The Sasquatch Music Festival kicked the springtime festival season off in style last night at the Crocodile with their line up announcement concert featuring Fresh Espresso, Surfer Blood, and Atlas Sound. Sponsored by Esurance, it was definitely a full blown party that peaked with a video announcement of the partial line up for this year’s Sasquatch Music Festival. Partial you say? No need to worry, we have gotten access to the entire line up and are posting it here for your excitement, and enjoyment. Bon appetite!
My Morning Jacket / Massive Attack / Pavement / Ween / Vampire Weekend / MGMT / Band of Horses/ The National / LCD Soundsystem / Tegan & Sara / Broken Social Scene / Passion Pit / Deadmau5 / She & Him / Public Enemy / Nada Surf / The New Pornographers / The Hold Steady / The xx / Dirty Projectors / OK Go / Drive By Truckers / Kid Cudi / The Long Winters / Minus the Bear / The Mountain Goats / Quasi / Camera Obscura / Fruit Bats / Brother Ali / Midlake / Dr. Dog / Caribou / Simian Mobile Disco / City & Colour / No Age / The Temper Trap / Vetiver / Miike Snow / Portugal. The Man / Telekinesis / Mayer Hawthorne / Why? / Girls / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Wale / The Lonely Forest / Japandroids / Boys Noize / Yacht / Freelance Whales / Laura Marling / Patrick Watson / Past Lives / Cymbals Eat Guitars / The Low Anthem / The Very Best / Phantogram / Neon Indian / Nurses / The Tallest Man on Earth / Fresh Espresso / Mumford & Sons / Jets Overhead / tUnE-YarDs / Shabazz Palaces / Fool’s Gold / Morning Teleportation / Z-Trip / Dam-Funk / Hudson Mohawke / The Middle East / Local Natives / Avi Buffalo / Booka Shade / A-Trak / Yes Giantess / Craig Robinson / Rob Riggle / Garfunkel & Oates / Luke Burbank
Exciting news! Instead of industry leaks and blog posts, The 2010 Sasquatch lineup will be announced live at The Crocodile on 02/15! Not only do we get to hear the lineup at a red-carpet event, there is going to be red-carpet entertainment. Live Nation sent over a press release this morning, here are the details!
Seattle, WA – Live Nation and Adam Zacks are pleased to announce The 2010 Sasquatch! Music Festival Launch Party presented by Esurance and sponsored by Jack Daniel’s happening on Monday, February 15, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Crocodile.
For the first time in the festival’s history the lineup will be announced LIVE at this very special event featuring performances by Surfer Blood, Atlas Sound and Fresh Espresso and hosted by Luke Burbank. Prize packages from Esurance and Xbox will be given away all night, along with limited-edition festival posters and more.
Free tickets are available courtesy of Esurance by listening to 107.7 The End all week to win, or by stopping by either Easy Street Records locations starting Friday, February 12th at 9:00 a.m. (limit 2 per person).
Surfer Blood calls West Palm Beach home and, while still in their early 20s, pen summery indie songs that even the most hook-laden power pop band would rightfully be jealous of. Called “irresistibly catchy” by Pitchfork, Surfer Blood’s critically acclaimed debut album, Astro Coast, was released on January 19.
Atlas Sound is the solo moniker of Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox, so named since 1994, when a sixth-grade Bradford made recordings on a karaoke cassette machine. Now signed to 4AD, Atlas Sound is those ideas that he “can’t make work with a five piece rock band,” employing stream-of-consciousness writing alongside ambient electronics.
Fresh Espresso, named by local blog SoundOnTheSound as representatives of “the next wave of Seattle hip-hop,” is producer/composer P Smoov (of Mad Rad) and MC Rik Rude.
When Warp Records put out Broadcast’sHaha Sound in 2003, they shook up the electronica scene. The then-quintet became popular in the electronic world through Warp even though they had a very organic sound by comparison to the rest of the Warp Records roster. While Broadcast was around before then, having recorded music since the late nineties, Warp really helped put them on the map. Broadcast, on the other hand, helped continue the electronica label’s reputation for putting out new and eclectic releases. Haha Sound is still seen as a favorite, as it introduced equally sensual and sleepy voice of Trish Keenan to the world. They’ve released at least one less world-shaking records since in Tender Buttons, but now after a four year hiatus, Broadcast is back with a collaborative effort, a “mini-album” that they’ve done with Focus Group (Broadcast’s long-time touring DJ, Justin House) called Broadcast & Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
A strong release, Investigate… goes further into the warbly, sampled sound that we’re accostumed to while pushing the envelope further and sounding a bit more occult. This is a dark, playful record. One could imagine Broadcast and Focus Group scoring a movie like the 1962 classic Carnival of Souls, which makes them a perfect fit for a show at Neumos on October 31st, a day known for its goulishness.
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The Sasquatch Music Festival kicked the springtime festival season off in style last night at the Crocodile with their line up announcement concert featuring Fresh Espresso, Surfer Blood, and Atlas Sound. Sponsored by Esurance, it was definitely a full blown party that peaked with a video announcement of the partial line up for this year’s Sasquatch Music Festival. Partial you say? No need to worry, we have gotten access to the entire line up and are posting it here for your excitement, and enjoyment. Bon appetite!
