Bumbershoot 2009

Seattle's annual music and arts festival Bumbershoot starts this Saturday and keeps on throughout Labor Day weekend (Sept. 5th-7th). Thought I might give a little taste of what to expect with some of Serious Delirium's favorite must-see artists of the festival. If you are in the Seattle area this weekend, I strongly suggest you get your ass to this event. The line up this year is bananas! Bold as this may sound, I think this very well may be the best Bumbershoot to date.

Serious Delirium Top 10 Performances Bumbershoot '09:

1. Raphael Saadiq
Website | Listen: 100 Yard Dash

2. Yeah Yeah Yeah's
Website | Listen: Heads Will Roll

3. Common Market
Website | Listen: Trouble Is

4. De La Soul
Website | Listen: Buddy

5. Black Joe Lewis
Website | Listen: Gunpowder

6. The Knux
Website | Listen: Cappuccino

7. Champagne Champagne
Website | Listen: Soda Poprocks

8. The New Mastersounds
Website | Listen: Bus Stop No.5

9. Franz Ferdinand
Website | Listen: No You Girls

10. U-N-I
Website | Listen: Windows

Additional Artists We Love:
Macklemore, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Mayer Hawthorne, Modest Mouse, Truckasauras, Brett Dennen, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Dyme Def, Janelle Monae.

**Update: Janelle Monae should have been up on that top 10 list, preferably right next to Raphael Saadiq. She rocked it harder than I've seen any lady rock it before. Respect Miss Jane.**

| OFFICIAL WEBSITE | VIEW THE FULL LINE-UP |