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11/30/2011 6:00:12 PM

Sonic Youth

[Edited on November 30, 2011 at 6:11 PM. Reason : Kim + Thuston, business partners]

11/30/2011 6:11:27 PM

100 VIPs being held until lineup is announced.

Anyone who bought one during the presale yesterday is being offered a refund if they'd rather wait and see the lineup.

Both good moves.

12/1/2011 12:18:18 PM

damn tempted to get a refund

12/1/2011 12:30:52 PM

^^agree completely.

12/1/2011 12:43:01 PM

That's downright decent of them.

I'll be waiting.

12/1/2011 12:50:11 PM

I can't believe everybody calling me a bitch and an asshole in this thread is basically agreeing with me.

lol.

[Edited on December 1, 2011 at 12:54 PM. Reason : k]

12/1/2011 12:54:11 PM

it was money that I know I probably shouldn't have spent yesterday with Christmas and whatnot, but did anyways

glad they are doing this

took advantage of it

12/1/2011 1:21:30 PM

I still don't agree with you, because without this option I'd still go ahead and buy one.

However, if there's no added benefit to having one now, and they're not going for a full pre-lineup sellout to help get a better lineup, why am I giving them my money interest-free?

12/1/2011 1:22:07 PM

Well, some of us aren't homers. Do what you want. I'm waiting until the lineup comes out.

12/1/2011 1:27:15 PM

Good move.

12/1/2011 1:29:08 PM

the added benefit is that you might not get one when they go back on sale. 100 tickets is next to nothing and will be sold in 10 minutes. Especially since 500+ people are all just going to "wait" now and be on the computer @ 10am on the april sale date. Best of luck to you, but if you don't get what you want in april don't come back on here bitching and moaning.

12/1/2011 8:31:09 PM

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that there aren't 500+ people waiting to buy VIP tickets in April

just a hunch...

12/1/2011 8:33:57 PM

^!

[Edited on December 1, 2011 at 8:44 PM. Reason : fuck, they only have like 6000 fans on facebook. srsly.]

12/1/2011 8:43:57 PM

does anyone know how many VIP bands there are total? the answer to that would either give validity to ^^^ or ^^. either way, i got mine and won't be asking for a refund.

12/1/2011 10:49:35 PM

They just sent a tweet out saying artist announcement in late March. Wonder who we'll get. Is Bonnie Bear too big for this fest now that he's a big shot Grammy winner?

2/27/2012 1:29:33 PM

i need some lineup leaks

even small ones

2/27/2012 3:50:53 PM

Hot Chip just got announced for Pitchfork Fest. Grayson should definitely go after Hot Chip, that'd be a fucking awesome headliner. I heard they at least inquired about booking them for the first Hopscotch, so it makes sense that they'd go after them again.

Saw them at Moogfest 2010 and it was a fucking blast. They'd rule on the plaza.

2/28/2012 12:57:33 PM

I wouldn't be surprised by a Lambchop or Magnetic Fields headlining appearance.

2/28/2012 1:18:50 PM

neither are big enough to headline. but yeah I wouldn't be super surprised if they were included somehow in the lineup. both would be good fits at Memorial.

2/28/2012 1:27:31 PM

Do we know when the initial lineup is announced?

I'm Krallum and I approved this message

2/28/2012 1:29:58 PM

April 18

2/28/2012 1:33:30 PM

They retweeted Danny Brown earlier. So I guess we can consider that our first semi-confirmation. Off to a good start. The hip-hop last year was garbage, so it's nice that they got Danny Brown this year (I'm assuming so at least).

2/28/2012 8:22:58 PM

Hot Chip? Seriously? Hot Chip is terrible.

In my opinion, of course.

2/28/2012 8:28:36 PM

I would say Magnetic Fields could easily headline. Hot Chip not so much.

2/28/2012 8:35:08 PM

I love my share of electronic bands, but I have never been able to stand the douche from Hot Chip.

2/28/2012 8:37:36 PM

i had "one life stand" on repeat for a while, whenever that came out. not saying they are the greatest, but Hot Chip can be very listenable.

2/28/2012 8:43:23 PM

Quote :

"The hip-hop last year was garbage"

i didn't think the hip hop last year was garbage

you must read/trust XXL

2/28/2012 8:56:25 PM

I'm settledown. I like Yelawolf. I got to meet him after the show.

2/28/2012 9:15:29 PM

^^I mean, there was like noone after Yelawolf and The Foreign Exchange. That was pretty much it for hip-hop. Can't stand Yelawolf and The Foreign Exchange is alright but nothing special IMO

Also, what's up with the Hot Chip hatred? No love for easy, fun electronic pop? And Hot Chip is most definitely bigger than Magnetic Fields. Magnetic Fields would probably be like the top non-headliner, but I can't see them headlining either unless it's like a Broken Social Scene/Panda Bear split-headliner situation on Friday night.

2/28/2012 9:31:44 PM

fuck yelawolf, i can't listen to his recordings, but his live set at lincoln was entertaining as fuck

charlie smarts made nc state proud with his set

king mez only did a short set but burned up tir na nog

apple juice kid's dj set was awesome and pretty hip hop

i missed legacy

[Edited on February 28, 2012 at 9:49 PM. Reason : and fuck danny brown]

[Edited on February 28, 2012 at 9:53 PM. Reason : The Foreign Exchange's set is mostly R&B anyway]

2/28/2012 9:49:05 PM

re: Hot Chip, i loved the warning, thought made in the dark only had one or two good tracks and the rest was trash, and then never listened to one life stand as a result of that downhill slide.

i really should give it a shot, though.

2/28/2012 9:55:48 PM

I was at that Hot Chip show also and didn't think it was very good. I only saw half of it though.

2/28/2012 10:13:55 PM

I could see Magnetic Fields being on the headlining show, but maybe not the big draw for it. I'd rather see them than Hot Chip, but I like Hot Chip enough to go to a concert with them--but not my first choice either.

2/28/2012 10:27:48 PM

Tomorrow's band announcement is totally At the Drive In...

Grizzly Bear would probably be my serious guess.

[Edited on March 26, 2012 at 3:59 PM. Reason : k]

3/26/2012 3:35:58 PM

The names of the two headlining bands have been floating around town, but I won't post them until they've been officially announced because I'm not gonna be that guy (AKA in case I heard wrong).

3/26/2012 4:58:35 PM

so you're going to be that other guy instead

3/26/2012 5:03:49 PM

Fair enough.

I guess my point was that it's not under super tight wraps, you can probably ask around and find out, but not from me on here.

3/26/2012 5:04:42 PM

i'm not in raleigh so i'll just wait.

3/26/2012 5:07:29 PM

Will we be feeling the Illi-noise in September?

Or perhaps, loving Jesus Christ with horns...

3/26/2012 5:37:28 PM

Hopscotch 2012:

Radiohead, Jeff Mangum, LCD Soundsystem reunited/new album release, The Knife/Fever Ray back to back, Crystal Castles, Arcade Fire, Kraftwerk, New Order, Pink Floyd with errybody, Caribou, Devo, Outkast, the White Stripes, Grizzly Bear, Cut Copy, Fleet Foxes, Wilco, Animal Collective, Girls, The Oh Sees, Wavves, Deerhunter, the Avett Brothers, plus over 150 more bands.

Gonna be insane.

[Edited on March 26, 2012 at 5:57 PM. Reason : k]

3/26/2012 5:53:49 PM

Let's not do this "I know something you don't know" shit again this year.

[Edited on March 26, 2012 at 6:15 PM. Reason : Especially because the show y'all did this with last year was two hours of C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS]

3/26/2012 5:54:17 PM

OMG SAMANTHA CRAIN!!!

3/26/2012 6:14:09 PM

C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS

-Wayne Coyne, Sept. 10, 2011

3/26/2012 6:22:02 PM

Behind the music: Hopscotch 2011

Sometime early 2011:

Marvin: [on the phone] Grayson. Grayson. It's Marvin - your cousin, Marvin Currin. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this...[holds the receiver out]

"C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS C'MON MOTHERFUCKERS"

3/26/2012 7:38:01 PM

^hahahaha

3/26/2012 9:08:10 PM

Quote :

"Let's not do this "I know something you don't know" shit again this year."

Seriously this.

vinylbandit you're not an official with Hopscotch, you're not doing any kind of damage by not telling us public rumors that have been going around town. Just tell us the goddamn rumors!

3/26/2012 9:08:14 PM

It's American Aquarium.

3/26/2012 9:12:33 PM

the reason for not posting any rumors has been eloquently written about in previous threads

3/26/2012 10:30:27 PM

yes because if someone leaked the flaming lips on the wolf web last year the flaming lips would have surely backed out.

the reason for not posting any rumors is that it's cool to know things and not post them but post about knowing them.

[Edited on March 26, 2012 at 10:48 PM. Reason : .]

3/26/2012 10:44:43 PM