In four weeks, Pitchfork will make its first announcements about the 2007 Pitchfork Fest Line-up. Pitchfork Fest was two of the best days a music fan could imagine last year and though I didn’t go to Intonation two years ago, but from what I heard it was just as well-received. For music bloggers like myself, Pitchfork Fest is one of the, if not the biggest event of the year.
Another thing that’s interesting about P-fest, is that the artists are carefully picked to match the style of Pitchfork writers (check out this So Much Silence write-up for more proof). A close Pitchfork reader could make a pretty accurate guess of at least who Pitchfork would ask to play. Also, The list is significantly more condensed than many other festivals out there, so that makes my idea more feasible (guess the SXSW line-up would be a disaster). Since the tickets are also so incredibly cheap it’s easy for me to make a the prize one ticket (or the corresponding cash) to the festival. So taking all those into consideration, it’s time to announce, the first annual Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good Pitchfork Fest Line-up Contest (or MFKWCRGPFLC).
The Contest:
Guess which artists/bands will be on the line-up for the 2007 Pitchfork Fest.
The Rules:
1. The contest ends a month from today, March 15. No late entrees.
2. Last year, 39 artists played the Pitchfork Fest. This year might be more, but I’m still limiting you to 39 guesses. Also don’t guess any less than 10 bands.
3. You can’t choose artists that have already been announced. So far Califone and Girl Talk are the only ones. If more artists are announced before March 16th than they are disqualified for any future submissions.
4. The way I’m totaling the scores is simple. You get 2 points for every artist you get right and you lose 1 point for every artist you get wrong. It might be beneficial to you to guess less than 39 artists.
5. Email your answers to musicforants@mac.com or if you want everyone to see how smart you are, leave them in the comments.
The Prizes:
There’s really one prize and it goes to first place. The winner get’s a one day pass to Pitchfork Fest, either Saturday or Sunday, you choose. If you’d rather get a two-day pass than I’ll paypal you 20 dollars. If for some reason you can’t make it to Pitchfork Fest and you win, I’ll paypal you 20 dollars.
My Guesses:
Finally, I’ve decided to submit my own entry into this thing (just for fun). Here’s my list:
Deerhoof, Menomena, Peter Bjorn and John, The Hold Steady, The Pipettes, Grizzly Bear, The Thermals, I’m From Barcelona, !!!, Panda Bear, Bill Callahan, Islands, Okkervil River, Cloud Cult, Au Revoir Simone, The Postmarks, Phoenix, Midlake, The Knife, Clipse, Camera Obscura, Beirut, Aloha, RJD2, Do Make Say Think, Deerhunter, Simian Mobile Disco, Beach House, The Ponys, The Wrens, Rafter, Patrick Wolf, LCD Soundsystem, The Broken West, Busdriver, The Bees, Justice, M.I.A.
MP3 Mychael Danna / DeVotchKa – The Winner Is
MP3 Spoon – Something To Look Forward To
MP3 Regina Spektor – Summer in the City
MP3 Half-handed Cloud – Here’s A List
MP3 Sufjan Stevens – The Henny Buggy Band
MP3 Wilco – Via Chicago
If you watched Lost last Thursday, you were probably amazed and really freaked out by the Others Brainwashing scene that looked straight out of “A Clockwork Orange”. If you didn’t hear already some people have been playing the scene in reverse and hearing some pretty freakin’ weird stuff.
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