Christopher Victorio

The xx at Treasure Island Sunday night.

Treasure Island Music Festival
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14, 2012
Treasure Island, San Francisco

Better than: Getting an October sunburn anywhere else this weekend.

It was around sunset on Sunday evening when Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino sang what everyone at Treasure Island Music Festival right then must have been thinking -- and captured the prevailing vibe of the weekend in the process.

"Why would you live anywhere else?" Cosentino sang, as a fiery orange glow slowly appeared in the skies over San Francisco. "This is the only place for me."

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* Slideshow: Scenes From Treasure Island 2012
* Slideshow: The People of Treasure Island Festival 2012

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Due to the unexpectedly awesome San Francisco Giants, there's been a slight change in plans for those heading to Treasure Island Music Festival this weekend: Instead of picking up festivalgoers at the AT&T Park parking lots, shuttles will instead leave from Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in S.F.'s Civic Center.

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* 10 Artists To See at Treasure Island Music Festival
* Treasure Island Festival 2012 Schedule: Five Things to Know
* The xx Return to Headline Treasure Island

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Riley on Oakland's yellow brick road

With the election only weeks away, it's a perfect time for a new video from the Coup, the radical Oakland hip-hop group whose leader, Boots Riley, was one of the loudest agitators in the city's Occupy movement. The group is back with a new album, Sorry to Bother You, on Oct. 30, and the first taste is a funky, hip-hop hybrid that anchors itself pretty much immediately in your ears.

The group's new clip for "Guillotine" also doesn't bother with much subtlety in its indictment of the 1 percent: Riley and crew come as characters from an Oakland version of Wizard of Oz -- with Riley as the scarecrow -- and head to the money-grubbing wizard's inner sanctum to take their revenge on the top-hatted banker. What does that revenge entail? We bet you can guess.

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* The Coup's Boots Riley on His Next Record, Hip-Hop for White Kids, and Loving Battlestar Galactica
* 10 Artists To See at Treasure Island Music Festival
* The Coup's Boots Riley Will Perform for the Occupy Oakland Crowd This Evening

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Joseph Schell

Wanna know who to catch at Treasure Island 2012? We've got you covered.

The Treasure Island Music Festival will be taking over that flat spot of land in the middle of San Francisco Bay this weekend. And even though this great, boutique festival boasts no conflicts between the main two stages, we'd like to offer a little guidance. Aside from the headliners like Girl Talk and the xx -- which you'd only miss if you're tired, crazy, or stupid -- here are 10 artists to make sure you see at Treasure Island 2012.

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* Treasure Island Festival 2012 Schedule: Five Things to Know
* Treasure Island Festival Announces Night Shows with The Presets, Jamie XX, and More
* Treasure Island Fest Adds Rare Joanna Newsom Performance to Lineup

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Joseph Schell

Twilight at Treasure Island.

The schedule for this year's Treasure Island Music Festival is out -- and with it, a better idea of just how Saturday, Oct. 13, and Sunday, Oct. 14, will go. With artists like The xx, Best Coast, M83, Ty Segall, Porter Robinson, and Public Enemy set to play, scheduling makes a big difference on the festival experience. Here then are the top five things to know about this year's Treasure Island schedule.

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* Treasure Island Festival Announces Night Shows with The Presets, Jamie XX, and More

* Treasure Island Fest Adds Rare Joanna Newsom Performance to Lineup

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Christopher Victorio

Joanna Newsom

If you find this this year's Treasure Island lineup a little light on pedal harps, oddly high-pitched voices, and Northern California female songwriters who are also models, we've got good news: Joanna Newsom was just added to the bill!

The 30-year-old Nevada City native is set to play the festival's second day, Sunday, Oct. 14, along with The XX, M83, Best Coast, and many others. As a quick scan of her Drag City page confirms, Newsom isn't exactly a regular on the tour circuit. So if you missed her incredible performance with Phillip Glass at last month's benefit for the Henry Miller Memorial Library, this may be your next best bet to catch her in the top half of her native state.

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Christopher Victorio

The crowd at Treasure Island last year.

Whoa! The lineup for the 2012 Treasure Island Music Festival was just announced! Performers include The XX, Girl Talk, M83, Best Coast, The Presets, Gossip, Grimes, Ty Segall, Matthew Dear, Youth Lagoon, Public Enemy, Toro Y Moi, and more. The festival takes place this October 13 and 14. Check out the full lineup after the jump.

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This year's Treasure Island music festival will be headlined by Empire of the Sun on Oct. 15 and Death Cab for Cutie on Oct. 16. As the headliners suggest, the first day will lean more heavily toward electronica, while the second will be more indie-rockish. This year will be the festival's fifth.

Hit the jump for the rest of the lineup, plus information on tickets and parking -- it was all announced this morning and the site has (predictably) totally crashed.

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Michael Flack

Night Moves: These Are Powers

We've almost reached the end of festival season. After this weekend's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, there's just one more big outdoor event looming on the horizon: the Treasure Island Music Festival. This year's lineup, which veers from the mainstream/frat-rock tinge of Outside Lands into more underground/indie/electronic/urban territories, looks promising.

And just like with Outside Lands, TIMF promoters have announced several "night shows" which keep the music going well into the evening hours. Appearing at the Independent are Pretty Lights and DJ Rootz on Thursday, October 15; A Place to Bury Strangers, These Are Powers, All the Saints and geographer Saturday, October 17; and Mike Posner with Big Sean Sunday, October 18. Also on Sunday, Mezzanine hosts Dan Deacon, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, BLK JKS, Future Islands, Teeth Mountain, Nuclear Power Pants, and DJ sets by Bob Mould and Aaron Axelsen. Tickets for the festival are available here . And night show tix can be had here and here .

EKAphotography

Today, Another Planet Entertainment and Noise Pop announced the return--yaaargh!--of the Treasure Island Music Fest. The now-annual celebration of indie rock and sub-mainstream electronic acts is scheduled for October 17 & 18, 2009. At this early stage, no acts have been confirmed, and the TIMF website offers no further info, just a clickable link to be notified as updates occur. Watch this space for more info, as it becomes available.