{Sasquatch photo by asclepius6 from the Imaginary Flickr Photo Pool}

Do you hear that?

It is the sound of folks feverishly tweeting and posting about the amazing #Sasquatch line-up just announced. After weeks (who are we kidding, months!) of mathematically calculating probabilities based on tour schedules and record release dates, we finally have a firm answer of who's going to be at the Gorge this Memorial Day weekend, as well as explanations as to why certain folks don't have a Seattle tour date in the next few months.

Not to sound like everyone else every other year, but this year's line-up has left me speechless. The Sasquatch folks have brought together the best of the best of the best (except Allo Darlin, which I'm guessing will be begged to participate next year) to celebrate their 10th Anniversary.  I mean Wilco, Bright Eyes, Matt & Kim, The Radio Dept., The Thermals, Stornoway, and The Young Evils!?!?!?  You're killing me!!!

Are you headed that way? Who are you most excited about (mine bolded below)? Anyone else you think is going to be added to the bill before we pack up our roadtrip munchies and head Quincy, WA way?

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Are you one of those hardcore music festival-goers who buys tickets before you even know who’s playing? Or do you prefer to wait to see who’s taking the stage before you fork out the $$$?

Either way, if you’re planning on/thinking about going to the Sasquatch! festival this year, you can find out the lineup for sure on Sunday, February 6. Showbox at the Market will be hosting this year’s launch party, with performances from The Thermals, Mad Rad, and Das Racist. Comedian Todd Barry will be manning the mike, and tickets to this even are free free free!

Just head over to Verizon stores downtown (6th & Olive), at Northgate, or in Bellevue Square starting tomorrow, Thursday, 2/3 to pick up a pair (limit 2 per person). Just an FYI: tix don’t guarantee you entry, so plan on bundling up and waiting in line for a bit to get in and get a good spot.

Sasquatch! 2011 Launch Party
sponsored by Verizon
Showbox at the Market
Sunday, February 6
Doors @8pm
21+

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(Midlake Poster design by Corianton Hale / Sleep Op)

This year the Sasquatch Festival folks have taken their responsibility to have a handsome poster design up a notch... to the point that a gala is required to mark the Memorial Day event's magnificent design 2010 portfolio.

On Saturday, May 1, Vermillion Art Gallery & Wine Bar (1508 11th Ave, right near the new Elliott Bay Book Company) is hosting the opening gala for the Sasquatch! Posters! Exhibition from 6p-10p. For the first time in the history of the festival’s yearly design invitational, we will have the opportunity to bask in the beauty of walls lined with brilliant screen-prints of the 2010 poster exhibit. Starting at 8p, DJ Darwin of Mad Rad will be providing a soundtrack for us to browse the indie-rock art gallery by. The Saturday opening event is 21+ but the rest of the exhibit is open to all ages and will run May 2-May 7, 2010 from 4pm - 9pm.

All of my favorite dreamy local designers will be showing at the event, and I'm sure I'm going to discover a few crushes as well. I've already spent hours on the gallery page of the Sasquatch site previewing of what kind of brilliance will be offered. I can't pick a favorite. But I can tell you that our friends Corianton Hale (Midlake), Killorn O’Neil (Mountain Goats), and Seattle Show Posters (Garfunkel and Oates) have not let us down. For a full list of who is partaking in the fun, head over to the Sasquatch Facebook page.

Which one will you be drooling over most on Saturday night?

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at The Gorge

Oh Monday! Dear third day of camping, hair unwashed, everything I own smelling like sunscreen. After packing everything up post-haste we hoofed it to see one of the two early shows that day, the Heartless Bastards. I'd heard scattered ruminations about them but didn't know much and I'm patting myself on the back for checking them out. The Heartless Bastards are a Cincinnati-by-way-of-Texas band fronted by Erika Wennerstrom, whose soulful Patti Smith/Chrissie Hynde voice unites with the rough and tumble southern sound of her Austin band to form a rich and raucous kind of alt-country that is anything but boring.

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at The Gorge

I'm from Texas and all, but sitting on a rock in 85 degree heat with no shade, clouds or wind isn't my idea of completely awesome. Especially when after all that I walk back to the sticky hot tent to drink and then pass out in my sleeping bag, only to await the next day of the same. So that's my excuse for missing Calexico (but my amigo Sam caught them and wrote about it ). On with St. Vincent!

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at The Gorge

Sasquatch was a doozy. I wrote a lil bit o' news about a few bands I saw each day via my check-in's for days 1, 2 and 3. There were people having sex during the Decemberists right out in front of {supreme being} and everyone, and I met a TON of Canadians "eh". I saw a kid wearing a fleece pajama jumpsuit all three days (shower? yeck) and my toes have never been as dirty as they were after three days of music and camping. Verdict: sunburned, dehydrated, jolly good time. The itsy bitsy press trailer was anything but cush, so I kept my ass out and about amongst the common-folk gorging themselves on the sweet sweet sounds of Sasquatch. Here is what I heard:

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More details about my first ever Sasquatch experience (and the bands I saw there) coming in the next few days!

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The heat and the glaring sun has been getting to me, so I ended up missing Calexico to stay longer at camp under the sweet shade.

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I'm going to act like Gaslight Anthem didn't happen and the Doves were the first band I saw...

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Sasquatch 2009 is a mere two days away. Go see bands all three days, cheer your head off, drink some beer and/or smoke a joint. Get dirty campin' toes and sweat through your forehead bandanna (or brave kilt-lifting style winds like in 2007). Come back harried and skip out on work Tuesday. Recount every last moment, with positive embellishments, to anyone fool enough not to attend. Buy the tshirt and flaunt the shit out of it.

Here is your big bad SASQUATCH 2009 PREVIEW.

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