Artists To Discover At Pitchfork Music Festival 2014 [Playlist]

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This July will mark the ninth-annual Pitchfork Music Festival, held in Union Park. If you haven't been to the festival before, this three-day event showcases new and emerging music from a wide variety of genres. If you joined us at last year's festival, you were witness to some great acts, including Foxygen, Yo La Tengo, R. Kelly, and more.

This year's lineup is certainly one to look forward to, with over 40 incredibly strong acts spread out over three days-July 18, 19, and 20. Headlining the three nights will be Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Kendrick Lamar. In addition to the great music, Pitchfork Music Festival will be supporting local Chicago businesses by being home to 50 individual vendors, specialty fairs, and more.

As Pitchfork prides itself on 'highlighting the best in new and emerging music' (Pitchfork.com), we want to provide you with a list of some of the best artists that will be at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival that you may not be familiar with just yet. Enjoy!

FKA twigs

A fast-rising star, Twigs released her debut album back in 2012 and is already playing Pitchfork this summer. Named as one of Billboard's '14 Artists to Watch in 2014', FKA twigs delivers a unique, mellow sound to the P4K Festival line-up. Get a taste of her style with her video of 'Hide'.

Sun Kil Moon

A great act to check out when you're at the festival in July. Mainly acoustic guitar at the forefront with captivating, melancholic vocals from Mark Kozelek make Sun Kil Moon's discography incredibly enjoyable. The skillful songwriting of Kozelek certainly doesn't hurt, either.

Cloud Nothings

What originally began as a solo project of Dylan Baldi's (recording in his parents' basement) has turned into a full band-and a great band at that. The band's 2012 release, Attack on Memory, was recorded at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio in Chicago and was the first album of 2012 to receive the title 'Best New Music' from Pitchfork. Coming fresh off of their 2014 release, Here and Nowhere Else, Cloud Nothings is a highly anticipated act at this year's festival.

tUnE-yArDs

Certainly providing a unique sound to this year's festival, the music project of Merrill Garbus takes electronic pop music to a new level. The rhythmic schemes in each song are enough to grab your attention, but the way Tune-Yards utilizes layering and looping in addition to those schemes makes their music anything but predictable.

Slowdive

Slowdive is back, following a long break that started in 1995. With much excitement and joy from fans, Slowdive created a Twitter account in 2014 and announced that the band would be reuniting to play music festivals around the world. Catch the ambient sounds of Slowdive at Pitchfork on Sunday night.

Real Estate

Certainly not strangers to this event, Real Estate performed the Pitchfork Music Festival back in 2010, 2012, and will return again this summer. Their music, not too heavy or mellow, allows Real Estate to be incredibly refreshing to listen to.

DIIV

Yes, the name is pronounced 'Dive', which was actually how the band was first spelled (homage, if you will, to the Nirvana song). What originally started as a solo project for Zachary Cole Smith has blossomed into a fantastic 4-piece band. DIIV released their debut studio album, Oshin, through Captured Tracks in 2012.

Grimes

Grimes, an artist that easily stands out from the rest in electronic music, will be returning to the Pitchfork Music Festival this summer. Plenty of electronic and acoustic performance techniques allow Grimes' music to go from a very ethereal, ambient sound to an upbeat, percussive sound with seemingly minimal effort. Check out Grimes performing 'Oblivion' from her 2012 release, Visions.

Dum Dum Girls

Pitchfork has been praising the work of Dum Dum Girls since their debut album, I Will Be, was released back in 2010. Now three studio albums in, Dum Dum Girls delivers great music that seems to encompass the sounds of indie pop, garage rock, and lo-fi.

Neutral Milk Hotel

Though a headliner at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival, some may not yet be familiar with Neutral Milk Hotel. The band formed in 1989 and recorded three albums until disbanding in 1999. The year 2013 saw the reunion of the band, with tour dates to follow. Neutral Milk Hotel is known for incredibly melodic, yet lyrically powerful, songs. Be sure to catch them on Saturday night.

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