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Double Feature: “Game of Pricks” and “Gold Star for Robot Boy” by Guided by Voices — Live at the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival

VIDEO: Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks (Live at the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival) Two classic songs by the classic lineup of Guided by ...
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2011 Pitchfork Music Festival Day 3: From the Rocker’s Notebook

* While Cut Copy's take on early '80s UK dance pop didn't appeal to me personally, I still admired the way in which they drew in the crowd.  ...
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2011 Pitchfork Music Festival Day 3: TV on the Radio

At a festival as diverse as the Pitchfork Music Festival, few bands have the ability to appeal to every fan.  Over the course of three days ...
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2011 Pitchfork Music Festival Day 3: Deerhunter

At a concert hall or a rock club, Bradford Cox and Deerhunter can mesmerize.  Their wandering tones waver in the air, slyly mixing and merging ...
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2011 Pitchfork Music Festival Day 3: Kylesa

Being the lone defender of an entire genre of music can be an awkward role for a band at a music festival.  As the only hardcore punk band at ...
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2011 Pitchffork Music Festival Day 3: Superchunk

There are times, like during Superchunk's early evening set on Sunday, or like Guided by Voices set on Friday, or like The Jon Spencer Blues ...
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2011 Pitchfork Music Festival Day 3: Shabazz Palaces

While one much hyped about, much better connected, and much more controversial hip-hop, Odd Future was performing on the big stage, it was on ...
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2011 Pitchfork Music Festival Day 3: Kurt Vile and The Violators

While some bands struggled with Sunday's oppressive heat, (There was a moment when it appeared Yuck would abandon their set, Ariel Pink did ...
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