Sit Sasquatch!, sit! Good bigfoot.

That other West Coast megaconcert was announced today and Jack Johnson isn't involved, reason enough for many a fan with good taste to look forward to the 2008 Sasquatch! Music Festival happening May 24-26 in Washington state. Though lacking in starpower, the cumulative lineup's pretty ace: R.E.M. / The Cure / The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / Death Cab For Cutie / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Breeders / Built To Spill / The Hives / Tegan & Sara / Ghostland Observatory / Ozomatli / The New Pornographers / Blue Scholars / The National / The Kooks / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Cold War Kids / Beirut / Rogue Wave / Okkervil River / Fleet Foxes / Kinski / Mates of State / Sera Cahoone / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Battles / Destroyer / Dyme Def / The Blakes / Pela / Jamie Lidell / The Cops / Dengue Fever / Siberian / Say Hi / White Rabbits / David Bazan / The Little Ones / "Awesome" / Dead Confederate / The Heavenly States / 65daysofstatic / Grand Archives / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Joshua Morrison / Throw Me The Statue / J. Tillman / The Shaky Hands / Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down / Matt Costa / The Cave Singers While I'm not feeling as nostalgic about catching headliners R.E.M. or The Cure (what have they been up to lately) as much as I'd like to witness the re-emergence of Portishead at Coachella, the lineup bursts with artists from Portland (Malkmus, Fleet Foxes, Bazan) and Seattle (Death Cab, Modest Mouse, Throw Me The Statue) - which works because everyone knows bands from those regions are totally amazing because the weather sucks so badly, and people stuck indoors within the shadows of gloom all the time make good art, ya know. Plus there's Sasquatch's $150 price tag for all three days versus Coachella's $269 passes, and the added bonus of your face not frying off under the omnipresent, blistering sun. What a deal. The Flaming Lips U.F.O. show? Unmissable in name alone, no further details necessary.