Originally posted June 6: The MidPoint Music Festival announced 19 acts for the September festival today, including several winning acclaim around the industry.
Grizzly Bear will release their first album in three years on Sept. 18. Their last album ranked #1 on the NPR Listener's Poll and was in the Top 10 on year-end lists in The New York Times, Time Magazine, Pitchfork and Spin.
Sleigh Bells and Cloud Nothings were profiled in the May 2012 issue of Rolling Stone’s “10 New Artists Shaping Music Tomorrow"
J Mascis of Dinosaur JR was #5 on Spin’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”
The rest of the list:
- Dirty Projectors
- Best Coast
- Imperial Teen
- Willis Earl Beal
- Frankie Rose
- Tennis
- Julia Holter
- Laetitia Sadier
- Craft Spells
- Seapony
- Lord Huron
- The Black Belles
- Zeus
- The Growlers
- J.C. Brooks & The Uptown Sound
Early bird passes ($59) and VIP tickets ($169) are still available. Organizers said a Washington Park Day Tripper package would be available soon.
Update, June 26: 20 more artists were announced today:
- Andrew Bird
- The Walkmen
- The Antlers
- Ralph Stanley And His Clinch Mountain Boys
- Hospitality
- Rich Aucion
- Stepdad
- White Arrows
- Eternal Summers
- F.Stokes
- Hume
- Wooden Wand
- Sidewalk Chalk
- Dirty Bourbon River Show
- Hundred Waters
- Army Navy
- Tim Easton
- Golden Boy
- Kitten
- Holy Ghost Tent Revival
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