Thursday, April 7, 2011

Do Division Streetfest Adds to Musical Line-Up



In case you missed it, yesterday Do Division announced part of the line-up for the 2011 festival, which takes place June 4-5. More announcements are forthcoming, but for now the Damen stage will include:
  • Bonobo (A British DJ with a sample-heavy, down-tempo electronica style. Check out a YouTube clip here)
  • Big Freedia (A transgendered ass-shaking rapper taking riffs from New Orleans' "Sissy bounce" musical tradition. YouTube clip here)
  • Omar Souleyma: A high-octane Dabke (Syrian dance music) performer who's heavy on the synth-keyboard (YouTube clip here)
The Leavitt stage will include:
  • Led Zeppelin 2 (Chicago-based cover band eerily similar to the original. YouTube clip here)
  • This Must Be the Band (Playing music exclusively from the Talking Heads catalog, this group is fairly popular in the festival circuit - YouTube clip here)
What do you think of the line-up so far? Does the music make or break the Do Division experience for you or is it just background noise? Is there anyone else you'd like to see performing that weekend?

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