Monolith: Denver Gets An Indie Rock Fest
Coloradans thinking of heading to Austin City Limits this fall are encouraged to stay home and roll out the guest bed. Reader Ricardo writes that, the same weekend as ACL (September 14th and 15th), a bevy of indie rockers descend upon the picturesque Red Rocks ampitheater for an event designed to save Mountain Westerners the inter-regional trip in pursuit of festival fun. From the creators of the South Park Music Festival and the Midweset Music Summit comes the inaugural Monolith Festival, offering "50+ bands" over two nights and four (or five) stages. The Denver Post offers a first glimpse at the partial lineup:
The Flaming LipsThe festival site will go live in 45, and we'll update with the full lineup then. For now, note the overlap with ACL (Spoon, the Decemberists, Clap, GLO), so Spoon groupies sould plan accordingly.
The Decemberists
Spoon
Kings of Leon
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Cake
Cloud Cult
Ghostland Observatory
Flosstradamus with Kid Sister
Das Efx
Earl Greyhound
Juliette & The Licks
YACHT
Ra Ra Riot
Bob Log III
Lords of the Underground
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Autovaughn
Otis Gibbs
UPDATE: More of the Monlith lineup after the jump.
The Flaming Lips
Cake
The Decemberists
Kings Of Leon
Spoon
Ghostland Observatory
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Cloud Cult
Flosstradamus
Juliette & The Licks
Das Efx
Bob Log III
Earl Greyhound
Kid Sister
The Broken West
Lords Of The Underground
William Elliott Whitmore
YACHT
Hot IQs
Mobius Band
Machine Gune Blues
Nina Storey
Laylights
Cat-A-Tac
Otis Gibbs
Minus Story
Autovaughn
Born In The Flood
Ra Ra Riot
A Verse Unsung
The Swayback
On A Sun
Bela Karoli
Everything Absent Or Distorted
Angie Stevens
Stranger Lazy
Gregory Alan Isakov
Posted at 10:15 AM
Tags: Monolith
since when is denver the midwest?
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My thoughts exactly.
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That's the straight up West buddy.
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sorry, mountain west. no geography bee for me!
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people hate it round these parts hate it when it's referred to as the midwest....looks pretty solid and more acts to be announced
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hmmm. pretty cool. there are still more bands at ACL that i want to see though. although i am a huge fan of the lips, and if i wasn't seeing them in july here in oklahoma, i might be pretty tempted by this.
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DIGEDY DAS EFX!
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Speaking on behalf of the midwest, we do not want anything to do with Colorado.
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What if it snows?
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That's just 38 acts, not 50+.
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this may finally be my chance to see the lips! i live in kansas and they played wakarusa, but i am NOT going to wakarusa. i may just have to go to this one...
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Weird that DeVotchka is not on this bill. Obvs they can't be at both ACL and Monolith. Still, it's too bad that they can't be in their home state to get some love at a big ol' festival, especially since there aren't too many successful creative entities coming out of Colorado that appeal to this indie crowd. Then again, they're playing Red Rocks in August with Ryan Adams and Lucinda Williams and some other great acts, which sort of makes up for it.
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it's too bad that devotchka isn't on the bill, yet, but there are a couple of bands from denver that are not to be missed:
cat-a-tac
everything absent or distorted(i luv them)
and hot iqs
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Yeah, DeVotchKa is playing the Starbucks-sponsored rock fest with Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams, Old 97s, Jesse Sykes and -- I'm not kidding -- a band made up of Starbucks employees.
And re: the snow, yeah, it could definitely snow that weekend. It'd be a little early, but not out of the realm of possibility.
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Ra Ra Riot yessssssss!
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wow. looks like i actually have a reason to return home this fall. this looks great! well done Denver, well done. your indie scene is all growed up, finally!
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How are bands like the The Decemberists and CYHSY going to be playing Monolith and ACL. It's the same weekend.
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Most bands manage to play show in different cities on consecutive nights. No big challenge there.
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yeah cat-a-tac and hot IQs! some good denver bands around these days, and it's cool that they get a big festival like this to be a part of and play alongside some pretty huge acts.
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So I'm guessing Wayne Coyne will get to throw snowballs at the crowd because, you know, it snows ALL year round in that mystical mountain state.
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broken social scene played the bleeding kansas festival on saturday and lollapalooza on sunday. its more than doable to play two festivals in one weekend.
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Earl Greyhound. very excited they are getting to the point where they can play festivals like this. they are sooooo effin good! anyone in nyc who hasnt seen them yet should check them out at Bowery next month. they are really the best new band out there now. its only a matter of time until everyone turns on them :)
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This festival looks like it's going to be awesome for the national acts as well as the lesser known.. Everyone wins.. jyeah!
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