Category: 2011 Music Festivals

S-25 – Bonnaroo 2011 Playlist Mix with The Black Lips, Widespread Panic, The Strokes, Beirut, Lil Wayne, Deer Tick, The Walkmen

Posted on by Max Hammer
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The Black Keys rocked the packed crowds at Bonnaroo on Saturday. Photo by David Hall for OC Register.

Rap rules Bonnaroo? That was the headline grabber from ABC News’ coverage for Day Tree of the popular music festival located on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee.

But, we hardly think that, in a musical context, or any other context we can think of, that rap is ‘ruling’ a music festival where the majority of bands and artists fall within the realms of alternative rock, indie, folk and a hodge podge of other genres like blues, jazz, funk, gospel, country, electronica, pop, and world music. Just because a couple of the world’s most famous rappers, Eminem and Lil’ Wayne, to be precise, performed as headliners this weekend does not make Bonnaroo a rap festival.

One of the things that is so magnificent about Bonnaroo is it’s eclectic and all-inclusive theme, which runs true through everything from the line-up to the participants. So, we thought this Sunday’s S-25 playlist mix should celebrate and reflect the diverse line-up of Bonnaroo 2011. This is the final day of the famous four-day camping fest, which is now in its tenth year, and one of North America’s most popular music festivals.

It wasn’t easy to pick just 25 artists to represent some 200 bands at Bonnaroo this year, but that’s the point of the weekly S-25 mix, so we have to stick to it (even though we’ll sometimes go over the 25 quasi limit as you’d see if you browse through the S-25 archives).

“Modern Art” – The Black Lips from Arabia Mountain

“Under Cover of Darkness” – The Strokes from Angles

“Little Kin” (Live 2008) – Widespread Panic

Cover art for the new single by Beirut, "East Harlem" from The Rip Tide, out Aug. 30th

“East Harlem” – Beirut from The Rip Tide – due out Aug. 30th

“I’m Me” – Lil Wayne from The Leak

“Enzymes” – The Freelance Whales, single 12/10

“The Cave” – Mumford and Sons from Sigh No More

“Revival” –  Deerhunter from Halcyon Digest

“Engwish Bwudd” – Man Man from Six Demon Bag

“Light of the Morning”– Band of Skulls from Baby Darling Doll Face Honey [+digital booklet]

“Don’t Do It” – Sharon Van Etten from Epic

“Postcard From 1952″ (Live, Pittsburgh 4/8/11) – Explosions in the Sky from Take Care

“Rope & Summit” – Junip from Rope & Summit EP

“Angela Surf City– The Walkmen from Lisbon

“Breakin Up” (Acoustic) – G. Love and Special Sauce from Lemonade

“Twenty Miles” – Deer Tick from The Black Dirt Sessions

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“The Other Summer” – MiniBoone

“Winter ’68″ – The Black Angels from RSD release

“Spider Dance” – DJ Logic from Project Logic

“Bone Jam” – JEFF The Brotherhood


“It’s Hard to Be Humble (When You Are from Alabama)” – Phosphorescent from Here’s To Taking It Easy

“Emotional Slaughter” – Black Uhuru from Chill Out

“Harlem River Blues” – Justin Townes Earle from Harlem River Blues

“Tell Em” – Sleigh Bells from Treats


“Boyfriend” – Best Coast from Crazy For You

Bonus Tracks:

“Down By The Water” – The Drums from The Drums

“100 Other Lovers” – DeVotchKa from 100 Other Lovers

Also check out IRC’s playlist mixes for Sasquatch, BFD, Coachella and SXSW (500+ Free MP3s)

Wilco & The Decemberists Close Out 10th Annual Sasquatch Festival, Plus Surfer Blood, Best Coast, Guided By Voices, Wavves

Posted on by Max Hammer
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Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performs Monday night at Sasquatch Fest - Photo by James Bailey

Wilco ceremoniously closed the 10th annual Sasquatch Festival Monday evening after four days of one of the best line-ups we’ve seen so far for a 2011 music festival.

Jeff Tweedy and the band rocked through a two-hour set in front of a crowd of thousands of weary, chilly and wet Wilco fans who were nonetheless enthusiastic and visibly enjoying the final performance at the Gorge Ampitheatre in Quincy, Washington.

The celebrated Chicago alternative rock band (even though they covered so many genres over the years), and one of America’s finest musical exports of the past 15 years, Wilco was the final performance of a festival that is increasingly one of the top U.S. festivals along with the more recognized fests like Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. Here are a couple of the original tracks the band played on Monday night, plus a full stream of Wilco’s entire set.

“Heavy Metal Drummer” – Wilco from Yankee Foxtrot Hotel (2001)

“A Shot In The Arm” – Wilco from Summerteeth (1998)

Hear Wilco’s entire Sasquatch set via NPR.

Note: Make sure to check back for more of our post Sasquatch coverage during the next couple of days.

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Colin Meloy of The Decemberists performs Monday night at Sasquatch Festival in Washington state. Photo by James Bailey

Previous to Wilco, The Decemberists rocked and swooned the crowd with a set list featuring indie classics from their earlier folky maritime-themed albums to songs from their latest, and number one album, The King is Dead, which has clearly catapulted the band out of indie realm and into the world of mainstream rock. But labeling did not matter to the thousands of festival goers who were treated to an electrifying performance, starting off with the dramatic saga, “The Infanta.” After The Decemberists, catch some of Deerhunter‘s set on the Bigfoot stage.

“The Infanta” – The Decemberists from Picturesque (2005)

“June Hymn” – The Decemberists from The King is Dead (2011)

Listen to The Decemberists’ entire set via NPR.

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Surfer Blood were one of the big attractions on the Yeti stage on Monday during Sasquatch

Part of what made Sasquatch so amazing, and yet so challenging, was the fact that the line-up was smoking hot nearly all day and all of the night on each of the four stages. For example, prior to Deerhunter, the Bigfoot stage hosted performances on Monday from !!!, Surfer Blood, Black Mountain, Noah & The Whale, Twin Shadow, Givers and others.

“Floating Vibes” – Surfer Blood from Astro Coast (2010)

“Druganaut” – Black Mountain from Black Mountain (2005)

“I Have Nothing”* – Noah and The Whale from The First Days of Spring (2009)

  • Note: As much as possible, we only use .mp3 links from record labels, publicists, box.net and blogs that make there own .mp3 links available to Hype Machine and other music services. If we have a song link to your own blog but you want us to remove it, please leave a comment and we’ll get it much faster than our email, which is spammed to kingdom come.

– Stream and download partial sets from Black Mountain, City and Colour and Foster The People.

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Best Coast performed the last show on the Yeti stage for Sasquatch Fest on Monday. Photo via Line Out.

Meanwhile, on the Yeti stage Monday, festival goers were treated to sets from indie artists like Jaill, The Young Evils, White Denim, Foster The People, and Best Coast. The latter two bands drew good-sized crowds as the afternoon wore on. In and of itself, that line-up on just one rather small stage is a winner for any indie festival.

“Boyfriend” – Best Coast from Crazy For You (2010)

“The Stroller ” – Jaill from That’s How We Burn (2010)

“Houdini” – Foster The People from Torches (2010)

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Wavves lit up the Yeti stage on Monday to kick-off Day Four of Sasquatch. Photo from James Bailey

Earlier in the day, on the main stage, Sasquatch, a gigantic platform set far down the bottom of a hillside, and , there were awesome performances from Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (stream), Guided By Voices, Chromeo, Old 97s, Young The Giant, and Wavves (stream) kicked it off with the first show of the day on the Yeti stage at lunch time.

“Diablo Rojo” – Rodrigo Y Gabriela from Rodrigo Gabriela (2007)

“June Salutes You” – Guided By Voices from The Official Ironmen Rally EP (2006)

“King of the Beach” – Wavves from King of the Beach (2010)

  • If you are a fan of Guided By Voices, Major Lazer, Noah and the Whale, Old 97s and Rodrigo Y Gabriela you can stream via NPR to hear parts of their sets from Sasquatch on Monday.

Check back, and refresh this page, for further updates, plus, don’t miss our Sasquatch Festival reviews for Sunday, Saturday and Friday, featuring coverage of even more performances and songs from Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, Bright Eyes, Death Cab For Cutie, Tokyo Police Club, Beach House, J. Mascis, Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells, The Radio Dept , The Globes, The Head and The Heart, Local Natives, Sharon Van Etten, Wolf Parade, Wye Oak, The Antlers, Iron & Wine, The Thermals, Washed Out, and it simply goes on and on.

More coming from Sasquatch!