Dedicated three-day Bumbershooters will have plenty to draw them back to Seattle center for the final day of the festival and dabblers will have no reason not to check out the fun on Labor Day. Here are a few of our favorite things happening on Monday that aren’t the Wu Tang Clan.



Joss Stone (1:15p, Memorial Stadium) Hey, remember when she was the future of British white soul music? Do you even remember her? Now that they’re trying to make Amy Winehouse go to rehab and Lily Allen can’t get a US work permit, she’s all the UK has got.

The Mother Truckers (1:30p, Mural) Austinite friends swear by this hard country-rock band, say they’re the best live act down there right now.

Tokyo Police Club (5:45p, Broad Street) Buzzy youngish Canadians, synthy keyboards, slingy vocals, and catchy songs about a future run by robots. Start your dance parties!

Lyrics Born (5:45, Fisher Green) Naturally gifted hip-hop artist from the Bay Area whose complex, intelligent and highly original work is created using advanced linguistic concepts which only sounds stuffy until you hear his stylish flow.

Fleet Foxes (6:15p, Mural) The only thing arguing against them is that they’re locals up against touring acts…

the Frames (7:30p, Broad Street) Remember Once? The incredibly charming movie about a guy and a girl falling in love with making music in Dublin? The Guy (Glen Hansnard) is the lead singer of this band.

My Brightest Diamond (8:15p, Northwest Court) The other Sufjan protege playing this year, Shara Worden brings the spooky drama rock. Dylan thinks of her as Loreena McKennit and Siouxsie Sioux thrown in a blender.

Miranda July (8:30p, Bagley Wright) A triple-threat: maker of the wonderful 2005 film Me and You and Everyone We Know, instigator of participatory online art projects, and writer of the excellent collection of short stories No One Belongs Here More than You, Miranda July is all over this year’s Bumbershoot, showing several of her short films, displaying artwork from Learning to Love You More, and doing “presentation about money”. Swoon.

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