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It’s the final countdown.  Monday, April 7 sees the much anticipated launch of Pitchfork.tv, Pitchfork’s rebuttal to the age-old complaint, “There’s nothing on.”  Launching with hours of on-demand music content by the artists we love, we should recall two important facts about April 7.  The day marks the birth date of Francis Ford Coppola and the end of prohibition.  A day destined for the launch of a new way to view music and indie films and worthy of a toast, so grab some bubbly and hook up the speakers.

Earlier this week we gave you a rough idea of what you can expect to find at Pitchfork.tv, and we’ve got even more goodies up our sleeves. Today, we’re overcome with happiness to announce that Radiohead– yes, Radiohead– will be joining the new site’s Monday lineup with a special performance of In Rainbows [CD2] banger “Bangers & Mash,” which the band recorded exclusively for the launch of Pitchfork.tv. Shot on Wednesday (as in two days ago!) in Nigel Godrich’s basement studio, this utterly kick-ass performance will serve as the site’s first-ever music video.

Monday will also see Pitchfork.tv hosting the world premiere of M83’s new “Graveyard Girl” music video– the first from their forthcoming Saturdays = Youth LP.

When you’re done with the pretty, mosey over to one of the sweatiest, grimiest, hellbent-for-destruction shows we’ve seen in a while with Jay Reatard on “Pitchfork Live,” as he rips through his whole set in Cake Shop’s NYC basement at breakneck speed.  For more basement action, Juan Pieczanski cordially invited Liars to come play some tunes (including the third ever live performance of “The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack”) for our series “Juan’s Basement,” and have a chat in his back yard.

For more good time story telling, we trekked to Philly to film “Daytripping” and some noise making, bike riding and firework popping with the men of Man Man.  And for an even deeper look into the world behind the music, we present the first full-length film in our “One Week Only” series, loudQUIETloud, the behind-the-scenes documentary of the Pixies 2004 reunion tour.  Go grab a snack, pop the player over to fullscreen mode, and get ready for some seriously smooth entertainment.

On the flip side of “One Week Only,” Monday also sees the launch of the Pitchfork.tv music video library.  It’s eventually where that M83 video will end up, along with an archive of the videos we love from the likes of Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Sleater-Kinney, Panda Bear, Battles, Dinosaur Jr., Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Hot Chip, Grizzly Bear, Arcade Fire, !!!, Madvillain, Spoon, Beta Band, Wolf Parade, Air, Mudhoney, Band of Horses, Prefuse 73… you get the idea.

And if you can’t wait until Monday, stay tuned to Forkcast today, because right around 6pm CST, we’ll post an extra something special we cooked up (starring SNL’s Fred Armisen and Les Savy Fav front/wildman Tim Harrington) to give you an advance taste of Pitchfork.tv’s embeddable player.

Happy viewing. We can’t wait for Monday.