Ever wanted to play poker with Thurston Moore, shoot craps with Stephen Malkmus, or have a drink with Cat Power at the legendary Ghostbar? None of these things will ever happen. However, all these people an more big names in indie rock will be playing at The Palms Resort and Casino as a part of Matador’s Lost Weekend music festival.
To celebrate turning 21, Matador is doing what most just-turned 21-year-olds do: party in Vegas!
This October, Matador Records will be throwing a three day festival in Las Vegas featuring pretty much every indie band you’ve been wanting to see or have ever seen. To make things even weirder, they’re throwing this thing at the super-hip, super-elite Palms Casino.
The festival, called Lost Weekend, is Oct 1-3. Matador just released the line-up today. They also just released a few more general admission tickets through a lottery, but if you didn’t get that e-mail this morning you might just be shit out of luck by now, my friend. Here’s what the line-up looks like.
Friday: Oct 1
4 PM: Gala opening party, Hardwood Suite (VIP ticketholders, limited capacity)
MAIN STAGE (The Pearl):
doors open 6 PM, first band (Guitar Wolf) on at 7 PM
Pavement
Sonic Youth
Fucked Up
Chavez
Cold Cave
Guitar Wolf
MC : Jeff Jensen
2am onwards : Superchunk/Fucked Up/bands TBC, Hardwood Suite (VIP ticketholders only, capacity limited)
2am onwards : Karaoke Underground at Little Buddha (open to all ticketholders, space permitting)
Saturday: Oct 2
MAIN STAGE (The Pearl):
Belle and Sebastian
Spoon
Superchunk
Cat Power
Perfume Genius
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Come
Girls
MC : Bob Nastanovich
2am : Esben and the Witch, Harlem, Key West Ballroom (open to all ticketholders, space permitting)
Sunday: Oct 3
(MATINEE, in Key West Ballroom, open to all ticketholders, capacity limited):
The Clean
Times New Viking
Kurt Vile
Sunday evening :
MAIN STAGE (The Pearl):
Guided By Voices
Yo La Tengo
Liz Phair
The New Pornographers
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
Shearwater
MC’s : Tom Scharpling & Jon Wurster
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