2/26/2008

Sasquatch!

The 2008 Sasquatch! Music Festival, to be held in Quincy, WA on May 24-26, will be headlined by the likes of R.E.M., The Cure, The Flaming Lips (who in addition to their "UFO" schtick will premiere their forever-in-the-making Christmas on Mars film), Death Cab For Cutie, and Modest Mouse. Also on the bill are The New Pornographers, the National, Built To Spill, the Hives, the Breeders, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Battles, Throw Me The Statue and Crudo, a new collaboration between Mike Patton and Dan the Automator. Tickets go on sale March 8th.

Here's the complete lineup:
R.E.M.
The Cure
The Flaming Lips
Death Cab For Cutie
Modest Mouse
M.I.A.
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Flight of the Conchords
the New Pornographers
the Presidents
the National
Tegan & Sara
Built To Spill
the Hives
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Ozomatli
Cold War Kids
the Breeders
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Okkervil River
Dengue Fever
Jamie Lidell
Crudo
Mates Of State
Destroyer
Rogue Wave
Battles
Fleet Foxes
White Rabbits
the Cave Singers
Pela
Grand Archives
the Little Ones
Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down
Dead Confederate
65Daysofstatic
the Heavenly States
Kinski
David Bazan
Dyme Def
Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio
Sera Cahoone
Joshua Morrison
the Blakes
Siberian
Throw Me The Statue
the Cops
Say Hi
the Shaky Hands
J. Tillman