Pitchfork Music Festival 2012 (more by James Richards IV)

As discussed, Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 is set to take place in Union Park from July 19-21. The festival's initial lineup featured R. Kelly, Björk, Belle & Sebastian, Joanna Newsom, the Breeders (playing Last Splash), Swans, Rustie, El-P, Chairlift, Killer Mike, TNGHT, Sky Ferreira, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Mac DeMarco, Foxygen, Angel Olsen, Trash Talk, and Tree.

The remainder of the lineup has just been revealed, and includes M.I.A., Lil B, Solange, Wire, Yo La Tengo, Low, Savages, Toro Y Moi, Phosphorescent, Metz, Autre Ne Veut, Mikal Cronin, Parquet Courts, Merchandise, Woods, Julia Holter, Glass Candy, Andy Stott, Pissed Jeans, Frankie Rose, Ryan Hemsworth, Waxahatchee, Blood Orange, Daughn Gibson, Evian Christ, White Lung, KEN Mode, and DJ Rashad.

Three-day passes and single-day tickets are still available.

Check out the full lineup-by-day below...

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Pitchfork Festival 2012 (more by James Richards IV)

As discussed, the 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival is slated to take place from July 19-21 in Chicago's Union Park. Today, it has been revealed that the festival headliners will be R. Kelly, Björk, and Belle and Sebastian. Three-day passes and individual day tickets are still available for the fest. The full lineup will be announced in the coming weeks.

Stay tuned for more information.

Tame Impala @ Outside Lands 2012 (more by Amoreena Lucero)

today in Chicago
* RNDM, Gull @ Lincoln Hall
* Sean Rowe, Pieta Brown @ SPACE
* Tame Impala, The Amazing @ Metro
* Mallard, Habibi, Summer Girlfriends @ Empty Bottle
* Skeletonwitch, Nucleus, Havok, Mutilation Rites @ Reggie's
* Delicate Steve, Dana Buoy, The Earth Is A Man @ Beat Kitchen
* Spring Standards, Tim Easton, Kevin Andrew Prchal @ Schubas
* Gallows, Barn Burner, Weekend Nachos, So Many Ways @ Subterranean
* David Daniell & Douglas McCombs with Frank Rosaly, Cleared, Matthew Hale Clark @ Hideout

Tame Impala play Metro with The Amazing. Check out The Hood Internet's brand new Action Bronson // Tame Impala mashup below.

Delicate Steve headlines Beat Kitchen.

Gallows play Subterranean with Barn Burner, Weekend Nachos, and So Many Ways.

Watch Bjork's new video for the Biophilia track "Mutual Core" below.

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TV on the Radio Lollapalooza Chile (via)

Lollapalooza Chile (via)

Lollapalooza Chile (via)

Bjork @ Lollapalooza Chile (via)

"From beginning to end, Lollapalooza Chile 2012 was jam packed with all kinds of entertainment. Trusty Santiago and its reliable weather combined with the 54,000 enthusiastic festivalgoers provided the perfect atmosphere for a great weekend of musical entertainment.

From the pumping bass of the sweatbox that was Perry's Stage to the amazingly detailed lego sculptures in the Kidzapalooza section, event organizers gave something for everyone." [Santiago Times]

Not the highest quality, but you can watch Bjork's FULL set from Chile, below...

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This Will Destroy You @ Bottom Lounge in May (more by Grant MacAllister)

today in Chicago
* E+, Coffin Pricks, Wimps @ Schubas
* The First Time: First Record @ Beat Kitchen
* "So You Think You Have Nerves of Steel?" @ Empty Bottle
* This Will Destroy You, Mountains, Amen Dunes @ Lincoln Hall
* Man Called Noon, Jeff Miller, Ryan Whitney @ Township (Free Show)
* Flashlights, The Caution Children, Coping, Itto, Empty Isle @ Ultra Lounge
* Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra, Ken Vandermark (DJ Set) @ Hideout
* Chiddy Bang, Anti-Crew, Jams Dean, David Coresh, DJ Stefan Ponce @ Reggie's

Soul Train creator Don Cornelius was found dead in his Sherman Oaks, California home around 4AM this morning. Born in Chicago in 1936, the television host was 75-years old.
Don Cornelius, RIP.

Bjork played and was interviewed on The Colbert Report last night. Check it out below..

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Lollapalooza Chile is set to take place from March 31st - April 1st in Santiago's O'Higgins Park. The lineup includes Bjork, Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, Gogol Bordello, MGMT, and many more.

The following weekend (April 7th & 8th), Lollapalooza Brasil will take form at The Jockey Club in Sao Paulo. Plus or minus a few bands, their lineup isn't much different than Chile's.

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Pre-sale tickets for both festivals will be available later today.
Our own Lollapalooza says, "2012 Lineup & 3-Day Passes go up in the spring."