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Fests are upon us: Part 1: Georgetown Music Festival
Submitted by imaginary dana on May 2, 2007.
Summertime in Seattle means nothing if not music festivals. While Bumbershoot and the Capitol Hill Block Party have grown to astronomical (read as: huge touring bands) proportions, The Georgetown Music Festival is keeping it local as can be, with a preliminary lineup of loads of Seattle- (and a few Portland) based bands prepared to rock South Seattle this June 2-3. Here's the preliminary list from their MySpace page:
Hypatia Lake
H is for Hellgate
Lillydale
BOAT
Iceage Cobra
Bicycle
The Kindness Kind
Dept. of Energy
Key Note Speaker
Lonely Forest
Pink Snowflakes (PDX)
The Trucks
Tennis Pro
Young Sportsmen
The Upside Down (PDX)
Bre Loughlin
Hungry Pines
Idiot Pilot
Coho
Central Services
The Look
Emblematic
The Hands
Tiny Vipers
Spook the Horse
With Friends Like These
Bad Dream, Good Breakfast
If you visit the Georgetown Music Fest website, you can join their email list to get all the latest udpates, and also register to win free tickets!
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Imaginary-Matt said on May 3, 2007:
Then don't go. There are bands I am looking forward to seeing and I don't need your big head blocking my view.
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Kazue Kato said on May 3, 2007:
I'm not familiar with all of these bands but I do know that Lillydale, Hypatia Lake, Central Services, Idiot Pilot and Bre Louglin are all awful! Based on those stinkers this festival does not look pretty.
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Gem said on May 3, 2007:
AWESOME lineup! I'd go for The Trucks, Lillydale, and The Hands alone. Plus, it's dedicated to being local. It's in the best neighborhood in Seattle, you'll buy your ticket from someone's little kid working the ticket booth, the beer is cheap, and the food is homemade. GMF is one of the nicest events all summer long. And these bands don't consider GMF some anonymous stop on a homogenous nationwide tour... they are our neighbors, they are our friends, most of them are excellent musicians, and they're going to put so much love into their sets that weekend. Don't be so mean, everybody.
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lauren said on May 3, 2007:
Gem,
Have you actually sat through a Bre Louglin set? I dare your ears not to bleed!
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imaginary dana said on May 3, 2007:
C'mon now folks. The Georgetown Music Festival is the only one of its size that keeps things local and, while of course every band on their isn't going to appeal to everyone, there's some damn fine budding talent on that list, the ticket prices are usually super affordable, and it's a great way to explore a bunch of new and (mostly) unknown local bands in town. Which is one of our most favorite imaginary things to do.
Topping my personal picks (tho I must confess I haven't even heard all these bands yet): Dept of Energy, The Trucks, Young Sportsmen, BOAT, The Hands, Iceage Cobra, Spook the Horse, and Tiny Vipers are gonna sounds fantabulous in the sunshine.
I don't know, but I'm curious about the Kindness Kind, Pink Snowflakes, and Hungry Pines (love the name).
I love me a good time in the South end!
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jen said on May 4, 2007:
I think this festival looks wonderful. Coho, H is For Hellgate, Hypatia Lake and Spook the Horse are all amazing local talent. It may be a bit suspect that there’s no Speaker Speaker, Juhu Beach, Siberian, The Lights or The Cops (And no Hip-Hop?!!) but maybe those bands were invited but could not make it?
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vongbandith said on May 3, 2007:
is it just me, or should this be re-named the georgetown crapfest? that line-up is bad!!!!