Treefort Friday: The bands you know

5. Slow Magic

11:40 p.m. – 12:25 a.m., China Blue (lounge room) 100 S 6th St, Boise, Idaho

Slow Magic is an up and coming electronica band that lists themselves under the genre Dreamwave. In their biography off of their Facebook page, Slow Magic describes their music as “the sound made by an unknown imaginary friend.”

 

4. The Thermals

12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Linen Building 1402 W Grove St, Boise, Idaho

 

Reigning from Portland, The Thermals are a three person post-pop-punk band which formed in 2002. They have released records on the labels Sub Pop and Kill Rock Stars.

 

3. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Main Stage 1201 W Grove St, Boise, Idaho

 

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are a soul and funk band out of Brooklyn, New York. They have a total of nine members playing a range of different instruments such as the congas, baritone, trumpet and more.

 

2. Gold Panda

1:00 a.m. – 1:55 a.m., China Blue (main room) 100 S 6th St, Boise, Idaho

Gold Panda is an electronic solo-artist from the UK. He has over 108 thousand likes on his Facebook page and won the Guardian newspaper’s prestigious First Album Award in 2010.

 

1. Built to Spill

10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m., El Korah Shrine 1118 W Idaho St, Boise, Idaho

Formed in 1992 and originally from Boise,  Built to Spill has put out a total of seven records since their beginning. They are playing on three different days this Treefort fest and on Friday will be playing their entire first album Ultimate Alternative Wavers in celebration of its 20th anniversary release.

About the author  ⁄ Nathan Updike


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