KURT VILE - IMAGE: Piotr Drabik
Fir Meadows Stage: Lightning Dust (Friday, 7:40 pm)
The first day of Pickathon is typically dedicated to finding camping, then booze, then the square dance, but a pre-sundown, open-air performance from this trippy-dippy Black Mountain side project sounds like a perfectly sublime start to the weekend.
The first day of Pickathon is typically dedicated to finding camping, then booze, then the square dance, but a pre-sundown, open-air performance from this trippy-dippy Black Mountain side project sounds like a perfectly sublime start to the weekend.
Starlight Stage: Kurt Vile & the Violators (Saturday, 11 pm)
Positioned, as its name suggests, for optimal stargazing, the Starlight is tailor-made for Vile’s drifting guitar space rides. Don’t worry about actually looking at Kurt (pictured). His hair will be in his face, anyway.
Positioned, as its name suggests, for optimal stargazing, the Starlight is tailor-made for Vile’s drifting guitar space rides. Don’t worry about actually looking at Kurt (pictured). His hair will be in his face, anyway.
Galaxy Barn: Parquet Courts (Saturday, 1 am)
In 2012, Thee Oh Sees delivered perhaps the most raucous set in the festival’s history inside its muggiest venue. This year, there are a few contenders to one-up them—indie-rock supergroup Divine Fits, psych-funk gospel singers the Relatives—but the nervously punky energy of Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts is the best bet to turn this creaky wooden shack into a basement keg party.
In 2012, Thee Oh Sees delivered perhaps the most raucous set in the festival’s history inside its muggiest venue. This year, there are a few contenders to one-up them—indie-rock supergroup Divine Fits, psych-funk gospel singers the Relatives—but the nervously punky energy of Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts is the best bet to turn this creaky wooden shack into a basement keg party.
Woods Stage: Shabazz Palaces (Sunday, 7:40 pm)
Hip-hop is rare enough at Pickathon, so the opportunity to hear Ishmael Butler’s heady, surrealist rhymes evaporate into the trees surrounding the most transformative setting at Pendarvis Farm is truly a can’t-miss opportunity.
Hip-hop is rare enough at Pickathon, so the opportunity to hear Ishmael Butler’s heady, surrealist rhymes evaporate into the trees surrounding the most transformative setting at Pendarvis Farm is truly a can’t-miss opportunity.
Mountain View Stage: Feist (Sunday, 8:50 pm)
Maybe it’s a tad predictable to pick the headliner, but big stages are meant for big things, and the Canadian quirk-pop songbird is rumored to be bringing Pickathon’s first-ever LED light show with her.
Maybe it’s a tad predictable to pick the headliner, but big stages are meant for big things, and the Canadian quirk-pop songbird is rumored to be bringing Pickathon’s first-ever LED light show with her.
