WEST SEATTLE, Washington, February 17, 2010 (WSFB) – Some things in life are certain; the sun rises in the east, the sky is blue, our ocean’s are getting filthier by the day, dogs bark and at least one person from West Seattle will make the trip over Snoqualmie Pass to attend this year’s Sasquatch Music Festival at The Gorge on Memorial Day weekend.

Don’t know what the kids are up to these days?  Feel like reconnecting with that 20 year old inside of you that has been squashed by years of work, life and waking up every day following the same routine?  Let it all hang out at Sasquatch baby.  Feel young by osmosis.

For those not in the know, the Sasquatch Festival has been going on since 2002, every year at The Gorge in George, WA.  Back in 2002 you couldn’t hear Ben Harper unless you were right near the speakers and the beer lines were painfully long, but the stage was set for something impressive in years to come.  Over the last 7 years the festival has expanded to feature all kinds of bands from big name / money acts, punk bands, indie groups and more.  Some past headliners include  The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Kanye West, Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction and even the Beastie Boys, not to mention countless other smaller (but nonetheless talented) groups and individuals.

The lineup was just announce today and features the following bands (including my personal comments that show how god damn out of touch / old I am).  Tickets go on sale Saturday 2/20/10.  Just remember, even if you do manage to score tickets you’ll still have to make it past the Gorge exit Police checkpoints off I-90, so hide your shit and don’t be dumb.  And tell them the West Seattle Funblog sent you.  They won’t know what the hell you mean but that’s OK, part of going to a fun festival featuring indie acts is making people believe you know about bands and things that their suburban ass has no clue of.

The Only Real Reason I’d Consider Driving To Sasquatch

Public Enemy

Bands I’ve Heard and Wouldn’t Mind Seeing

Pavement

Ween

MGMT

Nada Surf

A Band That NOFX Wrote A Song About

Tegan & Sara

A Band That Is Taking Advantage Of The Twilight Craze Based On Their Name Alone

Vampire Weekend

Bands That Could Be Good Or Crap, None Of Which I’ve Ever Heard Of (I is old)

My Morning Jacket
Massive Attack
Band of Horses

Band That Reminds Me Baseball Season Is Close

The National

Band That Makes Me Want To Go To BestBuy

LCD Soundsystem

Bands That Remind Me Of My Saturday Nights

Broken Social Scene
Passion Pit

Bands That Have Something To Prove
Deadmau5
She & Him
The New Pornographers
The Hold Steady
The xx
Dirty Projectors
OK Go
Drive By Truckers
Kid Cudi
The Long Winters
Minus the Bear
The Mountain Goats
Quasi
Camera Obscura
Fruit Bats
Brother Ali
Midlake
Dr. Dog
Caribou
Simian Mobile Disco
City & Colour
No Age
The Temper Trap
Vetiver
Miike Snow
Portugal. The Man
Telekinesis
Mayer Hawthorne
Why?
Girls
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Wale
The Lonely Forest
Japandroids
Boys Noize
Yacht
Freelance Whales
Laura Marling
Patrick Watson
Past Lives
Cymbals Eat Guitars
The Low Anthem
The Very Best
Phantogram
Neon Indian
Nurses
The Tallest Man on Earth
Fresh Espresso
Mumford & Sons
Jets Overhead
tUnE-YarDs
Shabazz Palaces
Fool’s Gold
Morning Teleportation
Z-Trip
Dam-Funk
Hudson Mohawke
The Middle East
Local Natives
Avi Buffalo
Booka Shade
A-Trak
Yes Giantess
Craig Robinson
Rob Riggle
Garfunkel & Oates
Luke Burbank