When Bands Were Unknown: Best Stuff


It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since the first Pitchfork Music Festival in 2006. Throughout the last 10 years of weekends at Chicago’s Union Park, there has been a lot of documentation. As the saying goes, pics or it didn’t happen—but better than just photos, we have quite an archive of videos. Pitchfork has been lucky enough to host plenty of artists right before their career-defining moments. So, with this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival coming up in about a month, Pitchfork takes a quick stroll down memory lane. Here are 10 performances from the first 10 Pitchfork Fests.

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