{"id":13580,"date":"2015-05-17T17:22:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T21:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13580"},"modified":"2015-10-17T10:37:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T14:37:31","slug":"gigawatts-festival-announces-2015-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13580","title":{"rendered":"Gigawatts Festival announces 2015 lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn&#8217;s annual Gigawatts Festival has announced its 2015 lineup, which features Black Lips, Anamanaguchi, and Braid headlining over three nights from July 24\u00a0&#8211;\u00a026. Other acts include Liturgy, Cerebral Ballzy, Swearin&#8217;, Miniature Tigers, Laura Stevenson, White Mystery, Ava Luna, &amp; Quarterbacks &#8211; see below for more of the festival&#8217;s lineup, with even more acts to be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Taking over Brooklyn&#8217;s The Wick, The Well, and Our Wicked Lady, this year&#8217;s festival will host more than 80 local and national acts. Tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/gigawatts-festival-2015-july-24-26-tickets-16107671479\" target=\"_blank\">on sale now<\/a>, and include both single day and 3-day pass options.<\/p>\n<p>The event is put on by bi-monthly arts &amp; music magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/gigawattsmag.com\" target=\"_blank\">1.21 Gigawatts<\/a>, who has teamed up with WeDemand to fill the festival&#8217;s final three slots. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wedemand.com\/venue\/gigawattsfestival\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to see who&#8217;s in the running &amp; vote for your favourites to play\u00a0the festival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gigawatts.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13581 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gigawatts.jpg?resize=584%2C779\" alt=\"gigawatts festival 2015 poster\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gigawatts.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gigawatts.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gigawatts.jpg?resize=900%2C1200 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gigawatts.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gigawatts.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gigawatts Festival 2015 Initial Lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Friday 7\/24<\/em> &#8211; Black Lips, Cerebral Ballzy, Amanda X, Liturgy, Celestial Shore, Rivergazer, Heaven&#8217;s Gate, Surfbort, Palehound, Paperhaus, Anomie, Journalism, Vulture Shit, BAMBARA, O-Face, Parlor Walls, Huffers, Secret Crush<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I6rRZFw3mMI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Saturday 7\/25<\/em> &#8211;\u00a0Anamanaguchi, Miniature Tigers, Ava Luna, Pile, Sunflower Bean, Potty Mouth, Quarterbacks, Jack + Eliza, Fort Lean, The Mystery Lights, The Bottom Dollars, Maxo, Motion Studies, Forever Lesbians, EULA, Future Punx, Shark?, Slonk Donkerson, Mannequin Pussy, Shapes, Sofa Club, Larry + The Babes, Jangula, Piers, Warn the Duke, Retail, Bugs in the Dark, Hounds Basket, Whiskey Bitches<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zDpudErKQnU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Sunday 7\/26<\/em> &#8211;\u00a0Braid, Swearin&#8217;, Laura Stevenson, DOM, White Mystery, Cheap Girls, Beach Slang, Dirty Fences, Chumped, LODRO, Dances, Honduras, By Surprise, BOYTOY, Adult Dude, Matty Rico, The Yin Yangs, Giant Claw, Guardian Alien, Horse Lords, Guerilla Toss, Show Me The Body, Zula, Dan Friel, Banned Books, Palm, Gold Dime, Big Neck Police<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wJlRyz8izTI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Brooklyn&#8217;s annual Gigawatts Festival has announced its 2015 lineup, which features Black Lips, Anamanaguchi, and Braid headlining over three nights from July 24\u00a0&#8211;\u00a026. Other acts <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13580\" title=\"Gigawatts Festival announces 2015 lineup\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,28,1907],"tags":[2471,1786,1701,2971,190,1426,2970],"class_list":["post-13580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live","category-music","category-news","tag-2471","tag-anamanaguchi","tag-black-lips","tag-braid","tag-brooklyn","tag-festival","tag-gigawatts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/https_proxy.jpg?fit=960%2C290","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-3x2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13639,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13639","url_meta":{"origin":13580,"position":0},"title":"Gigawatts Festival adds A Place To Bury Strangers to line-up","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"May 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Brooklyn's\u00a0Gigawatts Festival\u00a0recently announced its 2015 lineup, which features headliners\u00a0Black Lips,\u00a0Anamanaguchi, and\u00a0Braid\u00a0along with acts like\u00a0Liturgy,\u00a0Cerebral Ballzy,\u00a0Swearin',\u00a0Miniature Tigers,\u00a0White Mystery, and\u00a0Ava Luna. 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