The Bay Area’s premiere indie music and arts festival, Noise Pop, revealed the first phase of the 2018 lineup, headlined by indie-pop group tUnE-yArDs, New Jersey surf rock band Real Estate, as well as San Francisco’s own Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Geographer.
Other noteworthy artists announced include garage rock band Parquet Courts, indie-pop inspired San Fermin performing alongside Bay Area experimental act The Magik*Magik Orchestra, and accomplished DJ Ben UFO. The remainder of the festival music lineup will be announced in several phases between now and February.
November 29th update: The second phase lineup has been announced, which includes indie rockers Built to Spill, solo act Waxahatchee, psychedelic-Cambodian pop act Dengue Fever, singer-songwriter Shamir, Inara George (of The Bird and the Bee), Atlanta-based and female-fronted punk rock trio The Coathangers, and Australian act Alex Cameron. Individual tickets for these new performances will also go on sale on Friday, December 1, at 10am.
January 5 Update: Phase three of the lineup has been revealed and some of the noteworthy additions are rappers Ty Dolla $ign and Jay Electronica, DJ sets by Madlib and Noise Pop veteran Toro Y Moi, plus Doug Martsch (of indie rock band Built To Spill) performing Keep It Like A Secret, experimental duo Shabazz Palaces, folk singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim, and Argentine indie pop artist Tei Shi. Festival organizers plan to announce one more phase of artists that will be mostly comprised of local Bay Area support acts in the coming weeks.
Tickets to all individual festival performances are already on sale. The list of artists confirmed to perform at the 2018 festival can be found further below…
A limited amount of Early Bird badges are available for purchase today for $145 and a limited number of Super Fan badges are also on sale for $399. Those who purchase Super Fan badges will receive true red carpet treatment at the festival, with guaranteed entry to all festival events, a special merchandise package, complimentary drink tickets to select events, and a personal Noise Pop concierge available for assistance throughout the weeklong festival.
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Beyond the music, world-renown artist ChiChiLand has designed the official artwork for this year’s festival. Çiğdem “Chi” Michalski is an illustrator, artist and occasional art director in Seattle, who for the past decade was half of the creative duo running Istanbul’s beloved motion design studio – imago.
Lineup Phases 1, 2 and 3:
Tune-Yards
Built to Spill (performs Keep It Like A Secret)
Ty Dolla $ign
Real Estate
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Madlib (DJ set)
Jay Electronica
Parquet Courts
San Fermin (with The Magik*Magik Orchestra)
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Superchunk
Toro Y Moi (DJ set)
Doug Martsch (Solo acoustic) (of Built to Spill)
Waxahatchee (Solo)
Bahamas
Rostam
Shabazz Palaces
Japanese Breakfast
Geographer
The Album Leaf
Langhorne Slim
Jay Som
Tei Shi
Bully
Alex Cameron
Girlpool
Sevdaliza
Dengue Fever
Jessy Lanza (DJ set)
Amy Shark
No Age
Shamir
Bruno Major
Mount Eerie
Cuco
Zomby
The Coathangers
Jeff Rosenstock
Caleborate
Ben UFO
Enter Shikari
The Hotelier
Carla Dal Forno
The Fresh & Onlys
G Perico
Tiny Moving Parts
Racquet Club
Gerd Janson
Sean Rowe
Grails
Crooked Colours
Mister Heavenly
Inara George (of The Bird and the Bee)
Shallou
Palehound
Weaves
Night Beats
Miya Folick
Sudan Archives
Florist
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
Ha Ha Tonka
Wildling
Meg Baird
The Weather Station
Ian Sweet (Solo)
Mary Lattimore
Summer Twins
Death Valley Girls
Single Mothers
Lemuria
Mom Jeans.
Milk Teeth
Mozhgan
Gilligan Moss (DJ set)
Twain
Melkbelly
Oso Oso
Dick Stusso
Hand Habits
Joy Again
Chasms
Iman Europe
Special Explosion
Bat Fangs
The Peacers
George Cessna
ROAR
Winter
The Flytraps
Feels
Roya
Hazey Eyes
GDJYB
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