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WRAL photojournalist Greg Hutchinson breaks down his top picks for Hopscotch Music Fest.
Posted — UpdatedLocal music blogger and WRAL photojournalist Greg Hutchinson breaks down his top picks for Hopscotch Music Fest.
HOPSCOTCH 2011 – Best of Each Half Hour
Thursday
8:30 p.m. Dinosaur Feathers – Kings
9 p.m. Last Years Men – Lincoln Theatre
9:30 p.m. Lower Dens – Kings / Cassis Orange – The Union
10 p.m. Tender Fruit – Tir Na Nog
10:30 p.m. Yardwork – Union
11 p.m. Cheyenne Marie Mize – Tir Na Nog / The Love Language – Lincoln Theatre
11:30 p.m. Reading Rainbow – The Hive
12 a.m. Oxbow – Berkeley Café / JEFF the Brotherhood – Slim’s
12:30 a.m. Black Lips – Lincoln Theatre / Empress Hotel – Deep South
Friday
5:30 p.m. Dodo’s – City Plaza
7 p.m. Drive by Truckers – City Plaza
8:40 p.m. Guided by Voices – City Plaza
9 p.m. Brain F# - Slim’s
9:30 p.m. Soft Company – Pour House / North Elementary – The Union
10 p.m. Old Bricks – White Collar Crime
10:30 p.m. Annuals – Lincoln Theatre / Dylan Gilbert – The Union
11 p.m. (My Toughest half hour) John Vanderslice – Berkeley Café / Vivian Girls – Slim’s / Generationals – White Collar Crime
11:30 p.m. Wembley – The Union
12 a.m. Royal Bangs – White Collar Crime / Mount Moriah – Berkeley Café (Local band live show must see!)
12:30 a.m. Japandroids – Pour House (Favorite club band this year)
Saturday
5:45 p.m. Dreamers of the Ghetto – City Plaza
6:45 p.m. Superchunk – City Plaza
8:15 p.m. Flaming Lips – City Plaza (My MOST anticipated show)
9 p.m. The Moderate – White Collar Crime
9:30 p.m. D&D Sluggers – The Hive
10 p.m. Horseback – Berkeley Cafe
10:30 p.m. Toro Y Moi – Lincoln Theatre / Des Ark - Kings
11 p.m. Bass Drum of Death – Slim’s
11:30 p.m. Future Islands – Lincoln Theatre / Organos – Deep South / Gauntlet Hair – The Union
12 a.m. Lost in the Trees – Fletcher Opera House / Titus Andronicus – Tir na nog / Royal Baths – Slim’s / The Old Ceremony – White Collar Crime (Toughest half hour of day)
12:30 a.m. Times New Viking – The Union
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