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Sasquatch! Music Festival 2015 Slide Show

May 26, 2015

The never-bashful Thunderpussy got the Yeti stage off to a roaring start.

Seattle's Cardiknox sported a black outfit that belied the sunny heat as the group opened up action on the Bigfoot Stage.

Photography by Amber Zbitnoff

Artists spent evenings creating colorful works on the lawns between stages.

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There's no denying Canada's Mother Mother plays with intensity.

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Whooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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Spotting a shirtless bro at Sasquatch! is like spotting a dog at a dog park.

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The warm indie rock of the New Pornographers went down smooth.

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Grizzled at the Gorge

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Little Dragon exhausts the starry sky.

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Despite an unacceptably small audience, Sleater-Kinney rocked while closing out the main stage on Friday night.

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A wind-whipped Angel Olsen crooned to an adoring audience at the Yeti stage.

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Action Bronson vs. the sunset

Photography by Seth Sommerfeld

Will Butler kicked off Saturday at the main stage with danceable rock tunes and one of best sets of the weekend.

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Black Pistol Fire getting some sick air

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Chord whipping with Black Pistol Fire

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Diarrhea Planet is essentially a wild mess of guitars and hair.

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Former Seattleite Yogi Paliwal rocked some loud pants while delivering jokes.

Photography by Seth Sommerfeld

Vox Mod created his own technicolor dream.

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Mosh like you mean it.

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If there's one thing years of music festival attendance can confirm, it's that people really go nuts for Chromeo.

Photography by Amber Zbitnoff

Perfume Genius proved that the audience shouldn't be the only ones dancing in the dance tent.

Human jean jacket Cameron Esposito ran through her standup routine.

Photography by Seth Sommerfeld

Ty Segall put down the guitar and got behind the kit to play with his band Fuzz.

Photography by Amber Zbitnoff

Father John Misty got moody in the dark with songs from I Love You, Honeybear.

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Saturday Night Live's Leslie Jones got familiar with the audience and their various joints during her comedy set.

Photography by Seth Sommerfeld

The Decemberists won over the crowd with its hyperliterate folk rock and whale puppetry (not pictured).

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Sounds and shades with Cataldo

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Vancouver's Said the Whale drew a sizable crowd (including plenty of Canadians) to Bigfoot with its infectious power pop.

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Despite his best efforts, Shakey Graves couldn't keep the crowd quiet during his country-tinged set.

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My Goodness drummer Andy Lum might enjoy his job.

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England's Royal Blood provided some serious rock duo heaviness on the main stage.

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Jenny Lewis compares you to a kiss from a rose.

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This is a very Sasquatch! problem.

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St. Vincent proved her divinity with another near-flawless performance.

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When Lana Del Rey was busy droning on in front of a huge main stage crowd, Ex Hex ripped it up on Yeti.

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The Gorge is pretty, y'all.

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Madeon had el Chupacabra's dance tent going insane opposite Robert Plant on Sunday night.

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James Blake brought a ultra low-key vibe to the Bigfoot stage on Sunday.

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St. Paul and the Broken Bones let it all hang out (including torsos over stage edges).

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Seattle's own Emmett Montgomery held court in el Chupacabra on Sunday.

Photography by Seth Sommerfeld

Tiny comedy wizard Aparna Nancherla

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Ron Funches laid down the comedic smackdown while sporting a Bret "The Hitman" Hart T-shirt.

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Nataile Prass, Godzilla, and special guest Ryan Adams shared a tender moment on the Yeti stage to start off Monday's slate.

Photography by Amber Zbitnoff

THEESatisfaction laid down its cosmic grooves.

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Yes, there were some people who still had energy early on Monday afternoon.

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Hanni El Khatib emotes during his main stage set.

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Cry dancing outside to the sad sounds of S

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Creative strumming on display during Dan Mangan and Blacksmith's set

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Aussie Courtney Barnett's apathetic delivery makes her sharp-tongued sassy lyrical jabs even more cutting.

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Seattle native Nick Thune left his guitar at home for some hilariously fast-paced comedic storytelling.

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Indie rock band Future Islands is weird, but the good kind of weird.

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Singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten brought her gorgeously sad love songs to the Bigfoot stage as rain sporadically drizzled on the audience.

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It's better when you can get on someone's shoulders and you're not blocking the view of the person behind you.

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The sun shined bright on Tame Impala.

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Thanks to beneficial scheduling, Tame Impala might've had the biggest audience of the entire weekend.

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Outside of Run the Jewels, Lizzo delivered the most ferocious rap set of the entire weekend.

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Killer Mike was playing injured when Run the Jewels unleashed a hip-hop barrage on the Bigfoot crowd.

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King Kunta (aka Kendrick Lamar) rules over his court to close out Sasquatch!.

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Sara Schaefer's set was one of the funniest to grace el Chupacabra's stage all weekend.

Photography by Seth Sommerfeld

Sisters brought some enthusiasm to the Uranas stage for the early crowd on Friday.

Photography by Amber Zbitnoff

We ventured over to the Gorge Amphitheatre to take in the sights and a sounds of the 2015 Sasquatch! Music Festival. From the Seattle upstarts to the main stage headliners, here's a chronological photographic recap of the Memorial Day weekend festivities.

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