Festival Hub: Hopscotch
The Scene: Hopscotch Music Festival returns to downtown Raleigh! With more than 450 bands performing to a crowd of 60,000 fans, Hopscotch is the perfect weekend getaway for music lovers in the fall.
- Abyssal Frost
- Alvvays
- American Football
- Anjimile
- Bio Ritmo
- Bleary Eyed
- Bloomsday
- Bravo Pueblo
- Cable Ties
- Chessa Rich
- Corook
- Corpse Dust
- Cosmic Collective
- Coughing Dove
- Cro-Mags
- Cut Worms
- Dazy
- Dear Blanca
- Denzel Curry
- Devon Roberts
- Digable Planets
- Dinosaur Jr
- Dipstick
- Dirty Flowers
- Don Telling’s Island Mysteries
- Doomsday Profit
- Dougie Poole
- Eli Smart
- Faux Real
- Florry
- Fust
- Hema Gaia
- Horse Jumper of Love
- Hot Rats
- Irreversible Entanglements
- Japanese Breakfast
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet
- John Andrews & The Yawns
- John Howie Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff
- Kaleta & Super Yamba Band
- Kassie Krut (DJ Set)
- Kate Davis
- KHX05
- King Krule
- Kool Keith
- Kristopher Hilbert + Nora Rogers
- Kym Register + Meltdown Rodeo
- Larry & Joe
- Lesthegenius
- Lofidels
- Lola Kirke
- Long Relief
- Maddie Wiener
- Margo Price
- Max Gowan
- Mild High club
- Mo’ynoq
- Model/Actriz
- Numbtongue
- Palm
- Paranoid Maniac
- Pat Junior
- Pavement
- Pierce Freelon
- Prince Paul
- Quasi
- Rosali
- Rose City Band
- Rugg
- Sam Evian
- Sarah Sherman
- Signal Lamp Ensemble performs Outside the Dream Syndicate
- Skylar Gudasz
- Sluice
- Soccer Mommy
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- Sunny War
- Suzi Analogue
- Sweet Homé
- Também
- Taylor AP Williams
- Temp Job
- The Sloppy Boys
- TiaCorine
- Tonstartssbandht
- Truth Club
- Vaden Landers
- Whitmer Thomas (Comedy)
- Whitmer Thomas (Music)
- Zeta
- COURTNEY BARNETT
- PERFUME GENIUS
- KIM GORDON
- CHARLEY CROCKETT
- SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80
- DAWN RICHARD
- DEHD
- MAKAYA MCCRAVEN
- BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD
- LIGHTNING BOLT
- NATION OF LANGUAGE
- YAYA BEY
- TOMBERLIN
- HAND HABITS
- WAND
- AMYTHYST KIAH
- JAIME WYATT
- MJ LENDERMAN
- QUELLE CHRIS
- FRIENDSHIP
- GOOD LOOKS
- CACTUS LEE
- ERIC SLICK
- AL RIGGS
- REESE MCHENRY
- TRUTH CLUB
- NOAH DEEMER
- HNDCLW
- HEADKICKER
- Dr. Dog
- Animal Collective
- Flying Lotus
- CAROLINE POLACHEK
- Parquet Courts
- ARCHERS OF LOAF
- HIPPO CAMPUS
- SHANNON & THE CLAMS
- HELADO NEGRO
- LIDO PIMIENTA
- COLIN STETSON
- MAKAYA MCCRAVEN
- THE DEAD TONGUES
- SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS
- BOWERBIRDS
- BODY MEAT
- HUBERT LENOIR
- WEDNESDAY
- GARCIA PEOPLES
- HANNAH JADAGU
- DOUGIE POOLE
- LIBBY RODENBOUGH
- SONNY MILES
- PATOIS COUNSELORS
- LESTHEGENIUS
- KATE RHUDY
- SLUICE
- MAGIC TUBER STRINGBAND
- !!! (chk chk chk)
- Acne
- Ahleuchatistas
- All Riggs & Lauren Francis
- Andy Holmes
- Anteloper
- Bambara
- Birds of Avalon
- Black Surfer
- Boogarins
- Boris
- Caroline Rose
- Cate Le Bon
- Channel Tres
- CHVRCHES
- Daughter of Swords
- David Nance Group
- De(b)t
- Dee White
- Deerhunter
- Dirty Projectors
- estoc
- Faye Webster
- Floral Print
- Grace Ives
- Gruff Rhys
- Gudiya
- Illuminati Hotties
- Indigo De Souza with Icky Bricketts
- Injury Reserve
- James Blake
- Jenny Lewis
- Joey Purp
- Joyero
- JPEGmafia
- John Mueller
- JR Bohannon
- Kelsey Walden
- Kississippi
- Kurt Vile
- Little Brother
- Lucy Dacus
- Luke Stewart
- Lute
- Matt Martians
- Mdou Moctar
- Mike & the Moonpies
- Milford Graves
- MJ Lenderman,Moon Duo
- Museum Mouth
- Nest Egg
- No Love
- Oak City Slums
- Orville Peck
- Phantogram
- Pharmakon
- Pure Adult
- Purple Mountains
- Raphael Saadiq
- Rosenau + Sanborn
- Ryley Walker
- Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
- Savage Knights
- Secret Shame
- Sleater-Kinney
- Snail Mail
- Solar Halos
- Spellling
- Strange Ranger
- Sunwatchers
- Tashi Dorji
- The Dead Tongues
- The Messthetics
- The Nude Party
- The Watson Twins
- TKO Faith Healer
- Tomberlin
- Trace Mountains
- TRNSGNDR/VHS
- Tropical Fuck Storm
- Tyler Ramsey
- Wednesday
- Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald
- Wolf Eyes
- Yowler
- Zah
- Zen Mother
- MIGUEL
- NILE RODGERS & CHIC
- The Flaming Lips
- Grizzly Bear
- MC50
- Thundercat
- THE REVOLUTION
- LIZ PHAIR
- Real Estate
- DVSN
- MOSES SUMNEY
- MIPSO
- THE JAYHAWKS
- Red Fang
- Waxahatchee
- GANG GANG DANCE
- BODY/HEAD
- SARAH SHOOK AND THE DISARMERS
- GROUPER
- US GIRLS
- HAILU MERGIA
- OUGHT
- SPEEDY ORTIZ
- NO AGE
- THE LOVE LANGUAGE
- JULIE BYRNE
- SHOPPING
- CIRCUIT DES YEUX
- LOMELDA
- BOULEVARDS
- MIND OVER MIRRORS
- SWEARIN’
- MONOLORD
- JENNIFER CASTLE
- THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
- ZACK MEXICO
- ESCAPE-ISM
- ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT
- NICOLAY WITH THE HOT AT NIGHTS
- ANNA ST LOUIS
- YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN
- THE YAWPERS
- MICHAEL RAULT
- COMBO CHIMBITA
- DEAF WISH
- OMNI
- ZEPHANIAH OHORA
- SNEAKS
- WARM BODIES
- M8ALLA
- MOLLY BURCH
- HOUSE AND LAND
- PAINT FUMES
- GLENN JONES
- PALBERTA
- STILL CORNERS
- NANCE
- DEX ROMWEBER
- LIGHTNING BORN
- S.E. WARD
- RENATA ZEIGUER
- YOUNG BULL
- PATOIS COUNSELORS
- ELEPHANT MICAH
- ABDU ALI
- NIGHT SHOP
- ANNA ST. LOUIS
- STEVIE
- FITNESS WOMXN
- BLANKO BASNET
- OCEANATOR
- W00DY
- BLUE CACTUS
- ROMANTIC STATES
- JESSIE AND THE JINX
- PAMELA_ AND HER SONS
- INDIGO DE SOUZA
- VACANT COMPANY
- DRAG SOUNDS
- ALEX BROWN
- BLUEBERRY
- BEAUTY WORLD
- BANGZZ
- SPOOKSTINA
- HEAVENSEND
- Absent Lovers
- Acid Chaperone
- Acid Reign
- Advance Base
- Ahleuchatistas
- Albert Adams
- Aldous Harding
- Alessandro Cortini
- All the Saints
- Ami Dang
- Angel Olsen
- Arone Dyer’s Dronechoir
- Arrow Benjamin
- Aunt Sis
- Bask
- Bellows
- Beverly Tender
- Big Boi
- Big Thief
- Bill Kouligas
- Birds of Avalon
- Black Sage
- Blanck Mass
- Blois
- blursome
- Body Games
- BODYKIT
- Boy Harsher
- BrassiousMonk
- Buke & Gase
- Busdriver
- Cass McCombs Band
- Cayetana
- Cende
- Cherry Glazerr
- Cloud Nothings
- Cones
- Cory Hanson
- Dear Nora
- Dim Delights
- Dylan Earl
- Essex Muro
- EZTV
- Faye
- Flock of Dimes
- Floor Model
- Florist
- Future Islands
- G Yamazawa
- gobbinjr
- H.O.W.
- Hand Habits
- Happy Abandon
- Har Mar Superstar
- Hoops
- Hurray For The Riff Raff
- iLoveMakonnen
- Japanese Breakfast
- Jenny Besetzt
- Jlin
- Jock Gang
- John Saturley
- Jooselord Magnus
- Kaytranada
- Kayo Dot
- Kevin Morby
- King Woman
- Konvoi
- Late Bloomer
- Lazer Background
- Lee Fields & The Expressions
- Loamlands
- E.S.H.
- Machinedrum
- Madame Gandhi
- Mannequin Pussy
- Margo Price
- Marie Davidson
- Mary Timony Plays Helium
- Melkbelly
- METZ
- Monk Parker
- Moon Racer
- Mount Eerie
- Mount Moriah
- MOURN
- Mourning Cloak
- Museum Mouth
- Naked Naps
- Natural Velvet
- NE-HI
- Nest Egg
- No One Mind
- Noname
- Ó
- Oddisee & Good Compny
- P.A.T. Junior
- Pallbearer
- Peaer
- Pie Face Girls
- Preoccupations
- Protomartyr
- PWR BTTM
- Rafiq Bhatia
- Rapsody
- Reflex Arc
- Richard Lloyd
- Run The Jewels
- Sand Pact
- serpentwithfeet
- Severed Fingers
- Shane Parish
- Shepherds
- Sir the Baptist
- Skylar Gudasz
- Snail Mail
- Solange
- Songs: Molina
- Sound of Ceres
- Spaceface
- Sunflower Bean
- Susto
- Tei Shi
- The Afghan Whigs
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- The Coke Dares
- The Kneads
- The Make-Up
- The Mineral Girls
- The Notekillers
- The Tills
- The Veldt
- Thee Oh Sees
- Thou
- Torche
- Totally Slow
- Truth Club
- Whores
- WNC String Ensemble
- Yves Tumor
- ZenSoFly
- 75 Dollar Bill
- A Giant Dog
- Adia Victoria
- Al Riggs
- Amanda X
- Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals
- Andrew Bird
- Bad Friends
- Baroness
- Battle Trance
- Beach House
- Beach Slang
- Beverly Tender
- Big Freedia
- blursome
- Bodykit
- Bond St. District
- Boulevards
- C/L/PSE
- Car Seat Headrest
- Charming Youngsters
- Cobalt
- Container
- Converge
- Crete
- Cross Record
- Dai Burger
- Damon/Dorji Duo
- Daniel Bachman & Friends
- Demdike Stare
- Diet Cig
- DJ Spinn & The Era Footwork Crew
- Don Bikoff
- Downtown Boys
- Dynamite Brothers
- Earthling
- Earthly
- Eldritch Horror
- Eric Bachmann
- Erykah Badu
- ET Anderson
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Grohg
- GRRL
- Gun Outfit
- Hotline
- HOUSEFIRE
- Inga Copeland
- Japanese Breakfast
- Joan Shelley
- Jodi
- Julien Baker
- Junglepussy
- Kelela
- Kid Millions & Jim Sauter
- Kingdom
- Konvoi
- Kooley High
- Lacy Jags
- Lambchop
- Lavender Country
- Leila Abdul-Rauf and Nathan A. Verrill
- LVL UP
- Maiden Radio
- Make
- Man Forever
- Milo
- Carmack
- Mutoid Man
- Necrocosm
- No One Mind
- Oak City Slums
- Occultist
- Palm
- Pink Flag
- Promised Land Sound
- Quilt
- Rabit
- Rainbow Kitten Surprise
- Red Sea
- Ricky Eat Acid
- E. Ward
- Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
- Secret Guest
- Sneakers
- Sneaks
- Soldiers of Fortune
- Stooges Brass Band
- Suzi Analogue
- Swizzymack
- Sylvan Esso
- Television
- The Coathangers
- The Dead Tongues
- The Dinwiddies
- The Hell No
- The Powder Room
- The Snails
- The Wyrms
- Tom Carter
- Treee City
- Tribulation
- Tuskha
- Twin Peaks
- Vhöl
- Vincas
- Vince Staples
- Voight-Kampff
- Weird Pennies
- Wiki
- William Basinski
- Wolf Parade
- Wume
- Wye Oak
- YOB
- Young Thug
- Youth Code
- Zensofly
- Ace Henderson
- Acid Chaperone
- Advaeta
- American Aquarium
- Ameriglow
- Bandages
- Battles
- Big Ups
- Birds of Avalon
- Black Clouds
- Blaxxx
- Booher
- Boulevards
- Breathers
- Brief Lives
- Bully
- Cakes Da Killa
- Carlitta Durand
- Cashmere Cat
- Chaz French
- Chelsea Wolfe
- Choked Out
- Chulo
- Clark
- Cloud Becomes Your Hand
- Dad & Dad
- Daniel Romano
- Deerhunter
- DJ Earl
- Dorthia Cottrell
- Drippy Inputs
- Dwight Yoakam
- Echo Courts
- Elisa Ambrogio
- Escher
- EYEHATEGOD
- Eyes Low
- Father
- FAULTS
- Flock of Dimes
- Fórn
- Godflesh
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- GoldLink
- Grand Champeen
- Grandma Sparrow
- Hank Wood & The Hammerheads
- Hanz
- HeCTA
- Ian William Craig
- Jake Xerxes Fussell
- Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
- Jenks Miller & Rose Cross NC
- Jenny Hval
- Jessica Pratt
- John Chantler
- Jubilee
- Keath Mead
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
- Las Rosas
- Lawrence English
- Le1F
- Leapling
- Less Western
- Leverage Models
- Lilac Shadows
- Lizzo
- Lost Trail
- Loud Boyz
- Lud
- Luxe Posh
- Lydia Loveless
- Mac McCaughan
- Mamiffer
- Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler
- May Erwin
- Microkingdom
- Mitski
- Moenda
- Moon Duo
- Morbids
- Mumdance
- Must Be The Holy Ghost
- Naked Naps
- Natalie Prass and the Spacebomb Orchestra
- Nathan Golub
- Natural Causes
- New Music Raleigh: Music by Oscar Bettison and Evan Ziporyn
- Nick James
- No Love
- Nocando
- Nots
- Obey City
- OBN IIIs
- Old Man Gloom
- Oulipo
- Outer Spaces
- Owen Pallett
- Patois Counselors
- Peacers
- Phil Cook presents Southland Mission
- Pile
- Pill
- Porches.,
- Prurient
- Pusha T
- River Whyless
- Roky Erickson
- Sannhet
- Sarah Louise
- Secret Boyfriend
- Sheer Mag
- Shitty Boots
- Silent Lunch
- SkyBlew
- SMLH
- Solar Halos
- Some Army
- Soon
- Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers
- Tashi Dorji
- The Vibekillers
- thefacesblur
- Tombs
- TV on the Radio
- Tycho
- TZYVYX
- Wahyas
- Warehouse
- Wildhoney
- Wizard Rifle
- Wovenhand
- WYMYNS PRYSYN
- X
- Yandrew
- Zack Mexico
- Zeena Parkins
- Zs
- Action Bronson (Flushing, Queens, N.Y.)
- Adult. (Detroit, Mich.)
- Ahleuchatistas (Asheville, N.C.)
- Airstrip (Durham, N.C.)
- Alexander Turnquist (Hudson, N.Y.)
- Alpoko Don (Greenville, S.C.)
- Ama Divers (Durham, N.C.)
- American Aquarium (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Amor de DÃas (London, England/Madrid, Spain)
- Angel Olsen (Chicago, Ill.)
- Arborea (Lewiston, Maine)
- ASG (Wilmington, N.C.)
- Ashrae Fax (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Backsliders (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Beloved Binge (Durham, N.C.)
- Big Black Delta (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Bitter Resolve (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Black Zinfandel (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Body Games (Carrboro, N.C.)
- Boyzone (Carrboro, N.C.)
- Broken Prayer (Chicago, Ill.)
- Califone (Chicago, Ill./Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Casual Curious (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Cesar Comanche (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Charalambides (Austin, Texas)
- Charlemagne Palestine (Brussels, Belgium)
- Chatham County Line (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Cian Nugent (Dublin, Ireland)
- Co. (Charleston, S.C.)
- Coke Bust (Washington, D.C.)
- Cy Dune (Tucson, Az.)
- Dan Friel (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Daniel Bachman (Fredricksburg, Va.)
- Dauwd (London, England)
- David Grubbs (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Deleted Scenes (Washington, D.C.)
- Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba (Carrboro, N.C.)
- DJ Paypal (Somewhere, N.C.)
- Double Negative (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Doug Paisley (Toronto, Ont., Canada)
- Drug Yacht (Durham, N.C.)
- Dub Addis (Durham, N.C.)
- Earl Sweatshirt (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Endless Boogie (New York, N.Y.)
- Eros and the Eschaton (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Estrangers (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
- Evoken (Lyndhurst, N.J.)
- Ex Cops (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Ex-Cult (Memphis, Tenn.)
- Expo ‘70 (Kansas City, Mo.)
- Fat Tony (Houston, Texas)
- Foot Village (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Future Islands (Baltimore, Md.)
- Gorguts (Richmond, Quebec, Canada)
- Gross Ghost (Carrboro, N.C.)
- Grouper (Portland, Ore.)
- Helado Negro (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- High Aura’d (Boston, Mass.)
- High Highs (New York, N.Y.)
- HIgh Wolf (Somewhere, France)
- Holly Herndon (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Horse Lords (Baltimore, Md.)
- Houses (Chicago, Ill.)
- Ilyas Ahmed (Portland, Ore.)
- Inter Arma (Richmond, Va.)
- Ironing Board Sam (Hillsborough, N.C.)
- Jamaican Queens (Detroit, Mich.)
- Jeanne Jolly (Raleigh, N.C.)
- John Cale (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Jonathan Kane’s February (New York, N.Y.)
- Katharine Whalen (Efland, N.C.)
- Ken Vandermark & Tim Daisy Duo (Chicago, Ill.)
- Kopecky Family Band (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Kurt Vile and the Violators (Philadelphia, Penn.)
- Lady Lamb The Beekeeper (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Lapalux (Essex, England)
- Last Year’s Men (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Late Bloomer (Charlotte, N.C.)
- Leech (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Libraness (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Local Natives (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Loincloth (Richmond, Va./Raleigh, N.C.)
- Lonnie Holley (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Low (Duluth, Minn.)
- Majical Cloudz (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Malcolm Holcombe (Weaverville, N.C.)
- Maple Stave (Durham, N.C./Raleigh, N.C./San Francisco, Calif.)
- Marnie Stern (New York, N.Y.)
- Matmos (Baltimore, Md.)
- Matthew Dear (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Melissa Swingle (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Merzbow (Tokyo, Japan)
- Midnight Plus One (Carrboro, N.C.)
- Mikal Cronin (Orange County, Calif.)
- Mike Shiflet (Columbus, Ohio)
- Morning Brigade (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Mount Moriah (Durham, N.C.)
- Nathan Bowles (Blacksburg, Va.)
- Night Beds (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Nightlands (Philadelphia, Penn.)
- Noise Trauma (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Oblivians (Memphis, Tenn.)
- Old Quarter (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Overmountain Men (Charlotte, N.C.)
- OXYxMORON (Florence, S.C.)
- Pelt (Madison, Wis./Blacksburg, Va.)
- Pere Ubu (Cleveland, Ohio)
- Pharmakon (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Pig Destroyer (Arlington, Va.)
- Pissed Jeans (Allentown, Pa.)
- Plume Giant (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Protomartyr (Detroit, Mich.)
- Prypyat (Durham, N.C.)
- Purling Hiss (Philadelphia, Penn.)
- Regina Hexaphone (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Richard Bacchus & the Luckiest Girls (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Richard Youngs (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Riton (London, England)
- Rose Windows (Seattle, Wash.)
- Ryan Hemsworth (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
- Saints Apollo (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Sal Mineo (San Francisco, Calif.)
- San Fermin (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Schooner (Durham, N.C.)
- Shannon Whitworth (Brevard, N.C.)
- Shirlette Ammons T4GB (Durham, N.C.)
- Slavic Soul Party! (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Sleep (Oakland, Calif./Albuquerque, N.M.)
- Solar Halos (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Spacin’ (Philadelphia, Penn.)
- Speedy Ortiz (Northampton, Mass.)
- Spiritualized (London, England)
- Spooky Woods (Durham, N.C.)
- Survival (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Suuns (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Swearin’ (Philadelphia, Penn./Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Sylvan Esso (Durham, N.C.)
- Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass-Kickin Team (Raleigh, N.C.)
- The Beets (Queens, N.Y.)
- The Breeders (Dayton, Ohio/Los Angeles, Calif.)
- The Dreebs (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- The Everymen (Tuckerton, N.J.)
- The Golden Void (San Francisco, Calif.)
- The Human Eyes (Carrboro, N.C.)
- The Kingsbury Manx (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- The Lollipops (Raleigh, N.C.)
- The Rosebuds (Raleigh, N.C./Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- The Shilohs (Vancouver, B.C., Canada)
- The South Carolina Broadcasters (Charleston, S.C./Raleigh, N.C.)
- The Toddlers (Carrboro, N.C.)
- Tonk (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Torres (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Turf War (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Twilighter (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- UBT (Montreal, Quebec)
- Villages (Asheville, N.C.)
- Water Liars (Oxford, Miss.)
- Waumiss (Carrboro, N.C.)
- Waxahatchee (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Whatever Brains (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Wichita Falls (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Wold (Saskatchewan, Canada)
- Wolf Eyes (East Lansing, Mich./Detroit, Mich.)
- Wool (Raleigh, N.C.)
- XXYYXX (Orlando, Fla.)
- Zen Frisbee (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Airstrip (Carrboro, N.C.)
- Altar of Plagues (Cork, Ireland)
- Altos (Milwaukee, Wis.)
- Alvarius B. (Seattle, Wash.)
- Amen Dunes (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Arnold Dreyblatt and Megafaun (Berlin, Germany / Durham, N.C.)
- Azure Ray (Omaha, Neb,)
- Balam Acab (Mechanicsburg, Pa.)
- Baobab (Durham, N.C.)
- Baroness (Savannah, Ga./Philadelphia, Penn.)
- Beat Report (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Big Troubles (Ridgewood, N.J.)
- Bill Orcutt (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Bio Ritmo (Richmond, Va.)
- BIrds of Avalon (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Black Skies (Carrboro, N.C.)
- Black Tusk (Savannah, Ga.)
- Boy Friend (Austin, Texas)
- Built to Spill (Boise, Idaho)
- Burglar Fucker (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
- Calico Haunts (Durham, N.C.)
- Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan (Durham, N.C.)
- Carlos Giffoni (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Charles Latham (Durham, N.C.)
- Charlie Parr (Duluth, Minn.)
- Cheater Slicks (Columbus, Ohio)
- Chelsea Crowell (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Chris Corsano (Rochester, N.Y.)
- Chris Forsyth & Koen Holtkamp (Philadelphia, Penn.)
- Chuck Johnson (Oakland, Calif.)
- Cities Aviv (Memphis, Tenn.)
- Class Actress (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Co La (Baltimore, Md.)
- Colin Stetson (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Corrosion of Conformity (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Curtis Eller (Durham, N.C.)
- Damien Jurado (Seattle, Wash.)
- Dan Deacon (Baltimore, Md.)
- Danny Brown (Detroit, Mich.)
- Dead in the Dirt (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Deerhoof (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Delicate Steve (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Doldrums (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
- Donovan Quinn (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Dope Body (Baltimore, Md.)
- Drique London (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Ducktails (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Elephant Micah (Bloomington, Ind.)
- Escort (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Exitmusic (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Feltbattery (Hillsborough, N.C.)
- Field Report (Milwaukee, Wis.)
- Flesh Wounds (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
- Flosstradamus (Chicago, Ill.)
- Free Electric State (Durham, N.C.)
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