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My Schedule
1:00 PM
to 1:30 PM
Moshe Kasher
130 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype rumpus-room
event::about Moshe Kasher. Comedian. Child Genius. Jew. Jew Comedian. OBGYN. Pleasure center. Good tipper. Guiding light. Beefcake. Featured on : Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Chelsea Lately, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, Named 2009's New comedian of the year by Itunes People really seem to like him.
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Website http://www.moshekasher.com/
1:20 PM
to 2:05 PM
Fool's Gold
628 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype yeti
event::about Fool's Gold is a Los Angeles collective that weaves together western pop aesthetics with African rhythms and melodies. The group started as a side project of two young LA musicians, vocalist/bassist Luke Top and lead guitarist Lewis Pesacov, who set out to explore their shared love of various forms of African music (specifically Congolese, Ethiopean, Eritrean and Malian), Krautrock, and 80s dance influenced pop music.
event::tags 332
Website http://www.myspace.com/foolsgold
1:55 PM
to 2:40 PM
Mumford & Sons
1879 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype bigfoot
event::about Since they formed in December 2007, the members of Mumford & Sons have shared a common purpose: to make music that matters, without taking themselves too seriously. Four young men from West London in their early twenties, they have fire in their bellies, romance in their hearts, and rapture in their masterful, melancholy voices.
event::tags 281
Website http://www.mumfordandsons.com/
2:00 PM
to 2:45 PM
Brent Weinbach
54 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype rumpus-room
event::about Brent Weinbach's stand-up comedy is weird. He does a lot of characters, he's physical, and his humor is absurd. Here are some other words to describe Weinbach: deadpan, silly, obscure, unconventional, smart, stupid, post-modern, grass roots, Berlin, 1980's, tennis, bike riding, Virgo, Rygar, etc. The list goes on and on.
event::tags 384
Website http://www.brentweinbach.com/
3:00 PM
to 3:45 PM
Portugal. The Man
1674 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype bigfoot
event::about Within days of Alternative Press including Censored Colors on its list of 10 Essential Albums of 2008, the members of Portugal. The Man were trudging through the Boston snow to start work on their fourth release in four years, The Satanic Satanist.
event::tags 294
Website http://portugaltheman.com/
3:15 PM
to 4:00 PM
Garfunkel & Oates
422 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype rumpus-room
event::about Garfunkel & Oates is a comedy-folk duo from Los Angeles, California, consisting of actress-songwriters Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome. The two met at the Upright Citizens Brigade theatre in Los Angeles. The band was formed when they started working together to turn a short film made by Lindhome, entitled "Imaginary Larry", into a musical.
event::tags 335
4:30 PM
to 5:30 PM
Patton Oswalt
589 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype rumpus-room
event::about Patton Oswalt is an actor/writer/comedian who was featured as "Remy the Rat," the lead voice in Pixar's blockbuster hit, Ratatouille and has been headlining comedy clubs all over the U.S. since 1996. He also spent nine seasons playing Spence on CBS's hit show, King of Queens.
event::tags 383
Website http://www.pattonoswalt.com/
6:45 PM
to 7:30 PM
WHY?
688 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
7:00 PM
to 8:00 PM
The National
2306 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype sasquatch
event::about The National are a band of New Yorkers transplanted from Cincinnati, Ohio: Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Scott Devendorf. What each member of the band does is not that important, but what they do together seems increasingly more so...
event::tags 303
Website http://www.americanmary.com/
7:30 PM
to 8:30 PM
The Hold Steady
881 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype bigfoot
event::about During our time as The Hold Steady, I've made a lot in interviews and onstage monologues about what little ambition we had when we started this band. We weren't sure if we would play shows or release records. We had seriously managed expectations. But in the end, we did end up playing shows and releasing records, and we are better people for it.
event::tags 351
Website http://www.theholdsteady.net/
10:00 PM
to 11:30 PM
My Morning Jacket
2359 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype sasquatch
event::about "There's a theme of moral confusion that runs through the whole record," says Jim James, frontman of My Morning Jacket, explaining the title of the band's new album, Evil Urges. "The world today is such a confused place. Things that people think are good values are obviously twisted, but there are other things considered evil that obviously aren't. There is real evil out there, but Evil Urges is about how all of these things that you've been told are evil really aren't, unless they're actually hurting something or somebody."
event::tags 282
Website http://www.mymorningjacket.com/
12:05 PM
to 12:55 PM
Caribou
1818 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype sasquatch
event::about From its humble beginnings with the theft of a sampler gathering dust in his high school's music department, through four acclaimed albums and an absurd collision with a litigious wrestler, Dan Snaith's (aka Caribou) musical life has followed anything but a predictable trajectory.
event::tags 324
Website http://www.caribou.fm/
1:30 PM
to 2:15 PM
Local Natives
1725 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype bigfoot
event::about Local Natives make soaring, sky-scraping harmonies, dreamy orchestral melodies, and throbbing tribal beats that bash their way into your soul. Theirs are songs you can dance to almost as well as you can swoon to them. Drawing a line from the vocal stylings of Crosby Stills Nash & Young and the Zombies through the more esoteric edges of post-punk and Afro-beat, this California five piece have communally crafted a brand of indie rock all their own.
event::tags 342
Website http://www.thelocalnatives.com/
2:35 PM
to 3:20 PM
The Tallest Man On Earth
1665 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype bigfoot
event::about When fans lined up to see the sold-out Bon Iver performances at New York City's Town Hall in late 2008, few of them went with any expectations of the opening act. But the audience that night, and on every other night of Bon Iver's tour that December, were introduced to something special, something unforgettable: The Tallest Man on Earth. This was the first of several tours for the Tallest Man on Earth (aka Kristian Matsson), with obsessive crowds growing each step of the way.
event::tags 298
3:10 PM
to 3:55 PM
tUnE-yArDs
412 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype yeti
event::about tUnE-yArDs is the singular musical project of New England native Merrill Garbus. Possessing an expansive sound that marries a coarse folk ingenuity with the bold pop sensibility of an R&B siren, BiRd-BrAiNs was assembled with a staunch DIY aesthetic.
event::tags 307
Website http://tune-yards.com/
3:40 PM
to 4:25 PM
Cymbals Eat Guitars
888 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype bigfoot
event::about The sweat's the first thing everyone notices. It's hard not to, as salty trails drip from the pores of Joseph D'Agostino, the yelping, riff-raking frontman of Cymbals Eat Guitars. Here's why he can't seem to stay dry: Pitchfork's "Best New Music" tag - plastered across a rave review of Cymbals' self-released debut, Why There Are Mountains, six months before its official release - was just the beginning of the band's rise to notoriety.
event::tags 326
5:50 PM
to 6:35 PM
The xx
2463 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype bigfoot
event::about The xx arrive with their brilliant debut single Crystalised, released on 20th April 2009 on Young Turks. The xx are a London quartet, featuring the dual lead vocals of Romy Madley-Croft and Oliver Sim (who also play lead and bass guitar respectively), and Jamie Smith (beats, MPC sampler).
event::tags 306
Website http://thexx.info/
8:15 PM
to 9:15 PM
Dirty Projectors
1566 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype bigfoot
event::about Album five, Bitte Orca, is Dirty Projectors' most complete effort to date. Reprising the lineup of Amber Coffman (vocals, guitar), Angel Deradoorian (vocals, keyboard, guitar, bass), and drummer Brian Mcomber from 2007's Rise Above, Bitte Orca also adds bassist Nat Baldwin and vocalist Haley Dekle to the fold, resulting in what sounds like Dirty Projectors' first fully collaborative band record.
event::tags 328
Website http://www.dirtyprojectors.net/
10:15 PM
to 11:30 PM
Massive Attack
2133 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype sasquatch
event::about Legendary Massive Attack will tour North America for the first time since 2006 in support of their newly released 5th studio album 'Heligoland.' The North American trek will start May 7th at Sound Academy in Toronto, ON and wrap May 30th at the Sasquatch Festival in George, WA.
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Website http://www.massiveattack.com/
1:00 PM
to 1:30 PM
Hannibal Buress
87 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype rumpus-room
event::about Hannibal Buress couldn't think of a good first sentence to start his bio. He appeals to all audiences with his unique delivery and quirky outlook on a wide variety of topics. Currently, he is a writer for "Saturday Night Live" and was last seen on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and the "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson."
event::tags 375
Website http://hannibalburess.com/
1:00 PM
to 1:45 PM
Past Lives
196 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype yeti
event::about The inception of Seattle quartet Past Lives, appropriately in the spring of last year, represented a true new beginning for its four members-friends since youth and veterans of various game-changing art punk ensembles. (The Blood Brothers, Shoplifting, Chromatics, and others)
event::tags 290
Website http://www.pastliveslife.com/
2:00 PM
to 2:45 PM
Todd Barry
141 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype rumpus-room
event::about Todd Barry was born in New York City. He moved to South Florida as a cute little boy, then moved to Manhattan as a macho little man. He received a BA in English from the University of Florida.
event::tags 364
Website http://www.toddbarry.com/
2:00 PM
to 2:45 PM
Phantogram
801 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype yeti
event::about Phantogram's music sounds like it's made by a band from the city. Electronic loops, hip-hop beats, shoegaze, soul, pop - each finds its way into their songs. Unexpectedly, the band doesn't live and work in a major urban center, but rather calls the town of Saratoga Springs, NY (population 26,186) home.
event::tags 293
3:15 PM
to 4:00 PM
Bobcat Goldthwait
252 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype rumpus-room
event::about As a stand-up comic, Bobcat Goldthwait has been compared to everyone from Lenny Bruce to a Warner Brothers cartoon character on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Whether audiences consider him on the edge or over it, after a dozen films, his own HBO specials, and a myriad of guest spots, Bobcat is still an original. Influenced by George Carlin, Andy Kaufman, Monty Python, and punk bands of the late '70's.
event::tags 377
Website http://www.bobcatswebsite.com/
6:15 PM
to 7:00 PM
No Age
522 schedule::attendees
Location
The Gorge Amphitheatre
eventtype yeti
event::about No Age: the name alone suggests multiple meanings and possible interpretations - timeless, ageless, anonymous, free from restriction, something positive from something negative... a profound strength in its simplicity. Likewise, the Los Angeles duo consisting of drummer/vocalist Dean Spunt and guitarist Randy Randall is many things at once even as it embraces its minimalism.
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Website http://www.myspace.com/nonoage
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