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June 17, 2013

Sasquatch 2013!

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::: Sasquatch! ::: Photo by Hilary Harris

Sometimes never is actually preferable to being late.

Since we are so far removed from Memorial Day weekend, I am not going to bore you with what was and what could have been. The Gorge, always a picturesque venue for any musical carnival that touches down upon its fairgrounds, seemed painfully empty at times. Don’t worry, that didn’t prevent concert-goers from turning it into landfill status long before the Postal Service played their final songs on Monday night. Git R’ Done, Mother Earth.

Were there fake natives (read: people dressed as Native Americans)? Of course, but there weren’t that many. Did I hear more than one person singing R. Kelly’s “Ignition(Remix)” on more than one occasion? Yes, we are talking about a four day overpriced cocktail party. Gimme some of that choo choo beep beep.

To make a long story short, there were things I wish I didn’t miss (Built to Spill, Red Fang, Death Grips, Alt-J) and there are things I will never forget unless my genetic predisposition to alzheimer’s and the like rob me of my memories.  Let’s go to the videotape that has been cleverly disguised as recollective transcribed jabbering:

  • Seeing Elvis Costello live for the first time in your life feels just as good as you would expect. I think the same can be said for anyone who is a legend at their craft and you sincerely appreciate what they do. The music of Mr. Costello and I haven’t always been the best of friends. I feel fortunate to have become more receptive to things that are obviously great, as my calendar days pass.
  • Divine Fits sounds like you would expect (Just in case you weren’t familiar, the band features Britt Daniel from Spoon and Dan Boeckner from Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs). It’s pretty “rocking”….mostly. For me personally, it’s a weird happenstance that parties from the aforementioned bands would join forces. Both Spoon and Wolf Parade have the uncanny ability to go from much beloved to passionately despised depending on the song/album we are discussing. That sentiment transitioned seamlessly a couple of weekends ago.
  • The internet ruined any authentic glee that one could feel when witnessing Baauer perform the song in-person. Or maybe it’s just me? (Imagine. A rhetorical sigh.) Has my life reached such a flatlining low that the internet is now more enjoyable than my real-life existence? If I were in a different tax bracket, would that make a difference? It didn’t seem like people were “going ham” for “Harlem Shake.” However, once Baauer smoothly mixed that into this, it was a whole different story. It was definitely one of those “you had to be there” moments. I need to become one of those smartphone savvy bootleggers…

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    ::: Elvis Costello ::: Photo by Hilary Harris

  • Nick Offerman, not funny. I think I got him confused with another guy named Nick that does comedy. Who would have thought. He did write a catchy song about handkerchiefs, I’ll give him that.
  • Radical Face is anything but despite their name. Maybe he/they should be called, “Nobody Will Remember Us.” They do have a song about the Merchant of Venicethat is pretty good.

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    ::: Photo by Hilary Harris

  • I’m not an avid listener of the multi-talented Andrew Bird. However, I must say it does feel pretty damn good laying on your back at the Gorge and daydreaming to his music. Suddenly my life went from distractingly digital to serenely sun-dialed.

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    ::: Tilson XOXO ::: Photo by Hilary Harris

  • I like my R&B experience to be as organic as possible, which is why I despise most commercialized R&B these days. It’s not that the music or performers don’t have “it.” What turns me off is that the production is so goodthat it makes everything sound like the most soulless shit ever put to tape in what I’d presume is a recording studio. With that being said, I think ya’ll need to check out Tilson XOXO.  Much like 2Chainz proclaims to be, this cat is “different.” Everything from the songwriting to his stage attire is a bit off (in a good way). One minute he had a love song that sounded like the B-52′s. The next minute his entire band had a GoGo-esque percussion break with Tilson repeatedly reminding the crowd that, “I can do anything I want.” Indeed you can, cool cat. Indeed you can.
  • Rose Windows is the best, most groovy band on the planet right now. I saw nine minutes of their set because I suck at time management.If pop culture were a horse race (actually…..) I’d bet on Rose Windows before those stall gates opened.

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    ::: Rose Windows ::: Photo by Hilary Harris

  • My favorite concert-goers (in terms of costumes) were back at the Gorge for Sasquatch this year. Jellyfish Crew! Good to see you and your crafty umbrellas that strangely resemble translucent sea life.
  • James Adomian,very funny. His brand of “disclaimer comedy” had me cracking up. I never realized how homoerotic Gillette Sensor commercials were until this gentleman pointed it out to me.
  • Chvrches were responsible for my “earworm of the weekend.” As soon as I heard “Recover” from this arresting Scottish electro-pop group, I was basically done for. It reminds me of that one time I got unsuspectingly hooked to Annie’s “Heartbeat”around seven or eight years ago. Even someone such as myself, the most ardent fan of the abrasive forms of punk must show their softer side on the dance floor. I also must give props to Chvrches singer Lauren Mayberry for telling a hilarious (read: unfortunate) tale of being hit with a cup of piss, while sitting on a friends shoulders at a musical festival in Scotland.
  • Caveman are the only band that I can think of who sound like “There, There” by Radiohead one moment and within a blink of an eye, Huey Lewis and the News the next.

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    ::: Photo by Hilary Harris

  • “Okay, so I’m a little weird, but I try to be a good guy.” - Kristian Matsson of The Tallest Man on Earth. He also fucked up the words to one of his songs and accidentally created one of the more tender public moments to take place all weekend.
  • If Jay and Silent Bob had a favorite band, that band would be DIIV.
  • Fang Island’s“Daisy” there was circle pit of air guitar players. To think of all the shows I’ve been to in my life and I’ve never seen that before. Looking back, I can’t decide if it was the daytime strobe lights or the lyrics, “It don’t matter what you find on the way to find it” but I found myself on the verge of tears by the end of the song. Oh, what a glorious honor it would have been to become “The guy that is crying next to the air guitar circle pit” guy. Maybe next year?

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    ::: Shovels and Rope ::: Photo by Hilary Harris

  • “Don’t be squirtin’ and desertin!” – Cary Ann Hearst of Shovels and Rope. Hearst was cautioning the audience as it pertained to procreation and the treatment of the environment. Pretty good advice for both unrelated realms, if you ask me. After the band played “Up in Smoke” (which conjured up strange Tom Petty-esque feelings as the sun started to descend), she also told the audience, “It ain’t what you got, it’s what you make.” This might as well serve as the official creed of this Charleston, South Carolina two-piece. They don’t have a lot, but they make a ton of noise. Their set was the definition of a barn burner.

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    ::: Kingdom Crumbs ::: Photo by Hilary Harris

  • Hip-Hop kind of dominated Sasquatch. I can confidently say that despite missing Death Grips and a few other notable acts. Although I don’t listen to Macklemore, I love seeing him take the stage because he’s really good at what he does. Watching “Same Love” being performed in front of all those people, it felt like I was really listening to the song for the first time (Spoiler Alert: I’ve heard this song a gazillion times prior to Sasquatch). Earl Sweatshirt performing “Whoa” was the coldest even without the accompaniment of Tyler the Creator. Danny Brown Detroit is in the building! snapped out of his “Kush Coma” long enough to dazzle onlookers with a snaggletoothed delivery over the most outlandish stereo system ever assembled. I’m pretty sure folks in Grand Rapids heard Brown’s set. I finally saw Nissim (formerly D. Black) perform for the first time. His set was a good mix of songs from his days under his former moniker (including songs off of Ali’Yah) and he even played the first single (unless my notes are mistaken, I penned it down as “Miracle Music”) off of his upcoming album, Nissim (it drops in July). With so much of contemporary hip-hop being focused on the stage persona rather than the music that entity produces, I found Nissim’s set to be extremely refreshing. ocnotes played a somewhat spaced out, almost free jazz-styled set on the Cthulu stage. In the process he coined one of the coolest phrases I’ve ever heard (“LSD Viper Gang”) during his song “Run and Bounce.”  El-P has been a favorite artist of mine ever since I heard his groundbreaking album Fantastic Damage. El Producto continues to do a better job painting a post-humankind dystopian landscape better than any other author I’m accustomed to reading. Book recommendations welcome.  The rest of us mere mortals woke up to the news of the NSA over a cup of coffee. If you listen to El-P’s lyrics, he’s been deftly existing under the radar of a Philip K. Dick novel before the Patriot Act was signed into law. Run the Jewels (El-P’s project with fellow Sasquatch performer Killer Mike, who also had a good set over Memorial Day weekend), album will drop on June 26th. Last, but certainly not least, Kingdom Crumbs continues to be “clutch” performing act. Every time I’ve seen them over the past twelve months, they’ve gotten better and better (and I thought they were good to begin with). In my heart, I’ll always be “some kid with a bunch of punk records.” Leave me alone, Roderick! Yet on this fateful weekend, Hip-Hop was the love of my life.

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    ::: Photo by Hilary Harris

    So there you have it. A small slice of the Gorge over Memorial Day weekend. Next year Sasquatch will be happening on Memorial Day weekend and Fourth of July weekend. Festivals are getting jealous of Coachella, they want in on some of that thunder. In 2030, there will be no such thing as a “local concert.” All musical experiences will be in festival form. A festival will happen every other weekend. All concerts will be sponsored by Bank of America, Zombie CISPA, NSA, Robotic Farmers Guild of America and The Dream Police (as envisioned by Cheap Trick, obviously). You heard it here first.

    February 5, 2013

    Sasquatch 2013, The Countdown Begins

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    Cody ChesnuttPhoto: Josh Lovseth
    Cody Chesnutt

    Last night’s Sasquatch Launch Party at the Neptune was a mixed bag, an angle the festival itself appears to continuing to strive for. When Mumford and Sons and the Lumineers were the first names listed, I did cringe, but also had to hand it to Adam Zacks for snagging a pair of bands who demand top billing these days. That the Postal Service was the name on the list that garnered the biggest crowd response though was heartening. Has it really been 10 years since I saw Jenny and Ben do that cute dance on the Gorge stage last?

    The night’s very special guest and also bigtime Sasquatch headliner was not the Postal Service as multiple people in a position to know had hinted at (even the Pagliacci staff seemed to “know”), but perhaps an even bigger name at this very moment: Hot 100 #1 tag-poppers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Dudes are getting to stadium level now having played Red Rocks last week with Major Lazer, so even a meager 3 songs in the 1000-ish cap room at a moment when their popularity is peaking still felt like something special. Aside from details about charts and the now 81 millon views for “Thrift Shop,” “Same Love” live for the first time in Washington State since the song spectacularly influenced the election felt an event in it’s own right.

    Though this year’s lineup was light on legacy and heavyweight headliners [insert Coachella *fistshake* here], it makes up for it in diversity and a focus on the what’s been emerging as of late. Though much of it isn’t necessarily catering to my admittedly aging tastes, the weekend has absolutely something to offer for just about everyone. It’s also nice to see a continued dedication to showcasing Seattle’s hip hop community, who this year have more representation on the list than everyone else from the area (Telekenisis, Sean Nelson, and Rose Windows being Seattle’s main notables otherwise).

    Peep the full lineup at sasquatchfestival.com/lineup and a few more photos from last night which also featured Cody Chesnutt and Built to Spill below.

    MacklemorePhoto: Josh Lovseth
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    MacklemorePhoto: Josh Lovseth
    Macklemore
    Built to SpillPhoto: Josh Lovseth
    Built to Spill
    Built to SpillPhoto: Josh Lovseth
    Built to Spill
    June 21, 2012

    Sasquatch: A Few Thoughts…

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    Sasquatch ::: all photos by Josh Lovseth

     

    Well, it has been weeks since I have logged into wordpress for this website. I haven’t felt inspired or motivated to do much of anything, let alone string together snarky comments about a festival that you paid too much to be at apparently had no trash cans after 1pm. Learn to throw your trash away, you savages! Sometimes life happens. Be kind to your neighbors.

    Sasquatch. What can I say? Sometimes I wish a pack of “real” Sasquatches would crash the festival gates and devour roughly 68% percent of the audience. Especially if they are wearing a Native American head-dress or have the acronym “YOLO” printed across their back. Let’s go to the video tape. These thoughts and musings are in no particular order of importance.

    1) Did you ever wonder what it’s like to be in REM’s “Everybody Hurts” video during the traffic scene? You know what I’m talking about. The point of the video when everyone gets out of their cars (as if they’re under some enchanted spell) and begins to wander up the open road we call “life.” Luckily for many of you, the desire to know what it feels like to be Micheal Stipe in that legendary nineties video is no more. The first question you asked your friends when you saw them in the festival gates was not, “Hey! How are you doing!?!?” It was “How long did you wait!? What the…..” I didn’t even try to get in on Friday night. I set-up shop in my Saturn while it was parked in Ellensberg and I proceeded to drink alone in an empty motel parking lot. That’s what artists writers bloggers people with no future do.

     

    Pickwick

    2) Pickwick, whether it’s your “thing” or not, is better than your band. They are also better than all the bands you listen to. They played on Saturday at noon on the Main Stage this year. If Sasquatch is smart enough to ask them back next year, I expect them to play almost a third of Sun’s rotation daily rotation later than they did this year. Do the math and we’re talking about a slot at 7 or 8pm (on a different stage than the Main Stage).

    3) The visual highlight of my day on Saturday was Charles Bradley pretending to fly like a raptor while he was performing. Other than that, his sexual overtures and pelvic thrusts almost turned this 29-year-old heterosexual African-American male into a homosexual retrophile, who craves dark chocolate that can croon to me as I’m eating it. This is a big deal. I don’t even like chocolate all that much (Ironically, vanilla ice cream is my jam…).

    4) Craft Spells put out one of my favorite records last year. Make no mistake about it, I also have been known to dabble heavily in The Cure’s discography. I don’t want to start any conspiracies or anything, but sometimes there isn’t a huge difference between the two aforementioned bands and for some reason this didn’t strike me until Memorial Day weekend. Hmmm….With that being said, I genuinely enjoyed Craft Spells set. Their performance can basically be summed up as this:

    “Craft Spells started an umbrella jellyfish dance party in all their faux “Fascination Street” glory. It was “Just Like Heaven” as crusts punks, who looked liked they ended up at Sasquatch by way of Burning Man, crowd surfed without losing a single band patch off their cut-off jean jackets. Grown men put their arms around each other and drank Kokanee. All was right with the world.”

     

    Fatal Lucciano

    5) Most enthusiastic performances of the weekend went to anyone who is signed to Sportn’ Life records. Fatal Lucciuano, Fly Moon Royalty, Spac3man, you name the artist and they were killing it. Lucciuano brought as many audience members on-stage as the party patrol imaginary fire marshall would allow. Spac3man decided that standing up on-stage wasn’t for him, so he got into the crowd and decided to throw some ‘bows like any man of the proletariat would do and continued to perform at a high level. Fly Moon Royalty decided to utilize dancers that were wearing a wardrobe straight out of the ultimate Eighties movie “Heavenly Bodies“ (you need to see this motion picture). There was no dance-a-thon to save a local gym from a corporate takeover like the aforementioned flick. However, Fly Moon Royalty performed like their was no tomorrow. Because my movements were limited for a brief moment due to some delicious blackberry pie, I didn’t get to groove to “Into the Woods” as much as I normally would have. Whenever I see Fly Moon Royalty, that is usually the song that jumpstarts my heart the most. On this particular day another song stole the show. During “Roxy” Adra Boo delivered the line “If you don’t like me, tough titty..” in such a way that you would have a tough time convincing me that it wasn’t the most impressionable line of the long weekend.   (Writer’s note: Dyme Def, Fresh Espresso, Grynch and Don’t Talk To The Cops were also tremendous. Basically any act that I caught on the Maine Stage was good.)

    6) Dry The River are good. If you saw them at Crocodile in April when they played with Bowerbirds (another solid act) then you already know this. I was concerned that their sound might be ruined by the outside settings/ atmosphere of Sasquatch but I was merely another paranoid blogger wrong. Keep as close as an eye as you can on this band (seeing as they’re from Great Britain, it won’t be the easiest thing to do).

     

    The War on Drugs

    7) As far as my favorite set of the weekend is concerned, it’s a toss up between The War on Drugs and AraabMuzik. Two artists that are on opposite ends of the musical spectrum. The War on Drugs sounded so pleasant on Sunday afternoon that I began to hum “Afternoon Delight” (Yes, the Anchorman version) under my breath. It was something about the way there was just the right amount of a breeze to create a delay so perfect every guitar pedal-maker around the globe would shake an angry fist at mother nature. AraabMuzik was ebullient to say the least. I scavenged dictionary.com for another word but nothing else seemed to fit. The tent was thrown into an uncontrollable frenzy. Every bass synth beat sounded like petawatt blast being generated from the center of the Earth. My favorite Sasquatch goers, The Where’s Waldo Crew, were all losing their minds to the sounds with an amoebic-like cohesion. Never have red and white stripes been so breathtakingly beautiful.

    8 ) I enjoy the sense of humor offered by Todd Barry. I am familiar with his work (I already knew some of the material) and at Sasquatch he some funny quips. Jokes about IBM computers, being a server in the service industry, becoming a millionaire as a comic. However, he was so chaffed about the noise coming from the Maine Stage (It was Spac3man at the time and it was somewhat justified…BUT COME ON MAN! IT’S A FESTIVAL. LIGHTEN UP!), that he could not and would not let it go. Maybe it was a part of his rhythm as a comic, but every couple of minutes he would revert to old faithful. It was basically advertising for Spac3man. Eventually I left the Banana Shack and went and watched a spectacle that Barry could only hear.

    9) Beirut inspired the best crowd group dancing that I saw all weekend. It seemed like a hundred people were waltzing in perfect time with one another. If you would have transformed the venue and the attire of the participants, it would have made for an excellent time period specific dance sequence. On the topic of individual dancing, some guy was committing unspeakable acts of tempo and downbeat debauchery during Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside. I wish I could describe what was happening to you. Better yet, I wish I could post his movements in .gif form so everyone could gather around the illuminated screen and have a good chuckle. Never forget that Portland knows the “secret of the ooze.”

     

    Don’t Talk to the Cops

    10) “Favorite Song of the Weekend” goes to Don’t Talk To The Cops “Big Ass Head.” The lyrics had my sides aching from too much laughter.

    11)  The Sheepdogs < Stillwater

    12) Fresh Espresso what the hell was up with all the flour tortillas being thrown around near the front of the stage? has a new album out (Bossalona - prior to their Sasquatch performance this was not true). From what I’ve heard so far, the songs are excellent (especially the title track).

    13) The Nelson Twins > Grouplove. In fact, if you have pubic hair and you listen to Grouplove, not only am I revoking your adulthood card, I am asking that the Official Panel of Humanity throw a gear in your evolutionary process and start burying you alive immediately.

     

    Jack White

    14)  Two artists that I don’t normally enjoy blew the barnyard doors off of the place: Jack White and Bon Iver.

    15) Gary Clark Jr. is a master of all things pick-slide and pick-scrape related. He might be the greatest of all-time. Don’t dispute this.

    16) I know this is a festival that appears to the masses, but I think it would be nice to book less (for lack of a better word) “wussy” bands. I’m not saying the festival should be turned into Best Friends Day or Hellfest (although that would make it my favorite festival in the northwest). I’m not attacking anyone’s masculinity or implying that some musical performers are too sensitive personally or artistically. I’m just saying that when Walk The Moon cover Fleet Foxes, I’m convinced a jaded teenage boy with a guitar and a dream dies of cancer instantly. Even if he wasn’t diagnosed prior, he’ll just drop dead on the spot. We can’t let this go on. We need to protect the youth of tomorrow from the youth of today.

    17) Music is a fascinating thing. The reasons people listen to it, what they actually hear in comparison to someone else, how it makes them feel etc. I could go in-depth on this but I think I’ll save that for an individualized blog post at a different point in time.

    18) The final memory I have from Sasquatch 2012 was watching a boy wearing a unicorn horn prude slow-dancing with a girl wearing a Holden Caufield hat during Beck’s “Lost Cause.” Right then and there I forced myself to leave because I couldn’t have ended my weekend any other way.

    19) Stay weird Sasquatch. Sometimes the bright colors are your only saving grace.

     

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    May 22, 2012

    No Rest for the Wicked … Sasquatch’s Line-Up Demands You Get There When the Gates Open

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    Charles Bradley ::: photo by Abbey Simmons

    Ah, camping at the Gorge. Where inevitably your tent is always placed next to the techno RV, the drunk Canadians or the angry suburban bros prone to exposing themselves (to list my most recent neighbors) … Since you may not be getting much sleep at night, its easy to hope you could catch a little extra shut eye in the morning and not miss out too much by skipping the earliest bands taking the stage. Unfortunately, if I told you that, I’d be lying. In fact, some of the acts I’m most excited for at this year’s Sasquatch play just after the gate’s open every day. So bring your ear plugs to help you get some sleep and get in line early, these are bands worth waking up for.

     

    Allen Stone ::: photo by Josh Lovseth

    Friday – Allen Stone (5:00pm) – Sasquatch Mainstage

    Alright, so you won’t have to wake up early to catch Allen Stone on Friday, but you will have to make the proper arrangements to be able to have Friday off. If you’re heading to the campground, I suggest leaving before noon (or even better, Thursday after work), so you have time to set up your camp, deal with any traffic or delays getting into the campground and not torturing yourself by just hearing Allen’s funky falsetto drifting across the Gorge. Because Stone is a performer to be seen. While you won’t find me spinning his record at home, I don’t miss a chance to see Stone take the stage. He is, simply put, a pro. Capable of keeping the attention of a Sasquatch sized crowd with not only his vocal agility, but the “greasy” charm seeping from his pores. If you’ve been confused by the hype, but haven’t seen Stone yet, I suggest you see for yourself. If you’ve seen him before, I suspect you already have plans to get there early.

    Read the rest of my recommendations (more…)

    May 17, 2012

    Lemolo and Fresh Espresso Share Tracks From their Forthcoming Albums

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    What do Lemolo and Fresh Espresso have in common? Not much, save mine and Seattle’s excitement for their new albums which will both be released this summer. Fresh Espresso’s Bossalona is due out June 2nd. Lemolo’s debut The Kaleidoscope will be released July 3rd.

    And both bands shared singles to download for free this week, successfully making me more excited for the full lengths.



    Lemolo will be celebrating the release of The Kaleidoscope on June 29th and 30th at Columbia City Theater. The 29th is already sold out, but there are still tickets for the second night. They’ll also be playing at this summer’s Capitol Hill Block Party.

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    Fresh Espresso fans can get an early peek at Bossalona at Sasquatch next weekend. The band will be playing at 4:25 pm on Monday on The Maine Stage.


    May 16, 2012

    Abbey’s Sasquatch Schedule

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    Allen Stone – Sasquatch – 5:00pm // photo by Josh Lovseth


    Hard to believe its already Sasquatch time, but it is and this is the schedule I’ll be trying to keep. With Allen Stone opening the Fest on the mainstage Friday at 5pm and Beck closing it out at 10pm Monday — it looks like this is a Sasquatch you’ll want to be at from the first to the last notes. What does your schedule look like?

    Friday May 25th

    5:00pm – Allen Stone – Mainstage 5:35 – Metal Chocolates – The Maine Stage 6:30 – Policia – Big Foot 7:45 – Mark Lanegan Band – Bigfoot 9:15 – Explosions in the Sky – Bigfoot


    Charles Bradley – Sasquatch – 1:15pm // photo by Abbey Simmons


    Saturday May 26th

    Noon – Pickwick – Mainstage 1:15 – Charles Bradley – Mainstage 2:15 – Fatal Luciano – The Maine Stage 3:00 – Alabama Shakes – Bigfoot 4:05 – Kurt Vile & the Violators – Bigfoot 6:45 – Lord Huron – Yeti 7:50 – Couer de Pirate – Yeti 8:10 – The Shins – Mainstage 9:00 – St. Vincent – Bigfoot 10:00 – Jack White – Mainstage


    Wild Flag – Bigfoot – 6:20pm // photo by Josh Lovseth


    Sunday May 27th

    1:00 – Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr – Mainstage 1:20 – Reign Wolf – Yeti 2:15 – Fly Moon Royalty – The Maine Stage 3:30 – Gardens & Villa – Yeti 4:05 – The War on Drugs – Bigfoot 6:20 – Wild Flag – Bigfoot 6:40 – The Head & The Heart – Mainstage 8:10 – Beirut – Mainstage 10:00 – Bon Iver – Mainstage


    Fresh Espresso – The Maine Stage – 4:25pm // photo by Josh Lovseth

    Monday May 28th

    12:15 – Gold Leaves – Yeti 1:20 – Poor Moon – Yeti 2:45 – Damien Jurado – Bigfoot 3:20 – Don’t Talk to the Cops – The Maine Stage 3:30 – Cass McCombs Band – Yeti 4:25 – Fresh Espresso – The Maine Stage 5:30 – Feist – The Main Stage 5:45 – Shabazz Palaces – Bigfoot 6:50 – The Cave Singers – Bigfoot 10:00 – Beck – Mainstage

    February 2, 2012

    Sasquatch! Lineup! 2012!

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    Sasquatch 2012 ::: Photo by Josh Lovseth

    Who’s ready for Sasquatch? We’ve just got our first glimpse of the line-up and at first blush, we like what we see. We’ll start with who we’re most excited for.

    Headliners we can’t wait to see: Crossing Jack White off our bucket list, giving Beck another shot after getting kicked in the head during his performance at Bumbershoot in the ’90s and seeing if Bon Iver can top his last spine-tingling Sasquatch set are all top priorities. Plus Feist, Explosions in the Sky, and The Roots.

    Locals we loved seeing on the line-up: Shabazz Palaces, The Head & The Heart, Pickwick, Allen Stone, Poor Moon, Gold Leaves, Wild Flag, THEESatisfaction, Don’t Talk tot he Cops, Fly Moon Royalty, The Cave Singers, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, Beat Connection.

    Other Honorable Oh-My-God-Yes! Mentions: Charles Bradley, The Alabama Shakes, Gardens and Villa, Kurt Vile, Gary Clark Jr.

    Canadian Band’s North of Northwest Would Be Happy to Help Cross the Border: Metric, Feist, Said the Whale, Coeur de Pirate, Hey Rosetta!

    Here’s the line-up in video form:

    Sasquatch! Music Festival 2012 Lineup Announcement from Sasquatch Festival on Vimeo.

    And the Full Line-Up in text, after the jump: (more…)

    December 31, 2011

    Our Favorite Photos of 2011: Flaming Lips

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    Flaming Lips ::: photo by Josh Lovseth

    See ya later 2011!

    Thanks to all of you for taking the time for making Sound on the Sound a part of your year and a part of your lives. We’ve got big things planned for 2012 and we look forward to sharing the new year and the front row with you.

    December 1, 2011

    Our Favorite Photos of 2011: Sleigh Bells

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    Sleigh Bells ::: photo by Josh Lovseth

    It is hard to believe, but its that time of year again: time for best of lists. Yes, the equally beloved and maligned end of the year ritual has began again all over the internet and today we join in, with our first favorite photo of 2011. Each day during the month of December we’ll be sharing a favorite shot we’ve snapped over the last 12 months and we’re getting started with glowing gratitude from Sleigh Bells during their Sasquatch set.

    We hope you stay tuned for LOTS more end of the year coverage from Sound on the Sound and friends.

    November 21, 2011

    Sasquatch 4-Day Passes On Sale this Friday

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    Sasquatch ::: photo by Abbey Simmons

    Just when you thought all your money was going to go to black Friday sales (or that new Wheedle’s Groove box set) this Friday, Sasquatch announces they’ll be releasing a limited number of four day passes for the 2012 Festival to go on sale, you guessed it, this Friday. While there won’t be even a whisper of who’ll be taking the stage(s) Memorial Day weekend till February, 4-day passes will go on sale at 10am on the Sasquatch Website.

    Sasquatch 2012 will take place May 25-28th.

    Thanks to Seattle Weekly’s Reverb, we have a couple important extra details on price and Sasquatch 2012:

    – Four-day passes are $290, which includes camping. And miracles of miracles, there are no additional ticketing fees.

    – Holders of four-day passes will be allowed re-entry between the campground and festival grounds for the first time ever. (Save freak hailstorms.)