A name change and an absence from the Sasquatch! Music Festival app will definitely effect the number of people at a show. But if the crowd at Preoccupations was any reflection of their controversial previous name, their show on the Yeti stage Saturday night was surely a reflection of their promising future. Winged by two guitars and backed by a drummer, Matt Flegel led the charge on bass and vocals, bidding adieu the setting sun with the menacing post-punk sound the band has perfected. The show also highlighted Preoccupations' talent at weaving samples into their minimalist sound, and those samples were highlighted in the live setting, clearly demonstrating how they take the group’s sonics to new levels. While the band may be shadowed with the history of their past name for a while longer, if they keep putting out music like what Sasquatch! saw on Saturday, the troubles of their past will soon be a forgotten preoccupation.
In a sharp contrast from years past, this year's Sasquatch! Music Festival lineup has considerably less folk-inclining music on the main stage, making Lord Huron one of the weekend's folk rock acts that would play directly in front of the Columbia River Gorge. The Michigan-via-Los Angeles quintet s…
Digable Planets is officially back. After announcing their reunion tour at a NYE show in Seattle, the group followed through with the announcement as they took the main stage of Sasquatch! Music Festival by storm Saturday night. Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, Craig "Doodlebug" Irving and Mary Ann "Lad…
