I have gone the last two years and it is the best big fest around much better than Lollapalooza or whatever. Any other Ohio folks gonna go this year? Both years I was a little shocked that no one I knew from Columbus went just a few NYC ex-pats

line up so far

Friday-
IGGY & THE STOOGES performing Raw Power
SLEEP performing Holy Mountain
MUDHONEY performing Superfuzz Bigmuff + Early Singles
THE SCIENTISTS performing Blood Red River (first ever U.S. Show)
+ more to be confirmed!

Saturday-
SONIC YOUTH
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
THE BREEDERS
TORTOISE
HALLOGALLO (Michael Rother and Friends perform the Music of Neu!)
SHELLAC (House Band)
F**K BUTTONS
BARDO POND
BEAK> (featuring Geoff Barrow of Portishead)
THE BOOKS
PAPA M
FURSAXA
SLEEPY SUN
APSE
TEXT OF LIGHT (featuring Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth)
AVI BUFFALO
SIAN ALICE GROUP

Sunday-
SUNN O))) and BORIS present ALTAR
HOPE SANDOVAL AND THE WARM INVENTIONS
RAEKWON
THE GREENHORNES
GIRLS
DUNGEN
F*CKED UP
WOODEN SHJIPS
THE BLACK ANGELS
VIVIAN GIRLS
WHITE HILLS
+ more to be confirmed!

Twilight I'll go with you.

I assume with Sunn o))) and boris on the stage together I'll be able to hear them here in columbus.

This is certainly the festival of the year.

The UK lineup, IMO, is even better though Holy Mountain in it's entirety is a tough number to beat...I've seen Boris/Sunn0))) play together before and it IS epic:

All Tomorrow's Parties UK

* Godspeed You! Black Emperor
* Neurosis
* "Weird Al" Yankovic
* Deerhoof
* Tim Hecker
* Mike Watt
* Scout Niblett
* The Ex
* The Dead C
* Black Dice
* Francisco Lopez
* Wolves In The Throne Room
* Marissa Nadler
* Growing
* Rangda
* Bardo Pond
* Nomeansno
* Josephine Foster (solo)
* White Magic
* Emeralds
* Boban I Marko Markovic Orchestra
* Daniel Higgs (Lungfish)