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Sub Pop 20th anniversary schedule

The full Sub Pop 20th anniversary lineup, with details on the musical acts.

Here's the full Sub Pop 20th anniversary lineup, with details on the musical acts.

Comedy Show

8 tonight, Moore Theatre, Seattle (sold out)

Comics include Todd Barry, David Cross, Eugene Mirman, Patton Oswalt, hosted by Kristen Schaal.

SP20

Noon-10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, King County's Marymoor Park in Redmond

SATURDAY: This Stage

Noon: Obits — Rick Froberg's new band, he of early-'90s progressive-punk act Drive Like Jehu.

1 p.m.: Constantines — Hard, rhythmic Canadian rock band: noisy art with Springsteen heart.

2 p.m.: Eric's Trip — Lo-fi pop; Sub Pop's first Canadian signee.

3 p.m.: Helio Sequence — Indie-rock with digital flair and big-time drumming.

4:40 p.m.: Fleet Foxes — See Fleet Foxes on Page 4.

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6 p.m.: Low — Pointedly minimalist, glacially paced rock.

7:20 p.m.: Vaselines — Scottish band's happy-sounding sad pop foreshadowed Belle and Sebastian, was oft-covered by Nirvana.

8:20 p.m.: Iron and Wine — Nick Drake + Neil Young + huge beard = Sam Beam = Iron and Wine.

9:20 p.m.: Flight of the Conchords — Kiwi HBO duo does absurd, low-key song-comedy.

SATURDAY: That Stage

2:40 p.m.: Seaweed — Early grunge band from Tacoma.

4 p.m.: Pissed Jeans — Sounds like getting slapped in the face with a noise-art gauntlet.

5:20 p.m.: The Fluid — Grunge, but artier; Nirvana-era band reuniting for SP20.

6:40 p.m.: Mudhoney — The final word on grunge.

SUNDAY: This Stage

Noon: The Ruby Suns — Recently signed New Zealand indie-pop act already has stickers on area mopeds.

1 p.m.: Grand Archives — Mellow pop rock; sounds like sunshine and chirping birds.

3:20 p.m.: Foals — British band sounds like Bloc Party, except coiled tighter.

4:40 p.m.: No Age — Experimental L.A. two-piece uses electric-guitar distortion like watercolor paints.

6 p.m.: Comets on Fire — Heavy, psychedelic rock.

7:20 p.m.: Green River — Mudhoney before there was Mudhoney.

8:20 p.m.: Wolf Parade — See Wolf Parade on Page 4.

SUNDAY: That Stage

2:40 p.m.: Kinski — Precise instrumental rock specializing in unfriendly sounding grooves.

4 p.m.: Les Thugs — French punk from the early '80s.

5:20 p.m.: Red Red Meat — Chicago alt-rock from the '90s.

6:40 p.m.: Beachwood Sparks — Inactive for a few years; sounds like California driftwood crossed with marijuana.

Andrew Matson, Seattle Times staff

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