Pitchfork 2010: Pavement

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It’s always difficult to choose a headlining act for the biggest indie music festival in Chicago, possibly the US. How do you pick a band that is big enough to deserve a headlining spot over all the other acts yet not quite mainstream enough to make Lollapalooza? Easy, you get iconic indie rock band Pavement to reunite and close out night three of the Pitchfork Music Festival. After a lengthy introduction by someone who used to work closely with the band trying to “capture lightning in a bottle” and generate a hit for them, Stephen Malkmus took to the stage.

They warmed up the crowd with “Cut Your Hair” and “In The Mouth A Desert” before blazing through “Silence Kit” and “kennel District.” The set was aimed at long-time fans winding down the set with a crowd favorite, “Here” before wrapping it up with “The Hexx.” Though the crowd expected an encore, there was none to be had as the band walked off stage just before 10pm when the festival officially closed.

Set list from the night included below:

1. Cut Your Hair
2. In The Mouth A Desert
3. Silence Kit
4. Kennel District
5. Shady Lane
6. Frontwards
7. Unfair
8. Grounded
9. Debris Slide
10. Spit on a Stranger
11. Range Life
12. Perfume-V
13. Trigger Cut
14. Stereo
15. Two States
16. Gold Soundz
17. Conduit For Sale!
18. Stop Breathin
19. Here
20. The Hexx