TBD-Fest-2015-Phase-1

On Thursday, May 14, 2015, organizers of the super popular TBD Fest held a “lineup release party” at their bar, LowBrau. DJ Greg J spun tunes from artists performing at this year’s event (happening Sept. 18 to 20) while an animated screen behind him announced the names. It was really quite the unique spectacle to see a couple hundred TBD fanatics losing their shit as headliners like Cut Copy, Pretty Lights, Tears for Fears, Tyler The Creator, Death Grips, Madeon, RATATAT, Purity Ring, Twin Shadow, Tycho, Dr. Dog, Mobb Deep, A-Trak and others were announced live, right in front of us. The collective sense of, “No fucking way?!?” was palpable each time a popular band or DJ’s name popped up on the screen. More acts are expected to be announced in the coming weeks, but for now, we feel obligated to point out that TBD’s undercard this year is no joke, either, boasting such acts as K Flay, Holy Ghost!, Black Lips, Coathangers, Ty Dolla $ign, A Place to Bury Strangers and so many others that we literally don’t have the space to list them all. Submerge was also very stoked to see a strong list of locally tied acts that will be playing TBD this year, including Chuuwee, Dusty Brown, Two Sheds, Jonah Matranga, Doombird, Sleeprockers, Tel Cairo and Dibiase. Visit Tbdfest.com to see all of the acts announced thus far and to buy early bird tickets through May 31 (three day general admission passes are a straight up steal at just $159 right now!). Also be sure to follow TBD on Twitter and Facebook (@tbdfest on both) to keep up to date.

-J. Carabba

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