April 29, 2008

Monolith Music Festival, back again, threatening the tired lungs of hip kids all over









Speaking of festivals, Monolith is back. I basically had the best festival experience at Monolith last year, and with a line up like they've got (which isn't complete but, in my mind, still boasts a better line up than Bonnaroo, Coachella, Sasquatch, etc.) it looks like this September (13th & 14th) is going to be just as amazing. Summer festivals, take note, Monolith is doing it right:

Saturday the 13th:
John Vanderslice
The Morning Benders
The Kills
Pop Levi
Superdrag
Holy Fuck
Blitzen Trapper
Cut Copy
Cameron McGill & What Army

The Fratellis
The Photo Atlas
Neko Case
Darker My Love

Mickey Avalon
A Place To Bury Strangers
PWRFL POWER
Vampire Weekend
The Night Marchers
Del tha Funky Homosapien
White Denim
Silversun Pickups
The Presets

Devotchka
Boyhollow
The Hood Internet

Sunday the 14th:
The Elms
The Rosewood Thieves

Chester French
The Cribs
Tokyo Police Club
Hearts of Palm
Tilly and the Wall

Grampall Jookabox
David Moore
Bright Channel
The Avett Brothers
The Ting Tings

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
The Heavy
Band of Horses

Airborne Toxic Event
Akron/Family
TV on the Radio
The Giraffes
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy)
The Bronx
Justice

4 comments:

I Am Not Ghengis Kahn said...

Del looks strange in that lineup, (to say the least).

Luke Hunter James-Erickson said...

a little. but knowing that Monolith had like 1 hiphop artist last year, and that Del is a hip kid hip hop music maker, it makes more sense

JJ said...

No way is this better then those other lineups.

This has four great bands and the rest is fluff.

Coachella had a weak one but still managed to get some nice new faces like MGMT. And Bonnaroo looks like the best of all of them. You cant beat a line up with Kanye, Death Cab, MIA, Ben Folds and the Two Gallants to say only a few.

Ur really goin to hold devotchka and T Police Club and up as a headliner compared to that epic line up?

Great bands but no competition.

Luke Hunter James-Erickson said...

If by "fluff," you mean "even better bands," then I whole heartedly agree with you.