MusicfestNW Announces Nuts Partial ‘08 Lineup
Among the perks of working for the same company that puts on Portland’s annual MusicfestNW weekend (insomuch as Wednesday through Saturday night is a weekend) is getting to hear MFNW director Trevor Solomon randomly holler out names of awesome bands as the festival approaches (occasionally while in the midst of profanity-laced tirades). Today, though, all those individual band names look more impressive than ever, lined up as they are in the following press release. So, without further ado, here’s what you’ll be doing seeing during the first week of September:
MusicfestNW is pleased to announce that wristbands for this year’s MFNW, which will be held September 3rd through 6th, are officially on sale. The wristband costs $50 and that will guarantee you no cover at all MFNW clubs, which will be showcasing some of music’s hottest acts during the annual 4 day festivity held in Portland, Oregon. Be sure to check musicfestnw.com/tix for all the details about the wristband, tickets, as well as this year’s special VIP pass.
We here at MFNW are proud to announce the following bands that will be participating in this year’s festival. Be sure to keep checking musicfestnw.com for updates and additional bands as well as for the final schedule on July 31, 2008:
• Vampire Weekend
• TV on the Radio
• Mogwai
• The Murder City Devils
• Del the Funky Homosapien
• M Ward
• The Helio Sequence
• Xavier Rudd
• Old 97’s
• Menomena
• Polvo
• Nada Surf
• The Cool Kids
• The Whigs
• Jedi Mind Tricks
• John Vanderslice
• Dan Deacon
• Seaweed
• The Night Marchers
• Blitzen Trapper
• The Builders and The Butchers
• Deerhunter
• Steel Pole Bath Tub
• Trans Am
• Mirah
• Fuck Buttons
• Centro-Matic
• Crooked Fingers
• Bobby Bare Jr.
• Monotonix
• Fucked Up
• Poison Idea
• Matt and Kim
• Nebula
• These Arms are Snakes
• Old Time Relijun
• Colour Revolt
• Death Vessel
• Witchcraft
• Stevie Jackson (of Belle and Sebastian)
• The Blakes
• The 1900’s
• Forro in the Dark
• Bodies of Water
• Rupa and the April Fishes
• The Joggers
• Supernova
• Oxford Collapse
• Calvin Johnson
• Pierced Arrows
• U.S.E.
• Blue Giant
• Shaky Hands
• Port O’Brien
• The Mommyheads
• Totimoshi
• Sleepercar
• Akimbo
• Past Lives
• The Muslims
• Pwrfl Power
• The Devin Phillips Band
• Kaia
• Starfucker
• AND MANY MANY MORE!!!!Questions??? Call Willamette Week at 503-243-2122
The record shop nerd in me flips pretty hard over Polvo, Seaweed and Mogwai. The internet nerd in me loves Dan Deacon, TV On the Radio and the Cool Kids. In any case, I think it’s turning out to be a pretty well-rounded fest, with a few of the bigger names still to be revealed. And I’m not just saying that because I work here.
Question becomes, which one of these bands’ sets will be responsible for this year’s “oh shit” moment? Last year, you’ll remember, a lot of folks thought it was Girl Talk. Mogwai and the reunited Murder City Devils have already been discussed around here…
Links:
MFNW
Photo nabbed from the MFNW site.
jason
says:wow, that’s good. that’s really really good.
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 am (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkPeter R. Walters
says:Wait…. Murder… City… REUNITED?!
where the hell have I been?!
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 10:34 am (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinktravel light
says:that “oh shit” moment would be monotonix:
http://flickr.com/photos/joshsisk/sets/72157605684311744/detail/
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 10:45 am (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkClara Ridabock
says:oh my god.. wweek is really pulling out all the stops this year lineup wise. vampire weekend? m ward? mirah? the cool kids? tv on the radio? MOGWAI? all in my city at the same time? are you trying to kill me?
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkManny Lennox
says:Super low on electronic acts, although Dan Deacon
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 1:18 pm (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkand F-Buttons are pretty huge and choice picks.
Poopie Scoopie
says:What, no jambands?
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 1:26 pm (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkPeter
says:The Mommyheads? Brilliant!
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 1:29 pm (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkCary Clarke
says:I never thought I would get to see Polvo live. Bully bully! I will build a machine to take with me to the show that will slow time to a stop and make their set last forever.
Resolved: “Celebrate the New Dark Age” is the best EP of all time.
Also, a very strong local big-wigs line-up.
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinktravel light
says:Yeah, that’s a good point Manny. Given that even the more rock-ish fests out there are giving dance acts at least token billing, this almost seems almost intentionally exclusive of it.
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 3:04 pm (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkryan
says:re:electronic acts - keep in mind this is only a partial list. for example, Copy is playing the Dan Deacon show along with Dykeritz.
as for me, i’m mostly psyched for DEL.
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 3:29 pm (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkCASEY JARMAN
(post author) says:del will be sweet. i think metal fans are going to be stoked when they see more of the lineup, too. i have very little insight into the voodoo that makes this thing happen every year, though, so i can’t shed much light on the electronic situation. maybe the other good national acts are in europe in september or something? anyway, lots of good fringey indie rock stuff i’m stoked on. and i hope U.S.E. is ending the whole fest. they’re so cheesy!
Posted @ July 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkMARK BAUMGARTEN
says:I’ve got to second Travel Light’s prediction. Monotonix, the band you can reach out and touch … or get biffed in the head by.
http://flickr.com/photos/mcaphoto/2408806989/in/photostream/
Cheers to Trevor. Good show.
Posted @ July 3rd, 2008 at 12:06 am (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkJason Simms
says:MONOTONIXXXX!!!!!!!!!
Posted @ July 3rd, 2008 at 2:18 am (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkMFNW Announces Lineup
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Posted @ July 3rd, 2008 at 9:54 am (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkdouglas martin
says:pete: murder city also reunited for the 2006 (or was it 2005?) capitol hill block party. but shit, i missed them that time. i’m geeking out pretty hard over this lineup. especially del, deerhunter, past lives, and TVOTR (whom i’ve seen like five times, but it doesn’t matter because they’re so fucking awesome).
shit. i better book a hotel room.
Posted @ July 3rd, 2008 at 2:00 pm (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalinkJEFF ROSENBERG
says:Actually, Xavier Rudd is kinda a one-man jam-band. Scary, I know.
Anyway, Casey, just how many nerds ARE there in you?
Posted @ July 11th, 2008 at 5:40 am (July 2nd, 2008) | Flag this Comment | permalink