Pitchfork Music Festival Paris is quickly approaching. From October 27 to 29, M.I.A., Bat For Lashes, Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker), Parquet Courts, Moderat, Porches, and many more will take the stage at Grande Halle De La Villette. (Regular three-day passes are still available, as are tickets for individual days, in case you’re wondering.) Prior to the festival, we’re throwing a block party around Bastille (11th arrondissement) on October 25 and 26, dubbed Pitchfork Avant-Garde and featuring 42 emerging artists across seven venues. We’ve already pulled together playliststo pregame for Avant-Garde, but now it’s time to gear up for the festival proper. Crank these recent jams from the main-stage performers while you make your way to Paris, or simply admire aurally from afar.
Thursday, October 27
Aldous RH– 5:30 p.m.
“Sensuality” (single)
Avelino– 6:00 p.m.
“Rich Soul” from FYO EP
Parquet Courts– 6:45 p.m.
“Outside” from Human Performance
Suuns– 7:35 p.m.
“Up Past the Nursery”from Zeroes QC
Floating Points– 8:25 p.m.
“Peroration Six” from Elaenia
DJ Shadow– 9:15 p.m.
“Nobody Speak" ft. Run the Jewels from The Mountain Will Fall
Mount Kimbie– 10:20 p.m.
“Made to Stray” from Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker)– 11:15 p.m.
“Fear Less” (single)
Friday, October 28
C Duncan– 5:30 p.m.
“For (Autumn Rebuild)” from Architect
Porches– 6:10 p.m.
“Car” from Pool
Brandt Brauer Frick – 6:55 p.m.
“Bop” fromYou Make Me Real
Flavien Berger– 7:45 p.m.
“Vendredi” from Léviathan
Explosions in the Sky– 8:40 p.m.
“Disintegration Anxiety” fromThe Wilderness
Bat For Lashes– 9:45 p.m.
“In God's House” from The Bride
Todd Terje & The Olsens– 11:00 p.m.
“Delorean Dynamite” from It’s Album Time
Moderat– 12:05 a.m.
“Eating Hooks” from Eating Hooks EP
Saturday, October 29
Joey Purp– 5:30 p.m.
“Girls @” ft. Chance the Rapper fromiiiDrops
Bonzai– 6:10 p.m.
“2B” (single)
Whitney– 6:55 p.m.
“Polly” from Light Upon the Lake
Shame– 7:45 p.m.
“The Lick” (single)
Minor Victories– 8:35 p.m.
“A Hundred Ropes” from Minor Victories
Warpaint– 9:30 p.m.
“New Song” from Heads Up
ABRA– 10:25 p.m.
“CRYBABY” from Princess
M.I.A– 11:10 p.m.
“Bird Song (Diplo Remix)” from AIM
Acid Arab– 12:35 a.m.
“Samira” ft. Fred Avril & Shadi Khries fromAcid Arab Collections
Motor City Drum Ensemble– 1:40 a.m.
“Send a Prayer Pt. 2” from Send a Prayer EP
Daphni– 2:15 a.m.
“Pairs” from Jiaolong
Tale of Us– 3:50 a.m.
“Silent Space” (single)