Øya Festival announces lineup

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Girls at Oya Festival

Norway’s premier summer
festival,
Øya
has released their final lineup and boy is it a real doozy!

It includes the Godfather of Punk (Iggy & the Stooges), the
Godfathers
of Ska (The Specials), the Godfather of Chillwave (Ariel Pink's
Haunted
Graffiti) and hot girls with weird slinky tube things. Also added to the previously announced lineup are Yeasayer,
The Black Angels, Die Antwoord, Broken Bells, Flaming Lips, Field Music
and others.

According to the press release “Øya is hosting a serious
of ØyaNight afterparties around Oslo outside of the festival grounds
throughout the week.” Pretty sure they meant series but some of these
acts playing ØyaNight are serious as shit, including Harlem, Grand
Master Flash, Owen Palett, Caribou, Four Tet, and more. Lineup for Øya
festival and ØyaNight events is below.

Øya Festival lineup:

M.I.A (UK)
Pavement (US)
Iggy & The Stooges (US)
Paul Weller (UK)
LCD Soundsystem (US)
Robyn (SW)
Tony Allen (NG)
Big Boi (US)
La Roux (UK)
The XX (UK)
Marina & The Diamonds (UK)
Local Natives (US)
Jonsi (of Sigur Ros) (ICD)
Panda Bear (US)
Mike Snow (SW)
The National (US)
Fucked Up (US)
Air (FR)
Trash Talk (US)
Imperial State Electric (SW)
Sleigh Bells (US)
Tune-Yards (US)
Kind Midas Sound (UK)
Girls (US)
Fools Gold (US)
Raekwon (US)
Cymbals Eat Guitars (US)
The Gaslight Anthem (US)
Major Lazer (US/UK)
Lindstrøm & Christabelle (NO)
Converge (US)
Surfer Blood (US)
Serena Maneesh (NO)
Casiokids (NO)

Plus Norwegian acts:

Diskjokke / Ost & Kjeks / Todd
Terje & Dølle Jølle / Ost & Kjeks, Altaar / Motorpsycho /
THE CUMSHOTS / CCTV / Lidolido / Navigators / John Olav Nilsen Og
Gjengen
/ Obliteration / Djerv / Susanne Sundfør / Purified in Blood / The
Megaphonic Thrift / Blood Command / Kråkesølv / Pow Pow / Lucy Swann
/ Mhoo / Karpe Diem / Lars Vaular / Ingrid Olava / Diskjokke
w/Sambasunda
/ Wardruna / Todd Terje & Dølle Jølle (first live show) /
Necessary / 1349 / Ingerborg Selnes

ØyaNight events:

Caribou (CA)
The Whip (UK)
Four Tet (UK)
Bear in Heaven (US)
Rye Rye (UK)
Jamie XX (The XX, DJ-set UK)
Eskimo
Get Dancy (N)
Owen Palett (CA)
Grand Master Flash (US)
Basia Bulat (CA)
Harlem (US)
Villagers (IE)
Wild Nothing (US)
Winnie Who (DK)
I Was A King (N)
Shearwater (US)
Kumar (CU)
Darkstar (UK)
Kyle Hall (UK)
OMAR-S (US)
Horse Meat Disco (UK)
Mental Overdrive (N)
Radio Slave (DE)