One of the early Hopscotch rumors was that Titus Andronicus was going to play this summer’s fest. Alas, the Hopscotch lineup announcement came and went, yet there was no mention of the Jersey-based indie rock quintet.
However, the generous Hopscotch organizers surprised us this morning with the addition of 14 bands to the festival, as well as a new venue to accommodate the 150 bands.
“[T]ickets sold more quickly than the festival organizers had anticipated, with VIP tickets gone in less than three hours and more than half of the festival’s All-Show wristbands grabbed only a month after launch,” the organizers explained. “So Greg Lowenhagen and Grayson Currin began searching for a 13th venue that would allow them to add more fans and, more importantly, more bands.”
In addition to Titus Andronicus, Hopscotch added Times New Viking, Vivian Girls, Coliseum, White Ring, Pepper Rabbit, Bass Drum of Death, Diamond Rings, Xray Eyeballs and The Hairs. Local favorites D-Town Brass, North Elementary, and Charlotte’s Brain Flannel and Temperance League.
Helping to house all of these killer acts will be The Union at 327 West Davie St., No. 114.
“By adding The Union, we continue our growth into Raleigh’s emerging warehouse district while maintaining a closely-knit, walkable footprint within downtown,” the organizers explained.
However, with all of the good news, there comes some bad. Hopscotch says, “Due to a family wedding, Tyvek has unfortunately had to cancel the tour that was built around Hopscotch.” Taking Tyvek’s place is the previously mentioned Xray Eyeballs.
Of course this is all in addition to the previously announced festival headlining acts The Flaming Lips, Guided by Voices, Dodos, The Light Pines, Drive-By Truckers and Superchunk. September can’t get her soon enough!
| Sept. 8 |
Sept. 9 |
Sept. 10 | |
| City Plaza | Guided by Voices, Drive-By Truckers, The Dodos, Sami Automatic | The Flaming Lips, Superchunk, The Light Pines | |
| Lincoln Theatre | Spider Bags, Last Year’s Men, The Love Language, Black Lips | Carlitta Durand, Annuals, Twin Shadow, The Foreign Exchange | SPCL GST, All Tiny Creatures, Toro Y Moi, Future Islands, Yelawolf |
| Fletcher Opera Hall | Steve Gunn, Rhys Chatham, The Necks | Julianna Barwick, Sir Richard Bishop, Swans | The Prayers and Tears, Bombadil, Lost in the Trees |
| The Pour House | Prurient, Oneohtrix Point Never, Weekend, Cold Cave | Soft Company, Braids, Disappears, Japandroids | Peter Lamb and The Wolves, Fight the Big Bull, D-Town Brass, Budos Band |
| Kings | Dinosaur Feathers, Lower Dens, Grandchildren, Woodsman, Lonnie Walker | Whatever Brains, The Body, Liturgy, Earth | The Hairs, Des Ark, Little Scream, KORT |
| The Berkeley Cafe | Man Will Destroy Himself, Hog, Mouthus, Oxbow | Brice Randall Bickford, Wooden Wand, John Vanderslice, Mount Moriah | Caltrop, Horseback, Duane Pitre Sextet, Krallice |
| Slim’s | Super Vacations, PC Worship, XRay Eyeballs, JEFF The Brotherhood | Brain Flannel, The Loners, Vivian Girls, Coliseum | Shit Horse, Flight, Bass Drum of Death, Royal Baths |
| Tir Na Nog | 12,000 Armies, Tender Fruit, Cheyenne Marie Mize, J Mascis | L.E.G.A.C.Y., King Mez, Apple Juice Kid, Beans | The Caribbean, Man/Miracle, Beach Fossils, Titus Andronicus |
| Deep South Bar | Bustello, Invisible Hand, Apache Dropout, Empress Hotel | Temperance League, Chip Robinson, Bandway, Jennyanykind | The Tomahawks, Andrew Cedermark, Organos, Frontier Ruckus |
| The Hive | Jack the Radio, Dustin Wong, Reading Rainbow, Ford & Lopatin | Justin Robinson and The Mary Annettes, Jesse Sparhawk & Eric Carbonara, David Daniell, Barn Owl | D&D Sluggers, Charlie Smarts, Thien, Bird Peterson |
| Five Star | Yair Yona, Black Twig Pickers, Frank Fairfield, William Tyler | Pepper Rabbit, Diamond Rings, Mount Eerie, White Ring | Family Dynamics, Heads on Sticks, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross |
| White Collar Crime | Oulipo, Le Weekend, Xiu Xiu, Dan Melchior Und Das Menace | Wesley Wolfe, Old Bricks, Generationals, Royal Bangs | The Moderate, Onward, Soldiers, Jon Lindsay, The Old Ceremony |
| The Union | Cassis Orange, Yardwork, Filthybird, Mandolin Orange | North Elementary, Dylan Gilbert, Wembley, Apex Manor | Embarrassing Fruits, Gross Ghost, Gauntlet Hair, Times New Viking |
NOTE: I’ll be spending most of my time between Lincoln Theatre, Tir Na Nog and White Collar Crime. How about you?
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