2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive, announced a partnership today with renowned and influential music outlet Pitchfork Media in support of Major League Baseball 2K8.

Apparently the Pitchfork people are huge fans of baseball and videogames, so this was a natural partnership. What this means for gamers is that the music selected for MLB 2K8 will be coming from a place that hopefully puts quality over name recognition, as Pitchfork is plugged into the indie scene. Below the cut you'll find the list of songs with Pitchfork selected tunes getting a PF.


    * Battles - Atlas PF
    * Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Need Some Air
    * Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation PF
    * Dinosaur Jr. - Almost Ready PF
    * Jay Reatard - My Shadow PF
    * Kasabian - Reason Is Treason
    * LCD Soundsystem - Watch The Tapes PF
    * Modest Mouse - Dashboard
    * Peter Bjorn & John - The Chills
    * The Cars - Moving In Stereo
    * The Cool Kids - 88 PF
    * The Cure - Never Enough
    * The Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D. - no MF edit
    * The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations PF
    * The Presidents Of The USA - Cleveland Rocks
    * The Revolution Fox Experiment - Hyper Charlie
    * The Strokes - Someday

Doesn't seem like a lot of songs for one game but we must admit that the selection has a few aces in it. MLB 2K8 comes out tomorrow and is available on almost every system.

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