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Post by know ID yuh on Jun 6, 2010 18:15:37 GMT -8
MusicFestNW announced their initial lineup recently. Anyone attending?
The Decemberists The National Panda Bear Okkervil River Major Lazer Sleep performing Holy Mountain Menomena The Thermals Wiz Khalifa Ra Ra Riot The Walkmen Ted Leo & The Pharmacists The Helio Sequence Justin Townes Earle Baroness David Bazan The Tallest Man on Earth The Gories NoMeansNo Man Man Laura Veirs Bobby Bare Jr. Titus Andronicus Surfer Blood Akron/Family Crooked Fingers Shonen Knife Japandroids People Under the Stairs Cold Cave Frank Turner The Builders and the Butchers Phantogram Washed Out Black Prairie Thee Oh Sees Abe Vigoda Big Freedia MEN Laser Sword From Ashes Rise Devin Phillips The Suckers Trash Talk Scott Kelly Rocky Votolato Blue Giant The Minus 5 Dan Mangan Jeff the Brotherhood Marc Olson Red Fang The Zeros Let’s Wrestle Pierced Arrows The Bellrays WEINLAND Portland Cello Project The Magic Kids DJ Beyonda Richmond Fontaine Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside Tu Fawning Death by Stereo Princeton Kisses White Hinterland BOAT Damion Suomi Typhoon Y La Bamba
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Post by Pea on Jun 7, 2010 19:54:15 GMT -8
i'll definitely be there whichever day the tallest man is playing. hopefully it's the same day as the national so i wont have to see them in seattle and can make it for them also.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jun 9, 2010 8:36:50 GMT -8
Keep in mind that your standard wristband gets you entry to only ONE of the headliners: Decemberists or The National (like that's even a choice to be made).
Keep in mind also that MFNW is run by fucking idiots who oversell every single venue. Buying a wristband OR an individual ticket does not guarantee entry into ANY performance at any time during the festival.
Even so, I'm definitely going to catch the National in Pioneer Square, and no way I'm missing Man Man again, even if they play the fucking Hawthorne.
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Post by know ID yuh on Jun 9, 2010 15:25:43 GMT -8
i'll definitely be there whichever day the tallest man is playing. hopefully it's the same day as the national so i wont have to see them in seattle and can make it for them also. Typically, MusicfestNW is Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, with one show preceding the festival, and one show after. This year, Panda Bear is playing the Wednesday slot, and the National are playing the Sunday slot. It would be safe to assume Tallest Man on Earth (or any other band for that matter) won't play Wednesday or Sunday. I'm really curious to see how they can house the National at Pioneer Square Sunday afternoon, and charge people to attend. They can't block off the surrounding streets to accomplish this? Just a guess here, but you'll be "able" to hear the music for free, but if you want to get up close, you'll have to pay the $32 entry charge.
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Post by know ID yuh on Jun 9, 2010 15:29:41 GMT -8
Keep in mind that your standard wristband gets you entry to only ONE of the headliners: Decemberists or The National (like that's even a choice to be made). Keep in mind also that MFNW is run by fucking idiots who oversell every single venue. Buying a wristband OR an individual ticket does not guarantee entry into ANY performance at any time during the festival. Even so, I'm definitely going to catch the National in Pioneer Square, and no way I'm missing Man Man again, even if they play the fucking Hawthorne. Buying a ticket does guarantee you entrance to the show. I've done this the last three years, and walked past lines over 100 long of wristband folk waiting to enter. You must have had a terrible experience of being drunk and cut off, or knowing someone getting drunk and cut off. They can't tell you no if you own a ticket. Agreed, the Hawthorne Theater is crap. I swore I would never return after the Miike Snow show, then attended Caribou against my will. Never again!
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jun 9, 2010 16:21:34 GMT -8
Dude, do I know you? I'd probably at least recognize you, apparently we are within 100 yards of each other pretty frequently.
Also my body is not capable of becoming drunk enough to be cut off or denied entrance to most places that aren't Mormon churches. Once I reach a certain point I just fall asleep.
Anyway, that was the experience we had trying to see Mudhoney last year at Dante's during MFNW. We didn't care about the openers so we hung out at Union Jacks for a couple hours, and then they wouldn't let us in because the place had reached capacity. Clever Us got in anyway, but we could have done that WITHOUT the tickets.
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Post by know ID yuh on Jun 11, 2010 19:18:47 GMT -8
I don't think I know you, but I am easy to spot at most shows. I'm the guy who pretends to be waiting in line for alcohol the entire show, just to meet women. That's my bag yo.
Sometimes I'll stand just outside of the beer line, far enough for the men to jump in front of me with no regards, but for the occasional female to engage me with a, "hey asshole, are you in line?" That's when it's on, and I pull out my list of prepared responses, which sometimes includes, "I am, but you are more than welcome to cut in front of me." They don't call me an asshole anymore.
Sometimes I meet a really drunk lady who again asks, "Are you in line?" My reply of, "only for your heart babe," works 3.4% of the time.
And I always know when last call is, so I warn the ladies in the area, and 1.3% of them are very thankful.
I don't actually go to shows to see music, because I'm not much of a music fan.
You wouldn't happen to have a sister?
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jun 14, 2010 7:09:07 GMT -8
I get what you're doin' there. I like that, I do.
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Post by Lump on Jun 19, 2010 9:45:51 GMT -8
Agreed, the Hawthorne Theater is crap. I swore I would never return after the Miike Snow show, then attended Caribou against my will. Never again! Man, with this and the whole Sasquatch camping thing, we've probably run into each other unconsciously many times. Yeah, I went to said Caribou show (Toro Y Moi are friends of mine from SC and got me on the guest list so I figured why not). Poor kids (Toro Y Moi at least) were really bummed because the sound there was awful. It got better because Caribou uses their own sound-man (Toro does not), but even with that, the acoustics in that place are pretty shitty. Especially crazy when I saw them the next night in Seattle at Neumo's where the sound was great. Both bands sounded infinitely better at Neumo's.
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Post by know ID yuh on Sept 10, 2010 10:28:45 GMT -8
Major Lazer was amazing. Baroness killed it as well. What a strange back to back.
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Post by know ID yuh on Sept 16, 2010 19:06:41 GMT -8
If you hate your job, and love killing time on the internets while pretending to work, here is a bunch of words about MusicfestNW, and one mildly entertaining joke. It should kill at least ten minutes of your day. knowidyuh.blogspot.com/2010/09/musicfest-nw-review.htmlThe highlight of the weekend was probably the fucktards at the Wonder Ballroom turning away the early arriving wristband holders because the staff were too stupid to read their job descriptions. They told the people waiting in line who purchased wristbands to leave, only allowing entry to those who picked up a free ticket at Jackpot records. Here's me waiving my middle finger your direction, Wonder Ballroom.
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Post by know ID yuh on May 23, 2011 15:48:06 GMT -8
Looks like Explosions in the Sky will probably be at MusicfestNW this year. Full lineup will be announced the day after sasquatch.
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Post by Geoff on May 23, 2011 15:49:24 GMT -8
Oh there's a thread for this haha. My bad.
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Post by know ID yuh on May 23, 2011 18:41:16 GMT -8
Ah, I see you beat me to post that information in another thread. It took me five minutes to find the old thread, and typing on my phone takes forever, otherwise I would have totally beat you.
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Post by Geoff on May 31, 2011 18:32:51 GMT -8
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Post by Geoff on May 31, 2011 18:34:46 GMT -8
Kind of a weak lineup compared to last year. Really lookin forward to Explosions in the Sky and Neurosis though.
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Post by Cbats on May 31, 2011 20:21:39 GMT -8
I had no idea Olivia Tremor Control were still together
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Post by Geoff on May 31, 2011 20:48:07 GMT -8
I had no idea Olivia Tremor Control were still together Oh shit I didn't see them on there. Seein them for sure.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jun 1, 2011 16:56:12 GMT -8
OTC just re-united. I am going to be all OVER that shit.
Saw them open for Beck on the Odelay tour, what... Fifteen years ago? Never thought I'd ever get the chance to see them again. That is so fucking exciting!
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Post by Lump on Jun 1, 2011 20:43:12 GMT -8
Fuck. Odelay Beck (which I've found from videos seems to be the best live Beck ever) AND Olivia Tremor Control?
Sometimes I hate myself for not being born 10 years earlier.
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