Category Archives: Festivals

Coming in March

Pickathon 2011 Lineup Announced!

August 5-7 at Pendarvis Farm near Portland, OR. Tickets and the info can now be found at www.pickathon.com. Not to be missed!

Pickathon Crushes, Part 2: Elliott Brood

Yes, it’s been eleventy-three months since Pickathon and I’ve been slacking on keeping up with the blog. But I’d be remiss if I didn’t draw your attention to my other favorite discovery of that weekend, Toronto’s Elliott Brood. I’ll didn’t put Elliott Brood on my must-see list for that weekend but on Sunday morning, while [...]

Pickathon Crushes, Part 1: The Roadside Graves

I’d been tracking The Roadside Graves for a while now, and even ranked their last full-length, LP, My Son’s Home, in my Top 20 of 2009. They’ve been on a roll since then, releasing the fantastic EP, You Won’t Be Happy With Me, earlier this year. So they’d been on my must-see list for Pickathon [...]

Pickathon 2010: Preview and Sampler

Yes, I enjoy making fun of hippies and I don’t particularly enjoying camping. However, I am very much looking forward to this weekend’s Pickathon festival just outside Portland. For three days and two nights, I will sleep on the ground in the woods (or, rather, on a Deluxe Series Thermarest) in order to take advantage [...]

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