WIUX joins in on another Pitchfork Music Festival. The 14th annual festival lineup is just as diverse and exciting as its preceding years with headlining performances from HAIM, Belle & Sebastian, The Isley Brothers, Pusha T, Robyn, and Charli XCX among the rest of talent on three different stages.
To get you even more excited for this weekend in Union Park, here are some of the WIUX Board of Directors’ must-see artists and songs that explain for themselves why you should make it to their sets.
Nick’s Pick:
Charli XCX
Sunday - 7:25-8:25pm - Red Stage
The pop icon will be hitting Union Park this Sunday to deliver a much-anticipated set after releasing "Gone," in collaboration with Christine and the Queens. The British singer-songwriter is no novice when it comes to delivering melodrama and hype on stage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chSZCtLrgz8
Real Charli's Angels will know this hit from 2016, which will hopefully make an appearance in her set on Sunday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfAqtFuGjWM
And we certainly can't forget the perfect nostalgia machine that was Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s “1999” Music Video.
Sydney’s Pick:
Belle & Sebastian
Saturday - 7:25-8:25pm - Red Stage
The Scottish champions of indie-pop will make a truly wonderful set at Pitchfork this weekend, bringing back nostalgia and familiar memories of teen angst to the crowd, no matter their age.
https://open.spotify.com/track/4yWtNWnO7l98fHqVKvzZE5?si=q_mR3fvpTTGzrFXgCjOfpA
As part of the Pitchfork Classics series, they published an hour-long documentary of the history of the 1996 classic If You’re Feeling Sinister in 2013. The band is set to make a rare performance of this album in full during their set this Saturday on the Red Stage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4de-RHHLCBA
Noah’s Picks:
Freddie Gibbs
Saturday - 6:30-7:15pm - Blue Stage
Fun Fact: Freddie Gibbs was born in Gary, Indiana!
The Hoosier rapper will perform a soulful and still energetic set on Saturday. Gibbs brings traditional and nostalgic sounds of classic jazz and soul artists to the forefront, making them new again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8R7fmLYgi4
Pusha T
Friday - 6:15-7:15pm - Green Stage
Truly pushing the limits of how many icons one Pitchfork crowd can handle, Terrence LeVarr Thornton aka Pusha T will be delivering a packed set in Union Park this Friday. Relisten to his 2011 classic with Tyler, The Creator, "Trouble On My Mind," and get ready.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GKL_ZoJQjc
Also, who could forget his iconic Over/Under?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqC1MfZL3lI
Kenlynn’s Picks:
Jeremih
Saturday - 7:45-8:30pm - Blue Stage
Jeremih will be returning to the Pitchfork stage this weekend. He even performed Kenlynn's favorite song (for literally every occasion), “oui,” at the fest in 2016. Here's hoping he'll do it again and be just as enraptured with the audience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSbNkAZutLQ
The Isley Brothers
Saturday, July 20 - 8:30-9:50pm - Green Stage
To make their appearance on the Green Stage even more special, the Isley Brothers will be making their 60th Birthday Celebration on the stage this Saturday. The classic Cincinnati-native band that started as a trio between brothers have had hit after hit and made an influence over contemporary sound today.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Ph6AkM04RCD60P4OFJsXr?si=0D_KvqnTTCemIEdEJWzWFw
Their song, "(At Your Best) You Are Love," has been covered by another WIUX favorite, Frank Ocean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A-MJTK4Ms0
Listen to "Hello It's Me" and compare with the tribute cover by Erykah Badu and Andre 3000.
https://open.spotify.com/track/2nW1GqX9wxxrkM7iRdADaI?si=MjQwkZHtRzOaa1ssNYak6w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXGqHYNTNHU
