Erin Hooley, baiduhaiCourtney Barnett performs with her band at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiProtoMartyr lead singer Joe Casey performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiMatt Flegel performs with his band Viet Cong at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiNatalie Prass performs July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiShamir performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiVic Mensa performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiWillis Tower peeks up above the tree line as the sun sets July 17, 2015, during a Wilco performance at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiDylan Clonch, top, 26, and Weslie Wenzler, 26, both of Dayton, Ohio, relax in a hammock July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiSleater-Kinny guitarist Carrie Brownstein performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiA fan walks through a puddle after the downpour at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Erin Hooley / baiduhaiMembers of the band Viet Cong perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park in Chicago Sunday, July 19, 2015.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiMike Wallace performs with his band Viet Cong at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiCourtney Barnett performs with her band at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiChicago's Chance the Rapper performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiMusic fans enjoy a set from iLoveMakonnen on July 17, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiIceage performs July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Chicago's Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiNew Pornographers guitarist Carl Newman performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiA couple relaxes in the grass July 17, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiWater is sprayed as music fans enjoy a set from iLoveMakonnen on July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiSara Landeau performs with her band the Julie Ruin at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiMusicians perform July 17, 2015, with Tobias Jesso Jr. at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiShamir performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiTobias Jesso Jr. performs July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiRapper Freddie Gibbs performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiJessica Pratt performs July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiNew Pornographers guitarist Carl Newman performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiJeff Tweedy of Wilco performs July 17, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiA long line forms July 17, 2015, as people wait to fill their water bottles at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiWilco performs July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiKurt Vile, right, performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiRyley Walker plays July 17, 2015, at the blue stage at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago's Union Park.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiFans climb a tree for a better view of A$AP Ferg at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiAn aspiring musician gets into a recording booth July 17, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiOught performs July 17, 2015 at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiNew Pornographers violinist Simi Stone performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiKiller Mike, left, and El-P perform with their group Run the Jewels at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiKellen Park, of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, enjoys the music of Wilco at Pitchfork Music Festival on July 17, 2015, at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen / baiduhaiPeople look for cover during day 2 of Pitchfork Music Festival, July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiVic Mensa performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiPeople sit on the grass during the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiSleater-Kinny guitarist Corin Tucker performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiChicago resident Dee Savaria, 21, draws the word "Pitchfork" into the mud at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiShamir performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen / baiduhaiSleater-Kinny guitarist Carrie Brownstein performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiThe Julie Ruin perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Brian Nguyen / baiduhaiSleater-Kinny guitarist Carrie Brownstein performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiMark Germer, left, of Omaha, Neb., uses a typewriter for the first time as he creates a note July 17, 2015, for the Missed Connections board at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiPeople hang out early in the afternoon of July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiOught performs July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiJessica Pratt performs July 17, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Erin Hooley / baiduhaiFans watch the band Viet Cong perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiRyley Walker performs July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiAshley Roman, left, 20, and Matt King, 21, both of Park Ridge, dance July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiJeff Tweedy of Wilco performs July 17, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiRyley Walker plays at the blue stage July 17, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago's Union Park.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiParquet Courts singer and guitarist Austin Brown performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiA fan watches July 17, 2015, as Ryley Walker performs at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiFans sit on the road to avoid the mud on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiAt Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival, iLoveMakonnen performs July 17, 2015, at the green stage.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiKiller Mike performs with his group Run the Jewels at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiNew Jersey resident Justin Oceguera, foreground, looks through records July 17, 2015, at the ChirpRadio record sale at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiPeople stand on carpet squares handed out by FLOR at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiEx Hex lead Mary Timony performs July 18, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiFans dance along to Parquet Courts at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiSleater-Kinny guitarist Carrie Brownstein performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiPeople look for cover during day 2 of the Pitchfork festival, July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiSleater-Kinney perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiA music fan plans out his schedule July 17, 2015, for the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen / baiduhaiPeople look for cover during day 2 of the Pitchfork festival, July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiFans react to the music of Ought on July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiA fan crowd-surfs during Parquet Courts' performance July 18, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiKathleen Hanna performs with her band the Julie Ruin at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiJeff Tweedy of Wilco performs July 17, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiBones Sloane performs with Courtney Barnett at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Brian Nguyen / baiduhaiFans listen to Shamir perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiIceage performs July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiEx Hex lead Mary Timony performs at Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago's Union Park.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiPeople relax July 17, 2015, beside giant letters spelling "mankind" at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen / baiduhaiVic Mensa performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiKatie Crutchfield performs with her band Waxahatchee at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiMembers of the band Viet Cong perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Brian Nguyen / baiduhaiSleater-Kinny guitarist Carrie Brownstein performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Erin Hooley / baiduhaiChicago's Chance the Rapper performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park in Chicago Sunday, July 19, 2015.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiVic Mensa performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiProtoMartyr bassist Scott Davidson performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiGabor Hizo, 27, of Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, holds his daughter, Zel Hizo, 13 months, while listening to music July 17, 2015, at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiPeople attempt to climb the fences to gain entrance to the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 18, 2015, in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiAudience members watch Waxahatchee perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiChicago's Chance the Rapper performs July 19, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiMac DeMarco plays July 17, 2015, at the red stage at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiHilary Allen, 23, of Batavia, concentrates on catching a free lollypop July 17, 2015, during Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Brian Nguyen / baiduhaiSleater-Kinney perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival on Saturday in Chicago.
Erin Hooley / baiduhaiChicago's Chance the Rapper performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park in Chicago Sunday, July 19, 2015. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)
Chris Sweda, baiduhaiAdam Lawson, of Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, dances July 17, 2015, to the music of iLoveMakonnen at Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiAudience members watch Chicago's Chance the Rapper perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
Brian Nguyen, baiduhaiWilco bassist John Stirratt performs July 17, 2015, at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.
Erin Hooley, baiduhaiEl-P performs with his group Run the Jewels at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
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Courtney Barnett performs with her band at the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
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Fest organizers say the lineup will be announced in a few weeks, but RedEye music reporter Josh Terry has his guesses. Excited? We are.
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