Chicago News: Pitchfork Music Festival Adds Broken Social Scene, Panda Bear, El-P, ...

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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 Canadian super-collective Broken Social Scene, who will be fresh off the release of their newest full-length due out in April, Forgiveness Rock Record. They will be joining Modest Mouse on Friday’s bill, along with indie hip-hop pioneer El-P. Saturday welcomes the sun-drenched sounds of Animal Collective member Panda Bear, the always raucous Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Brooklyn art-rockers Bear in Heaven,...