lol i have never heard of any of the bands on this bill other than the local rock/metal bands and the 3 big metal/rock bands that are coming, which is like 7 total bands. lol

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6/8/2011 11:55:56 PM

sounds like you should get out more

6/8/2011 11:56:22 PM

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"Those Darlins > Vivian Girls"

catching those darlins in charlotte tonight. they killed last time i saw them.

6/9/2011 6:36:50 PM

Ugh, I'm really mad about the schedule. Almost every band I want to see overlaps at 10:30PM to 12:30AM on Saturday. In that block alone I want to see: Bombadil, Lost in the Trees, Titus Andronicus, Yelawolf and The Old Ceremony. Bombadil has first priority, and secondary priority is split between Lost in the Trees, The Old Ceremony, and Titus Andronicus.

6/13/2011 2:51:56 AM

Don't be dumb. Old Ceremony and LITT are local and play around here x293023. Go see TA (McClendon).

6/13/2011 11:24:11 AM

Earth, Toro, swans, rhys, thats whats up

6/13/2011 11:53:09 AM

i really wanna see twin shadow and swans.
and i forgot about earth

i just can't look at the schedule until like august. i am getting too anxious about conflicts. last year everything worked out and i ended up at some shows i hadn't planned on going to and missing some i had and i was still happy with the experience.

MUST REMAIN CALM.

6/13/2011 3:07:47 PM

Lol I can't believe you like earth

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6/13/2011 5:06:40 PM

I, also, will be at the Earth show.

6/13/2011 5:21:47 PM

Word. It will be strange going from liturgy to earth haha. I will be sure to wear my tww jersey

I imagine it would feel like going from smoking crack to taking like 20 valium

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6/13/2011 5:25:03 PM

People really like Yelawolf? I know it's cool as all hell to like the new underground darlings whenever they peep their heads, but can't we uphold some kind of standard? It's just not very good, or new, or anything.

6/13/2011 6:07:49 PM

i like having fun and i think it has the potential to be really fun considering the rest of the night at lincoln right before that but there is also other stuff i'd like to see that night. i'd like to catch part of it.

in general i like fun and am not a fun hater. so i like to go where i think i will have fun.

6/13/2011 6:29:07 PM

I've got three categories; the must-sees, the maybes, and the hell no's/the schedule screwed me.

I recommend doing this maybe category, because I challenge anyone to strictly adhere to a schedule. My mentality is that we'll just see what we feel like when the time comes, and there's also the possibility of the venue being crammed full.

Unfortunately, the Love Language gets an X this year, and it's only because of schedule. I have no idea what they were thinking with this. And though it looks like they just threw darts at a bunch of bands to figure it out, I'm more excited about Moogfest this year anyway...

6/13/2011 6:45:31 PM

I don't really give a shit about Yelawolf, but he's signed to Interscope and his album features guest spots from Gucci Mane, Bun B & Raekwon. not exactly underground.

6/13/2011 7:19:38 PM

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"@hopscotchfest Hopscotch Music Fest Surfer Blood, Active Child, Free Energy, Wye Oak, Hooray for Earth, AC Slater, Patty Hurst Shifter...For free? Details soon!"

YES, please.

6/21/2011 3:23:32 PM

^one million times yes

6/21/2011 4:44:51 PM

something inside of me fosters deep hatred for surfer blood. maybe its weezer's embarassing decline. or maybe its their shameless embrace of reverb (think best coast) because its trendy. I dunno. I think I like Vampire Weekend better.

6/21/2011 6:34:33 PM

surfer blood is a really odd band to hate

6/21/2011 6:38:18 PM

The trend of pushing reverb-soaked bands came after Surfer Blood had developed their sound, methinks.

6/21/2011 8:42:39 PM

This is apparently going to be GBV's last show. From Bob's Facebook page:

Quote :

"Come celebrate the final 5 shows of the Guided By Voices reunion tour! 7/15/11 - Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago IL 8/11/11 - Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway 8/13/11 - Maha Music Festival, Omaha NE (GBV headlines) 9/3/11 - FYF Fest, Los Angeles, CA 9/8/11 - Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh NC (GBV headlines) "

Not surprising after doing this off-and-on for a year and the festival circuits winding down in the fall.

6/29/2011 11:51:20 PM

^confirmed. /care.

Also, there's no way I'm missing Mouthus. This is about the funniest thing I've seen in a long, long time.

7/14/2011 12:48:42 PM

watching BRAIN FLANNEL instead

7/14/2011 1:07:16 PM

DAY PARTIES

The Edward McKay Used Books & More Artist and Author Series
Raleigh City Museum
Present the Past: Honoring and Outstripping Influences
Thursday, Sept. 8 - 3–5pm
with
Rhys Chatham
William Tyler
Jamie Stewart (of Xiu Xiu)
Cheyenne Marie Mize
David Daniell (of Rhys Chatham Guitar Trio)
Brian Corum (of Lonnie Walker)
Moderated by: Grayson Currin
Simple Words: The Power of Narrative Songs
Friday, Sept. 9 - 3–5pm
with
Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers)
John Vanderslice
Dolphus Ramseur (of Ramseur Records)
David Menconi (of The News & Observer)
Heather McEntire (of Mount Moriah, Bellafea)
James Jackson Toth (of Wooden Wand)
Ross Flournoy (of Apex Manor)
Moderated by: David Klein
The Bubble: The Limits of Pop Music
Saturday, Sept. 10 - 3–5pm
with
Wayne Coyne (of The Flaming Lips)
Mark Richardson (Editor in Chief of Pitchfork Media and author of Zaireeka)
Peter Holsapple (of the dB’s and R.E.M.)
Julianna Barwick
Sam Herring (of Future Islands)
David Tompkins (author of How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War
II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks)
Moderated by: Brian Howe

Party Listings

Thursday, Sept. 8
Guitartown Presents: The Hopscotch Kickoff Party with Big Boss
Sadlack’s Heroes - noon-6pm
Chip Robinson, Olympic Ass Kicking Team, Maldora, Kenny Roby, Lynn Blakey, The Trousers, and many more
307 Knox Records hosts Elephants Never Forget
Kings - 12:30-5pm
Bands TBA

Friday, September 9
1st Annual Hopscotch Charity Basketball Game Presented by Red Bull and Nike
DETAILS COMING SOON!
Proceeds to benefit Raleigh’s Helping Hand Mission.

Arbor Ridge Studios Day Party with WKNC
Tir Na Nog - noon-5pm
Duo Sets - performers to be paired from the following artists Mandolin Orange, Birds and Arrows, Josh Moore, Luego, Schooner, The Tomahawks, Skylar Gudasz and the Ugly Girls, Jeff Crawford, and Brett Harris

DiggUp Tapes Presents The Rooftop with Freaker and New Belgium
The Hive - noon-5pm
Jeffrey Wood (Boston), TOW3RS (Chapel Hill/DiggUp Tapes), Woodsmen (Denver/Lefse), SoftSpot (Brooklyn), Nests (Raleigh/DiggUp Tapes)
http://digguptapes.com/hopscotch-friday
http://www.freakerusa.com
http://www.newbelgium.com
Fox Box
Fox Liquor Bar - noon-5pm
Small Ponds, Roman Candle, and more TBA
Layabout House/Churchkey Records/Gravity Records
Slim’s - noon-5:30pm
Bands TBA
Odessa Fest 2011
Kings - noon-5pm
Transportations, Shit Horse, Americans in France, Wild Wild Geese, The Kingsbury Manx

Three Lobed Recordings/Holidays For Quince Records
The Pour House - noon-5:30pm
Evan Caminiti (solo set), Gunn-Truscinski Duo, James “Wooden Wand” Toth and William Tyler, In The Year Of The Pig, The Moaners, and Monsonia

Saturday, September 10
Hopscotch Presents: The Rosebuds & Friends
Block Party outside The Lincoln Theatre - 11am-5:30pm
Tonk (Raleigh) 11am, The Big Picture (Raleigh) 11:45am, Shirlette & The Dynamite Brothers (Durham) 12:30pm, Youth Lagoon (Boise, ID) 1:15pm, Hammer No More the Fingers (Durham) 2pm, Ben Sollee (Louisville, KY) 3pm, and The Rosebuds (Raleigh) 4pm
Food provided by Ashley Christensen and AC Restaurants
Proceeds from food sales to benefit The Frankie Lemmon Foundation
The Hopscotch Hepcat Race
Start and finish at The Lincoln Theatre - 11am-3:30pm
http://hepcatrace.com/

Sponsors: Gran Royale, Chrome Industries, Cannondale Bikes, The Bicycle Chain, The Clean Machine, Back Alley Bikes, Ketchup-Mustard, Myriad Media, Empire Eats, Trader Joe's, Galaxy Cinema, Petsmart, 3 Lobed Records, Dead Oceans, Holidays for Quince, Hometapes, Matador Records, Merge Records, Profound Lore, Redeye Distribution and Yep Roc Records
Proceeds to benefit SAFE Haven for Cats
American Aquarium & Friends
Slim’s - noon-5:00pm
American Aquarium and many more TBA
Aqui Estamos Records with Terrapin Beer Company
The Hive - noon-5:00pm
Bands TBA
Brewmaster's Bar & Grill Presents
Brewmaster's Bar & Grill - noon-5:00pm
Oulipo, SoftSpot, Andrew Cedermark, and Annuals
http://brewmastersbarandgrill.com/
College Radio Showcase Presented by WUAG, WKNC, WXYC, and WXDU
White Collar Crime - noon-5pm
Bronzed Chorus, Nests, and more TBA
DiggUp Tapes Presents Orientation In Space with Raleigh Denim and The Raleigh Wine Shop
Kings - noon-5pm
Lonnie Walker (DiggUp Tapes/Raleigh), Birds of Avalon (Raleigh), Quiet Hooves (Athens/Party Party Partners), Thank You (Baltimore/Thrill Jockey), and Surprise Guests
http://digguptapes.com/hopscotch-saturday
http://www.raleighworkshop.com/
http://www.theraleighwineshop.com/
Hometapes’ Friend Island & Trekky’s Day-Dream Present:
The Blount Street Block Party! - 11am-5pm
Hometapes Friend Island @ Tir Na Nog
All Tiny Creatures, The Caribbean, Family Dynamics, Matthew White, Sunless
Trekky Day-Dream @ The Pour House
Midtown Dickens, Embarrassing Fruits, Butterflies, Brice Randall Bickford
http://www.home-tapes.com
http://www.trekkyrecords.com/index2.html
More details coming soon
Mann’s World Presented by Big Boss Brewery
Dive Bar - 1:30-5pm
Righteous Fool, Black Thai (Boston), Lurch
Team Clermont Showcase with Greyday Records
Deep South Bar - noon-5:30pm
I Was Totally Destroying It, John Vanderslice, Ross Flourney (of Apex Manor), and more

Sunday, September 11
Slim’s Hopscotch Hangover
Slim’s - 1-6pm
Chip Robinson, TOW3RS, and more TBA

7/15/2011 3:36:27 PM

["@hopscotchfest Hopscotch Music Fest
Surfer Blood, Active Child, Free Energy, Wye Oak, Hooray for Earth, AC Slater, Patty Hurst Shifter...For free? Details soon!"]

Here is the link for the above mentioned. Friday and Saturday shows and its all free...

http://www.dejami.com/dejafest/#

7/19/2011 10:01:07 AM

WYE OAK

WYE OAK

WYE OAK

WYE OAK

how two people make so much sound without it being a huge mess is beyond me

so fucking good

7/19/2011 12:15:03 PM

they fucking KILLED IT on Fallon last night

so great to see

7/19/2011 1:39:57 PM

I only listened to them when they were called Monarch...

7/19/2011 2:22:16 PM

Would anyone care to have a serious conversation about the band Mouthus and how they're considered music or a band?

7/20/2011 11:19:50 AM

not familiar with what mouthus has done in the past few years, but they used to always be classified as noise. they had some floppy-ass strings on those guitars. they were okay when i saw them open for yellow swans at duke. pretty sure a few more tdubers were there.

7/20/2011 11:22:48 AM

I guess I understand all that, I just don't understand anybody's desire to attend a "noise" show.

Anyway, I've been casually going through this lineup trying to determine who not to see. I'm compiling a list of the worst bands of this year's fest, and have come up with these so far:

1. Mouthus
2. Frontier Ruckus
3. Filthybird
4. Oxbow
5. Xiu Xiu
6. Little Scream
7. Dinosaur Feathers
etc.


[Edited on July 20, 2011 at 11:42 AM. Reason : d]

[Edited on July 20, 2011 at 12:00 PM. Reason : Too soon on that last one.]

7/20/2011 11:31:09 AM

itt scrumples shows a misogynist streak

7/20/2011 11:53:29 AM

I like Oxbow and Little Scream but I probably won't see either

fuck that Xiu Xiu dude though and his bullshit music. it seems that once you get in your 30s (really after you get out of high school) you might drop the whole "life sucks I'm miserable" thing but not him.

7/20/2011 12:03:41 PM

I still like Xiu Xiu, but he's not been essential listening for a while.. And they scheduled The Love Language during his set, so I'll be missing him at hopscotch

7/20/2011 12:27:49 PM

Since the first I'd heard about that Williford case was just a few minutes ago from some pre-trial hearing, can someone tell me what band this creep was in?

7/20/2011 1:59:29 PM

One Xiu Xiu album did it for me, A Promise. That was the only record ive heard in a long time that made me feel uncomfortable and thoroughly scared/creeped out. granted i was essentially baked and listening to it for the first time on cranked headphones alone in a pitch black room but that turned out to be the perfect environment to connect with the utter futility and desperation of the album. i felt like i was reaching out and touching pure evil. it was awesome.

his other albums are pretty lame in comparison.

7/20/2011 2:19:10 PM

"the authority"

a

"progressive reggae" band

7/20/2011 2:21:00 PM

Quote :

"6. Little Scream"

wat? on the worst list? for real?

lame.

7/20/2011 2:28:08 PM

Well I hope her songs are better than the two on the Hopscotch website. Not impressed whatsoever.

7/20/2011 3:05:06 PM

Can we all agree that Filthybird is the worst act of Hopscotch?

This is so. terrible.

7/22/2011 12:19:41 PM

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"2. Frontier Ruckus "

If it works out, I'm planning to see this show

7/22/2011 12:31:29 PM

The worst act of Hopscotch is Xiu Xiu

7/22/2011 12:36:25 PM

I mean, there's just "terrible" in a range of ways this year.

I seriously don't know why anyone would want to see Frontier Ruckus. I have no idea, NO IDEA what's going on in either of these two songs on the Hopscotch website. Time signatures all over the place, I whole bunch of rambling lyrics and whining. Just...why? How can this be appealing to anybody?

[Edited on July 22, 2011 at 12:43 PM. Reason : k]

7/22/2011 12:43:14 PM

this new bluegrass shit does nothing for me

i fucking love little scream, though

a lot of it is like bear in heaven (which i also love) but with a more organic sound palette

7/22/2011 12:50:36 PM

I can see how they are too whiney for some people's taste. I've even had that same discussion with someone I am trying to convince to go.

I actually like them lyrically, especially in the first song on the Hopscotch website -- complicated nostalgia, good snippets of imagery in there, etc.

*shrug*

I'm not gonna walk across town to see them, but if the schedule works out I'll try to see them

7/22/2011 3:22:31 PM

Quote :

"7. Dinosaur Feathers"

I kind of like Dinosaur Feathers (specifically, the song "Vendela Vida"), but I've never heard them live.

7/22/2011 6:42:06 PM

If anyone would like to be an all-show wristband for less than face value, PM me. I'm not selling it, but a buddy of mine is and he doesn't live in Raleigh, so I told him I'd see what I can do.

8/16/2011 11:45:11 AM

PM sent.

[Edited on August 16, 2011 at 1:32 PM. Reason : k]

8/16/2011 1:31:38 PM

Please enter this, ESPECIALLY if you don't plan on going, because I will gladly accept your Hopscotch prize, and you can have the other things:

http://www.visitraleigh.com/hopscotch

8/17/2011 11:40:47 AM

Light Pines out, Dreamers of the Ghetto (no fucking clue) takes their spot

8/17/2011 7:07:27 PM

Quote :

"Dreamers of the Ghetto (no fucking clue) "

8/17/2011 7:36:02 PM