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Music Travel: Pitchfork's Cool Kids in Hot Chicago

When we attended the inaugural Pitchfork Music Festival, we had our doubts that the massively Conversed, pale hipster kids which populated the crowd would support a yearly event involving summer heat and big, acoustically challenged stages. Now in its fourth year, though, the cooler-than-thou website has established itself as a Third Coast must-visit.

The fest is bringing back last year's experiment of having bands play their seminal albums in full in a concert setting. This year brings original post-punkers Mission of Burma and rap godfathers Public Enemy. And with single tickets at $30 a day (for 10-15 bands), you can see awesome acts like The Hold Steady and Spoon and still have money left over for dinner at the Billy Goat Tavern.

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