Cameron Deuel – If music festivals were a sport, Washington state would be the 1992 US Olympic basketball team, posterizing the nation state by state, dunking on bloated homogenized lineups with newer, leaner festivals like Timber! Music Festival, its wintertime doppelganger Timbrrr! Fest, Summer Meltdown, Doe Bay Fest and now Macefield Music Festival.
Cameron Deuel – On Sunday of last year’s ‘Shoot, there was a panel discussion about Barsuk Records, which has arguably functioned as the keystone of Seattle’s music scene (and general mentality) for the past decade, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since.
Cameron Deuel – By now, it’s obvious how Bumbershoot’s lineup depth can make it possible to see acts you otherwise wouldn’t. Sometimes you drop in to headlining sets for artists you don’t know well to test your cursory knowledge of their music.
Cameron Deuel – Look, I get it. The name Macklemore & Ryan Lewis means something much different today than it did just three years ago, when the duo were gaining regional notoriety for merging heartfelt love letters to the Pacific Northwest with their version of socially aware hip-hop.
Cameron Deuel – Many are unaware that, beneath the tantalizing music lineup crust of Bumbershoot is a warm, gooey, artsy center, focused on short films, local theater and amazing comedy. The care with which OneReel books up-and-coming talent alongside household names is nothing short of magic.
