Less than a week away, the XPoNential Festival looms large on the summer music horizon. The schedule has been released and it's time to start plotting out your must see bands, meeting with friends, and where to put your chairs each day!
Luckily for us, some of the festival performers have put in their two cents on which bands are worthy of your attention.
Israel Nash
Sunday 1:40pm - JerseyArts.com Marina Stage
Band Most Excited to Share the Festival Stage with:
Courtney Barnett: (Sunday 3:55pm - River Stage)
"Courtney's done so much lately. I’ve been a fan for a little bit, as we keep crossing paths on the circuit, SXSW etc. To keep seeing Courtney, on the lineup, at all these festivals is awesome! Somehow I haven’t been able to catch her set yet, so this will be the first time to see her live.
Her new album (Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit) is great. Courtney Barnett is such a great poet, while doing this 90s grunge thing. Her lyrical style is such a pleasure, my favorite has got to be "Pedestrian At Best". She writes in such a cool way, ... “give me all your money and I'll make some origami honey” … that as a songwriter myself it’s impressive, because it’s such a unique songwriting style."
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| Israel Nash at NonComm 2015 |
Band Most Excited to see live at the #XPNFest:
My Morning Jacket (Saturday 9:30 Susquehana Bank Ctr)
"Having never before seen My Morning Jacket, I’m very excited. Some bands are more than just a band. For me, I appreciate when you can see them live and its more than certain singles and albums and even shows. My Morning Jacket is at a different level, they’re just a great band. It even goes beyond that, they have a diverse audience, drawing from all sorts of music fans."
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| Israel Nash at the Malvern Summer Stage |
Jen Pague of Vita and the Woolf
Saturday 12:00pm - JerseyArts.com Marina Stage
Band Most Excited to Share the Festival Stage with:
Hop Along (Saturday 12:30pm - River Stage
"I really want to see them live.....I've never seen Hop Along but I've been listening to them a lot recently. Really enjoy their sound and guitar parts."
Band Most Excited to see live at the #XPNFest:
St Vincent (Saturday 8:00 Susquehana Bank Center)
"St. Vincent really knows how to put on a show and it entertains me. She is obviously the highlight of the Fest. I'm really impressed with her dedication to her stage presence, like learning how to fall on stage without hurting herself."
Gabe Simon of Kopecky
Sunday 4:45pm - JerseyArts.com Marina Stage
Band Most Excited to Share the Festival Stage with:
The Lone Bellow (Sunday 2:25pm - River Stage)
"It’s got to be The Lone Bellow. They’re an amazing talent, play with their hearts. I love his (Zach Williams) story. Basically wife was having terrible problems, he starting writing stories about it, turned those into songs. It’s wonderful how he made something out of that pain & fear and turned it into something beautiful.”
Band Most Excited to see live at the #XPNFest: St Vincent
"St. Vincent of course. I’ve been a fan all along; from her days in Polyphonic Spree, her new stuff, and her collaboration with David Byrne. St. Vincent is just a sheer talent."
Keith Abrams of Pine Barons
Sunday 12:00pm - River Stage
Band Most Excited to Share the Festival Stage with:
"It's definitely a tough call, but I'm gonna say I'm most excited to share the stage with Cheerleader because we've been dying to get on a bill together for quite some time now and this will be the first time. They were at the Tri-State Indie Awards and was excited to finally see them, but I mistakenly stepped outside for the duration of their set. So I walked back in as they ended and was bummed., Also Josh Pannepacker has become a good buddy of ours over the past couple years, so we’re really looking forward to this!"
Band Most Excited to see live at the #XPNFest:
"That's the tough one because I've never seen both My Morning Jacket or St. Vincent, but I'm also extremely stoked to see Courtney Barnett live. They're all inspirational in their own ways. I've only heard the new MMJ single and haven't had a chance to check out the record yet but I dig. I don't know if St. Vincent is crazy but I do love her music. Courtney's new album is the dog's bollocks. She rules for sure. I'm sure it's going to be an all around phantasmagorical jamboree."
Cheerleader
Sunday 12:30pm - JerseyArts.com Marina Stage
Band Most Excited to Share the Festival Stage with: Hop Along
"This would probably have to be Hop Along. Frances used to come into the coffee shop I used to work at and she was always super nice and friendly. She was actually finished up the artwork for their newest record (which just came out) while she was there. Something about seeing that first hand made it all the cooler when I heard the final product, which is really great by the way. So yeah, I'd have to say Hop Along for this one, and I'm so excited for all their success."
Band Most Excited to see live at the #XPNFest:
"For this one I think we're gonna have to go with either St. Vincent or Courtney Barnett. Courtney Barnett is cool as shit, is a really talented songwriter/lyricist and kinda has a Steve Malkmus thing going on, so I'm pretty stoked to see her. St. Vincent just shreds, so I feel like her show will be pretty great as well. And I've always wanted to hear 'Cruel' live, so yeah, it's a tie between those two."
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