Fuck, it’s only Monday?

posted by @clarkbs

Photos by Miriam Thom

Here it is u guyz… Winnie Cooper’s Sasquatch! 2011 review! Words by Dolly Compton.

TOP TEN SHOWS:
• MSTRKRFT
• Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
• Sleigh Bells
• The Antlers
• Ratatat
• White Arrows
• Foster the People
• !!!
• Das Racist
• Matt and Kim

DAY 1 FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
DFA 1979: I had to keep myself from headbanging too hard so my neck wouldn’t be too sore for the rest of the weekend.
Foo Fighters: Dave Grohl is a modern icon, and he brought out Bob Mould from Hüsker Dü who shredded like he’d risen from hell.

DAY 2 SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
Aloe Blacc: I need a dollar…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6oYX1D-0w[/youtube]

The Antlers: Fantastic performance in broad daylight! The sunshine made their set more powerful and surreal than they’ve been at indoors venues in the past.

Washed Out: Ernest Greene tapped into the house market with a booming four-to-the-floor that overpowered the twinkling melodies and pillow-talk vocals.
The Glitch Mob: 3 iPad nerds geeking out on some heavy synth and drum machine apps and putting on a better show than Bassnectar (due2power)

Matt and Kim: They sampled every hip hop great and Kim did a handstand while shaking her booty like you would not believe.

Sleigh Bells: Alexis Krauss is the hottest bitch on the planet! Combining everything you could want: bangin’ beats and metal.

Robyn: Sasquatch! 2011 had so many amazing female performers. Robyn ate a banana on stage and, as one of my friends put it, was dancing “like she was from another planet.”

DAY 3 SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS:

Beach House: Another female babe, Victoria Legrand commanded the hearts of every girl and the loins of every boy in the audience. It was sunny and beautiful during their set and I wept during “Take Care.”

Cold War Kids: My friends were passed out drunk in front of City and Colour so I went to the mainstage where Cold War Kids were surprisingly great!
Flogging Molly: Everyone caught a second wind for this set and jumped around dancing to Irish punk.

Das Racist: They pulled off the best audience interaction all weekend, making people choose between laughing and dancing. A white girl in a red bikini flashed them and Dap told her to “Eat something.”

Gold Panda: Money set in the Banana Shack dance tent. Expected nothing less.

Flying Lotus: A huge crowd came for Flying Lotus and you could tell he was just as stoked as they were.

MSTRKRFT: #FrenchHouse! I felt like I couldn’t dance hard enough for how good this show was.

Ratatat: Amazing visuals. They had a giant 3-D parrot that was hanging out on the side of the stage. The audience all looked like they were having out of body experiences.

DAY 4 MONDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
Black Mountain: Vancouver’s own! Dark, dance-able rock. So so good.
White Arrows: All these guys are babes. The crowd quadrupled during their set.
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings: Soul good on the mainstage. Sharon wore a royal blue flapper dress and had everyone on their feet getting down to soul jams like this or this.

Foster the People: Every Sasquatch bro’s summer anthem
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTZ7iX4vTQ[/youtube]

!!! (“Chk Chk Chk”): Lead singer Nic Offer was gyrating like Prince, strutting into the crowd to ham and steal the audience’s clothing. Glad I saw it!
Skrillex: Dub-step sweetheart Skrillex opened the door from a room of brostep euphoria LFOs into some hallways of dnb roots, dancehall, and not enough French house.

Major Lazer: Diplo and Switch ended Sasquatch! 2011 with a rager in the dance tent, narrowly avoiding a bum-rush after inviting ten girls onstage, and telling the audience that they were going to “F*ck everybody.”

THE ONE TO WATCH:
DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid: Portland bollyhood DJs who played an unprecedented all four days! Catch them in Portland before they get too big!

NAUGHTY LIST:
Yeasayer: Somewhere along the line these guys decided they wanted to be a boring indie rock band. They played mostly their new album with a neutered version of “O.N.E.” and you could tell they were bored. At least change your name if you’re going to be a completely different band.
Best Coast: Expectedly sarcastic, unexpectedly boring.

^^^drinkz on uz, wha?

Proud supporters of the arts and staying up laate, Red Bull have a stage at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival (UK).   Check da telents.

Missy Elliot – The Rain (Douster Tropical Remix)

Rusko – Hold-On-Wha-La-La-Leng (Poirier Refix)

Poirier – Let Them Hate feat. YT (Mungo’s HiFi Remix)

Major Lazer & La Roux – Hold Yuh (Double Dubplate) ft. Gyptian

Drop The Lime – Sex Sax

Drop The Lime – Devil’s Eyes (CLASSIXX’S B-LIVE MIX)

Still recovering from Coachella.

Highlights were hanging out with new friends, Major Lazer and this band that I discovered at a vice after party in a dodgy strip bar called Cougars.

Male Bonding – Year’s Not Long

They have an album coming out on Sub Pop May 11th. Check it owt.

02 All Things That Way by subpop
03 Your Contact by subpop
04 Weird Feelings by subpop
05 Franklin by subpop
06 Crooked Scene by subpop
07 TUFF by subpop
08 Nothing Remains by subpop
09 Nothing Used To Hurt by subpop
10 Pirate Key by subpop
11 Paradise Vendors by subpop
12 Pumpkin by subpop
13 Worst to Come (featuring Vivian G by subpop
big ups, Box8 YOF, Humans and Graham for the hospitality and memoriez.

It’s Friday!

This might be my favorite remix of the year . So Chill.

Major Lazer- Cash Flow ( Classixx Glass Bottom Dub Remix)

And to get your weekend started right.

Proxy-Dancing in the Dark ( Dubstep Refix)

Edit: And one more I just came across

Stevie Nicks- Smile At You ( Youth\’s Going Home Dub)

Vancouver’s Ernold Sane!

Major Lazer – Pon De Floor (Ernold Sane Mix)

N sum Passion Pit. you know the band from the sony playstation ad that are now the hottest thing…?  there new album is out on tuesday.

Passion Pit – The Reeling (shuttle’s super club mega mix ’99)

Miike Snow (pron Mee-Kay) are going on tour.  I wiiish they were coming to Vancouver. They should come and play at our lil dive bar night…? Probably not, two of the members are from the production team behind hits like Britney’s Toxic! Exciting yes.  Punks Jump Up on the remix, who im also in luvs wit.

Miike Snow – Animal (Punks Jump Up Remix)

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