Sasquatch! 2009 line-up unveiled

The festival, now in its eighth year, features a long list of Paste-approved artists including Animal Collective, Zach Galifianakis, Devotchka, Bon Iver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Todd Barry, Nine Inch Nails, Of Montreal, Fleet Foxes, M83, Girl Talk...and way too many more to tell you about here. Check out this fansite for the full line-up or see the tentative schedule below. Added to the already-packed list is an expanded comedy and dance music tent. Comedians will reign during the day while DJs take over at night:

Saturday, May 23th
Kings of Leon / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Decemberists / Animal Collective / Bon Iver / Devotchka / M. Ward / Doves / Sun Kil Moon / The Gaslight Anthem / King Khan & The Shrines / Ra Ra Riot / Shearwater / Passion Pit / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Vince Mira / Blind Pilot / Owl City / Arthur & Yu / Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele / Death Vessel / Hockey

Sunday, May 24th
Jane’s Addiction / Nine Inch Nails / TV On The Radio / Peter Bjorn and John / of Montreal / The Avett Brothers / Calexico / M83 / The Airborne Toxic Event / The Walkmen / The Wrens / St. Vincent / The Dodos / John Vanderslice / The Submarines / Viva Voce / The Builders And The Butchers / AA Bondy / Fences / Point Juncture, WA / Jon Benjamin

Monday, May 25th
Ben Harper and Relentless7 / Erykah Badu / Silversun Pickups / Fleet Foxes / Gogol Bordello / Santigold / Grizzly Bear / Explosions In The Sky / Girl Talk / Blitzen Trapper / The Knux / Monotonix / Bishop Allen / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Beach House / Mugison / The Dutchess And The Duke / School Of Seven Bells / Horse Feathers / The Pica Beats / Loch Lomond / BLK JKS

If the music isn't enough for you, the location should take care of the convincing. Sasquatch! will unofficially kick off the summer music festival season May 23-25 under the enviable Eastern Washington sky at the Gorge in Quincy, Wash.

Tickets go on sale Feb. 28.