Monolith Festival Seemingly Comfortable With Indie-Intensive Lineup

anthonyjmiccio | April 30, 2008 2:30 am
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A festival with Justice and Devotchka as the headliners? Where’s the Jay-Z or Joe Jackson? Where’s the Weiland? The ironically named Monolith Festival, which will hit Red Rocks Ampitheater on Sept. 13 and 14, is keeping the scale kind of small, but kind of awesome as well. TV On The Radio, CSS, Del The Funkee Homosapien, and bands with even less name recognition may not pull in the suburbanites, but it should make for an enjoyable show. Lineup after the jump.

(in alphabetical order) Airbourne Toxic Event Akron/Family Mickey Avalon The Avett Brothers Band Of Horses Blitzen Trapper Bright Channel The Bronx Neko Case CSS The Cribs Cut Copy Darker Love Del The Funkee Homosapien Devotchka The Elms Fratellis Chester French The Giraffes Grampall Jookbox Hearts Of Palm The Heavy Holy Fuck Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Justice The Kills Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip Cameron McGill & What Army The Morning Benders The Night Marchers The Photo Atlas A Place To Bury Strangers Pop Levi The Presets Rosewood Thieves Silversun Pickups Superdrag Tilly And The Wall The Ting Tings Tokyo Police Club TV On The Radio Upper Terrace Stage Vampire Weekend John Vanderslice White Denim

There are still some TBAs peppered throughout the schedule, but if I was the kind of person who would fly to Colorado to see a concert, I’d already be hitting this. At the very least I’d want to catch The Night Marchers, which is the new band of John Reis of Rocket The Crypt and Hot Snakes. Get psyched!

Monolith Festival The Night Marchers – I Wanna Deatbeat You [Youtube]