Pygmalion Festival, Illinois announces initial lineup including Explosions in the Sky, Braid, Japandroids

Pygmalion Music Festival has announced the initial lineup for its seventh edition, which will happen, as usual, in Champaign-Urbana, IL on September 21-24.

The lineup already boasts a host of alternative rock stalwarts (Explosions In The Sky, Deerhoof), up and comers (Japandroids, Toro Y Moi) and even the reformed Braid. The third day of the festival is to be held in honor of Polyvinyl’s 15th birthday and they have therefore hooked in many of their bands to play the event.

Find out more about the event on the official website.

The lineup so far is:

Explosions in the Sky
Braid
Toro Y Moi
Japandroids
Deerhoof
Xiu Xiu
The Hood Internet
STRFKR
Viva Voce
Asobi Seksu
Owen
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Jessica Lea Mayfield
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Ivan & Alyosha
The Parson Red Heads
Mansions on the Moon
Grave Babies
Adam Arcuragi
Ava Luna
Common Loon
The Dirty Feathers
An Evening With Your Mother
The Fresh Kills
Iron Tigers
The Leadership
Take Care
That’s No Moon
Brass Bed
Elsinore
Grandkids
Roberta Sparrow
Why I Like Robins
Withershins