Day three started just like day two, early and very hot. By this time I was already very sunburnt, perpetually hungover for days, and tired, but it was time to march on. Summerbirds In The Cellar kicked off the day with a set that started before noon. Hardly 15 people were there at the beginning, but by the time they left the stage the field was packed. It was great to finally hear this band on a good quality sound system. I have been hyping this Floridian band since I discovered them at Corndogorama last year, and I will continue to do so because they one of the best bands in the southeast US right now. They just floor me every time I hear them:

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I started out the day hanging out with my neighbors at camp, who were all cool peeps. It turned out some of them were also there as press. It took me a while to secure my creds and power up my equipment, so the first band I saw was Deerhunter. The core members performed as a 4-piece and they played 2 new songs in a set that was heavy in older stuff. It was a very good show that finished off with a beautiful noise jam. The second video below is the first new song they played, but to perfectly honest, I thought it was a little boring. The other new one was great though:

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I got a late start because i stayed at the Star Bar too late the night before i left. After a long, boring drive down, I arrived and only had to wait in traffic for about 10 minutes. That was nice, but then i had to lug all of my camping stuff from the parking lot area to the campsite area, and that wasn’t very fun. I did score a really sweet spot about a one minute walk to the front gate of the festival area. This fest is very small in scale, similar to Atlanta’s Echo Project in size.

I was unable to get my press credentials due to arriving too late, so I got to experience things as a mere mortal for the first night. I was pushing hard all day to try and make it in time for Tokyo Police Club, but they had some medical emergency and their set has been moved to the already ridiculously stacked Sunday lineup. Instead, i caught Grand Buffet, who were hip-hop that seemed to be aimed at a high school/not-great-taste-in-music crowd. It’s weird to hear rappers getting all political and dissing Republicans now that they are out of office. It doesn’t seem quite as pertinent.

After that I caught Girl Talk, which was the last act of the night. The set was chalked full of typical Girl Talk mashups, and I’ve realized that over time they are not as enjoyable to me as they once were. Even with 50 people on stage dancing around, it didn’t really hold my attention for the entire hour plus set. Here is a video of the beginning of his set:


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Sched.org has the Harvest Of Hope Festival schedule, and it looks pretty good. The Sunday night hip-hop superjam is going to be incredible. You can access the full schedule here. I’m not going to post the entire thing, but here are some highlights I am most excited about:

Friday:

5:00pm Grand Buffet
6:45pm The Mae Shi
7:15pm King Khan & The Shrines
8:15pm Tokyo Police Club
9:45pm Girl Talk

Saturday:

11:30am Lymbyc Systym
2:00pm Deerhunter
3:15pm Health
5:45pm John Vanderslice
6:45pm The Mountain Goats
8:15pm Tilly & The Wall

Sunday:

11:30am Summerbirds In The Cellar
1:35pm Harlem Shakes
3:10pm Inspectah Deck
3:45pm Holy Fuck
4:15pm Murs
5:20pm Kool Keith
6:15pm Ra Ra Riot
6:25pm Diplo
7:45pm KRS-One
8:15pm Black Kids
9:05pm GZA
10:00pm The National
10:00pm GZA + KRS-One + Keith Murray + Kool Keith

Harvest Of Hope Website

See you there!

Lymbyc Systym : Narita
Health : Tabloid Sores
John Vanderslice : Manual
Harlem Shakes : Strictly Game
Holy Fuck : Lovely Allen
Murs : Everything

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Sasquatch has announced their lineup for this year, and I think they have officially stepped up to premiere American festie status. This year’s crop of bands hitting the festival circuit has got to be one of the best ever. Behold:

Jane’s Addiction
Kings of Leon
Nine Inch Nails
Ben Harper & Restless7
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Erykah Badu
The Decemberists
Fleet Foxes
TV on the Radio
Animal Collective
Silversun Pickups
Bon Iver
Santigold
Of Montreal
Explosions in the Sky
DeVotchKa
Peter Bjorn & John
Gogol Bordello
M. Ward
The Avett Brothers
Doves
Calexico
Grizzly Bear
M83
Girl Talk
The Gaslight Anthem
The Walkmen
Chromeo (DJ set)
Deadmau5
Mugison
Sun Kil Moon
Airborne Toxic Event
Blitzen Trapper
Shearwater
BLK JKS
The Wrens
Tobacco
Monotonix
King Khan and the Shrines
St. Vincent
Passion Pit
John Vanderslice
Bishop Allen
Blind Pilot
AA Bondy
Black Moth Super Rainbow
The Knux
Ra Ra Riot
The Dodos
Beach House
Arthur & Yu
The Submarines
Owl City
Viva Voce
James Pants
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
The Builders & the Butchers
The Duchess & the Duke
Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
Fences
School of Seven Bells
Death Vessel
Horse Feathers
Hockey
Point Juncture WA
The Pica Beats
Loch Lomond
Vince Mira
Zach Galifiankis
Demetri Martin
Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job
Todd Barry
Jon Benjamin
God’s Pottery
People’s Republic of Komedy

Sasquatch 2009 is going down Memorial Day weekend (May 23-25) in what I hear is the US’s most beautiful venue, The Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington. I’ve been wanting to hit this fest for a long time, and maybe this will be the year. Tickets go on sale next Saturday (Feb 28) and 3 day passes range from $154.50 to $229.50.

Sasquatch website

Harvest of Hope festival had to deal with a ton of lineup subtractions and additions due to Langerado getting cancelled, so here is the 411:

Head organizer and No Idea Records employee Ryan Murphy had this to say:

“Harvest of Hope Fest is going strong and looking forward to the event. All the event staff have been working into the night to make this event awesome. We were bummed to hear about Langerado canceling and wish best of luck to all that were involved. The canceling of Langerado had a few affects on our festival. First, unfortunately, the following bands had to cancel: Broken Social Scene, Devotchka, the Faint and the Virgins. Everyone involved tried their best to make it work, but in the end it could not. I want to thank these bands for their support and trying their hardest to make it possible and look forward to working with them in the future.

We did, however, gain some really awesome bands, including:

the Mountain Goats, Black Kids, the Gaslight Anthem, Tilly and the Wall, Sundowner, Keith Murray and more.

Look forward to seeing everyone at the Harvest of Hope Fest!”

Here is how things are shaping up now:

Friday March 6th:

Girl Talk
Less Than Jake
Tokyo Police Club
The Night Marchers
The Mae Shi
King Kahn & the Shrines
Yip-Yip
Rehasher
Grand Buffet
Ruby Coast
Hollywood Holt
Tim Barry
Bomb the Music Industry
Austin Lucas
O’Pioneers
Josh Small
Liza Kate
Look Mexico
Brainworms
Flatliners
Paul & Ginger
Ninja Gun
The Takers
Tubers
Anchor Arms
Cheap Girls
Alligator
Failures Union
Coyote Throat
Laserhead
The Winslows
Reptile Theatre

Saturday March 7th:

Against Me!
Lucero
Propagandhi
The Mountain Goats
Bad Brains
Tilly & the Wall
The Bouncing Souls
John Vanderslice
Strike Anywhere
HEALTH
Wild Sweet Orange
Valient Thorr
Deerhunter
Paint it Black
None More Black
Underground Railroad to Candyland
Her Space Holiday
Sundowner
Lymbc Systm
Sunbears
Static Radio (NJ)
Antartic
After the Fall
Smoke or Fire (acoustic)
Hometeam
The Beauvilles
Averkiou
Morningbell
Hawks & Doves
Bridge & Tunnel
FIYA
Mouthbreather
Weapons to Go
Mumpsy
Ones to Blame
Jonathan Appleseed
BLORR
Viernes
Jimmy Reeves & the Wolf River
Juicy Pony
City Lights Bloom
T13C!
Towers of Hanoi
Willie Green
Christina Wagner
Lighthouse Music
Blues Lightning
Onslaught Dynamo
Incoherent
Barnaby Jones
Mario Sevayaga
County Road

Sunday March 8th:

The National
GZA/Genius
The Gaslight Anthem
Kool Keith (Dr. Octagon vs. Dr. Doom) featuring Kutmasta Kurt
Black Kids
The Harlem Shakes
Ra Ra Riot
Tiger City
MURS
Holy F*ck
Monotonix
Kiss Kiss
This Bike is a Pipebomb
Hammel on Trial
Keith Murray
Dave Dondero
Kevin Seconds
Fake Problems
Whiskey & Co.
Summerbirds in the Cellar
Division Minuscula
Vince P
Ghost Mice
Paul Baribeau
Young Livers
Liza Kate
Good Luck
Grabass Charlestons
Tim Version
Lauris Vidal & his warm guns
Gatorface
Virgins (FL)
Monikers
How Dare You
New Bruises
Emilyn Brodsky
Dirty Money
Spoonboy
EYC
Cutman
Protagonist
No More
I made this mistake
Lost Hands Found Fingers
Assasinate the Scientist
So Pastel
Worlds
R.A.F.
Buttons
Shaking Hands
Diet Coke Heads

In case you forgot, this is going down March 6-8 in St. Augustine, Florida. Tickets are running $39.50 right now for a 3 day pass.

Harvest Of Hope website

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Scion Rock Fest is getting closer and closer. They have a schedule up and it is looking good:

OUTDOOR STAGE
1:00-1:40pm Kylesa
2:00-2:40pm Torche
3:00-3:40pm Baroness
4:00-4:50pm Boris
5:10-5:40pm Pig Destroyer
6:00-7:00pm High On Fire
7:30pm-9:00pm Neurosis
9:30pm-11:00pm Mastodon

HEAVEN
1:10pm-1:55pm Evil Army
2:15pm-2:40pm Trash Talk
3:00pm-3:45pm Skeletonwitch
4:10pm-5:00pm Toxic Holocaust
5:20pm-6:05pm Warbringer
6:30pm-7:30pm Septic Flesh
8:30pm-9:30pm Cryptopsy
11:00pm-midnight Converge

HELL
1:15pm-2:00pm Apocalyptic Visions
2:20pm-3:05pm Salome
3:25pm-4:10pm US Christmas
4:30pm-5:15pm Withered
5:35pm-6:25pm Krallice
6:45pm-7:45pm Wolves In The Throne Room
8:15pm-9:15pm Nachtmystium
10:25pm-11:25pm 1349

PURGATORY
1:00pm-1:35pm Gaylord
1:55pm-2:30pm Suidakra
2:50pm-3:35pm Alestorm
3:55pm-4:40pm A Storm Of Light
5:00pm-5:45pm Harvey Milk
6:05pm-6:50pm Rwake
7:20pm-8:05pm Tyr
8:45pm-9:30pm Coalesce
10:00pm-11:00pm Zoroaster

I had previously reported that they gave out 10,000 tickets and were only letting in 3000, but those numbers were exaggerated. The venue holds 4,700 and they gave away far, far fewer than 10,000, so as long as you get there at the beginning of the day, you should have no problems getting in. This is going down at the Masquerade February 28, more info at the website.

So if you are looking for a spring break adventure now that Langerado got cancelled, there’s another Florida music festie that is looking rather nice. Harvest Of Hope Fest is happening March 6-8 in St. Augustine and has a nice lineup with plenty of talented acts including most notably to me, Devotchka, Broken Social Scene, Bad Brains, Girl Talk, Tokyo Police Club, Health, John Vanderslice, and Holy Fuck, plus a bunch of good punk bands and a large amount of names I’ve never heard before. And with all the big fests making headlines the last couple of weeks, HOH Fest had some great artist additions go under the radar:

GZA
Kool Keith
Diplo
Deerhunter
Summerbirds In The Cellar
plus more

What makes this fest particularly enticing is that a ticket costs less than $40. Get all the info you need at their website.

South By Southwest’s lineup of official showcase bands now sits at 1,800 acts. Yes, seriously. To illustrate how mammoth this thing is, they just announced some new artist additions, and I pulled out a small fraction of them that I want to see:

A Armada, Abe Vigoda, All The Saints, Amplive, Asobi Seksu, Lou Barlow, Camera Obscura, Chairlift, Dead Confederate, Deastro, The Decemberists, Department Of Eagles, Dirty Projectors, Earlimart, Efterklang, Larkin Grimm, Illinois, Indian Jewelry, Jaguar Love, Klever, Kylesa, Le Castle Vania, Loney Dear, Jason Lytle, Maps & Atlases, Meat Puppets, No Age, The Paper Chase, Phosphorescent, Ponytail, The Rosebuds, Rotary Downs, School Of Seven Bells, Shearwater, Silversun Pickups, Starfucker, Takka Takka, These Are Powers, Treasure Fingers, M Ward, White Denim, and Women.

The Ohmpark crew is heading down to SXSW again this year, so I’ll break down the full lineup and events once all of the shows and parties have been listed, but if you are interested in keeping up with all of the latest SXSW info, I suggest checking out these sites:

http://sxswblog.sched.org/
http://showlistaustin.com/
http://www.donewaiting.com/category/sxsw/
http://www.sxswblog.com/
http://www.sxsw.com/

Remember that passes are $650 until this Friday before they jump up even higher. Also, any of you ATL bands or peeps who are going to be down there, hit us up.

If you don’t know what the dilly is with SXSW, check out our coverage of last year’s events.

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The beginning of a new year comes with rampant speculation of who is going to be on each upcoming festival’s line-up. I’m going to break down some of the rumours, and talk about the festivals I am most excited about in 2009. So break open your calendar and get ready to plan your year in festies:


CONTINUE READING Ohmpark’s 2009 Festival Guide (3,166 words)

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