Anti-Festivals seem to be all the rage these days. Pitchfork Fest had its mostly word-of-mouth Bitchpork Fest with Times New Viking, Cave, Wet Hair, Bird Names, and others running a samurai sword through the well-oiled machine in the park. Now it turns out San Francisco is planning something similar in anticipation of the unholy Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, featuring Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Tenacious D, Modest Mouse, Incubus, M.I.A., and so on.
More specifically, Aquarius Records and the Root Strata label are putting on the On Land Festival from September 19-20 in good ol' San Fran. The fest will feature Grouper, Christina Carter, Ducktails, Ilyas Ahmed, Pete Swanson (of Defunct Yellow Swans), Keith Fullerton Whitman, Starving Weirdos, and plenty more. The festival will consist of an early show at the Swedish American Hall and an afternoon show at Cafe Dunord on Saturday (each show $10), followed by a Sunday night back at the Swedish American Hall (this time $20). So, if you can stand to miss Incubus, go check out On Land. Damn, let's keep these anti-fests coming!
- 09.19.09 - Swedish American Hall (Early Show)
Starving Weirdos
William Fowler Collins
Metal Rouge
Darwinsbitch
Jim Haynes
John Davis
Danny Paul Grody
- 09.19.09 - Cafe Dunord
Tarental
Keith Fullerton Whitman
The Alps
Ducktails
Pete Swanson
Joe Grimm
Operative / Scott Goodwin
- 09.20.09 - Swedish American Hall
Grouper
Christina Carter
Ilyas Ahmed
Barn Owl
Sun Circle
Common Eider, King Eider
Brendan Murray