Grimes, Sleigh Bells, Wild Flag, Atlas Sound highlight Pitchfork Saturday

Grimes is playing the side stage Saturday night of Pitchfork Music Festival, while Godspeed You! Black Emperor headlines the main-stage area. I’ll likely opt for Grimes. The day is short of rock acts but includes a number of interesting options. I intend to get to the fest early enough to see Cloud Nothings, which I’ll (unfortunately) have to cut short to catch Lotus Plaza, a side project of Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt. Oddly, Lotus Plaza overlaps with another Deerhunter side project, Bradford Cox’s Atlas Sound. I’m determined to see a bit of all three shows.

My other top sets for Saturday include Wild Flag and Sleigh Bells.  Check out the full lineup here.

Also see Japandroids, Dirty Projectors, Purity Ring kick off Pitchfork fest Friday and Pitchfork fest schedule is released: Grimes vs. Godspeed