Pitch­fork Music Fes­ti­val took over Vil­lage Under­ground for a fan­tas­tic and pret­ty loud night with Par­ty Dozen, Rat­boys and Upchuck.

First on stage were Sid­ney-based Par­ty Dozen, a duo on drums and sax, whip­ping things into a fren­zy. Chica­go band Rat­boys played a blind­er of a set with an avalanche of rip­pling coun­try-tinged gui­tars, all held togeth­er with the warm vocals of Julie Steiner.

Much-tout­ed band Atlanta band Upchuck did not dis­ap­point. This was a set of high ener­gy, in your face, swag­gery post-punk, lead by the mag­net­ic force of Kaila ‘KT’ Thompson.