# Treasure Island Music Festival 2012 Celebrates Anniversary with Girl Talk, Toro Y Moi, Matthew Dear, Public Enemy, SBTRKT

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2012/10/treasure-island-music-festival-2012-best-bands-performances/
- Published: 2012-10-16T15:01:09-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

Cloudy, rainy weather in the **San Francisco Bay Area** earlier last week cleared
out just in time for the 5th Annual **Treasure Island Music Festival**. Under radiant,
blue skies, and basking in the warm, golden sunshine, thousands of T.I. festival
goers were treated to electrifying performances from artists like Grimes, Toro Y
Moi, Matthew Dear, Pubic Enemy, The Coup, Dirty Ghosts, and many others. By the 
time the sun set in a blaze of firey orange, red and yellow, the festival ground
lights came on, the Ferris Wheel was lighted up and people put on sweaters, hoodies
and jackets.

“Oblivion” – **Grimes** from _Visions_

[“Shout It In”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Dirty%20Ghosts-%20Shout%20It%20In2.mp3)–**
Dirty Ghosts** from  _Metal Moon_

[“Headcage”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/mdheadcage-19233013.mp3)–**
Matthew Dear** from _Beams_

The following is a collection of photographs from Day One by **Ryan Holmes**, a 
freelance photographer based in San Francisco. He also shot **[Twin Shadow](https://indierockcafe.com/2012/08/concert-photos-twin-shadows-confess-tour-san-francisco/)**
for IRC back in August. His personal website is Sixteenth & Broadway. The following
photos feature Toro Y Moi, Matthew Dear, Public Enemy, Tycho, SBTRKT, Girl Talk 
and audience shots.

![](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/toroymoitreasure-duo-500x333.
jpg "toroymoitreasure-duo")

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jpg "toroymoitreasure4")

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Day Two of Treasure Island Festival also featured a top-notch line-up hosted a string
of bands like **Ty Segall, The xx, Los Campesinos, Best Coast, Gossip, Divine Fits**
and **M83**, among others. Interestingly, many of these bands have been featured
in recent posts. In fact, Ty Segall just released one of the best albums of this
year last week. **The xx**‘s new single was the No. 2 single of the month of September
on IRC, beat out, only by **The Raveonettes’** No. 1 single, as determined by IRC
listeners. Listen to that track and others via the Top Ten Songs for September 2012
article and playlist. **Divine Fits**, an IRC breakout band of 2012,  released their
debut album in August, and took the No. 1 slot for the last week of August in the
[Top Ten Songs Playlists for August 2012](https://indierockcafe.com/2012/09/top-ten-songs-playlists-for-august-2012-divine-fits-ariel-pinks-haunted-graffiti-black-pistol-fire-red-kross/)
post, with their new power-pop single, “Would That Not Be Nice”.

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[“Would That Not Be Nice”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/04%20Divine%20Fits%20-%20A%20Thing%20Called%20Divine%20Fits%20-%20Would%20That%20Not%20Be%20Nice3.mp3)–**
Divine Fits** from _A Thing Called Divine Fits_

[“Angels”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/xx_angels2.mp3) – **The 
xx** from _Coexist_

[“The Hill”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/thehilltysegall1.mp3) –**
Ty Segall** from _Twins _

“By Your Hand” – **Los Campesinos!** from _Hello Sadness_

Kudos to **Press Here Publicity** and **Another Planet** for organizing and managing
the two-day event so well, and to all of the workers as well. Over the past five
years, TIMF has progressed from a start-up fest to now being one of the premiere
West Coast music festivals, along with Outside Lands, both of which had their debut
in 2008.

#### Brief History of Treasure Island

Treasure Island is a relatively small, man-made island in the northeastern area 
of the San Francisco Bay and accessible via the **Bay Bridge** and ferries. For 
many years, the island was a strategic military base that really began to develop
after hosting the 1935 **World’s Fair, **but mainly because of World War II and 
Cold War era military installment. However, in the past 15 years, the military has
all but left Treasure Island, and the island has transformed into a mix of businesses,
residential neighborhoods, recreation and tourism.