Portland’s largest music festival, Musicfest NW, announced its 2012 lineup today. It has 150 bands playing at 16 clubs all over Portland and includes Girl Talk, Beirut, Passion Pit, Dinosaur Jr, & More.
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2012 Musicfest NW Info & Lineup:
From press release:
Musicfest NW
September 5-9, 2012 | Porltand, Oregon
More info: http://musicfestnw.com/
- $125 for an all-inclusive wristband that gets you into all three outdoor shows and the rest of the five-day festival.
- $75 for a ticket to one of the three outdoor shows (Silversun Pickups, Girl Talk, or Beirut) and a wristband for admission to the rest of the festival.
MusicfestNW is once again returning to the historic Pioneer Courthouse Square—Portland’s civic living room—for three picturesque outdoor headlining performances at Levi’s Pioneer Stage headlined by shoegazing alternative rockers Silversun Pickups (Sunday, Sept. 9), mashup superstar Girl Talk (Saturday, Sept. 8), and the world music-tinged indie folk of Beirut (Friday, Sept. 7).
Beyond the Square, MusicfestNW will once again take over the city of Portland for five days, with 150 bands playing at 16 clubs all over the city. On Wednesday, Sept. 5, electropop upstarts Passion Pit headline the Crystal Ballroom (the band also plays the next night) and reunited post-hardcore titans Hot Snakes play the Roseland Theater. The alt-country act Old 97’s playing their seminal record Too Far to Care front-to-back, the beautiful folk tunes of The Tallest Man on Earth, local atmospheric rockers The Helio Sequence, local heroes Hazel reuniting for Cavity Search Records 20th anniversary show, rising hip-hop phenoms Yelawolf and Danny Brown, A-Trak DJing on the Nike Sportswear stage, and the debut of the Red Bull Common Thread series featuring guitar heroes Dinosaur Jr. with sets from the bands’ two offshoots, Sebadoh and J. Mascis. The festival also features Critics’ darlings Ceremony, Julia Holter, Lightning Bolt, The Men, Fucked Up, Trust, and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart will all be performing special sets of over the September weekend.
Willamette Week is also proud to announce the debut of its very own tech conference to coincide with MusicfestNW. Portland has a rich and underrated tech scene, and in its first year, Portland Digital eXperience (PDX) will extend the MusicfestNW beyond music to embrace the technology and startup community by featuring conversations with leading thinkers, both local and from outside Portland. The event, held September 6-8, will focus on individuals who exemplify an “attention to detail, creativity, and the craft of building compelling experiences.” Among the confirmed speakers are Aaron Draplin of Draplin Design Co., Evan Doll of Flipboard, James Keller of Walmart Labs, and Chris Teso of Chirpify.
Previous MFNW performances include: The National, The Decemberists, Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse, Vampire Weekend, TV on the Radio, Explosions in the Sky, Sunny Day Real Estate, Spoon, Iron & Wine, M. Ward, Built to Spill, Arctic Monkeys, Cat Power, Panda Bear, Black Lips, Band of Horses and The Silver Jews.
Festival wristbands and tickets for shows at Pioneer Courthouse Square, Crystal Ballroom, Roseland Theater, and Aladdin Theater go on sale on Friday, June 1 via Cascade Tickets. Festival wristbands are on sale at two price points:
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2012 Musicfest NW Lineup:
Silversun Pickups
Passion Pit
Beirut
Girl Talk
A-Trak
Dinosaur Jr.
Sebadoh
J. Mascis
The Tallest Man On Earth
The Helio Sequence
Old 97′s performing Too Far To Care
Yelawolf
Hot Snakes
Menomena
Trampled By Turtles
Starfucker
Red Fang
Danny Brown
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
Typhoon
Swans
Lightning Bolt
Purity Ring
Black Mountain
King Khan & the Shrines
Hazel
Fucked Up
Big Freedia
Future Islands
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Redd Kross
Sloan performing Twice Removed
John Maus
Moonface
Omar Souleyman
Joe Pug
Big Business
The Men
Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
I Break Horses
Milo Greene
Tanlines
The Growlers
Trust
DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin
Touche Amore
Ceremony
Nite Jewel
Chelsea Wolfe
Blouse
Julia Holter
Mirrorring
LP
Xiu Xiu
Gardens & Villa
The Builders and The Butchers
Bobby Bare Jr.
The Soft Moon
Cheap Girls
Pete Krebs and the Gossamer Wings
Sad Baby Wolf
Radiation City
These United States
Brown Bird
Joyce Manor
Defeater
Daughn Gibson
Holcombe Waller
Hey Marseilles
Craft Spells
Mean Jeans
The People’s Temple
Fort Lean
Mrs. Magician
The Drowning Men
Crystal Antlers
And And And
Alialujah Choir
Quest For Fire
Evian Christ
Tender Forever
Curious Mystery
Onuinu
Pure Bathing Culture
Mac Demarco
Dante vs. Zombies
DJ Beyondadoubt
Sandpeople
Hungry Ghost
Brainstorm
Erik Koskinen
Lake
White Lung
Naytronix
Hosannas
Headaches
AAN
Arrington De Dionyso
Casey Neil & The Norway Rats
Copy
Dirtclodfight
DJ Cooky Parker
Grandparents
Guantanamo Baywatch
Kendl Winter
Lemolo
Old Light
Palmas
Snow Bud & The Flower People
Stay Calm
Sun Angle
Swahili
The Dangerous Boys Club
The Dimes
The Needful Longings
The Suicide Notes
Tyler Lyle
Vice Device
White Fang
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