Street Scene unveils 2008 lineup
Street Scene, one of the major music festivals of the summer, is set to go down between September 19 and 20 in downton San Diego, California. Today, the initial lineup for the 24th edition of the festival was officially announced, and Beck, Spoon, X, and the Eagles of Death Metal are just a few of the highlights on the alt/indie heavy bill.
Beck, The Black Crowes, The National, Spoon, Justice, TV on the Radio, Atmosphere, STS9, Cat Power, Tegan & Sara, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Hot Chip, The New Pornographers, X, Vampire Weekend, The Hives, Cold War Kids, Ghostland Observatory, Eagles of Death Metal, Spiritualized, Antibalas, The Mother Hips, Man Man, Tokyo Police Club, DeVotchKa, The Night Marchers, MGMT, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Foals, Nortec Collective Presents: Bostitch, Fussible, The Muslims, Dengue Fever, Sea Wolf, West Indian Girl, Chester French
Doors open at 4:00pm on Friday and Saturday. Two-day passes are currently available for only $75 via Front Gate Tickets.
In their defense their initial lineup was pretty weak last year and they probably doubled the amount of bands with additions and such so maybe they have something up their sleeve. Even the full lineup, however, was so uninspiring that I only copped a one-day ticket. This year I will be there for both days and will be checking out the full Ghostland set they sounded so tight at Roo.
Great lineup, but it is strange how little hip hop is on the bill. You do have Del and, depending on his set, he can be on the progressive side.
At least you have two of your new ‘Roo bands in Ghostland and T&S.
Lineup looks a lot better than last year and it is great they are moving it back Downtown. It wasn’t really “Street Scene” at Qualcomm or the Amphitheater in Chula Vista. Atmosphere is tight but I hope they add a couple more progressive hip hop acts. They have had the Roots, Dilated, ATCQ, De La Soul and more in the last few years and then last year all we got was Too Short?!
Oct 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
[...] As if you weren’t festivaled out yet, the annual Street Scene festival in San Diego has released its lineup and this is definitely one of the better lineups I’ve seen for festivals in the U.S. this year. OK, maybe The Black Crowes aren’t the best selection for the second headliner, but aside from that, there really aren’t too many bands I wouldn’t be interested in seeing. The combination of Beck, Spoon, and Justice alone is pretty interesting, then when you get down to the middle with Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend, The New Pornos, Cat Power and X, you really just can’t go wrong. The festival is taking place September 19th and 20th this year and two day passes are already on sale for $75 through Frontgate. via COS [...]
Jun 16th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
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