Friday, August 27, 2010
Cream Calendar Road Trip to Asheville: Moogfest, Oct. 29-31
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:09 PM
In the past, Moogfest has been staged in The Big Apple, but this year it moves to the beautiful city of Asheville, N.C., and will take place from Oct. 29-Oct. 31 at three venues: the Asheville Civic Center, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium and The Orange Peel. The best part? It’s a smaller-scale event than your big blow-out fests — Lolla, Coach, Sasquatch and the ’Roo, par exemple — meaning it will be somewhat modestly priced, despite its solid lineup. And it’s in our road-trip comfort radius. According to my Asheville-frequenting roomie, the drive is beautiful and can be made in “four-and-a-half hours done safely … if they fixed the rockslide on 40, which I assume should be done by now.” In keeping with the electronic spirit of the Moog legacy, the lineup features a lot of electro, dance-pop and hip-hop artists. Who, you ask? Oh, no big deal. You know, just DEVO — who staged one of the most incredible shows I saw at Lolla this year — along with stuff for the kids (Girl Talk and Dan Deacon), stuff for the kids on drugs (MGMT, Panda Bear and Pretty Lights), stuff for the olds on drugs (Van Dyke Parks), stuff for the hip-hop set (Big Boi and DJ Spooky), stuff that would make me personally dance (Hot Chip, RJD2 and Caribou) and other awesome stuff I just don’t feel like categorizing (Emeralds, Four Tet, Clare and the Reasons, The Octopus Project, School of Seven Bells and more). Follow me after the jump to see a full lineup along with ticket-pricing info.
Weekend passes are $149.50, with single-day tickets at $75 apiece. There’s also a weekend VIP pass — with all sorts of fancy-pants perks, including a Moog Music factory tour — for $349.50. Purchase tickets here. Lineup below.
Friday, October 29
DEVO
MGMT
Big Boi
Girl Talk
Panda Bear
Bonobo (DJ set)
RJD2
El-P
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible
Saturn Never Sleeps (Featuring King Britt & Rucyl)
The Octopus Project
Kuroma
Van Dyke Parks
Clare and the Reasons
Saturday, October 30
Massive Attack
Thievery Corporation
The Disco Biscuits
Jonsi
Caribou
Four Tet
Matmos
Dâm-Funk
School of Seven Bells
Jon Hopkins
Dam-Funk
School of Seven Bells
Emeralds
Mountain Man
Sunday, October 31
Pretty Lights
Hot Chip
Dan Deacon
Mimosa
Two Fresh
DJ Spooky
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...btw cream two fresh is from nashville, was of the biggest artist in that scene. hometown kids done well. real well.
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