Two nationally touring indie-rock bands, Florida’s Surfer Blood and Minnesota’s Night Moves, will headline this year’s Fisherman’s Village Music Festival in Everett.
Everett Music Initiative’s seventh annual festival is set for May 14-16 in downtown Everett— though it will be held in yet another, to be announced location. The 2020 lineup, announced during a party Friday night at the Funko Lounge, will showcase more than 50 acts of many genres, including Americana, folk and hip hop.
Tickets, available for ages 21 and older, are $79 each for three full days of live music and can be purchased online at thefishermansvillage.com; prices for single-day tickets will be announced with the festival schedule in April.
Ryan Crowther, 35, of Everett, curates the lineup based on feedback from attendees as well as the overall response each year. The focus this year is on Pacific Northwest talent, rather than the traditional “big name” approach.
He said showcasing bands with loyal, regional followings gives audiences more common ground and helps build a community feel.
“Ultimately, as we sort of cement ourselves as a community festival, we’re really comfortable not having a big headliner, per se,” he said. “We really want to focus it on well known Pacific Northwest artists that people are excited to see and maybe lesser known artists from around the country that will be more of a discovery.”
Surfer Blood, popular ever since their nationally acclaimed 2009 single “Swim,” is often praised for its infectious pop melodies with gritty overtones accented by frontman John Paul Pitts. The band, signed to Indiana-based Joyful Noise Records, appeared on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” in 2012.
“Surfer Blood is able to straddle a line of very accessible indie rock with an underlining punk rock sense to it,” said Crowther, founder of Everett Music Initiative, which puts on the festival. “It’s almost hidden, but it comes out in their live performances.”
Elise Tyler Night Moves is known for their brand of “poppy psychedelia” within the indie-rock genre.
Night Moves, who performed on Seattle-based radio station KEXP in 2012, has drawn comparisons to rock bands such as Flaming Lips, Band of Horses and Mercury Rev for their brand of “poppy psychedelia” within the indie-rock genre. Crowther said he was most impressed by guitarist and vocalist John Pelant when he saw them perform at a small club in Seattle a few years ago.
“The band is able to deliver a modern sound that appeals to playlist algorithms and younger folks, but (Pelant’s) vocals bring a real classic, sultry sound that anyone would love,” he said.
Crowther said two under-the-radar acts he’s excited to see perform are Portland singer-songwriter Kassi Valazza and Jacksonville, Florida pop-soul producer Yuno.
Yuno, whose 2018 song “No Going Back” accumulated over 2 million plays on Spotify, is known for jubilant, bouncy riffs, moody melodies and catchy hooks. He’s signed to Sub Pop, a Seattle record label that has represented the likes of Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mudhoney.
“Yuno has a soulfulness that you would hear sampled on hip-hop tracks,” Crowther said.
Valazza’s songwriting melds elements of folk, rock, Americana and country with narrative-centric lyrics that portray her childhood growing up in the vast open spaces of Arizona.
“Kassi has this high desert, Americana vibe,” Crowther said. “It’s just incredible, and her band couldn’t be better.”
More than 20 acts from the lineup are from Snohomish County, including Everett favorites The Moondoggies, Jason Webley and TELLERS. Josh Clauson, founder of Darrington music festival Summer Meltdown and frontman of jam band Flowmotion, also will perform.
A handful of local acts will play during the Night Market, a free, all-ages section of the festival that showcases live music, vendors and locally made goods.
Though locations are still being determined, Crowther said the festival will be split into eight different venues, including two outdoors. Everett-based toymaker Funko also is teaming up with EMI at this year’s festival.
“There will be product giveaways, Freddy Funko appearances and a rumored event inside headquarters,” he said. “We’re not entirely sure about what’s going to get rolled out. The most memorable part about Funko is that you never know what they’re going to do.”
Other acts playing at this year’s festival:
Returning performers include Oliver Elf Army, SPHYRAMID, Clothing Optional, Sylvi, The Moon is Flat, I Will Keep Your Ghost, Weep Wave and Actionesse.
Chanti Darling is a Portland-based electro-soul band fronted by Chanticleer Trü. Trü’s reverence for disco, boogie funk, rhythm and blues and house makes every song feel like a late 1980s block party.
Lowland Hum, an alternative folk duo from Charlottesville, Virginia, is made up of husband/wife Daniel and Lauren Goans. Playing on acoustic guitar and piano, the couple’s music has been described as poetic and evocative. Moments of levity and vulnerability can be heard on their fourth full-length studio album, “Glyphonic,” released in 2019.
Black Ends: The Seattle-based grungy rock trio’s music is often described as dark, rambunctious and frazzling. Led by singer/guitarist Nicolle Swimms, their wiry debut EP “Sellout” in 2019 includes moody atmospheres, swaggering garage-rock grooves and razor-like guitar work.
The rest of the lineup features A Strange Bird, Acid Tongue, Almighty’s, Bad Optics, Bear Axe, Belgian Fog, Black Tones, Bodies on The Beach, Cartel Madras, Caspar Babypants, Chris King and the Gutterballs, Cloud Cover, Davanos, David Stedman & United All-Stars, Jody Glenham, Madcap Pusher, Moody Bear, Night Heron, Petty Thief, Plastic Picnic, Prism Bitch, Reader, Red Ribbon, Rucker, School of Rock, Several Other Ghosts, Shoecraft, Sleepover Club, Small Forward, Smoker Dad, Smokey Brights, Spirit Award, Steel Beans, The Berries, The Grizzled Mighty, The Requisite, 2112 (Rush tribute) and Washington Mile.
Evan Thompson: 425-339-3427, ethompson@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @ByEvanThompson.
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