2015 Hopscotch Music Festival line up just released – it’s hipster AF and I’m excited

by | May 19, 2015 | MUSIC

First off, let me say I’m incredibly pumped for this lineup.

First off, let me say I’m incredibly pumped for this lineup. Hopscotch has always been a bastion of indie, hip hop, and other hipster music in beautiful Raliegh, NC, with over 140 bands over three days at venues around the city.

Happening Sept. 10-12, 2015, this year’s line up is sure to please any fixed-gear-skinny-jean-clad vinyl snob, take a look below and head over here for more info or to pick up tickets.

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DWIGHT YOAKAM

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR

PUSHA T

DEERHUNTER

TYCHO

X

GODFLESH

BATTLES

CASHMERE CAT

ROKY ERICKSON

OWEN PALLETT

EYEHATEGOD

CHELSEA WOLFE

GOLDLINK

CLARK

LIZZO

OLD MAN GLOOM

NATALIE PRASS & THE SPACEBOMB ORCHESTRA

MOON DUO

PHIL COOK PRESENTS “SOUTHLAND MISSION”

LE1F

WOVENHAND

AMERICAN AQUARIUM

LYDIA LOVELESS

JESSICA PRATT

LAWRENCE ENGLISH

JENNY HVAL

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD

FATHER

MUMDANCE

STEVE GUNN & THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS

MAC MCCAUGHAN

PILE

ZS

MITSKI

HANK WOOD & THE HAMMERHEADS

CAKES DA KILLA

PRURIENT

DANIEL ROMANO

BULLY

SANNHET

PORCHES.

BLAXXX

SHEER MAG

JUBILEE

NOCANDO

TOMBS

NOTS

JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA

ZEENA PARKINS

DJ EARL

OBN IIIS

FLOCK OF DIMES

ELISA AMBROGIO

MARY LATTIMORE & JEFF ZEIGLER

BIG UPS

DORTHIA COTTRELL

JOHN CHANTLER

CHAZ FRENCH

FÓRN

IAN WILLIAM CRAIG

WILDHONEY

MAMIFFER

OBEY CITY

GRANDMA SPARROW

BLACK CLOUDS

WIZARD RIFLE

HECTA

WAREHOUSE

GRAND CHAMPEEN

KEATH MEAD

ADVAETA

LEAPLING

BIRDS OF AVALON

TASHI DORJI

CLOUD BECOMES YOUR HAND

PILL

HANZ

SOME ARMY

SOLAR HALOS

JENKS MILLER & ROSE CROSS NC

CARLITTA DURAND

MICROKINGDOM

LOUD BOYZ

PEACERS

WYMYNS PRYSYN

LEVERAGE MODELS

SARAH LOUISE

JAKE XERXES FUSSELL

NEW MUSIC RALEIGH: MUSIC BY OSCAR BETTISON AND EVAN ZIPORYN

EYES LOW

BOOHER

BRIEF LIVES

RIVER WHYLESS

ZACK MEXICO

NO LOVE

NATURAL CAUSES

CHOKED OUT

PATOIS COUNSELORS

OULIPO

SILENT LUNCH

LESS WESTERN

SKYBLEW

MAY ERWIN

SMLH

THE VIBEKILLERS

BREATHERS

LUD

BOULEVARDS

LAS ROSAS

OUTER SPACES

LILAC SHADOWS

SOON

DAD & DAD

MORBIDS

AMERIGLOW

NATHAN GOLUB

SECRET BOYFRIEND

LOST TRAIL

SHITTY BOOTS

WAHYAS

NICK JAMES

YANDREW

ECHO COURTS

MOENDA

BANDAGES

DRIPPY INPUTS

ESCHER

NAKED NAPS

ACE HENDERSON

LUXE POSH

FAULTS

CHULO

THEFACESBLUR

ACID CHAPERONE

TZYVYX

MUST BE THE HOLY GHOST

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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