2009 Monolith Line-Up Brings Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Mars Volta, Phoenix

Now in its third year, Denver's Monolith Festival has laid out its plan to lure the mountain west region's indie minded music fans to Red Rocks for a noteworthy weekend of bloggable bands. Headlining the two-day festival are Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Mars Volta, with undercard notables including Girl Talk, of Montreal, M. Ward, DOOM, The Walkmen, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Frightened Rabbit, the Antlers, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Phoenix, Passion Pit, the Thermals, HEALTH, the Twilight Sad, Method Man & Red Man, Neon Indian, and others. One benefit of its relatively small size: there's nothing on Friday, which means less days off work or bands to feel guilty about missing. And one benefit of its location: This all takes place at the picturesque and sonically resonant Red Rocks Ampitheatre. Dates are 9/12 and 9/13, single day passes are $52, two day passes run $95, and are on sale now at monolithfestival.com. Here's the full line-up:

SATURDAY 9/12
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Girl Talk
Of Montreal
M. Ward
DOOM
The Walkmen
OK Go
Ida Maria
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Frightened Rabbit
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
Hollywood Holt + Million $ Mano
Starf*cker
Thunderheist
Woodhands
These United States
Cymbals Eat Guitars
The Antlers
Cotton Jones
Gregory Alan Isakov
Lydia
Generationals
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
The Answering Machine
Roadside Graves
Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Speakeasy Tiger
Autovaughn
Avi Buffalo
Wendy Darling
Boulder Acoustic Society
Caitlin Rose

SUNDAY 9/13
The Mars Volta
MSTRKRFT
Method Man & Redman
Phoenix
The Dandy Warhols
Chromeo
The Glitch Mob
Passion Pit
WALE
The Thermals
Harlem Shakes
Monotonix
The Grates
HEALTH
Deer Tick
The Twilight Sad
The Features
Spindrift
Savoy
Bad Veins
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Beats Antique
Tigercity
French Horn Rebellion
The Pirate Signal
Neon Indian
The Knew
A Shoreline Dream
The Royal Bangs
Red Wire Black Wire
Jim McTurnan & the Kids That Killed the Man
Rachel Goodrich

Posted at 10:38 AM by amrit
Tags: Monolith

11 Comments

Love seeing AutoVaughn on this list. Such a great band.

Posted by: CN at 07/16/09 10:53 AM  | Reply
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damn i wish this was on the east coast.

Posted by: d at 07/16/09 11:02 AM  | Reply
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I'm moving to Denver.

Posted by: BONA_FIDE at 07/16/09 11:38 AM  | Reply
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Take it from a Denver resident, this festival is well worth the trip. Last year's Holy Fuck set underneath the towering Red Rocks was something special. You can find some camping close by to reduce the cost of the trip.

Posted by: Bonji at 07/16/09 11:47 AM  | Reply
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Don't forget that the Cool Kids are playing the kick-off party Friday!

Posted by: Matt at 07/16/09 12:39 PM  | Reply
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Just like the last two years...

Monolith's lineup this year = Every other festival's lineup next year.

Why not see it first at the greatest live music venue in the country?

Posted by: Ryan at 07/16/09 1:24 PM  | Reply
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Im pretty sure most all of these bands played music festivals this year........

Posted by: me at 07/16/09 1:44 PM  | Reply
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i'm assuming there are multiple stages set up? (how many)

Posted by: me at 07/16/09 1:46 PM  | Reply
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Five stages

Posted by: Dodge  in reply to me's comment at 07/16/09 3:54 PM  | Reply
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I am all festival'ed out. And I think that $95 is a little too much for this.

Posted by: chris at 07/16/09 2:02 PM  | Reply
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$95 bucks for 60 bands. Too much? Your trippin', son!

Posted by: el jefe at 07/19/09 9:26 AM  | Reply
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