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2012 Pitchfork Music Festival: Milk Music

Alex Coxen, the lead singer for Olympia Washington's Milk Music is an interesting character, to say the least.  With his long, blonde hair, ...
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2012 Pitchfork Music Festival: Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall

Rock o'clock came seven hours early to Chicago on Sunday.  At 2:50, Thee Oh Sees were set for the  Blue Stage.  Back at the main grounds, Ty ...
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2012 Pitchfork Music Festival: Day 3 Reporter’s Notebook

* Apparently, Lady GaGa was in attendance Sunday at the festival to take in some bands on the side stage.  I never caught a glimpse of GaGa.  I ...
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2012 Pitchfork Music Festival: Vampire Weekend

Coming into this weekend's edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival, I openly questioned whether Vampire Weekend were headline material.  Sure, ...
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2012 Pitchfork Music Festival: The Men

Although many of the songs by the Brooklyn five-piece,  The Men, carry hints of alt-country, southern rock, and country rock, I don't want you ...
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2012 Pitchfork Music Festival: Godspeed You! Black Emperor

There is no one right way to enjoy the music of the Canadian, post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor. During their Saturday night ...
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2012 Pitchfork Music Festival: Wild Flag

For younger fans, the main draw of Portland's Wild Flag was seeing Carrie Brownstein from the hipster-skewing, sketch comedy show Portlandia ...
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2012 Pitchfork Music Festival: Sleigh Bells

How loud were Sleigh Bells and their double six-stacks of Marshall amps during the early, Saturday evening set at Union Park? They were ...
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