chicago's going off in july! the intonation music festival on july 16-17 will include performances by broken social scene, dungen, ac newman, death from above 1979, the wrens, andrew bird, four tet, and more. wow, you say, that's a lot of pitchfork-y acts. no surprise, i reply, since it's curated by the editors of pitchfork.

the very next week, the reinvented lollapalooza (no longer a touring show, but a one-weekend, one-city deal a la coachella) will feature the pixies, dinosaur jr., the arcade fire, the walkmen, m83, digable planets, and billy idol. it was curated by perry farrell and the two texas promoters responsible for the austin city limits featival.