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
If you want to be one of the first to know the official Sasquatch lineup, I hope you got your tickets from Easy Street Records on the 12th. Those puppies flew out of the store faster than … well, they went fast. The tickets were gone in a matter of hours. They might be letting people in at the door, but don’t count on it. Good news though, SSGs will be in the building, so follow @SeattleShowGal on Twitter for real time updates.
Finessing our eager ears with their brand of rock and roll will be Surfer Blood. It’s been rumored that they will indeed be playing Sasquatch and we’ll know for sure tonight. Surfer Blood seems like the perfect fit for the Sasquatch party. We’re all going to be in the mood to sing, dance, drink, celebrate, and frolic. Surfer Blood evokes all of those positive feelings. Enjoy the video clip below of Surfer Blood at KEXP, and get in the mood to party! Sasquatch 2010, here we come!
If you’re in the mood for some post-valentines day goodness by way of Tennessee, make your way over to Neumos. Brendan Benson makes happy little love songs. He’s what you get when you cross emo with Americana. Playing an array of instruments including the guitar, bass, keyboard, and drums, Benson has been able to make a career out of his own brand of solo albums, charisma, and charm. If you’re in the mood for some vocals reminiscent of Ben Gibbard infused with classic folk, you’ll probably enjoy this set. Brendan Benson has been running his own show since 1996, so it’s clear when you see him live that he knows what he’s doing, and the show you get, is exactly the show he designed for his audience.
This is a pretty rare show. In honor of it, Neumos is giving away two pairs of tickets to SSG readers! All you need to do is clickhere, or e-mail contests@seattleshowgal.com with the words “Brendan Benson Is Soooo Romantic” in the subject line for you chance to win. Winners will be e-mailed by 3pm today, so get on it!
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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.
Band Members
Brian King – vocals, guitar
David Prowse – vocals, drums
Your sister (according to Japandroid’s Myspace)
Photo by Jamaal Jackson
After being on the road for about three months, Brian King and David Prowse of the Vancouver, Canada-based band Japandroids spent an evening in Seattle at Chop Suey just before they complete an undoubtedly eventful tour. Opening for Japandroids were World’s Greatest Ghosts from Portland, OR with their fun, eerie, ghost-like pop tunes and Surfer Blood of West Palm Beach, FL, exhibiting a groovy, retro-rock sound with a dash of tropical flair.
As if trying to absolve themselves from the on-stage mayhem that was to ensue, singer/guitarist Brian King announced to the crowd that things might get a little crazy and that they were more than welcome to join. King took to the stage solo, opening the set with repetitive swells of musical distortion accompanied by indistinct, cooing vocals which washed over the crowd like gentle waves crashing against the shore while a portable electric fan placed near King’s feet sent drafts of air through his hair, giving King an over-dramatic intrigue. As the music and suspense grew in intensity, singer/drummer David Prowse joined King onstage to launch into their set of hard-hitting garage-rock tunes. Just as the music seemed ready to break the inertia, King suddenly realized that his guitar wasn’t tuned correctly. The effect was like a deflating a balloon, even though the error was quickly fixed, with the Japandroids soon launching into their catchy and strangely familiar song, “The Boys are Leaving Town.”
Throughout the set, King and Prowse showcased amazing break-neck energy as they pushed through song after song of crunchy electric guitar and drums accompanied by lively vocals. Particular songs such as “Darkness on the Edge of Gastown”contained intense breakdowns that pulled on your limbs like marionette strings, making you want to dance. Although the Japandroids are a fun band, it’s easy for the attention span to wane after a few songs due to the lack of definitive diversity between each tune. With the Japandroid’s distinct brand of garage-rock intensity, it’s a surprise that they had no light show, stage props or other visual antics outside of the aforementioned electric fan (which was likely there solely for ventilation). Despite all of this, Japandroids were able to get people huddled by the bar to come down to the main floor and join the already frenetic fans immersed in a friendly, pseudo dance pit to finish up the evening in a most stellar fashion. Japandroids are definitely a band to see at least once. After all, the Japandroids’ MySpace page says that “supporting Japandroids gets you into Heaven- no questions asked.”
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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!
