Photo Credit: Peter Kirkegaard
The Scene
The Northside Festival, Brooklyn’s answer to South By Southwest, takes place over seven days in the trendy Williamsburg neighborhood. Music dominates the weekend with a slate of 350 artists performing over 20 venues. While most events required a festival badge or individual ticket, the first Saturday of Northside offers plentiful options for fans of free tunes.
2014 Artist Lineup
The War on Drugs
- ALBERT HAMMOND, JR.
- ALIEN TRILOGY
- ALVVAYS
- AMANDA X
- ANDY SHERNOFF
- ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (DJ set)
- AVA LUNA
- AXXA:ABRAXAS
- BADBADNOTGOOD
- BAKED
- BEACH FOSSILS
- BEIRUT
- BELL’S ROAR
- BELLE MARE
- BENJAMIN BOOKER
- BENT SHAPES
- BIG MUFF RADIO
- BIG QUIET
- BIG UPS
- BLUFFING
- BODY LANGUAGE
- BOUND & BURIED
- BOYTOY
- BRAMBLING
- BRIDGET DAVIS AND THE VIKING KINGS
- BUTTER THE CHILDREN
- CAITLIN HARNETT
- CANDIDE
- CANON LOGIC
- CASSANDRA JENKINS
- CATFOX
- CATHY
- CELESTIAL SHORE
- CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES
- CHROME SPARKS
- CHVRCHES
- CLOUDER
- CONTAINER
- COUCH SLUT
- COURTNEY BARNETT
- COURTSHIP RITUAL
- CRAFT SPELLS
- CREEPOID
- CROATIAN AMOR
- CTZNSHP
- DAN CROLL
- DANCES
- DANIEL ROSSEN (of Grizzly Bear & Dept of Eagles)
- DAYTONA
- DEAD LEAF ECHO
- DEAD SEXY SHEILA
- DEAD TENANTS
- DEAD WAVES
- DEAR GEORGIANA
- DIAMOND BONES
- DIANA CHITTESTER
- DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN
- DONOVAN BLANC
- DROWNERS
- DUTCH E GERM
- EAGULLS
- EASTERN HOLLOWS
- EASTERN MIDWESTERN
- ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER
- EMPTY CHAIRS
- EVERYTHING FOREVER
- EXOCOMET
- FITNESS
- FLAGLAND
- FLESH WOUNDS
- FRANKIE COSMOS
- FUCK BUTTONS
- GAMEDAY REGULARS
- GIRLS & GOD
- GLASS GHOST
- GOLDEN GRASS
- GOLDEN TEACHER
- GONDOLA
- GRAND PANTRY MEN
- GRAPH RABBIT
- GREAT CAESAR
- GRINGO STAR
- GROOMS
- GUERILLA TOSS
- GYMSHORTS
- GYPSY GEORGE
- HALF WAIF
- HANNIBAL MONTANA
- HAPPY LIVES
- HARROW
- HARVEY SID FISHER
- HAYBABY
- HELIOTROPES
- HEY ANNA
- HIROMI SUDA
- HOLYCHILD
- HOMESHAKE
- HONDURAS
- HOP ALONG
- HOT BLOOD
- HULL
- HUNTERS
- I AM OAK
- IAN ISIAH
- INCAN ABRAHAM
- INFINIEN
- J.A.C.K.
- JAKE FALBY
- JAKE LEVINE (of The Howler Weary)
- JOSHUA GARCIA
- JOURNALISM
- JUNIPER RISING
- KA
- KAREN & THE SORROWS
- KEVIN MORBY
- KIESZA
- KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD
- KLINGANDE
- KRILL
- LATE CAMBRIAN
- LAURA & GREG
- LAUREL
- LEAPLING
- LET’S BE LOVELESS
- LEVERAGE MODELS
- LIFE SIZE MAPS
- LITTLE RACER
- LOOSE BUTTONS
- LOST BOY?
- LOW FAT GETTING HIGH
- LUCAS BRODE
- LUDWIG PERSIK
- LUKE TEMPLE
- LUST FOR YOUTH
- MAC DEMARCO
- MACH 22
- MANNEQUIN PUSSY
- MANORS
- MARISSA NADLER
- MARNIE STERN
- MAS YSA
- MINIBOONE
- MISTERWIVES
- MONICA LIONHEART
- MONTGOMERY STREETS
- MONTREAL SEX MACHINE
- MTT
- MY MIDNIGHT HEART
- MY TEENAGE STRIDE
- NAPOLEAN
- NATURE CRUISE
- NEON INDIAN (DJ set)
- NICHOLAS NICHOLAS
- NIGHTBITCH
- ODDLOGIC
- ODONIS ODONIS
- OLD MONK
- OLYMPUS DIGITAL
- OMAR SOULEYMAN
- OVLOV
- OWEL
- PALLBEARER
- PEP
- PERFECT PUSSY
- PHARMAKON
- PLANNING FOR BURIAL
- PLEASURE LEFTISTS
- PORCHES
- PRE WAR
- PRINCE RAMA (DJ SET)
- PSYCHIC TWIN
- PYRRHON
- RADIATOR HOSPITAL
- RADICAL 2
- RADIO JAROCHO
- RATHBORNE
- RETAIL SPACE
- RIOT FOX
- RUBY THE HATCHET
- SHAMIR
- SHARK?
- SHARON VAN ETTEN
- SHENANDOAH AND THE NIGHT
- SHILPA RAY
- SKI LODGE
- SLIM WRAY
- SLONK DONKERSON
- SLOTHRUST
- SOFA CLUB
- SOFT LIT
- SPACE MEOW
- SPIRIT PLATE
- STARGAZY
- STARLIGHT GIRLS
- STEEL PHANTOMS
- STEP ROCKETS
- SUCH HOUNDS
- SUCH HOUNDS
- SUCKER
- SUICIDE DOLLS
- SUN CASTLE
- SUNSET HEARTS
- SWEARIN’
- SYD ARTHUR
- TALIB KWELI
- TEAM SPIRIT
- TEEN GIRL SCIENTIST MONTHLY
- THE BARR BROTHERS
- THE BATTERY ELECTRIC
- THE COURTESY TIER
- THE COWMEN
- THE DEAD MILKMEN
- THE FLAG
- THE FREAKY BABY DADDIES
- THE MEANING OF LIFE
- THE PARTY FAITHFUL
- THE PLANES
- THE ROSEWOOD GIRL
- THE TEEN AGE
- THE VENETIA FAIR
- THE WAR ON DRUGS
- THEE OH SEES
- TIERS
- TITUS ANDRONICUS
- TITUS ANDRONICUS
- TRAUMAHELIKOPTER
- TWEENS
- TWINTAPES
- TYBURN SAINTS
- UNIFORM
- VAMPIRATES
- VILKACIS
- VIOLENT BULLSHIT
- VULTURE SHIT
- WALTER TV
- WASHER
- WEEKENDER
- WEIRD WOMB
- WEYES BLOOD
- WHALE BELLY
- WHISKEY BITCHES
- WHITE MYSTERY
- WHITE RABBITS
- WOLVVES
- YELLOW EYES
- YOUR FRIEND
- YOUTH CODE
- ZIEMBA
- ZULA