So it begins. Back for its eleventh year is the Pacific Northwest version of Austin's SXSW: MusicFestNW. This year they're roping in local, old school and buzz bands from all over in the hopes that you will get down and party from September 7-11 at the Pioneer Courthouse Square. Yesterday they released the first in a series of lineup announcements, which should peak your interest with the inclusion of musical acts such as Explosions in the Sky, Iron & Wine, Phantogram and Butthole Surfers.
The list is detailed below, with a few other notable acts bolded for better visibility. 'Course, this is one girl's opinion on what is awesome, so make your own conclusions while you save up for passes. Daily wristbands are $70 this year, and a weekend wristband is $115.
And while you search through band and artist names for juicy musical morsels, listen to MFNW attendant The Hood Internet's latest remix, "Slow John." This track takes some of the flavor from both Lil Wayne's "John" and Com Truise's "Slow Peels." Stream it above and snag it below!
MusicFestNW 2011:
A Storm of Light, Akimbo, Alela Diane, Anais Mitchell, And And And, Archers, Archers of Loaf, Avi Buffalo, Band of Horses, Bare Wires, Beat Connection, Big Freedia, Black Prairie, Blind Pilot, Blitzen Trapper, Blouse, Boat, Bobby Bare Jr., Butthole Surfers, Caleb Klauder, Cass McCombs, Celilo, Centro-Matic, Charles Bradley, Climber, Crooked Fingers, Crypts, Dam-Funk & Master Blaster, Dangerous Boys Club, Death Songs, Dennis Coffey, Diesto, Dirty Beaches, Dirty Mittens, DJ Anjali, Dolorean, E*Rock, E3, Elitist, EMA, Emily Wells, Eternal Tapestry, Explosions in the Sky, Fernando, GIVERS, Glass Candy, GRAILS, Hammerhead, Handsome Furs, Heavy Cream, Holcombe Waller, Horse Feathers, Iron & Wine, Jared Mees & the Grown Children, Jeffrey Jerusalem, Joe Pug, Kelly Blair Bauman, Kylesa, Lifesavas, Little Dragon, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mad Rad, Marius Libman, Mnemonic Sounds, Monarques, Morning Teleportation, Natasha Kmeto, Nether Regions, Neurosis, Old Light, Olivia Tremor Control, Operative, Phantogram, Pierced Arrows, Pig Destroyer, Portland Cello Project, PS I Love You, Purple & Green, Quiet Life, Rabbits, Rebecca Gates, Reporter, Rhett Miller, Richmond Fontaine, RTX, Sean Flinn & the Royal We, Sebadoh, Shabazz Palaces, Sharon Van Etten, Sleepy Sun, Soft Kill, Talkdemonic, Ted Leo, Tennis, The Angry Orts, The Antlers, The Dimes, The Gaslamp Killer, The Globes, The Hood Internet, The Horrors, The Incredible Kid, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, The Ladybug Transistor, The Minders, The Miracles Club, The Moondoggies, The Needful Longings, The Soft Moon, The Thermals, The Vaccines, The Wizard Rifle, Thee Oh Sees, Thornes, Thrones, Thousands, Transient, Twin Sister, TxE, Ty Segall, Typhoon, UME, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Violet Isle, Viva Voce, WEINLAND, White Hills, Wild Ones, Witch Mountain, Y La Bamba, Yacht, YOB, You Am I & Zuzuka Poderos
(via Willamette Week & TSS)