Expect to see or experience these 15 things at Treasure Island Music Festival 2013:
1) Thom Yorke dancing like this:
2) 27% of females in attendance will borrow their boyfriend/girlfriend’s jacket because they came ready for warmer weather, forgetting the festival takes place in the middle of San Francisco Bay.
14% of the boyfriend/girlfriends’ that gave up their layer will buy a TIMF hoodie.
3) A group of drunk British blokes and Palma Violets’ manager/hype-man/party-starter Harry Violent lead the pogo-pit charge at 1:30, proceeding to get much of the crowd to join them. Impressive for an early Sunday show.
4) Move over dubstep. Meet the most amazing bass-face in contemporary music:
5) Old and Young lose their shit to Disclosure’s breakout tracks like “Fire Starts to Burn” and “Latch” — Treasure Island will hence be dubbed “Dance Island”.
6) Danny Brown’s “Kush Coma” illustrates how wonderfully stoned the Bay Area is, soundtracking the scene with 27 weed references. And, that’s only the marijuana references!
7) You walk in early on Sunday, swear to yourself you’re hearing Beck, but it’s actually Cayucas.
8) Overheard at Holy Ghost! sunset show:
“‘Bridge and Tunnel’, that’s the name of the two stages!!!”
“Dude, this is this is the new LCD.”
“And my Dad said Disco was dead, pshhhh.”
9) As the ‘mad shuttle dash’ begins during the Atoms for Peace encore, the festival faithful will enjoy every last note, understanding that shuttle lines offer time to recap the day! Or you could plan your own exit route.
10) The one guy with the furry hat that never leaves Silent Disco.
11) Diplo attempts to talk the crowd into breaking Big Freedia’s twerking world record during the Major Lazer set, but only 6 girls in the front row “express themselves” as Diplo takes a cell phone pic, then tweets it.
12) That adorable couple that stakes out a small spot between the Tunnel and Bridge stages and sees all 13 acts in one spot Sunday.
13) A beautiful James Blake sunset show moment confirms why you live in San Francisco or Oakland.
14) You swear you won’t wait in line for the ferris wheel, but end up giving in by the end of the night on Saturday or Sunday.
15) Overheard from first time TIMF attendee:
“Wait, both stages are right here with no overlapping sets? Awesome. Pretty good view too…”
That’s amazing I’d like to perform as one of the DJ’s!!!
Nice work guys! Fun Stuff