Pitchfork

It seems everybody and their dog's headed out to PDX these days, and who can blame 'em? No amount of rain could wash away the sustained blast of awesomeness of Portland’s annual Musicfest NW, brought to you by local alt-weekly Williamette Week.

The lineup for the 2008 edition, which takes place at various venues around Portland from September 3-6, is typically fantastic.

TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Mogwai, the Murder City Devils, Menomena, Deerhunter, Dan Deacon, M. Ward, Polvo, the Cool Kids, the Night Marchers, Mirah, Del the Funky Homosapien, Blitzen Trapper, Oxford Collapse, Old Time Relijun, Jedi Mind Tricks, School of Seven Bells, Monotonix, Matt & Kim, Port O'Brien, Old 97's, Centro-Matic, John Vanderslice, Poison Idea, Crooked Fingers, Bodies of Water, the Joggers, Throw Me the Statue, the Shaky Hands, These Arms Are Snakes, U.S.E., Starfucker, Calvin Johnson, the Muslims, Pwrfl Power, Fucked Up, Death Vessel, Witchcraft, Trans Am, Walter Meego, Totimoshi, the Helio Sequence, and way, way more will provide the tunes while you get blitzed on Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen.