The Triangle of North Carolina (Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Durham) has been known for its music since the good ol’ days of the early 90s. You’ve probably heard the Sonic Youth song about Chapel Hill. “You like Superchunk?” an out-of-stater might ask. “What are your thoughts on Archers of Loaf?” These days, Bowerbirds and Annuals have been added to the list, to name just two. The hipsters of Raleigh and Carrboro want these areas to shine to the outside world like the indie beacons they still are, and yet there are no huge events for the indie community, extending beyond the shows at Cat’s Cradle or bluegrass festivals.
Until now! This year, The Independent Weekly is sponsoring the Hopscotch Music Festival, the biggest and most awesome music festival the Triangle has ever seen. September 9-11, 120 bands will play in 10 venues across downtown Raleigh, with headliners Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene, and The Rosebuds on September 10, and Public Enemy (with a full-band set), No Age, and The Love Language on September 11, at the Raleigh City Plaza. Here is the lineup as of now, with more to be announced on April 12:
9th Wonder & Friends, Active Child, Actual Proof, Akron/Family, All Tiny Creatures, American Aquarium, Americans in France, Atlas Sound, Balmorhea, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Big Remo, Birds of Avalon, Black Congo NC, DJ George Brazil, Broken Social Scene, Brutal Knights, Richard Buckner, Burning Star Core, Cannabis Corpse, Caitlin Cary’s Small Ponds with Tres Chicas, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Cults, Greg Davis, Dex Romweber Duo, Double Dagger, Double Negative, The Dynamite Brothers, EAR PWR, ExMonkeys, First Rate People, Followed by Static, Ben Frost, Fucked Up, Future Islands, Golden Boys, The Golden Filter, Goner, Gray Young, Ryan Gustafson, Hammer No More the Fingers, Harlem, Harvey Milk, Horseback, John Howie Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff, I Was Totally Destroying It, Javelin, Jeb Bishop Trio, Juan Huevos, Kaze, Kill the Noise, The Kingsbury Manx, Kooley High, Kylesa, The Light Pines, Lonnie Walker, The Love Language, Lucero, Luego, Max Indian, Erin McKeown, Megafaun, Midtown Dickens, The Moaners, The Monologue Bombs, Motor Skills, Mountains, Jon Mueller, Marissa Nadler, No Age, NOMO, Ocean, Old Bricks, Panda Bear, Pattern Is Movement, Pictureplane, Plague, Pontiak, Public Enemy, Rapsody, The Remix Project, The Rosebuds, Schooner, Sightings, Skyzoo, Spclgst, Spider Bags, Thee Tom Hardy, Thien, Tigercity, Tortoise, Treasure Fingers, US Christmas, Sharon Van Etten, Veelee, Vincent Black Shadow, War on Drugs, Washed Out, Weedeater, Whatever Brains, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Tyler Woods, Yip-Yip
The best part? A ticket for entry to all nine festival clubs, covering all three days, is just $45. (Tickets to the aforementioned September 9 and 11 shows sold separately for $30). Tickets go on sale April 1.
• Hopscotch Music Festival: http://hopscotchmusicfest.com
