Sasquatch 2014 day 2 pics (The National, Cut Copy, MIA, Neko Case, Deafheaven, Violent Femmes, Panda Bear, more)

June 4, 2014

photos by Chris Graham and Rae Graham

The National / M.I.A. / Deafheaven / crowd

For a moment there, it looked like The National‘s headlining set at Sasquatch – one of the band’s biggest shows to date – was going to be underwhelming. For the first twenty minutes, the band felt too mellow, and frontman Matt Berninger, disinterested. And then, after “Don’t Swallow The Cap”, a switch seemingly went off in Berninger’s head, and suddenly a middling National show turned into an outstanding, headlining-worthy triumph. After a furious “Afraid of Everyone”, Berninger threw the first of many wine glasses (and later, bottles) into the air, walking away as it shattered on the ground. By the time he’d gotten to the always-intense “Squalor Victoria”, he’d thrown his first microphone. By the end of main set closer “Mr. November”, he’d attacked a stage banner, drank more wine, thrown a stage light, drank even more wine, dove into the crowd, crowdsurfed back, screamed at a sidestage LED screen, gone back into the crowd, drank wine (just to spit it out), and smashed whatever glass remained at that point. [KEXP]

We’ve already posted day 1 pictures of Washington state’s 2014 Sasquatch music festival, and here’s a set of day 2 (5/24), including shots of The National, Cut Copy, Tyler the Creator, Austra, M.I.A., Panda Bear, Neko Case, Washed Out, Deafheaven, Violent Femmes, The Dodos, First Aid Kit and more. Pictures continue below…