent radio.

Album benefit compilation available at: www.Insound.com/FYR

The track list for the Free Yr Radio 2008 Benefit Compilation is:

01. !!! – Must Be The Moon (Live at KEXP)

02. Chairlift – At My Side

03. Yeasayer – Final Path (Daytrotter Sessions)

04. White Williams – Blue Steel

05. Dan Deacon – Cave Birth

06. No Age – Padded Chair

07. Mudhoney – The Lucky Ones (Live)

08. King Khan & Saba Lou – Past and Gone

09. The Secret Machines – The Walls Are Starting To Crack (Live at KEXP)

10. The Walkmen – In The New Year (Live)

11. Tokyo Police Club – Your English Is Good (K-Os Remix)

12. Jamie Lidell – Rope of Sand (Live at Austin City Limits)

The participating Free Yr Radio stations from the 2008 campaign include Ohio.FM in Columbus, KVRX in Austin, KRCL in Salt Lake City, WPRB in Philadelphia, KIWR in Omaha, WERS in Cambridge, KEXP in Seattle, The Current in Minneapolis, KUSF in San Francisco, KUCI in Irvine, WVUM in Miami, and WVKR in New York. These stations will split 95% of the profits, with the other 5% being divided among the Free Yr Radio alumni stations from the 2007 campaign.

Each aspect of the Free Yr Radio campaign is designed to give partner independent stations tools to build awareness and help raise additional funds from their listener communities. Partner stations co-host free concerts as a means to increase exposure, gain new listeners, and generate support. The campaign also enables each participating station to award a brand new Toyota Yaris to one listener during their fundraising or awareness-boosting activities. The final component of the Free Yr Radio campaign is the benefit compilation album.

“We’re excited to wrap up another successful year of the Free Yr Radio campaign with such a unique collection of music from the bands that joined in the mission to support non-commercial radio,” said Keith Dahl, National Marketing Manager for Toyota. “By purchasing this compilation consumers will not only get exclusive new music, but will directly benefit the partner independent radio stations that are such a vital part of the music community.”

For more information on the Free Yr Radio campaign, please visit www.FreeYrRadio.com or contact Gregg Flotlin at (206) 388-1455 or gregg@206inc.com.

ABOUT FREE YR RADIO:

Now in its second year, the Free Yr Radio campaign helps generate awareness and funds for independent radio through a series of promotional activities including free station-sponsored in-store concerts by top indie artists, vehicle sweepstakes to augment station fund-raising drives and a benefit compilation. Yaris and Urban Outfitters joined forces to create Free Yr Radio in 2007 to start a conversation with their customers about the importance of independent radio and to encourage people to talk about, listen to and support their favorite stations. To learn more about the program, you can visit www.FreeYrRadio.com.

ABOUT TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, USA, INC.:

Toyota established operations in the United States in 1957 and currently operates 10 manufacturing plants, including one under construction. There are more than 1,400 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealerships in the U.S. which sell more than two million vehicles a year. Toyota directly employs more than 32,000 people in the U.S. and its investment here is currently valued at more than $13 billion, including sales and manufacturing operations, research and development, financial services and design.

ABOUT URBAN OUTFITTERS:
Urban Outfitters, NASDAQ: URBN owns and operates three retail clothing brands: Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People. The first store opened in 1970 in Philadelphia, focusing on an eclectic mix of fashion and household products. Today, the Urban Outfitters line has expanded from vintage, bohemian, retro, ironically humorous, kitschy designed apparel and furniture to include many luxury branded collaborations such as Lark & Wolff by Steven Alan, Play by Charlotte Ronson, and Hawks by Geren Ford. Headquartered in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Urban Outfitters operates more than 140 stores in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.