» Badgeless Guide to Northside Festival
In the realm of this piece I wrote on CMJ, here’s cheap-o coverage on this weekend’s beloved north-BK-only mini music festival.
While this article is on cheap and free, I (!) have a badge. This means I get to see Guided by Voices, Beirut, and Twin Sister for zero dollars. Here’s my tentative plan, with time overlaps and absolutely no way for it to work.
FRIDAY:
- Beirut, 8:30 @ McCarren Park
- Woods, 9:15 PM @ St. Cecelia’s Church
- Darlings, time TBD? @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
- Grooms, 10:30 PM @ Knitting Factory
- Eternal Summers, 11:15 PM @ Knitting Factory
- Surfer Blood, 12:00 AM @ Knitting Factory
- Rye Rye, 12:00 AM @ Brooklyn Bowl
- Oh Land, 1:00 AM @ Brooklyn Bowl
SATURDAY: the day of GBV.
- The Babies, 4:00 PM @ McCarren Park
- Surfer Blood, 5:00 PM @ McCarren Park
- Wavves, 6:00 PM @ McCarren Park
- Guided by Voices, 7:00 PM @ McCarren Park
- Parson Red Heads, 8:00 PM @ Knitting Factory
- Raccoon Fighter, 9:15 PM @ Spike Hill
- Thee Oh Sees, time TBD? @ Brooklyn Bowl
- Javelin, 11:30 PM @ Glasslands
- Twin Sister, 11:30 PM @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
- The Babies, 12:00 AM @ Public Assembly
- Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, 12:30 AM @ Glasslands
- Strange Boys, 1:00 AM @ Knitting Factory
SUNDAY: the day of headliners ruling/ruining my life.
- Mt Eerie, 9:!5 PM @ St. Cecelia’s Church
- Deer Tick (performing as Deervana), 10:00 PM @ Brooklyn Bowl
- YACHT, 10:45 PM @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
- Asobi Seksu, 11:00 PM @ Glasslands
- Sun Airway, 11:30 PM @ 285 Kent
