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.
Starlight Stage: Kurt Vile & the Violators (Saturday, 11 pm)
Positioned, as its name suggests, for optimal stargazing, the Starlight is tailor-made for Vileâs drifting guitar space rides. Donât 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 Vileâs drifting guitar space rides. Donât 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 festivalâs history inside its muggiest venue. This year, there are a few contenders to one-up themâindie-rock supergroup Divine Fits, psych-funk gospel singers the Relativesâbut the nervously punky energy of Brooklynâs 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 festivalâs history inside its muggiest venue. This year, there are a few contenders to one-up themâindie-rock supergroup Divine Fits, psych-funk gospel singers the Relativesâbut the nervously punky energy of Brooklynâs 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 Butlerâs heady, surrealist rhymes evaporate into the trees surrounding the most transformative setting at Pendarvis Farm is truly a canât-miss opportunity.
Hip-hop is rare enough at Pickathon, so the opportunity to hear Ishmael Butlerâs heady, surrealist rhymes evaporate into the trees surrounding the most transformative setting at Pendarvis Farm is truly a canât-miss opportunity.
Mountain View Stage: Feist (Sunday, 8:50 pm)
Maybe itâs 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 Pickathonâs first-ever LED light show with her.
Maybe itâs 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 Pickathonâs first-ever LED light show with her.
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