Moogfest announces additions to its lineup

Posted on by Alli Marshall

This morning Moogfest promoters announced additions to the festival’s already extensive lineup. Among the expanded lineup:

• New Wave band Devo who formed in 1973 and crafted the hit “Whip It.”

• British musician, producer and DJ Simon Green, a.k.a. Bonobo, who played a much-lauded show in Asheville earlier this year.

• Van Dyke Parks, an L.A.-based composer whose bio reads, “Van Dyke Parks (1943-) established a recording career as artist, arranger, producer, and songwriter in 1963. In that year, he had his first professional job in movie music as arranger for ‘The Bear Necessities.’”

• Brooklyn’s Clare and The Reasons recently released their second album, Arrow on the heels of debut The Movie, which included contributions from Van Dyke Parks and Sufjan Stevens.

• Philadelphia-based jam band The Disco Biscuits.

• U.K.-based electronic musician, producer and DJ Sara Abdel-Hamid a.k.a. Ikonika.

The update from Moogfest reads, “Hey you Moogerfoogers, remember how we called this an “expanded lineup” and not the final lineup? Well, it’s still expanding and we have a few more Halloween treats for you. Devo, Bonobo, Van Dyke Parks and Clare and The Reasons will be joining Friday night’s lineup and The Disco Biscuits and Ikonika will perform on Saturday!

“Keep an eye on the moogfest 2010 website, Facebook page and Twitter feed for more artist announcements – there will be more to come. We’ll see you in Asheville, NC on Halloween weekend, October 29-31 to celebrate everything Moog.

“Tickets for moogfest 2010 go on sale today at 12 Noon Eastern Time. Weekend festival passes – along with tickets for each individual day – will be available. To purchase tickets and for more information, visit moogfest.com.”

Click here for more info on the previously-announced lineup and schedule.

Friday, Oct. 29
MGMT
Big Boi
Girl Talk
Panda Bear
RJD2
EL-P
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible
Saturn Never Sleeps (Featuring King Britt & Rucyl)
The Octopus Project
Kuroma

Saturday, Oct. 30
Massive Attack
Thievery Corporation
Jonsi
Caribou
Four Tet
Matmos
Dâm-Funk
School of Seven Bells
Jon Hopkins
Emeraldss
Mountain Man

Sunday, Oct. 31
Pretty Lights
Hot Chip
Dan Deacon
Mimosa
Two Fresh
DJ Spooky
 

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About Alli Marshall
Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall
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10 thoughts on “Moogfest announces additions to its lineup”

  2. Sean

    Maybe Devo covered Safety Dance at some point (maybe someone wrote it from Devo?), but Men Without Hats had the hit with it.

    If you want to replace Safety Dance with another song my choice would be Girl You Want!

    Sean

  4. Jimbo

    • New Wave band Devo who formed in 1973 and crafted the hits, “Whip It” and “Safety Dance.”

    Glad somebody fixed the article. It’s like none of you were around for the eighties if you confused Men Without Hats with Devo.

  5. Geoff Fobes

    The A&E department could benefit from someone who knew about music to talk about why it’s so awesome that Van Dyke Parks is coming to Asheville.

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