Altsounds — The 2010 *Pitchfork Music Festival* is set to go down at *Chicago*’s *Union Park on July 16 – 18*. We are delighted to announce the second batch of bands slated to perform! This year’s festival welcomes the return of Canadi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Pitchfork Music Festival celebrates its 5th anniversary this year at Union Park in Chicago. It runs from Friday July 16th - Sunday July 18th. Three-day passes are now sold out, but you can get single-day passes on Ticketweb.... more info

Pitchfork — Get ready for another Pitchfork Music Festival lineup announcement! We've already revealed that Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, and many more are on board for this summer's fest, which goes down July 16-18 in Chicago's Union Park. A... more info

Stereogum — “Why stick to the things I have already tried?” Pair Pantha Du Prince’s high profile Panda Bear collab with Yeasayer’s “Ambling Alp” and 2010’s shaping up as the year of indie rock self-help jams. (I’ll leave the think piece to someon... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — A wintry clip for "Stick to my Side" from German techno producer Pantha du Prince. A bunch of snow just dumped here in Chicago, so this is sort of like looking out the window, except for the tree people. The song features Panda Bear, and is from Prin... more info

Pitchfork - TV — — A couple of tree people frolic in this wintry clip from the German techno producer. The song features Panda Bear. more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Walls, the collaboration of Banjo or Freakout's Alessio Natalizia and Allez Allez's Sam Willis, recently signed to Kompakt. This Saturday they'll be playing their first live show in London alongside Pantha du Prince. The duo remixed Pantha's collabor... more info

Guardian Music — Minimal techno tends to be a hermetically sealed subgenre, devoted to precise digital rustles. Germany's Hendrik Weber, now on his third album as Pantha Du Prince, has prised open that seal, letting found sounds – wind, bells and even acoustic... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Andy, a student at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, sent me an email about a musician named Peter from the suburbs of Milwaukee. Utilizing the moniker Trail Magic, he creates sample/splice pop tunes that sound pretty great considering they were ... more info

Stereogum — The often excellent Odd Blood is a step into new directions for Yeasayer, and vocalist Chris Keating touched upon their process in a recent NY Times profile: It was only natural to find the specific elements, the defining elements, of the last record... more info