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Further slating 2010 as the Year of the Pavement Reunion, the beloved/reunited indie rockers are now set to perform at next year's Sasquatch! Music Festival, May 29-31.

Even the most over-the-top festival freaks need a break during a 24-hour onslaught of music. Taking a cue from Bonnaroo, several fests now devote entire stages to funny. “Outdoor festivals force me to confront my two biggest fears,” says comedian Todd Barry, “lightning and Port-O-Pottys.”

Hometown: Rhodes, La.

Hometown: Portland, Ore.
Album: Trumpets for Paper Children EP
Band Members: Amanda Lawrence (viola, vocals), Jade Eckler (vocals), Dave Depper (bass, guitar, keyboard, vocals), Scott Magee (clarinet, percussion, vocals), Ritchie Young (vocals, guitar, percussion), Laurel Simmons (piano, mandolin, percussion, vocals), Jason Leonard (vibes, banjo)
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"I don’t usually go to festival shows unless I’m playing, because I feel jealous,” admits sheepish Loch Lomond frontman Ritchie Young. Until recently, his band worked on perfecting its live show in the dark enclaves of theaters and clubs, but it’ll unleash its captivating chamber pop on the wilds of Washington state this summer during its Sasquatch! Music Festival debut. Onstage, the seven bandmates—including a pianist, a violist and a drummer who plays standing up—slowly build elegant sonic summits that give way to valleys of tenderly picked strings and Young’s hushed, oft-macabre lyrics. “The sounds of children laughing makes my eyes bleed,” he intones on the deceptively lovely “A Field Report,” from the Trumpets for Paper Children EP, a collection of favorite tracks from the band’s two previous releases. (A late-2009 full-length will showcase a bigger, more road-tested sound.) “I love watching music,” Young says, “but I so much more enjoy playing and performing.”  

May 23-25, 

Uh oh, Bonnaroo: you better watch your back. Someone's catching up with you, and catching up fast. The people behind the Sasquatch! festival just announced the initial line-up for the ever-growing festival, and it's looking more than a little promising.

These days, festival news is popping up left and right, from Bonnaroo to SXSW to Coachella. And now, dates have been released for this year's Sasquatch! festival in George, Wash.

Click above to watch an exclusive interview with What Made Milwaukee Famous at the 2008 Sasquatch Music Festival.

Also, be sure to click over to Paste's blog coverage of all three days and check back in for more videos straight from The Gorge.

Related Links:
What Made Milwaukee Famous on Myspace
What Made Milwaukee Famous on Wikipedia

Click above to watch an exclusive interview with Rogue Wave at the 2008 Sasquatch Music Festival.

Also, be sure to click over to Paste's blog coverage of all three days and check back in for more videos straight from The Gorge.

Related Links:
News: Rogue Wave tours Europe, adds more U.S. dates
Rogue Wave on Myspace
Craigslist.com

If you were at the Sasquatch! festival over Memorial Day weekend, you probably saw actor Rainn Wilson introduce a band. Or you bumped into him as you were wandering from the Wookie! Stage to the Yeti! Stage. Or maybe you saw him get into a tumble-on-the-ground fist fight with the dude selling 24 oz. cans of Coors Light for $12.