North Coast Makes Nice Additions To Lineup

By Jon Graef in Arts & Entertainment on Jul 8, 2010 5:40PM

On its Twitter feed late Tuesday night, the North Coast Music Festival tantalizingly promised that more acts for the fest would be announced and, as of midnight Wednesday, they did not disappoint. North Coast tweeted that joining the already in-place likes of De La Soul, Jakob Dylan, Flying Lotus, The Chemical Brothers and Disco Biscuits will be Lupe Fiasco, The New Deal, Holy Ghost, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Calude VonStroke and The New Mastersounds. All of these acts will no doubt be dropping serious sonic science on the masses set to invade Union Park over Labor Day weekend.

We’d wax sarcastic about the uber-eclectic nature of this line-up, but it’s going to be pretty hard to beat the Chicago Reader’s description of North Coast as “hippie hip-hop rave.” If nothing else, the variety of North Coast does make it stand out over the increasingly homogenous likes other, more indie-oriented festivals. (i.e., the rest of ‘em). Tickets are $35 per day, or $75 for the entire three-day weekend. Check out more info, including the full lineup, at the fest's website.