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Sasquatch! Festival adds TV On The Radio, Stephen Malkmus

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 5/17/06 @ 12:12 PM - altpress.com

Organizers of the annual music fest Sasquatch! Music Festival have confirmed the schedule for the 2006 edition. The fest, taking place from May 26-28 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington (outside of Seattle), will feature a large variety of musical acts headlining, from Nine Inch Nails and HIM to Ben Harper and the Flaming Lips to Beck and Death Cab For Cutie.

Fleshing out each day's lineups include ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Queens Of The Stone Age, Pretty Girls Make Graves, the Shins, Constantines, Bedouin Soundclash, the Decemberists, Nada Surf, Rocky Votolato and many more. Recent additions to the lineup include TV On The Radio, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Damien Jurado and Headphones. The fest also promises avant-folk artist Sufjan Stevens' only scheduled concert appearance of the summer.

No weekend passes are currently available for the fest; single-day tickets are on sale now; you can learn more at the fest's MySpace blog. The fest's complete schedule is below:

**FRIDAY MAY 26, 2006  (Gates open 1PM)

SASQUATCH MAINSTAGE:
10:00-11:30  NINE INCH NAILS
8:30-9:30     BAUHAUS
7:05-8:05     HIM
6:00-6:45    TV ON THE RADIO
5:00-5:45    TRAIL OF DEAD
4:00-4:45    WOLFMOTHER

WOOKIE STAGE (IN THE PLAZA)
5:30-6:15    DEADBOY & THE ELEPHANTMEN
4:30-5:15   THE TRUCKS

**SATURDAY MAY 27, 2006 (Gates open 11AM)

SASQUATCH MAINSTAGE:
10:00-12:00  BEN HARPER
8:30-9:30       FLAMING LIPS
7:00-8:00       THE SHINS
5:40-6:40     TRAGICALLY HIP
4:35-5:20        NEKO CASE
3:30-4:15       IRON & WINE
2:20-3:10       SUFJAN STEVENS
1:15-2:00       GOMEZ
12:15-1:00     ROGUE WAVE

WOOKIE STAGE (IN THE PLAZA)
8:00-9:00      MATT COSTA
6:40-7:40      SAM ROBERTS BAND
5:20-6:20      THE CONSTANTINES
4:00-5:00      BAND OF HORSES
2:40-3:40      STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS
1:20-2:20      ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI
12:00-1:00    BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH

YETI STAGE (IN THE MEADOW)
6:30-7:15       TIM SEELY
5:25-6:10       COMMON MARKET
4:20-5:05       KORBY LENKER
3:15-4:00       SLENDER MEANS
2:10-2:55       DAVID FORD
1:05-1:50       ELVIS PERKINS
12:00-12:45  BRETT DENNEN

**SUNDAY MAY 28, 2006  (Gates open 11AM)

SASQUATCH MAINSTAGE:
10:30-12:00 BECK
8:45-10:00 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
7:15-8:15 QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE
5:45-6:45 MATISYAHU
4:15-5:15 DECEMBERISTS
2:45-3:45 ARCTIC MONKEYS
1:45-2:30 NADA SURF
12:45-1:30 PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES
11:45-12:30 BLUE SCHOLARS

WOOKIE STAGE (IN THE PLAZA)
8:00-9:00 CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
6:40-7:40 DAMIEN JURADO
5:20-6:20 WE ARE SCIENTISTS
4:00-5:00 BEN LEE
2:40-3:40 HEAVENLY STATES
1:20-2:20 CHAD VANGALLEN
12:00-1:00 JAMIE LIDDELL

YETI STAGE (IN THE MEADOW)
6:30-7:15 HEADPHONES
5:25-6:10 ROCKY VOTOLATO
4:20-5:05 LAURA VEIRS
3:15-4:00 MERCIR
2:10-2:55 VILLAGE GREEN
1:05-1:50 BIG JAPAN
12:00-12:45 BIG CITY ROCK