This is a Public Service Announcement:
Hey, if you’re not going to the Sasquatch Music Festival in Quincy WA over Memorial Day weekend, not only do you have no one to blame but yourself, but your rights to speak of past music festivals in hushed, reverent tones will be summarily revoked. I mean, look at the lineup:
Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver, Pretty Lights, Tenacious D, The Shins, Beirut, Girl Talk, The Roots, The Head & The Heart, Portlandia, Feist, Silversun Pickups, Metric, Explosions In The Sky, James Murphy (DJ set), The Joy Formidable, Mogwai, Nero (DJ), M.Ward, John Reilly, Childish Gambino, Santigold, St. Vincent, The Civil Wars, Jamey Johnson, Of Monsters and Men, Little Dragon, tUnE-yArDs, Wild Flag, Blind Pilot, Wolfgang Gartner, Beats Antique, Apparat, The Walkmen, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Mark Lanegan, Chiddy Bang, Spiritualized, Feed Me (with Teeth!), Blitzen Trapper, The Cave Singers, Shabazz Palaces, fun., Grouplove, Tycho, Little People, SBTRKT, Trampled By Turtles, STRFKR, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Deer Tick, Alabama Shakes, Dum Dum Girls, The Helio Sequence, Kurt Vile, Cloud Cult, Charles Bradley, We Are Augustines, Ben Howard, Here We Go Magic, Zola Jesus, The War On Drugs, Poliça, Shearwater, Cass McCombs, Active Child, AraabMuzik, Star Slinger, LA Riots, Com Truise, Unknown Mortal, I Break Horses, Walk The Moon, Dry the River, Allen Stone, Pickwick, Hey Marseilles, Gary Clark Jr., Hospitality, Purity Ring, Electric Guest, Damien Jurado, Graffiti6, Yellow Ostrich, Reptar, NobodyBeatsTheDrum, Coeur de Pirate, Lord Huron, Sallie Ford & The Sound, Beat Connection, The Sheepdogs, James McCartney, The Staves, HoneyHoney, Hey Rosetta!, Said The Whale, Howlin Rain, Gardens & Villa, Felix Cartal, Sean Wheeler & Zander, Craft Spells, Vintage Trouble, Poor Moon, Black Whales, Gold Leaves, Greylag, Awesome Tapes From Africa, THEESatisfaction, Dyme Def, Fresh Espresso, The Physics, Sol, Metal Chocolates, Grynch, SPAC3MAN, Don’t Talk To The Cops!, Scribes, Fatal Lucciauno, Fly Moon Royalty, Katie Kate, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Todd Barry, Beardyman, Rob Delaney, Pete Holmes, Chelsea Peretti, Howard Kremer
Seriously, I just typed that out and now I require surgery. So many excellent artists all at once. You need to find a way to go to this.
Here’s the trailer/ad, via Vimeo
