Save for the jam band-heavy lineup of the festival's inaugural year – it's weird to think about now, but in the early 2000s, jam bands were as prominent at festivals as EDM is now – Sasquatch has long been an indie rock heavy festival, and even though this year's lineup is slightly less heavy on guitars than usual, Telekinesis' Bigfoot Stage-opening set was a reminder of where the festival has come from. Michael Lerner and co.'s third appearance at this year's Sasquatch was their biggest slot to date, and they met the challenge with cuts from their increasingly deep catalog of pop smart indie rock. Lerner, whose ability to sing while simultaneously drum remains impressive, led the quartet through a number of cuts from his latest LP, last year's Ad Infinitum, and despite the windy weather being a damper to the early evening crowd, the band was in excellent form – especially bassist Eric Elbogen (also of Say Hi), whose shouts during the bridge of "Ghosts and Creatures" got the crowd moving a way that usually takes a few more beers at that time in the day. Telekinesis have been nothing if not reliable during their four album run, so it was a perfect fit to have them be one of the first acts on in a weekend that will see a number of rock outfits take the same stage they opened.
Peter Michel seems to be living in the breezy midpoint in between lying in bliss and getting lost in the moment, so it's fitting that the Seattle' musician and his comrades in Hibou opened the Bigfoot stage on a day that fell into that same feeling. Most of Hibou's catalog runs at a midtempo pace a…
Wolf Alice closed out their American tour at Sasquatch! Music Festival Friday night, leaving all venues in their rear-view in flames. The Yeti Stage was no different, as the group alternated between the heavy dissonance of their squealing guitars and the angelic pop-hooks of lead woman Ellie Roswel…
Only two songs into the Long Beach rapper's performance and it was clear that the first big crowd of Sasquatch 2016 belonged to Vince Staples' ferocious sunset slot, Dressed in his usual onstage uniform of black pants and a white "Street Justice: Have A Taste", Staples breathlessly ran through cut…
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