Oregon Music News

It’s baaack! And once again we shall follow our fellow Sassy crew members up to the Gorge on Memorial Day weekend for four days of what will soon be yet another sold-out year of Sasquatching.

The official lineup was announced tonight in Seattle at the Neptune Theatre where the Sasquatch held its launch party, featuring performances from Junip (featuring Jose Gonzalez), Matthew Caws of Nada Surf, and The Physics.

The 2012 Sasquatch! Music Festival runs from Friday, May 25th through Monday the 28th, but until then, read OMN’s highlights from 2011 and 2010.

Celebrating its 11th year, here’s the official 2012 lineup…

Headliners:
Jack White
Beck
Bon Iver
Pretty Lights
Tenacious D
Beirut
Girl Talk
The Roots
Feist
Silversun Pickups
Metric
The Head & the Heart
Explosions in the Sky
Mogwai
Nero (DJ)
John Reilly & Friends
The Joy Formidable

Portlanders:
The Shins
Starfucker
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
M. Ward
Wild Flag
Portlandia The Tour
Blitzen Trapper
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Blind Pilot
The Helio Sequence
Greylag

Highlighters:
Spiritualized
Little Dragon
SBTRKT
Felix Cartal
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
Com Truise
Pickwick
Hey Marseilles
Purity Ring
tUnE-YarDs
Childish Gambino
St. Vincent
The Civil Wars
Jamey Johnson
Wolfgang Gartner
Beats Antique
Apparat
The Walkmen
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Mark Lanegan Band
The Cave Singers
Shabazz Palaces
fun.
Grouplove
Tycho
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Deer Tick
Imelda May
Alabama Shakes
Dum Dum Girls
Kurt Vile
Cloud Cult
We Are Augustines
Ben Howard
Here We Go Magic
Zola Jesus
The War On Drugs
Shearwater
Cass McCombs
Active Child
Trampled By Turtles
Araabmuzik
Star Slinger
L.A. Riots
I Break Horses
Walk The Moon
Dry The River
Allen Stone
Gary Clark Jr.
Electric Guest
Yellow Ostrich
Nobody Beats The Drum
Coeur De Pirate
Lord Huron
Beat Connection
The Sheepdogs
Hey Rosetta!
Said The Whale
Howlin Rain
Gardens & Villa
Craft Spells
Vintage Trouble
Poor Moon
Black Whales
Gold Leaves
Awesome Tapes From Africa
THEESatisfaction
Dyme Def
Fresh Espresso
The Physics
Sol
Metal Chocolates
Grynch
Spac3man
Don’t Talk To The Cops
Scribes
Fatal Lucciauno
Fly Moon Royalty
Katie Kate

Comedy:
Nick Kroll
John Mulaney
Todd Barry
Beardyman
Rob Delaney
Pete Holmes
Howard Kremer

Lineup Additions:
Santigold
Of Monsters and Men
Graffiti6
Anthony Jeselnik

Here’s the official vid featuring our very own Kiwi-Portlanders Unknown Mortal Orchestra with the opening riffs:

The 2012 Sasquatch! Music Festival takes place over Memorial Day weekend, Friday, May 25th to Monday, May 28th, at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA. Tickets go back on sale via Live Nation on Saturday, February 11th at 10am PST.