Marnie Stern @ BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

LA festival FYF Fest recently announced their amazing lineup of bands including My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TVOTR, MGMT, Beach House, Solange, FLAG, Deerhunter, and many, many more. Tickets go on sale today, Thursday, 5/16, at noon California time.

Speaking of Deerhunter, we now know who will open their previously mentioned September 10 show at Metro. It's Marnie Stern! She'll hit the road in September for a string of dates with Bradford and crew, Chicago included. Tickets for that show are are on sale now.

Check out pictures and a review of Marnie's show last month at Empty Bottle. Tour dates are listed below...

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Deerhunter @ Austin Psych Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin)

Deerhunter have announced that they'll be embarking on a North American tour in support of their new album Monomania, which hits stores today via 4AD. That tour kicks off in late-August and includes a performance at Metro on September 10. Tickets for the Chicago show go on sale this Friday (5/10) at noon CST.

All 2013 Deerhunter tour dates and a stream of Monomania are below...

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Lockett Pundt with Deerhunter at Bonnaroo 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

Lotus Plaza (aka Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt) just released his sophomore LP, Spooky Action at a Distance, earlier this month via Kranky, and is about to kick off a tour in support of it. As I wrote on BrooklynVegan, it's a huge step up from his debut and:

The songs are driven by looping beats that either seemingly or literally don't falter throughout the entirety of each song, notably popping out with the drum rolls of "Strangers" or the krautpunk backbone of "Remember Our Days." The album sounds largest with its centerpiece, "Monoliths," which gives "Desire Lines" a run for its money as Lockett's best song yet. It opens with two quick verses and then spends more than half the song with crashing cymbals and the repeated line, "And one of these days, I hope I come around," ending in "One of these days, I'll come around." The album's most surprising moment comes on its closing track, "Black Buzz," an acoustic ballad with Lockett's vocals intimately foregrounded, and the one track on the album that makes Lotus Plaza actually seem like a solo project.

All dates and more at BrooklynVegan.

photos by Ben Rodig

George Lewis Jr. of Twin Shadow

On Saturday night (7/16), Deerhunter, Twin Shadow, and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti all played DJ Sets at Beauty Bar as part of a Pitchfork Festival official afterparty.

Ben was on the scene to shoot all of their sets. Check out more of his pictures below..

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Editor's Note: Though he was not present; this event took place the night before Ariel [Rosenberg] Pink's on-stage freakout at the Pitchfork Festival.

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Spencer Krug (aka Moonface) @ Sasquatch 2011 w/ Wolf Parade (more by Josh Darr)

today in Chicago
* John Maus, Twin Sister @ Schubas
* Pitchfork Festival (Day 2) @ Union Park
* Soundgarden, The Mars Volta @ UIC Pavilion
* Austra, Cult of Youth @ Empty Bottle (Late Show)
* Sailor Jerry's Music Fest (Day 2) @ Cobra Lounge
* Cages, Anatomy of Habit @ Empty Bottle (Early Show)
* Moonface, Shabazz Palaces, Flow Child @ Lincoln Hall
* Kurt Vile & the Violators, Woods, Arc in Round @ Subterranean
* Deerhunter (DJ Set), Twin Shadow (DJ Set), Ariel Pink (DJ Set) @ Beauty Bar

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What else?

As if the slew of unofficial aftershows wasn't enough, the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival has now announced two official afterparties.

Das Racist, and Smith Westerns will play Lincoln Hall on Friday, July 15th.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, at noon CST.

Twin Shadow, and Deerhunter will play DJ Sets on Saturday, July 16th @ Beauty Bar.
Tickets go on sale today, at noon CST.

Regarding the Beauty Bar afterparty; only a limited amount of tickets will be available online. The bulk of the tickets will be sold night of, at the door.

The 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival, which takes place on Friday, July 15th through Sunday, July 17th at Chicago's Union Park, is pleased to announce this year's schedule. Plan accordingly; there are so many must-see acts this year that sitting beneath a shady tree all day is simply not an option.

Also, if you still have not purchased tickets, single-day passes are going quickly! While the initial batch of Sunday tickets have sold out, we've released a final batch for sale, to make sure you don't miss TV on the Radio, Deerhunter, OFWGKTA, Cut Copy and 14 other artists. So get your tickets today! Tickets for all three days can be purchased here.

You'll find the schedule for all three days, with stage assignments below..

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"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 sold out in a record time of 24 hours! That being said, single-day passes can still be picked up at the rate of $45 per day.

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!"

Head below to view the full lineup by day...

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