Her newest album is called Have You In My Wilderness but Julia Holter doesn't typically play outdoors. "I'm not used to being outside in the sun, but I'm glad we're all here," the Los Angeles composer said after "Silhouette". This year's Sasquatch lineup is mostly a high energy affair, but Holter's daft, gliding arrangements stood out as one of the more serenely beautiful afternoon sets of the weekend. Backed with viola, drums, and standup bass, Holter's baroque songs breezed across the Bigfoot stage crowd in the midday sun. Even when the songs did get more percussive – ("Everytime Boots", "Feel You") Holter and her band never felt too overpowering, a stark contrast to the guitar-heavy bands that have dominated the Bigfoot stage all weekend.
For the better part of a year, Thunderpussy has been going through a list of local Seattle clubs and conquering them one by one. For their second Sasquatch consecutive appearance (they explosively opened the small Yeti stage at last year's fest), the quartet roared the main stage open on Monday aft…
Seattle natives Iska Dhaaf now live in New York, but they still introduce themselves as a band from Seattle. This theme of sticking to your origins was found throughout their set at Sasquatch! Music Festival Monday afternoon. The group now takes the stage as a four-piece, a fitting change as their …
