Noise Pop Initial Lineup Announced

12/07/2011
. (Press Here) Independent music festival Noise Pop will be celebrating their twentieth anniversary this February and they have announced this year's initial lineup.

The festival, which will take place throughout San Francisco from February 21st to February 26th, 2012, will play host to the likes of established indie rock mainstays, such as Built to Spill, Archers of Loaf, and Cursive, as well as genre-bending, new favorites, such as Die Antwoord, Grimes, Budos Band, and more.

Some bands are Noise Pop mainstays; others, such as Christie Front Drive, will be playing their first Bay Area show in fifteen years in honor of Noise Pop's twentieth birthday. A list of all confirmed performers thus far can be found below. More confirmations will be announced shortly.

Archers Of Loaf
Bleached
Born Gold
Budos Band
Built To Spill
Christie Front Drive
Craig Finn (The Hold Steady)
Cursive
Die Antwoord
Disappears
Grimes
Imperial Teen
Laura Veirs
Mount Moriah
Ooooo
Pickwick
Porter Robinson
Surfer Blood
Taxes
Ume
Veronica Falls
Virgin Island