LOUISVILLE, KY – The Forecastle Festival is excited to announce the initial lineup for its 11th annual three-day music celebration, featuring Grammy Award winners The Black Keys, alongside The String Cheese Incident and the Avett Brothers leading the festival’s rich, eclectic offerings. The event will again take place July 12 – 14, 2013 at Louisville’s scenic, award-winning Waterfront Park.

The Black Keys, The String Cheese Incident
The Avett Brothers The Flaming Lips
Alabama Shakes, Jim James
Animal Collective, Old Crow Medicine Show
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, The Forecastle Incident (with special guests), Young the Giant, Big Boi, Matt & Kim, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Purity Ring, The Joy Formidable, Datsik, Dawes, Griz,Kurt Vile & The Violators, Toro y Moi, Bob Mould Band, El-P & Killer Mike, Baauer, Bombino, Moon Taxi, Freakwater, Foxygen, Greensky Bluegrass, Wild Belle, Tift Merritt, TOKiMONSTA, Shovels & Rope, Salva, Night Beds, MNDR, Churchill, Ryan Hemsworth, Rubblebucket, Alasdair Roberts & Friends, Mona, The 23 String Band, Wheeler Brothers, A Lion Named Roar, and The Pass.

Tickets for this year’s festival go on sale this Wednesday, March 6th at Noon EST on Forecastle.com. Purchase tickets in full, or opt for one of our special payment plans, available for both General Admission or VIP tickets.

Highlighted in Rolling Stone as a top event in 2012, and acclaimed by Outside as one of the “Top 15 Outdoor Festivals in the USA,” the Forecastle Festival has evolved into one of the country’s premier festival destinations. The event offers an immersive experience that’s distinctly Louisville- beyond the first-class musical lineup—highlighting the region’s burgeoning culinary and arts scene, Kentucky’s unique bourbon heritage and more. The festival continues to emphasize sustainability practices and conservation initiatives, highlighted through the festival’s non-profit organization, the Forecastle Foundation.

Author: Brian Waters March 4, 2013 8:13 PM
Tags: A Lion Named Roar, Alabama Shakes, Alasdair Roberts & Friends, and The Pass., Animal Collective, Baauer, Big Boi, Bob Mould Band, Bombino, Churchill, Datsik, dawes, El-P & Killer Mike, Forecastle, Foxygen, Freakwater, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Greensky Bluegrass, Griz, Jim James, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Matt & Kim, MNDR, Mona, Moon Taxi, Night Beds, Old Crow Medicine Show, Purity Ring, Rubblebucket, Ryan Hemsworth, Salva, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Shovels & Rope, The 23 String Band, The Avett Brothers, The Black Keys, The Flaming Lips, The Forecastle Incident (with special guests), The Joy Formidable, The String Cheese Incident, Tift Merritt, TOKiMONSTA, Toro Y Moi, Wheeler Brothers, Wild Belle, Young the Giant

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Indie Underground Hour 1-21-13

The Joy Formidable – This Ladder Is Ours (Wolf’s Law, Atlantic)
Local Natives – Breakers (Hummingbird, Frenchkiss)
Ruby Suns – In Real Life (Christopher, Sub Pop)
Black Light Dinner Party – Older Together (BLDP, Decimal.one)
The Lone Bellow – You Never Need Nobody (The Lone Bellow, Descendant Records)
Band Of Horses – Slow Cruel Hands Of Time (Mirage Rock, Columbia)
Yo La Tengo – Well You Better (Fade, Matador)
Spinto Band – Shake It Off (Cool Cocoon, Spintonic Recordings)
Fela Kuti – Everything Scatter (Best of the Black President 2, Kalakuta Sunrise/Knitting Factory)
Marcos Valle – Garra (Garra, Light In The Attic)
The Who – Relay (30 Years Of Maximum R&B, MCA/Universal)

Author: Brian Waters January 23, 2013 9:25 PM
Tags: Band of Horses, Black Light Dinner Party, Fela Kuti, local natives, Marcos Valle, Ruby Suns, Spinto Band, The Joy Formidable, The Lone Bellow, The Who, Yo La Tengo

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Mondays from 9-10pm CST on WRLT/Lightning 100, Nashville’s Independent Radio
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Indie Underground Hour 10-08-12
   
Muse – Madness (The 2nd Law, Warner Bros)
The Joy Formidable – This Ladder Is Ours (Wolf’s Law, Atlantic)
Tame Impala – Apocalypse Dreams (Lonerism, Modular Recordings)
Melody’s Echo Chamber – Endless Shore (Melody’s Echo Chamber, Fat Possum)
Beth Orton – Magpie (Sugaring Season, Anti-)
Mumford & Sons – Babel (Babel, Glassnote)
Tift Merritt – Sweet Spot (Traveling Alone, YepRoc)
Wanda Jackson – California Stars (Unfinished Business, Sugar Hill)
Bill Fay w/ Jeff Tweedy – This World (Life Is People, Dead Oceans)
Ultraista – Smalltalk (Ultraista, Temporary Residence)
Moon Duo – Circles (Circles, Sacred Bones Records)
Bobbie Gentry – He Made A Woman Out Of Me (Country Funk 1969-75, Light In The Attic) 

Author: Brian Waters October 8, 2012 2:45 PM
Tags: Beth Orton, Bobbie Gentry, Moon Duo, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Tame Impala, The Joy Formidable, Wanda Jackson

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Here’s the playlist for March 19th:

The Joy Formidable – Cradle (The Big Roar, Atlantic)
Dodos – Sleep (No Color, frenchkiss)
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Livin’ In The Jungle (Scandalous, Lost Highway)
The Coolin’ System – Sunshine Alley (The Coolin’ System, GED Soul)
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Blue Skies Again (Tell Me, Nonesuch)
Noah & The Whale – Tonight’s The Kind Of Night (Last Night On Earth, Mercury)
R.E.M. – Uberlin (Collapse Into Now, Warner Bros)
J Mascis – Where Are You (Several Shades Of Why, Sub Pop)
Caitlin Rose – Shanghai Cigarettes (Own Side Now, Theory 8/Thirty Tigers)
Tristen – Eager For Your Love (Charlatans At The Garden Gate, American Myth)
Cornershop feat. Bubbley Kaur – Topknot (Cornershop & The Double “O” Groove, Ample Play)
The Brims – Anti Gandja (Those Shocking Shaking Days, Now-Again)
Brown Recluse – At Last (Evening Tapestry, Slumberland)
Brave Irene – Good Ideas (Brave Irene, Slumberland)

Author: Brian Waters March 25, 2011 1:22 AM
Tags: Black Joe Lewis & Honeybears, Brave Irene, Caitlin Rose, Dodos, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Noah & The Whale, The Brims, The Coolin' System, The Joy Formidable, Tristen

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