The Sasquatch Music Festival has released their 2012 lineup, and as usual, it’s a doozy. Headliners included Beck, Bon Iver, Jack White, Pretty Lights, Tenacious D and The Shins, all amongst a virtual who’s who of the best independent artists playing today. Sasquatch takes place over Memorial Day Weekend (May 25-28, 2012) at the Gorge in George, WA. Check out their official 2012 announcement video: READ MORE
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Dr. Dog Late Night @ High Sierra 2010 | Photo by Pete Merriman
Dr. Dog remains a band of road warriors as they just announced another set of tour dates for this fall, this time with openers Here We Go Magic and Good Old War on select dates (both together and apart). READ MORE
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It must be “West Coast Music Festival Lineups” week here at LMB. The Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle just announced their lineup today for the weekend of July 23-25th, 2010. It’s absolutely stunning for the price of admission. This is seemingly worth traveling for at that rate; some three-day passes are still available for $60.
In unabashedly conspicuous celebration of 14 years of independent music and culture, the Block Party has added a THIRD Day! After 13 years of being a two day festival, community support and tremendous talent opportunities initiated the addition of a 3rd day, Sunday July 25th.
Discounted: $60 three-day passes on sale Friday May 21st.
Discounted: $23 single-day tickets available on Friday June 4th.Advance 3 Day Passes available here: www.thestranger.com/blockparty3daypass
The Pitchfork Music Festival has officially finalized their lineup for the weekend of July 16-18th in Chicago’s Union Park. Single-day tickets are still on sale and I’m half-debating whether or not I can make it out for the weekend festivities. I think the lineup is incredible this year and a sure-bet if you’re a music fan living in Chicago that weekend. Anything marked in bold was just added today.
Friday
Modest Mouse
Broken Social Scene
Robyn
Liars
El-P
The Tallest Man on Earth
Sharon Van Etten
Saturday
LCD Soundsystem
Panda Bear
Wolf Parade
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Raekwon
Titus Andronicus
WHY?
Delorean
Real Estate
Bear In Heaven
Free Energy
The Smith Westerns
Dâm-Funk
Kurt Vile
Freddie Gibbs
jj
Netherfriends
Sunday
Pavement
Big Boi
Major Lazer
St. Vincent
Lightning Bolt
Beach House
Girls
Sleigh Bells
Neon Indian
Cass McCombs
Here We Go Magic
Surfer Blood
Local Natives
Washed Out
Best Coast
Cave
Allá
The White Rabbits just announced a bunch of Spring tour dates, including a stop at Coachella and a big Kansas City show with the Flaming Lips, The Dead Weather and Minus the Bear.
On Sunday night I witnessed my first Grizzly Bear show besides seeing them briefly last year at Lollapalooza, which funny enough seemed like it was two to three years ago at this point even if it was last August. I have already digressed.
Anyway, the opening band, Here We Go Magic, totally laid it down as an opener and really got the crowd up front into the concert early on. And because I was big into Grizzly Bear’s sound over the past few months and couldn’t wait to see how it was transformed to an entire show, they did not disappoint, not even for a second. The lights, the mix, the song selection, flow — it was all top notch. One of the benefits of seeing a band close a tour, I guess, which was the case with this lineup set for Sunday and Monday night at the Fillmore.
Here’s the video of “Southern Point,” the set opener; my photos from the show are after the jump.
Grizzly Bear – Southern Point (Live in San Francisco, CA :: 6/21/2009) [YouTube]
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